A generalization of gravity

DOI10.1007/S10701-015-9941-2zbMATH Open1332.83088OpenAlexW2963779815MaRDI QIDQ905010FDOQ905010

Authors Chethan Krishnan

Publication date 14 January 2016

Published in Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1409.6757

zbMATH Keywords

modified theories of gravityLorentz invarianceprinciple of equivalence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Clifford algebras, spinors (15A66) Geometrodynamics and the holographic principle (83E05)

Abstract: I consider theories of gravity built not just from the metric and affine connection, but also other (possibly higher rank) symmetric tensor(s). The Lagrangian densities are scalars built from them, and the volume forms are related to Cayley's hyperdeterminants. The resulting diff-invariant actions give rise to geometric theories that go beyond the metric paradigm (even metric-less theories are possible), and contain Einstein gravity as a special case. Examples contain theories with generalizeations of Riemannian geometry. The 0-tensor case is related to dilaton gravity. These theories can give rise to new types of spontaneous Lorentz breaking and might be relevant for "dark" sector cosmology.

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