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Variations of Infinite Derivative Modified Gravity

High Energy Physics - Theory 2019-02-26 v1 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We consider nonlocal modified Einstein gravity without matter, where nonlocal term has the form P(R)F()Q(R)P(R) F(\Box) Q(R). For this model, in this paper we give the derivation of the equations of motion in detail. This is not an easy task and presented derivation should be useful to a researcher who wants to investigate nonlocal gravity. Also, we present the second variation of the related Einstein-Hilbert modified action and basics of gravity perturbations.

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@article{arxiv.1902.08820,
  title  = {Variations of Infinite Derivative Modified Gravity},
  author = {Ivan Dimitrijevic and Branko Dragovich and Zoran Rakic and Jelena Stankovic},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1902.08820},
  year   = {2019}
}

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22 pages

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