Conformal anomalies and gravitational waves

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2017.06.031zbMATH Open1379.83009arXiv1607.07312OpenAlexW2484086810WikidataQ112857422 ScholiaQ112857422MaRDI QIDQ681374FDOQ681374

Authors: Krzysztof A. Meissner, Hermann Nicolai 

Publication date: 30 January 2018

Published in: Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We argue that the presence of conformal anomalies in gravitational theories can lead to observable modifications to Einstein's equations via the induced anomalous effective actions, whose non-localities can overwhelm the smallness of the Planck scale. The fact that no such effects have been seen in recent cosmological or gravitational wave observations therefore imposes strong restrictions on the field content of possible extensions of Einstein's theory: all viable theories should have vanishing conformal anomalies. We then show that a complete cancellation of conformal anomalies in D=4 for both the $C^2$ invariant and the Euler (Gauss-Bonnet) invariant can only be achieved for N-extended supergravities with $Ngeq5$, as well as for M theory compactified to four dimensions.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1607.07312

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Observational and experimental questions in relativity and gravitational theory (83B05) Gravitational waves (83C35)

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