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Novel couplings between nonmetricity and matter

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2019-01-04 v1 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We present a novel theory of gravity, namely, an extension of symmetric teleparallel gravity. This is done by introducing a new class of theories where the nonmetricity QQ is coupled nonminimally to the matter Lagrangian. This nonminimal coupling entails the nonconservation of the energy-momentum tensor, and consequently the appearance of an extra force. We also present several cosmological applications.

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@article{arxiv.1901.00805,
  title  = {Novel couplings between nonmetricity and matter},
  author = {Francisco S. N. Lobo and Tiberiu Harko and Tomi S. Koivisto and Gonzalo J. Olmo and Diego Rubiera-Garcia},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1901.00805},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

6 pages, talk delivered at the AT1 parallel session, "Extended Theories of Gravity and Quantum Cosmology", of the 15th Marcel Grossmann Meeting 2018

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