Note on the Plebanski action with the cosmological constant and an Immirzi parameter

Lee Smolin and Simone Speziale
Phys. Rev. D 81, 024032 – Published 21 January 2010

Abstract

We study the field equations of the Plebanski action for general relativity when both the cosmological constant and an Immirzi parameter are present. We show that the Lagrange multiplier, which usually gets identified with the Weyl curvature, now acquires a trace part. Some consequences of this for a class of modified gravity theories recently proposed in the literature are briefly discussed.

  • Received 31 August 2009

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.81.024032

©2010 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Lee Smolin1,* and Simone Speziale2,†

  • 1Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, 31 Caroline St. N, Waterloo, ON N2L 2Y5, Canada
  • 2Centre de Physique Théorique, CNRS-UMR 6207, Case 907 Luminy, Marseille 13288, France

  • *lsmolin@perimeterinstitute.ca
  • simone.speziale@cpt.univ-mrs.fr

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Vol. 81, Iss. 2 — 15 January 2010

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