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arxiv: hep-th/0301146 · v1 · submitted 2003-01-20 · ✦ hep-th · gr-qc· math-ph· math.MP

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A covariant formalism for Chern-Simons gravity

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classification ✦ hep-th gr-qcmath-phmath.MP
keywords chern--simonscovariantglobalglobalitygravityallowsanalyzedbiconnection
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Chern--Simons type Lagrangians in $d=3$ dimensions are analyzed from the point of view of their covariance and globality. We use the transgression formula to find out a new fully covariant and global Lagrangian for Chern--Simons gravity: the price for establishing globality is hidden in a bimetric (or biconnection) structure. Such a formulation allows to calculate from a global and simpler viewpoint the energy-momentum complex and the superpotential both for Yang--Mills and gravitational examples.

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