Geometric mean of bimetric spacetimes

DOI10.1088/1361-6382/ABDF28MaRDI QIDQ5163345zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Mikica Kocic

Publication date 3 November 2021

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

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.09752

zbMATH Keywords

modified gravitygeometric meanghost-free bimetric theory3 + 1 decomposition

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Quotient spaces, decompositions in general topology (54B15) Propagation of singularities; initial value problems on manifolds (58J47)

Abstract: We use the geometric mean to parametrize metrics in the Hassan-Rosen ghost-free bimetric theory and pose the initial-value problem. The geometric mean of two positive definite symmetric matrices is a well-established mathematical notion which can be, under certain conditions, extended to quadratic forms having the Lorentzian signature, say metrics $g$ and $f$. In such a case, the null cone of the geometric mean metric $h$ is in the middle of the null cones of $g$ and $f$ appearing as a geometric average of a bimetric spacetime. The parametrization based on $h$ ensures the reality of the square root in the ghost-free bimetric interaction potential. Subsequently, we derive the standard $n+1$ decomposition in a frame adapted to the geometric mean and state the initial-value problem, that is, the evolution equations, the constraints, and the preservation of the constraints equation.

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