Generalized Gravitational S-Duality and the Cosmological Constant Problem
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چکیده
We study S-duality transformations that mix the Riemann tensor with the field strength of a 3-form field. The dual of an (A)dS space time – with arbitrary curvature – is seen to be flat Minkowski space time, if the 3-form field has vanishing field strength before the duality transformation. It is discussed whether matter could couple to the dual metric, related to the Riemann tensor after a duality transformation. This possibility is supported by the facts that the Schwarzschild metric can be obtained as a suitable contraction of the dual of a Taub-NUT-AdS metric, and that metrics describing FRW cosmologies can be obtained as duals of theories with matter in the form of torsion. LPT Orsay 04-101 October 2004 E-mail : [email protected] Unité Mixte de Recherche CNRS UMR 8627
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