A general variational principle for spherically symmetric perturbations in diffeomorphism covariant theories

Details A general variational principle for spherically symmetric perturbations in diffeomorphism covariant theories A general variational principle for spherically symmetric perturbations in diffeomorphism covariant theories

2006-12-19

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0612121v2

Phys.Rev.D75:084029,2007

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

13 pages; submitted to Phys. Rev. D. v2: changed formatting, added conclusion, corrected sign conventions

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.75.084029

We present a general method for the analysis of the stability of static, spherically symmetric solutions to spherically symmetric perturbations in an arbitrary diffeomorphism covariant Lagrangian field theory. Our method involves fixing the gauge and solving the linearized gravitational field equations to eliminate the metric perturbation variable in terms of the matter variables. In a wide class of cases--which include f(R) gravity, the Einstein-aether theory of Jacobson and Mattingly, and Bekenstein's TeVeS theory--the remaining perturbation equations for the matter fields are second order in time. We show how the symplectic current arising from the original Lagrangian gives rise to a symmetric bilinear form on the variables of the reduced theory. If this bilinear form is positive definite, it provides an inner product that puts the equations of motion of the reduced theory into a self-adjoint form. A variational principle can then be written down immediately, from which stability can be tested readily. We illustrate our method in the case of Einstein's equation with perfect fluid matter, thereby re-deriving, in a systematic manner, Chandrasekhar's variational principle for radial oscillations of spherically symmetric stars. In a subsequent paper, we will apply our analysis to f(R) gravity, the Einstein-aether theory, and Bekenstein's TeVeS theory.

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