A generalization of unimodular gravity with vacuum-matter energy exchange

DOI10.1142/S0218271817500067zbMATH Open1359.83031arXiv1604.03065OpenAlexW3102042874MaRDI QIDQ2974366FDOQ2974366

F. R. Klinkhamer

Publication date: 7 April 2017

Published in: International Journal of Modern Physics D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: An effective theory of gravity in the infrared is proposed, which involves the determinant of the metric relative to the determinant of a prior metric taken to be that of Minkowski spacetime. This effective theory can be interpreted as a generalization of unimodular gravity. In a cosmological context with ultrarelativistic or cold matter, the resulting field equations have only one solution, empty Minkowski spacetime (selected by the prior metric of the theory). The introduction of energy exchange between vacuum and matter gives rise to nonstatic cosmic solutions. It is found that Minkowski spacetime (from the prior metric) appears as an attractor of the dynamic equations. A further result is that energy-momentum conservation of any localized material system is violated in a nonconstant gravitational background. The impact for experiment appears, however, negligible if the vacuum-energy mass scale is of order meV.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1604.03065

zbMATH Keywords

cosmological constantcosmologydark energygeneral relativity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

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• A note on the unimodular theory of gravitation
• Darkness without dark matter and energy -- generalized unimodular gravity
• Generalized gravity in Clifford spaces, vacuum energy and grand unification

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