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Constraining Palatini-Horndeski theory with gravitational waves after GW170817

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2024-02-21 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

In this paper, we investigate the possible parameter space of Palatini-Horndeski theory with gravitational waves in a spatially flat Universe. We find that if the theory satisfies the following condition: in any spatially flat cosmological background, the tensor gravitational wave speed is the speed of light cc, then only S=d4xg[K(ϕ,X)G3(ϕ,X)~ϕ+G4(ϕ)R~]S = \int d^4x \sqrt{-g} \big[K(\phi,X)-G_{3}(\phi,X){\tilde{\Box}}\phi+G_{4}(\phi)\tilde{R}\big] is left as the possible action in Palatini-Horndeski theory.

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@article{arxiv.2211.12056,
  title  = {Constraining Palatini-Horndeski theory with gravitational waves after GW170817},
  author = {Yu-Qi Dong and Yu-Qiang Liu and Yu-Xiao Liu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.12056},
  year   = {2024}
}

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