Modifications of Einstein's theory of gravitation have been extensively considered in the past years, in connection to both cosmology and quantum gravity. Higher-curvature and higher-derivative gravity theories constitute the main examples of such modifications. These theories exhibit, in general, more degrees of freedom than those found in standard general relativity; counting, identifying, and retrieving the description/representation of such dynamical variables is currently an open problem, and a decidedly nontrivial one. In this work we review, via both formal arguments and custom-made examples, the most relevant methods to unveil the gravitational degrees of freedom of a given model, discussing the merits, subtleties and pitfalls of the various approaches.

Higher-order theories of gravity: diagnosis, extraction and reformulation via non-metric extra degrees of freedom-a review / Alessio, Belenchia; Letizia, Marco; Liberati, Stefano; Di Casola, Eolo. - In: REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS. - ISSN 0034-4885. - 81:3(2018), pp. 1-34. [10.1088/1361-6633/aaa4ab]

Higher-order theories of gravity: diagnosis, extraction and reformulation via non-metric extra degrees of freedom-a review

Letizia, Marco
Membro del Collaboration group
;
Stefano Liberati
Membro del Collaboration group
;
Eolo Di Casola
Membro del Collaboration group
2018-01-01

Abstract

Modifications of Einstein's theory of gravitation have been extensively considered in the past years, in connection to both cosmology and quantum gravity. Higher-curvature and higher-derivative gravity theories constitute the main examples of such modifications. These theories exhibit, in general, more degrees of freedom than those found in standard general relativity; counting, identifying, and retrieving the description/representation of such dynamical variables is currently an open problem, and a decidedly nontrivial one. In this work we review, via both formal arguments and custom-made examples, the most relevant methods to unveil the gravitational degrees of freedom of a given model, discussing the merits, subtleties and pitfalls of the various approaches.
2018
https://arxiv.org/abs/1612.07749
Alessio, Belenchia; Letizia, Marco; Liberati, Stefano; Di Casola, Eolo
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