The finiteness requirement for six-dimensional Euclidean-Einstein gravity

Authors
Gibbons, GW Ichinose, S
Citation
Gw. Gibbons et S. Ichinose, The finiteness requirement for six-dimensional Euclidean-Einstein gravity, CLASS QUANT, 17(10), 2000, pp. 2129-2137
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM GRAVITY
ISSN journal
02649381 → ACNP
Volume
17
Issue
10
Year of publication
2000
Pages
2129 - 2137
Database
ISI
SICI code
0264-9381(20000521)17:10<2129:TFRFSE>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
The finiteness requirement for Euclidean-Einstein gravity is shown to be so stringent that only the flat metric is allowed. We examine counterterms in four- and six-dimensional Ricci-flat manifolds from general invariance arg uments.