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Beltran Jimenez, J.; Delhom, A. |
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Ghosts in metric-affine higher order curvature gravity |
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2019 |
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European Physical Journal C |
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Eur. Phys. J. C |
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79 |
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8 |
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656 - 7pp |
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We disprove the widespread belief that higher order curvature theories of gravity in the metric-affine formalism are generally ghost-free. This is clarified by considering a sub-class of theories constructed only with the Ricci tensor and showing that the non-projectively invariant sector propagates ghost-like degrees of freedom. We also explain how these pathologies can be avoided either by imposing a projective symmetry or additional constraints in the gravity sector. Our results put forward that higher order curvature gravity theories generally remain pathological in the metric-affine (and hybrid) formalisms and highlight the key importance of the projective symmetry and/or additional constraints for their physical viability and, by extension, of general metric-affine theories. |
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[Beltran Jimenez, Jose] Univ Salamanca, Dept Fis Fundamental, E-37008 Salamanca, Spain, Email: jose.beltran@usal.es; |
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English |
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1434-6044 |
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WOS:000479306500020 |
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4109 |
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