Modified gravity as a diagravitational medium

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2018.10.068MaRDI QIDQ1712963zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Mario Coma Díaz, Prado Martín-Moruno, J. A. R. Cembranos

Publication date 24 January 2019

Published in Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1805.09629

zbMATH Keywords

modified gravitygravitational wavesrefractive index

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Gravitational waves (83C35)

Abstract: In this letter we reflect on the propagation of gravitational waves in alternative theories of gravity, which are typically formulated using extra gravitational degrees of freedom in comparison to General Relativity. We propose to understand that additional structure as forming a diagravitational medium for gravitational waves characterized by a refractive index. Furthermore, we shall argue that the most general diagravitational medium has associated an anisotropic dispersion relation. In some situations a refractive index tensor, which takes into account both the deflection of gravitational waves due to the curvature of a non-flat spacetime and the modifications of the general relativistic predictions, can be defined. The most general media, however, entail the consideration of at least two independent tensors.

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