The Scalar Mode of Gravity
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2022-05-18 v3
Abstract
We consider the scalar mode of gravity as expressed by a conformal factor of the metric and present a model motivated by the Jordan-Brans-Dicke action. The reduced action provides a Lagrangian density in Minkowski space which exhibits a massive particle and an expanding space-time through a mechanism which is similar to the Higgs mechanism.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2001.02347,
title = {The Scalar Mode of Gravity},
author = {Metin Arik and Tarik Tok},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2001.02347},
year = {2022}
}
Comments
7 pages; typos corrected