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ADM Analysis of gravity models within the framework of bimetric variational formalism. / Golovnev, Alexey; Kar iauskas, Mindaugas; Nyrhinen, Hannu J.
In: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, No. 05, 2015, p. 021_1-13.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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TY - JOUR
T1 - ADM Analysis of gravity models within the framework of bimetric variational formalism
AU - Golovnev, Alexey
AU - Kar iauskas, Mindaugas
AU - Nyrhinen, Hannu J.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Bimetric variational formalism was recently employed to construct novel bimetric gravity models. In these models an affine connection is generated by an additional tensor field which is independent of the physical metric. In this work we demonstrate how the ADM decomposition can be applied to study such models and provide some technical intermediate details. Using ADM decomposition we are able to prove that a linear model is unstable as has previously been indicated by perturbative analysis. Moreover, we show that it is also very difficult if not impossible to construct a non-linear model which is ghost-free within the framework of bimetric variational formalism. However, we demonstrate that viable models are possible along similar lines of thought. To this end, we consider a set up in which the affine connection is a variation of the Levi-Civita one. As a proof of principle we construct a gravity model with a massless scalar field obtained this way.
AB - Bimetric variational formalism was recently employed to construct novel bimetric gravity models. In these models an affine connection is generated by an additional tensor field which is independent of the physical metric. In this work we demonstrate how the ADM decomposition can be applied to study such models and provide some technical intermediate details. Using ADM decomposition we are able to prove that a linear model is unstable as has previously been indicated by perturbative analysis. Moreover, we show that it is also very difficult if not impossible to construct a non-linear model which is ghost-free within the framework of bimetric variational formalism. However, we demonstrate that viable models are possible along similar lines of thought. To this end, we consider a set up in which the affine connection is a variation of the Levi-Civita one. As a proof of principle we construct a gravity model with a massless scalar field obtained this way.
KW - gravity
KW - modified gravity
U2 - 10.1088/1475-7516/2015/05/021
DO - 10.1088/1475-7516/2015/05/021
M3 - Article
SP - 021_1-13
JO - Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
JF - Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
SN - 1475-7516
IS - 05
ER -
ID: 5771020