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Speed of light in the extended gravity theories

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-11-19 v1

Abstract

We shall investigate the possibility of formulation of varying speed of light (VSL) in the framework of Palatini non-linear Ricci scalar and Ricci squared theories. Different speeds of light including the causal structure constant, electromagnetic, and gravitational wave speeds are discussed. We shall see that two local frames are distinguishable and discuss about the velocity of light in these two frames. We shall investigate which one of these local frames is inertial.

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@article{arxiv.0909.0341,
  title  = {Speed of light in the extended gravity theories},
  author = {Azam Izadi and Ali Shojai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0909.0341},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

19 pages. to appear in Classical Quantum Gravity