Publication: Weyl covariant quadratic curvature gravity in three-dimensional Riemann-Cartan-Weyl spacetimes
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We discuss locally Weyl (scale) covariant generalization of quadratic curvature gravity theory in three dimensions using Riemann-Cartan-Weyl spacetimes. We show that this procedure of Weyl gauging yields a consistent generalization for a particular class of quadratic curvature gravity theories which includes the new massive gravity theory.
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Astronomy and astrophysics, Physics, particles and fields
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Physical Review D
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10.1103/PhysRevD.100.044010