Topological gravity and Wess-Zumino-Witten term
arXiv:1311.2532 · doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2013.11.023
Abstract
It is shown that the action for topological gravity in even dimensions is, except by a multiplicative constant, a gauged Wess-Zumino-Witten Term.
17 pages, no figures. To appear in Physics Letters B
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