The Riemann-Lovelock Curvature Tensor
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چکیده
In order to study the properties of Lovelock gravity theories in low dimensions, we define the kth-order Riemann-Lovelock tensor as a certain quantity having a total 4k-indices, which is kth order in the Riemann curvature tensor and shares its basic algebraic and differential properties. We show that the kth order Riemann-Lovelock tensor is determined by its traces in dimensions 2k ≤ D < 4k. In D = 2k+1 this identity implies that all solutions of pure kth order Lovelock gravity are ‘Riemann-Lovelock’ flat. It is verified that the static, spherically symmetric solutions of these theories, which are missing solid angle space times, indeed satisfy this flatness property. This generalizes results from Einstein gravity in D = 3, which corresponds to the k = 1 case. We speculate about some possible further consequences of Riemann-Lovelock curvature.
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