A kink in a funny place

Jackiw, R.

doi:10.1090/S1061-0022-06-00896-X

A kink in a funny place
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by R. Jackiw

St. Petersburg Math. J. 17 (2006), 137-142

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S1061-0022-06-00896-X

Published electronically: January 19, 2006

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Abstract:

When the 3-dimensional gravitational Chern–Simons term is reduced to two dimensions, a dilation-like gravity theory emerges. Its solutions involve kinks, which therefore describe 3-dimensional, conformally flat spaces.

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