The conformal frame freedom in theories of gravitation

Details The conformal frame freedom in theories of gravitation The conformal frame freedom in theories of gravitation

2004-03-15

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0403063v3

Class.Quant.Grav.21:3817,2004

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

9 pages, no figures, revtex; final published version

Scientific paper

10.1088/0264-9381/21/15/N02

It has frequently been claimed in the literature that the classical physical predictions of scalar tensor theories of gravity depend on the conformal frame in which the theory is formulated. We argue that this claim is false, and that all classical physical predictions are conformal-frame invariants. We also respond to criticisms by Vollick [gr-qc/0312041], in which this issue arises, of our recent analysis of the Palatini form of 1/R gravity.

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