Tue, 01 May 2018
12:00 -
13:15
L4
The double copy: from BRST ghosts to black hole solutions
Dr Sylvia Nagy
(Nottingham)
Abstract
I will present a procedure for perturbatively constructing the field content of gravitational theories from a convolutive product of two Yang-Mills theories. A dictionary "gravity=YM * YM" is developed, reproducing the symmetries and dynamics of the gravity theory from those of the YM theories. I will explain the unexpected, yet crucial role played by the BRST ghosts of the YM system in the construction of gravitational fields. The dictionary is expected to develop into a solution-generating technique for gravity.