On the energy-momentum tensor of the scalar field in scalar-tensor theories of gravity

DOI10.1023/A:1001902715613zbMATH Open0966.83025arXivgr-qc/9904003OpenAlexW3106338918MaRDI QIDQ1585705FDOQ1585705

Authors: David I. Santiago, Alexander S. Silbergleit 

Publication date: 10 January 2001

Published in: General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study the dynamical description of gravity, the appropriate definition of the scalar field energy-momentum tensor, and the interrelation between them in scalar-tensor theories of gravity. We show that the quantity which one would naively identify as the energy-momentum tensor of the scalar field is not appropriate because it is spoiled by a part of the dynamical description of gravity. A new connection can be defined in terms of which the full dynamical description of gravity is explicit, and the correct scalar field energy-momentum tensor can be immediately identified. Certain inequalities must be imposed on the two free functions (the coupling function and the potential) that define a particular scalar-tensor theory, to ensure that the scalar field energy density never becomes negative. The correct dynamical description leads naturally to the Einstein frame formulation of scalar-tensor gravity which is also studied in detail.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9904003

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zbMATH Keywords

conformal transformationsscalar-tensor theories of gravityscalar field energy-momentum tensor

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences (53C80) Macroscopic interaction of the gravitational field with matter (hydrodynamics, etc.) (83C55) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05)

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