Gravitons in Flatland

Abstract

We review some features of three-dimensional (3D) massive gravity theories. In particular, we stress the role of the Schouten tensor, explore an analogy with Lovelock gravity and discuss renormalizabilty.

11 pages, Contribution to proceedings of the workshop {\it Cosmology, the Quantum Vacuum and Zeta Functions} in celebration of the 60th birthday of Emilio Elizalde; Barcelona, 8-10 March, 2010. Additional references in v2

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