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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