A note on causality constraining higher curvature corrections to gravity
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Publication:3593286
DOI10.1088/0264-9381/24/13/N02zbMATH Open1120.83037arXivhep-th/0612015MaRDI QIDQ3593286FDOQ3593286
Authors: Andrei Gruzinov, Matthew Kleban 
Publication date: 20 July 2007
Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: We show that causality constrains the sign of quartic Riemann corrections to the Einstein-Hilbert action. Our constraint constitutes a restriction on candidate theories of quantum gravity.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0612015
Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Geometrodynamics and the holographic principle (83E05)
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