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Remnant Symmetry, Propagation and Evolution in f(T) Gravity

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2015-03-11 v3 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

It was recently argued that f(T) gravity could inherit "remnant symmetry" from the full Lorentz group, despite the fact that the theory is not locally Lorentz invariant. Confusion has arisen regarding the implication of this result for the previous works, which established that f(T) gravity is pathological due to superluminal propagation, local acausality, and non-unique time evolution. We clarify that the existence of the "remnant group" does not rid the theory of these various problems, but instead strongly supports it.

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@article{arxiv.1412.8383,
  title  = {Remnant Symmetry, Propagation and Evolution in f(T) Gravity},
  author = {Pisin Chen and Keisuke Izumi and James M. Nester and Yen Chin Ong},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1412.8383},
  year   = {2015}
}

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Fixed typo. Version accepted by PRD