Einstein frame or Jordan frame ?
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
Scalar-tensor theories of gravity can be formulated in the Jordan or in the Einstein frame, which are conformally related. The issue of which conformal frame is physical is a contentious one; we provide a straightforward example based on gravitational waves in order to clarify the issue.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9910176,
title = {Einstein frame or Jordan frame ?},
author = {Valerio Faraoni and Edgard Gunzig},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9910176},
year = {2007}
}
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11 pages, LaTeX, no figures