Published March 10, 2016 | Version v1
Journal article

A question mark on the equivalence of Einstein and Jordan frames

  • 1. Department of Physical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research - Kolkata, West Bengal 741246 (India)
  • 2. Department of Physics, IIT Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad (India)
  • 3. Department of Physics, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717 (United States)

Description

With an explicit example, we show that Jordan frame and the conformally transformed Einstein frames clearly lead to different physics for a non-minimally coupled theory of gravity, namely Brans–Dicke theory, at least at the quantum level. The example taken up is the spatially flat Friedmann cosmology in Brans–Dicke theory.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2016.01.022

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2016.01.022;
arXiv
arXiv:1601.06152v1;
PII
S0370-2693(16)00034-4;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. Section B
Journal Volume
754
Journal Page Range
p. 129-134
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBAJ

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
48011628
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
EINSTEIN FIELD EQUATIONS; GRAVITATION; QUANTUM COSMOLOGY
Descriptors DEC
COSMOLOGY; EQUATIONS; FIELD EQUATIONS

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