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More about scalar gravity

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2016-06-22 v1

Abstract

We discuss a class of models for gravity based on a scalar field. The models include and generalize the old approach by Nordstr\"om which predated and in some way inspired General Relativity. The class include also a model that we have recently introduced and discussed in its cosmological aspects (GSG). We present here a complete characterisation of the Schwarschild geometry as a vacuum solution of GSG and sketch a discussion of the first Post-Newtonian approximation.

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@article{arxiv.1605.09778,
  title  = {More about scalar gravity},
  author = {E. Bittencourt and U. Moschella and M. Novello and J. D. Toniato},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1605.09778},
  year   = {2016}
}

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11 pages, 1 figure, accepted for publication in PRD

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