Lovelock-Brans-Dicke gravity

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/33/4/045001zbMATH Open1338.83161arXiv1502.05695OpenAlexW3100139907MaRDI QIDQ2807409FDOQ2807409

Authors: David Wenjie Tian, Ivan Booth 

Publication date: 20 May 2016

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: According to Lovelock's theorem, the Hilbert-Einstein and the Lovelock actions are indistinguishable from their field equations. However, they have different scalar-tensor counterparts, which correspond to the Brans-Dicke and the emph{Lovelock-Brans-Dicke} (LBD) gravities, respectively. In this paper the LBD model of alternative gravity with the Lagrangian density $mathscr{L}_{extLBD}=frac116pileft[phileft(R+fracasqrt-g{}^{\ast }RR+bmathcalGight)-fracomeg{a}_{extL}phiabl{a}_{a}lphaphiabl{a}^{a}lphaphiight]$ is developed, where ${}^{\ast }RR$ and $mathcalG$ respectively denote the topological Chern-Pontryagin and Gauss-Bonnet invariants. The field equation, the kinematical and dynamical wave equations, and the constraint from energy-momentum conservation are all derived. It is shown that, the LBD gravity reduces to general relativity in the limit $omeg{a}_{extL}oinfty$ unless the "topological balance condition" holds, and in vacuum it can be conformally transformed into the dynamical Chern-Simons gravity and the generalized Gauss-Bonnet dark energy with Horndeski-like or Galileon-like kinetics. Moreover, the LBD gravity allows for the late-time cosmic acceleration without dark energy. Finally, the LBD gravity is generalized into the Lovelock-scalar-tensor gravity, and its equivalence to fourth-order modified gravities is established. It is also emphasized that the standard expressions for the contributions of generalized Gauss-Bonnet dependence can be further simplified.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1502.05695

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zbMATH Keywords

modified gravitytopological effectsLovelock's theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Topological characterizations of particular spaces (54F65)

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