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.
 

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