TY - JOUR
T1 - Topological invariants and the definition of energy in quadratic gravity theory
AU - Giribet, Gaston
AU - MISKOVIC, OLIVERA
AU - Olea, Rodrigo
AU - Rivera-Betancour, David
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 authors. Published by the American Physical Society.
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/3/15
Y1 - 2020/3/15
N2 - We provide a simple method to compute the energy in higher curvature gravity in asymptotically AdS spacetimes in even dimensions. It follows from the combined use of topological terms added to the gravity action, and the Wald charges derived from the augmented action functional. No additional boundary terms are needed. As a consistency check, we show that the formula for the conserved quantities derived in this way yields the correct result for the mass of asymptotically AdS black holes.
AB - We provide a simple method to compute the energy in higher curvature gravity in asymptotically AdS spacetimes in even dimensions. It follows from the combined use of topological terms added to the gravity action, and the Wald charges derived from the augmented action functional. No additional boundary terms are needed. As a consistency check, we show that the formula for the conserved quantities derived in this way yields the correct result for the mass of asymptotically AdS black holes.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevD.101.064046
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevD.101.064046
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85083557476
VL - 101
JO - Physical Review D
JF - Physical Review D
SN - 2470-0010
IS - 6
M1 - 064046
ER -