Infinite-derivative linearized gravity in convolutional form
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2022-03-30 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory
Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Abstract
This article aims to transform the infinite-order Lagrangian density for ghost-free infinite-derivative linearized gravity into non-local. To achieve it, we use the theory of generalized functions and the Fourier transform in the space of tempered distributions . We show that the non-local operator domain is not defined on the whole functional space but on a subset of it. Moreover, we prove that these functions and their derivatives are bounded in all and, consequently, the Riemann tensor is regular and the scalar curvature invariants do not present any spacetime singularity. Finally, we explore what conditions we need to satisfy so that the solutions of the linearized equations of motion exist in .
Cite
@article{arxiv.2112.05397,
title = {Infinite-derivative linearized gravity in convolutional form},
author = {Carlos Heredia and Ivan Kolář and Josep Llosa and Francisco José Maldonado Torralba and Anupam Mazumdar},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2112.05397},
year = {2022}
}
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