A comment on the matter-graviton coupling
High Energy Physics - Theory
2008-11-26 v5
Abstract
We point out a generic inconsistency of the coupling of ordinary gravity as described by general relativity with matter invariant under the subgroup of unimodular diffeomorphisms (TDiffs), and some previously studied exceptions are pointed out. The most general Lagrangian invariant under TDiff up to dimension five operators is determined, and restrictions on parameters coming from existing observations are studied in some cases.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0707.4221,
title = {A comment on the matter-graviton coupling},
author = {Enrique Alvarez and Anton F. Faedo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0707.4221},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
17 pages, 4 figures. References added