Massive Nordström scalar (density) gravities from universal coupling

DOI10.1007/S10714-010-1100-7zbMATH Open1213.83121arXiv1010.0227OpenAlexW3105843554MaRDI QIDQ535030FDOQ535030

Authors: J. Brian Pitts 

Publication date: 11 May 2011

Published in: General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Both particle physics and the 1890s Seeliger-Neumann modification of Newtonian gravity suggest considering a "mass term" for gravity, yielding a finite range due to an exponentially decaying Yukawa potential. Unlike Nordstr"{o}m's "massless" theory, massive scalar gravities are strictly Special Relativistic, being invariant under the Poincar'{e} group but not the conformal group. Geometry is a poor guide to understanding massive scalar gravities: matter sees a conformally flat metric, but gravity also sees the rest of the flat metric, barely, in the mass term. Infinitely many theories exhibit this bimetric 'geometry,' all with the total stress-energy's trace as source. All are new except the Freund-Nambu theory. The smooth massless limit indicates underdetermination of theories by data between massless and massive scalar gravities. The ease of accommodating electrons, protons and other fermions using density-weighted Ogievetsky-Polubarinov spinors in scalar gravity is noted.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1010.0227

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zbMATH Keywords

spinorKlein-Gordon equationmassivescalar gravityscalar densityNordström

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Special relativity (83A05) Exact solutions to problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C15) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05)

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