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We show that Einstein's conformal gravity is able to explain simply on the geometric ground the galactic rotation curves without need to introduce any modification in both the gravitational as well as in the matter sector of the theory. The…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-12-09 Leonardo Modesto , Tian Zhou , Qiang Li

In this paper we study black hole entropy universality within the Conformal Weyl gravity paradigm. We do this by first computing the entropy of specific vacuum and non-vacuum solutions, previously unexplored in Conformal Weyl gravity via…

We review and expand upon recent work demonstrating that Weyl invariant theories can be broken "inertially," which does not depend upon a potential. This can be understood in a general way by the "current algebra" of these theories,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-03-20 Christopher T. Hill

We present a solution to the cosmological constant, the zero-point energy, and the quantum gravity problems within a single comprehensive framework. We show that in quantum theories of gravity in which the zero-point energy density of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-02-23 Philip D. Mannheim

A number of recent observations have suggested that the Einstein's theory of general relativity may not be the ultimate theory of gravity. The f(R) gravity model with R being the scalar curvature turns out to be one of the best bet to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-11-26 Surajit Kalita , Banibrata Mukhopadhyay

We present a class of spherically symmetric vacuum solutions to an asymptotically safe theory of gravity containing high-derivative terms. We find quantum corrected Schwarzschild-(anti)-de Sitter solutions with running gravitational…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-21 Yi-Fu Cai , Damien A. Easson

Using a combination of techniques from conformal and complex geometry, we show the potentialization of 4-dimensional closed Einstein-Weyl structures which are half-algebraically special and admit a "half-integrable" almost-complex…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-10-13 Bernardo Araneda

In this work we find analytical solutions to the null geodesics in the hyperbolic topological black hole spacetime of conformal Weyl gravity in an invariant $2$-plane given by the orbits of an azimuthal Killing vector. Exact expressions for…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-08-24 Graeme Candlish , Marco Olivares , Constanza Osses , J. R. Villanueva

The problem of how space-time responds to gravitating quantum matter in full quantum gravity has been one of the main questions that any program of quantization of gravity should address. Here we analyze this issue by considering the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-09-07 Miguel Campiglia , Rodolfo Gambini , Javier Olmedo , Jorge Pullin

In four space-time dimensions, there exists a special infinite-parameter family of chiral modified gravity theories. They are most properly described by a connection field, with space-time metric being a secondary and derived concept. All…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-01-08 Kirill Krasnov , Yuri Shtanov

The classical and quantum properties of a new solution obtained in $2+1$% -dimensional gravity coupled with a real scalar field is analyzed in detail. The considered new solution is a one-parameter generalization of a previously known…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-04-14 O. Gurtug , S. Habib Mazharimousavi , M. Halilsoy

We develop a Hamiltonian formulation of the Bianchi type I space-time in conformal gravity, i.e. the theory described by a Lagrangian that is defined by the contracted quadratic product of the Weyl tensor, in a four-dimensional space-time.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 J. Demaret , L. Querella , C. Scheen

A definition of quantum singularity for the case of static spacetimes has recently been extended to conformally static spacetimes. Here the theory behind quantum singularities in conformally static spacetimes is reviewed, and then applied…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-06-05 T. M. Helliwell , D. A. Konkowski

In Einstein's theory of general relativity the vacuum solution yields a blackhole with a curvature singularity, where there exists a point-like source with a Dirac delta distribution which is introduced as a boundary condition in the static…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-06-27 Luca Buoninfante , Alexey S. Koshelev , Gaetano Lambiase , João Marto , Anupam Mazumdar

It is shown that gravitation naturally emerges from the standard model of particle physics if local scale invariance is imposed in the context of a single conformal (Weyl-symmetric) theory. Gravitation is then conformally-related to the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-06-15 Meir Shimon

The space-time curvature carried by electromagnetic fields is discovered and a new unification of geometry and electromagnetism is found. Curvature is invariant under charge reversal symmetry. Electromagnetic field equations are examined…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 R. W. M. Woodside

We give a general definition of the conformal anomaly for theories that are not classically Weyl invariant and show that this definition yields a quantity that is both finite and local. As an example we study the conformal anomaly for a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-10-24 Lorenzo Casarin , Hadi Godazgar , Hermann Nicolai

We reconsider a gauge theory of gravity in which the gauge group is the conformal group SO(4,2) and the action is of the Yang-Mills form, quadratic in the curvature. The resulting gravitational theory exhibits local conformal symmetry and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-04-07 Jack Gegenberg , Shohreh Rahmati , Sanjeev S. Seahra

We investigate static and spherically symmetric vacuum solutions in the symmetric teleparallel $f(\mathbb{Q})$ modified theory of gravity. Starting from a recently proposed classification of affine connections compatible with both the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-24 A. Dehyadegari , A. Sheykhi

We study Vaidya-type solutions in Weyl conformal gravity (WCG) using Eddington--Finkelstein-like coordinates. Our considerations focus on spherical as well as hyperbolic and planar symmetries. In particular, we find all vacuum dynamical…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-06-10 Petr Jizba , Tereza Lehečková