Physical content of quadratic gravity

Abstract We have recently undergone an analysis of gravitational theories as defined in first order formalism, where the metric and the connection are treated as independent fields. The physical meaning of the connection field has historically been somewhat elusive. In this paper, a complete spin an...

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Main Authors: Enrique Alvarez, Jesus Anero, Sergio Gonzalez-Martin, Raquel Santos-Garcia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-09-01
Series:European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-6250-x