Thurston Geometries in Three-Dimensional New Massive Gravity

Daniel Flores-Alfonso; Cesar S Lopez-Monsalvo; Marco Maceda

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.061102

Thurston Geometries in Three-Dimensional New Massive Gravity

Phys Rev Lett. 2021 Aug 6;127(6):061102. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.061102.

Authors

Daniel Flores-Alfonso¹, Cesar S Lopez-Monsalvo², Marco Maceda³

Affiliations

¹ Departamento de Física, CINVESTAV-IPN, A.P. 14-740, C.P. 07000, Ciudad de México, Mexico.
² Conacyt-Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Azcapotzalco, Avenida San Pablo Xalpa 180, Azcapotzalco, Reynosa Tamaulipas, C.P. 02200, Ciudad de México, Mexico.
³ Departamento de Física, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Avenida San Rafael Atlixco 186, A.P. 55534, C.P. 09340, Ciudad de México, Mexico.

PMID: 34420318
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.061102

Abstract

We show that the three-dimensional Thurston geometries are vacuum solutions to the 3D new massive gravity equations of motion. We analyze their Lorentzian counterparts as well.