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Author Delhom, A.; Lobo, I.P.; Olmo, G.J.; Romero, C.
Title Conformally invariant proper time with general non-metricity Type Journal Article
Year 2020 Publication European Physical Journal C Abbreviated Journal (up) Eur. Phys. J. C
Volume 80 Issue 5 Pages 415 - 11pp
Keywords
Abstract We show that the definition of proper time for Weyl-invariant space-times given by Perlick naturally extends to spaces with arbitrary non-metricity. We then discuss the relation between this generalized proper time and the Ehlers-Pirani-Schild definition of time when there is arbitrary non-metricity. Then we show how this generalized proper time suffers from a second clock effect. Assuming that muons are a device to measure this proper time, we constrain the non-metricity tensor on Earth's surface and then elaborate on the feasibility of such assumption.
Address [Delhom, Adria] Univ Valencia, Ctr Mixto Univ Valencia, Dept Fis Teor, CSIC, Valencia 46100, Spain, Email: adria.delhom@uv.es;
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Springer Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1434-6044 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000535820900011 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4405
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Author Beltran Jimenez, J.; Delhom, A.
Title Instabilities in metric-affine theories of gravity with higher order curvature terms Type Journal Article
Year 2020 Publication European Physical Journal C Abbreviated Journal (up) Eur. Phys. J. C
Volume 80 Issue 6 Pages 585 - 27pp
Keywords
Abstract We discuss the presence of ghostly instabilities for metric-affine theories constructed with higher order curvature terms. We mainly focus on theories containing only the Ricci tensor and show the crucial role played by the projective symmetry. The pathological modes arise from the absence of a pure kinetic term for the projective mode and the non-minimal coupling of a 2-form field contained in the connection, and which can be related to the antisymmetric part of the metric in non-symmetric gravity theories. The couplings to matter are considered at length and cannot be used to render the theories stable. We discuss different procedures to avoid the ghosts by adding additional constraints. We finally argue how these pathologies are expected to be present in general metric-affine theories unless much care is taken in their construction.
Address [Beltran Jimenez, Jose] Univ Salamanca, Dept Fis Fundamental, Salamanca 37008, Spain, Email: jose.beltran@usal.es;
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Springer Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1434-6044 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000546247100009 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration no
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4457
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Author Delhom, A.
Title Minimal coupling in presence of non-metricity and torsion Type Journal Article
Year 2020 Publication European Physical Journal C Abbreviated Journal (up) Eur. Phys. J. C
Volume 80 Issue 8 Pages 728 - 17pp
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Abstract We deal with the question of what it means to define a minimal coupling prescription in presence of torsion and/or non-metricity, carefully explaining while the naive substitution partial derivative -> del introduces extra couplings between the matter fields and the connection that can be regarded as non-minimal in presence of torsion and/or non-metricity. We will also investigate whether minimal coupling prescriptions at the level of the action (MCPL) or at the level of field equations (MCPF) lead to different dynamics. To that end, we will first write the Euler-Lagrange equations for matter fields in terms of the covariant derivatives of a general non-Riemannian space, and derivate the form of the associated Noether currents and charges. Then we will see that if the minimal coupling prescriptions is applied as we discuss, for spin 0 and 1 fields the results of MCPL and MCPF are equivalent, while for spin 1/2 fields there is a difference if one applies the MCPF or the MCPL, since the former leads to charge violation.
Address [Delhom, Adria] Univ Valencia, Ctr Mixto Univ Valencia, Dept Fis Teor, CSIC, Valencia 46100, Spain, Email: adria.delhom@uv.es
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Springer Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1434-6044 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000561952300005 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration no
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4510
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Author Delhom, A.; Nascimento, J.R.; Olmo, G.J.; Petrov, A.Y.; Porfirio, P.J.
Title Metric-affine bumblebee gravity: classical aspects Type Journal Article
Year 2021 Publication European Physical Journal C Abbreviated Journal (up) Eur. Phys. J. C
Volume 81 Issue 4 Pages 287 - 10pp
Keywords
Abstract We consider the metric-affine formulation of bumblebee gravity, derive the field equations, and show that the connection can be written as Levi-Civita of a disformally related metric in which the bumblebee field determines the disformal part. As a consequence, the bumblebee field gets coupled to all the other matter fields present in the theory, potentially leading to nontrivial phenomenological effects. To explore this issue we compute the post-Minkowskian, weak-field limit and study the resulting effective theory. In this scenario, we couple scalar and spinorial matter to the effective metric, and then we explore the physical properties of the VEV of the bumblebee field, focusing mainly on the dispersion relations and the stability of the resulting effective theory.
Address [Delhom, Adria; Olmo, Gonzalo J.] Univ Valencia, Dept Fis Teor, Ctr Mixto Univ Valencia, CSIC, Valencia 46100, Spain, Email: adria.delhom@uv.es;
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Springer Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1434-6044 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000636839400001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4779
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Author Delhom, A.; Mariz, T.; Nascimento, J.R.; Olmo, G.J.; Petrov, A.Y.; Porfirio, P.J.
Title Spontaneous Lorentz symmetry breaking and one-loop effective action in the metric-affine bumblebee gravity Type Journal Article
Year 2022 Publication Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics Abbreviated Journal (up) J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys.
Volume 07 Issue 7 Pages 018 - 27pp
Keywords gravity; modified gravity; quantum field theory on curved space; Quantum fields in curved spacetimes
Abstract The metric-affine bumblebee model in the presence of fermionic matter minimally coupled to the connection is studied. We show that the model admits an Einstein frame representation in which the matter sector is described by a non-minimal Dirac action without any analogy in the literature. Such non-minimal terms involve unconventional couplings between the bumblebee and the fermion field. We then rewrite the quadratic fermion action in the Einstein frame in the basis of 16 Dirac matrices in order to identify the coefficients for Lorentz/CPT violation in all orders of the non-minimal coupling xi. The exact result for the fermionic determinant in the Einstein frame, including all orders in xi, is also provided. We demonstrate that the axial contributions are at least of second order in the perturbative expansion of xi. Furthermore, we compute the one-loop effective potential within the weak field approximation.
Address [Delhom, Adria] Univ Tartu, Inst Phys, Lab Theoret Phys, W Ostwaldi 1, EE-50411 Tartu, Estonia, Email: adria.delhom@gmail.com;
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Publisher IOP Publishing Ltd Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1475-7516 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000834157900011 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5314
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