Outline Teleparallel Gravity Five-Dimensional Geometry Braneworld Scenario Kaluza-Klein Theory Summary
RESCEU APCosPA Summer School 2015 Teleparallel Gravity in Five Dimensional Theories
Reference: Phys. Lett. B 737, 248 (2014), Class. Quant. Grav. 31 (2014) 185004
Ling-Wei Luo
Institute of Physics, National Chiao Tung University
Collaborators: Chao-Qiang Geng (NTHU/NCTS), Chang Lai (CQUPT, China), Huan Hsin Tseng (NTHU/Tufts Univ.),
August 2, 2015 @ Nikko city, Tochigi
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1 Teleparallel Gravity
2 Five-Dimensional Geometry
3 Braneworld Scenario
4 Kaluza-Klein Theory
5 Summary
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1 Teleparallel Gravity
2 Five-Dimensional Geometry
3 Braneworld Scenario
4 Kaluza-Klein Theory
5 Summary
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The orthonormal frame in Weitzenb¨ockgeometry W4
i j gµν = ηij eµ eν with ηij = diag(+1, −1, −1, −1) .
Metric compatible condition ∇ gµν = 0:
i ρ i i j d eµ − Γµ eρ + ω j eµ = 0 and ωij = − ωji .
Absolute parallelism for parallel vectors (Cartan 1922/Eisenhart 1925)
i i i ρ ∇ν eµ = ∂ν eµ − eρ Γµν = 0 .
w ρ ρ i =⇒ Weitzenb¨ockconnection Γµν = ei ∂ν eµ ←− ωijµ = 0. σ σ j i Curvature-free R ρµν (Γ) = ei eρR jµν (ω) = 0. w w i i i i i Torsion tensor T µν ≡ Γνµ − Γµν = ∂µeν − ∂ν eµ. Contorsion tensor 1 Kρ = − (T ρ − T ρ − T ρ ) = −K ρ . µν 2 µν µ ν ν µ µ ν
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Teleparallel Equivalent to GR in W4 Decomposition of the Weitzenb¨ockconnection w ρ ρ ρ Γµν = {µν } + K µν ,
Teleparallel Equivalent to GR (GRk or TEGR) in W4 based on the ν the relation (Tµ := T νµ)
µ µ R(Γ) = R˜(e)+ T − 2 ∇˜ µT = 0 =⇒− R˜(e)= T − 2 ∇˜ µT .
Torsion Scalar (Einstein 1929) 1 1 1 T ≡ T ρ T µν + T ρ T νµ − T ν T σµ = T i S µν 4 µν ρ 2 µν ρ µν σ 2 µν i
µν µν µ σν ν σµ νµ Sρ ≡ K ρ + δρ T σ − δρ T σ = −Sρ is superpotential .
The TEGR action 1 Z √ S = d4x e T (e = −g) . TEGR 2κ
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Fundamental fields inGR:
Metric tensor gµν ρ 1 ρσ =⇒ Levi-Civita connection {µν } = 2 g ∂µgσν + ∂ν gµσ − ∂σgµν Fundamental field in Teleparallel Gravity: i Veierbein fields eµ ρ ρ i =⇒ Weitzenb¨ockconnection Γµν = ei ∂ν eµ.
Question Does there exist any different effect coming from the extra dimension?
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1 Teleparallel Gravity
2 Five-Dimensional Geometry
3 Braneworld Scenario
4 Kaluza-Klein Theory
5 Summary
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Gauss normal coordinate with the signature 5 _ 5 e 5 _ _ e (+ − − − ε). e
The tensor BMN := −∇˜ M nN is defined by the unit normal vector of the hypersurface n
V M=M_ MN expansion θ = h BMN , 1 shear σ = B − θh , MN (MN) 3 MN twist ωMN = B[MN] −→ 0 (Hypersurface orthogonal) ,
where hMN =g ¯MN − ε nM nN the projection operator. Gauss’s equation
µ µ µ µ R¯ νρσ = R νρσ + ε(K σ Kνρ − K ρ Kνσ)
Extrinsic curvature ˜ 1 5 Kµν = B(µν) = −ε ∇µn · eν = −ε 2 Lngµν = ε {µν } n5
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An embedding: W4 −→ W5. In Gauss normal coordinate g (xµ, y) 0 g¯ = µν . MN 0 εφ2(xµ, y)
The 5D torsion scalar in the orthonormal frame
(5) 1 i5ˆj j5ˆi j i 5ˆ j k5ˆ T = T¯ + T¯ ˆ T¯ + T¯ ˆ T¯ + 2 T¯ j T¯ ˆ − T¯ ˆ T¯ k . |{z} 2 i5j i5j i5 5j induced 4D torsion scalar
i 5ˆ The non-vanishing components of vielbein are eµ and e5 Projection of the torsion tensor
ρ ρ T¯ µν = T µν (purely 4-dimensional object)
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i −→ µ , i −→ 5 × , 5ˆ −→ µ × , 5ˆ −→ 5 .
The 5D torsion scalar in the coordinate frame 1 (5)T = T¯ + T¯ T¯ρ5ν + T¯ T¯ν5ρ + 2 T¯σ µ T¯5 − T¯ν T¯σ5 . 2 ρ5ν ρ5ν σ µ5 5ν σ Note: ρ ρ ρ In general, induced torsion T¯ µν = T µν + C¯ µν , where
5ˆ C¯ µν z }| { C¯ρ =e ¯ρ(∂ e¯5ˆ − ∂ e¯5ˆ ) . µν 5ˆ µ ν ν µ
¯5ˆ 5ˆ 5ˆ M N 5ˆ C µν = Γνµ − Γµν = hµ hν T MN ∼ ωµν is related to the extrinsic torsion or twist ωµν .
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1 Teleparallel Gravity
2 Five-Dimensional Geometry
3 Braneworld Scenario
4 Kaluza-Klein Theory
5 Summary
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The vielbein in the Gauss normal coordinate ei (xµ, y) 0 e¯I = µ . M 0 φ(xµ, y)
The induced torsion scalar T¯ = T .
The bulk action in the orthonormal frame Z 1 5 1 i5j j5i Sbulk = dvol T + (T¯i5j T¯ + T¯i5j T¯ ) 2κ5 2 2 + e (φ) T¯a − T¯ T¯5 with T¯ := T¯b . φ i 5 A bA
Note:
According to [Ponce de Leon 2001], the induced-matter theory (RAB = 0, Wesson 1998) can be regarded as a mathematically equivalent formulation of the braneworld theory.
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Assume the bulk metric g¯ is maximally symmetric 3-space with spatially flat (k = 0)