Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications (Feb 2006)

Duality-Symmetric Approach to General Relativity and Supergravity

  • Alexei J. Nurmagambetov

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Vol. 2
p. 020

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We review the application of a duality-symmetric approach to gravity and supergravity with emphasizing benefits and disadvantages of the formulation. Contents of these notes includes: 1) Introduction with putting the accent on the role of dual gravity within M-theory; 2) Dualization of gravity with a cosmological constant in D = 3; 3) On-shell description of dual gravity in D > 3; 4) Construction of the duality-symmetric action for General Relativity with/without matter fields; 5) On-shell description of dual gravity in linearized approximation; 6) Brief summary of the paper.

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