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A viability criterion for modified gravity with an extra force

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

A recently proposed theory of modified gravity with an explicit ``anomalous'' coupling of the Ricci curvature to matter is discussed, and an inequality is derived which expresses a necessary and sufficient condition to avoid the notorius Dolgov-Kawasaki instability.

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@article{arxiv.0710.1291,
  title  = {A viability criterion for modified gravity with an extra force},
  author = {Valerio Faraoni},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0710.1291},
  year   = {2008}
}

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4 latex pages, to appear in Phys. Rev. D

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