MacDowell–Mansouri action
The MacDowell–Mansouri action (named after and ) is an action that is used to derive Einstein's field equations of general relativity.
It can usefully be formulated in terms of Cartan geometry.[1]
References[]
- ^ Wise, Derek K. (2010-08-07). "MacDowell-Mansouri gravity and Cartan geometry". Classical and Quantum Gravity. 27 (15): 155010. doi:10.1088/0264-9381/27/15/155010. ISSN 0264-9381.
Further reading[]
- MacDowell, S. W.; Mansouri, F. (1977). "Unified geometric theory of gravity and supergravity". Phys. Rev. Lett. 38 (14): 739–742. Bibcode:1977PhRvL..38..739M. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.38.739.
- "Derek Wise on Cartan Geometry and MacDowell–Mansouri Gravity". The n-Category Café. July 7, 2007.
- Wise, D. (2010). “MacDowell-Mansouri gravity and Cartan geometry”. Class. Quantum Grav. 27, 155010.
- Reid, James A.; Wang, Charles H.-T. (2014). "Conformal holonomy in MacDowell-Mansouri gravity". J. Math. Phys. 55, 032501.
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