Aspects of quadratic gravity

DOI10.1002/PROP.201500100MaRDI QIDQ2815141zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors A. Kehagias, Luis Alvarez-Gaume, Costas Kounnas, Dieter Lüst, A. Riotto

Publication date 27 June 2016

Published in Fortschritte der Physik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1505.07657

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30)

Abstract: We discuss quadratic gravity where terms quadratic in the curvature tensor are included in the action. After reviewing the corresponding field equations, we analyze in detail the physical propagating modes in some specific backgrounds. First we confirm that the pure $R^2$ theory is indeed ghost free. Then we point out that for flat backgrounds the pure $R^2$ theory propagates only a scalar massless mode and no spin-two tensor mode. However, the latter emerges either by expanding the theory around curved backgrounds like de Sitter or anti-de Sitter, or by changing the long-distance dynamics by introducing the standard Einstein term. In both cases, the theory is modified in the infrared and a propagating graviton is recovered. Hence we recognize a subtle interplay between the UV and IR properties of higher order gravity. We also calculate the corresponding Newton's law for general quadratic curvature theories. Finally, we discuss how quadratic actions may be obtained from a fundamental theory like string- or M-theory. We demonstrate that string theory on non-compact $C{Y}_3$ manifolds, like a line bundle over $mathbb{CP}^2$, may indeed lead to gravity dynamics determined by a higher curvature action.

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