Perturbative instabilities in Hořava gravity

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/27/7/075005zbMATH Open1187.83058arXiv0907.1636OpenAlexW3103605857WikidataQ125826760 ScholiaQ125826760MaRDI QIDQ3558418FDOQ3558418

Authors: Emmanuel N. Saridakis, C. Bogdanos

Publication date: 5 May 2010

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

Abstract: We investigate the scalar and tensor perturbations in Horava gravity, with and without detailed balance, around a flat background. Once both types of perturbations are taken into account, it is revealed that the theory is plagued by ghost-like scalar instabilities in the range of parameters which would render it power-counting renormalizable, that cannot be overcome by simple tricks such as analytic continuation. Implementing a consistent flow between the UV and IR limits seems thus more challenging than initially presumed, regardless of whether the theory approaches General Relativity at low energies or not. Even in the phenomenologically viable parameter space, the tensor sector leads to additional potential problems, such as fine-tunings and super-luminal propagation.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0907.1636

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zbMATH Keywords

cosmology space-time singularities, cosmic censorship

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Approximation procedures, weak fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C25) Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Astrophysical cosmology (85A40)

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