Variational methods and effective actions in string models

1987-7-1
Dereli, T.
TUCKER, RW
Effective actions motivated by zero-order and first-order actions are examined. Particular attention is devoted to a variational procedure that is consistent with the structure equations involving the Lorentz connection. Attention is drawn to subtleties that can arise in varying higher-order actions and an efficient procedure developed to handle these cases using the calculus of forms. The effect of constrained variations on the field equations is discussed.
Classical and Quantum Gravity

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Citation Formats
T. Dereli and R. TUCKER, “Variational methods and effective actions in string models,” Classical and Quantum Gravity, pp. 791–797, 1987, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/51960.