Equivalence principles in Weyl transverse gravity
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2026-01-14 v3 High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
There exist two consistent theories of massless, self-interacting gravitons, which differ by their local symmetries: general relativity and Weyl transverse gravity. We show that these two theories are also the only two metric descriptions of gravity in 4 spacetime dimensions which obey the equivalence principle for test gravitational physics. We further analyse how the weaker formulations of the equivalence principle are realised in Weyl transverse gravity (and its generalisations). The analysis sheds light on the behaviour of matter fields in this theory.
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@article{arxiv.2502.03888,
title = {Equivalence principles in Weyl transverse gravity},
author = {Ana Alonso-Serrano and Luis J. Garay and Marek Liška},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.03888},
year = {2026}
}
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11 pages. Matches the published version