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arxiv: 1107.1250 · v3 · pith:6AVHQBWOnew · submitted 2011-07-06 · 🌀 gr-qc · hep-th

Simple counterterms for asymptotically AdS spacetimes in Lovelock gravity

classification 🌀 gr-qc hep-th
keywords countertermsorderasymptoticallyboundaryeinstein-hilbertgravityriemannsimple
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Although gravitational actions diverge in asymptotically AdS spacetimes, boundary counterterms can be added in order to cancel out those divergences; such counterterms are known in general to third order in the Riemann tensor for the Einstein-Hilbert action. Considering foliations of AdS with an $S^m \times H^{d-m}$ boundary, we discuss a simple algorithm which we use to generate counterterms up to sixth order in the Riemann tensor, for the Einstein-Hilbert, Gauss-Bonnet and third-order-Lovelock Lagrangians. We also comment on other theories such as $F(R)$ gravity.

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