Generalized Chern-Simons Modified Gravity in First-Order Formalism
arXiv:0912.1433 · doi:10.1007/s10714-012-1483-8
Abstract
We propose a generalization of Chern-Simons (CS) modified gravity in first-order formalism. CS modified gravity action has a term that comes from the chiral anomaly which is Pontryagin invariant. First-order CS modified gravity is a torsional theory and in a space-time with torsion the chiral anomaly includes a torsional topological term called Nieh-Yan invariant. We generalize the CS modified gravity by adding the Nieh-Yan term to the action and find the effective theory. We compare the generalized theory with the first-order CS modified gravity and comment on the similarities and differences.
8 pages, an author added, new paragraphs, comments and references added, published in Gen. Relativ. Gravit
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