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Causality Constrains Higher Curvature Corrections to Gravity

High Energy Physics - Theory 2010-10-27 v1 Astrophysics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We show that causality constrains the sign of quartic Riemann corrections to the Einstein-Hilbert action. Our constraint constitutes a restriction on candidate theories of quantum gravity.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0612015,
  title  = {Causality Constrains Higher Curvature Corrections to Gravity},
  author = {A. Gruzinov and M. Kleban},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0612015},
  year   = {2010}
}

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5 pages

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