Swampland Implications of GW170817-compatible Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet Gravity
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2020-04-22 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
We revisit the Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet theory in view of the GW170817 event, which compels that the gravitational wave speed is equal to in natural units. We use an alternative approach compared to one previous work of ours, which enables us to express all the slow-roll indices and the observational indices as functions of the scalar field. Using our formalism we investigate if the Swampland criteria are satisfied for the Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet theory and as we demonstrate, the Swampland criteria are satisfied for quite general forms of the potential and the Gauss-Bonnet coupling function , if the slow-roll conditions are assumed to hold true.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2004.00479,
title = {Swampland Implications of GW170817-compatible Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet Gravity},
author = {S. D. Odintsov and V. K. Oikonomou},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.00479},
year = {2020}
}
Comments
Revised version, PLB Accepted