Published November 25, 2013 | Version v1
Journal article

No further gravitational wave modes in F(T) gravity

  • 1. Kobayashi–Maskawa Institute for the Origin of Particles and the Universe, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602 (Japan)
  • 2. INFN Sez. di Napoli, Compl. Univ. di Monte S. Angelo, Edificio G, Via Cinthia, I-80126 Napoli (Italy)
  • 3. Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Napoli "Federico II" (Italy)
  • 4. Department of Physics, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602 (Japan)
  • 5. Fisika Teorikoaren eta Zientziaren Historia Saila, Zientzia eta Teknologia Fakultatea, Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, 644 Posta Kutxatila, 48080 Bilbao (Spain)
  • 6. Astrophysics, Cosmology and Gravity Centre (ACGC) and Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, Cape Town (South Africa)

Description

We explore the possibility of further gravitational wave modes in F(T) gravity, where T is the torsion scalar in teleparallelism. It is explicitly demonstrated that gravitational wave modes in F(T) gravity are equivalent to those in General Relativity. This result is achieved by calculating the Minkowskian limit for a class of analytic function of F(T). This consequence is also confirmed by the preservative analysis around the flat background in the weak field limit with the scalar–tensor representation of F(T) gravity

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2013.10.022

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2013.10.022;
arXiv
arXiv:1309.2698v2;
PII
S0370-2693(13)00815-0;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. Section B
Journal Volume
727
Journal Issue
1-3
Journal Page Range
p. 194-198
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBAJ

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
45062913
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ANALYTIC FUNCTIONS; GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY; GRAVITATIONAL WAVES; PRESERVATIVES; SCALARS; TORSION
Descriptors DEC
FIELD THEORIES; FUNCTIONS; RELATIVITY THEORY

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