Towards the nonlinear regime in extensions to GR: assessing possible options

DOI10.1088/1361-6382/AB0EE1MaRDI QIDQ3380478zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Gwyneth Allwright, Luis Lehner

Publication date 28 September 2021

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1808.07897

zbMATH Keywords

gravityEFTalternatives to GR

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

(n)-body problems (70F10) Radiative transfer in astronomy and astrophysics (85A25) Gravitational waves (83C35) Model predictive control (93B45)

Abstract: Testing General Relativity and exploring possible departures has received further input with the possibility to do so through gravitational waves emitted in strongly gravitating/highly dynamical scenarios and also through the availability of exquisitely sensitive cosmological observations. However, most extensions suffer from severe pathologies at the mathematical level which have stymied a thorough exploration of putative theories. With the aid of a model problem which captures typical pathologies, we explore suggested methods to control them. We find that the approach that modifies the equations to control higher-order gradients is both robust and efficient.

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