S-duality for linearized gravity

1999/10/06 by J. A. Nieto, J.A. Nieto · 4 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0375-9601(99)00702-1

published as Phys.Lett. A262 (1999) 274-281 · 18 pages, Latex, to be published in Phys. Lett. A

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Abstract

We develope the analogue of S-duality for linearized gravity in (3+1)-dimensions. Our basic idea is to consider the self-dual (anti-self-dual) curvature tensor for linearized gravity in the context of the Macdowell-Mansouri formalism. We find that the strong-weak coupling duality for linearized gravity is an exact symmetry and implies small-large duality for the cosmological constant.

Citations

• Gauge theory of the de Sitter group and the Ashtekar formulation
• S-duality in gauge theories as a canonical transformation

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