Nonlocal action for long-distance modifications of gravity theory

DOI10.1016/j.physletb.2003.08.055zbMath1031.83013arXivhep-th/0304229OpenAlexW2080723756WikidataQ124935956 ScholiaQ124935956MaRDI QIDQ1409173

Andrei O. Barvinsky

Publication date: 5 October 2003

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0304229

zbMATH Keywords

causalitycosmological constantEinstein-Hilbert actionEuclidean actioneffective equations of motioncosmological accelerationlong-distance modifications of gravity theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05)

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