Gravitational wave defocussing in quadratic gravity

DOI10.1088/1361-6382/aaa4ebzbMath1386.83046arXiv1705.00507MaRDI QIDQ4638953

Sanjeev S. Seahra, J. D. Gegenberg

Publication date: 2 May 2018

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1705.00507

zbMATH Keywords

gravitational waves; modified gravity; higher derivative gravity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

53Z05: Applications of differential geometry to physics

83C05: Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems)

83D05: Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories

83C35: Gravitational waves

85A04: General questions in astronomy and astrophysics

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