English

On the equivalence theorem in f(R)-type generalized gravity

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2011-04-12 v2

Abstract

We investigate whether the equivalence theorem in f(R)-type gravity is valid also in quantum theory. It is shown that, if the canonical quantization is assumed, equivalence does not hold in quantum theory.

Cite

@article{arxiv.0902.3317,
  title  = {On the equivalence theorem in f(R)-type generalized gravity},
  author = {Y. Ezawa and H. Iwasaki and Y. Ohkuwa and S. Watanabe and N. Yamada and T. Yano},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0902.3317},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

7 pages, no figure, references and an appendix added, minor change and typos corrected

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