Published May 11, 2015 | Version v1
Journal article

On coupling NEC-violating matter to gravity

  • 1. Department of Physics and Beyond: Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287 (United States)
  • 2. Delta Institute for Theoretical Physics, IOP, and GRAPPA, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1090 GL Amsterdam (Netherlands)

Description

We show that effective theories of matter that classically violate the null energy condition cannot be minimally coupled to Einstein gravity without being inconsistent with both string theory and black hole thermodynamics. We argue however that they could still be either non-minimally coupled or coupled to higher-curvature theories of gravity

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2015.03.020

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2015.03.020;
arXiv
arXiv:1503.07950v1;
PII
S0370-2693(15)00183-5;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. Section B
Journal Volume
744
Journal Page Range
p. 34-37
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBAJ

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
47039020
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
BLACK HOLES; EINSTEIN FIELD EQUATIONS; GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS; STRING THEORY; THERMODYNAMICS
Descriptors DEC
EQUATIONS; FIELD EQUATIONS; M-THEORY

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