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Invariant quantities in the multiscalar-tensor theories of gravitation

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2016-01-25 v2

Abstract

The aim of the current paper is to study the multiscalar-tensor theories of gravity without derivative couplings. We construct a few basic objects that are invariant under a Weyl rescaling of the metric and transform covariantly when the scalar fields are redefined. We introduce rules to construct further such objects and put forward a scheme that allows to express the results obtained either in the Einstein frame or in the Jordan frame as general ones. These so called translation rules are used to show that the parametrized post-Newtonian approximation results obtained in the aforementioned two frames indeed are the same if expressed in a general frame.

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@article{arxiv.1509.02903,
  title  = {Invariant quantities in the multiscalar-tensor theories of gravitation},
  author = {Piret Kuusk and Laur Jarv and Ott Vilson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1509.02903},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

11 pages, references added and updated, a few typos corrected