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Can one tell Einstein's unimodular theory from Einstein's general relativity?

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-11 v3 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

The so called unimodular theory of gravitation is compared with general relativity in the quadratic (Fierz-Pauli) regime, using a quite broad framework, and it is argued that quantum effects allow in principle to discriminate between both theories.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0501146,
  title  = {Can one tell Einstein's unimodular theory from Einstein's general relativity?},
  author = {Enrique Alvarez},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0501146},
  year   = {2009}
}

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