Bahamonde, S;
Böhmer, CG;
Krssak, M;
(2017)
New classes of modified teleparallel gravity models.
Physics Letters B
, 775
pp. 37-43.
10.1016/j.physletb.2017.10.026.
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Abstract
New classes of modified teleparallel theories of gravity are introduced. The action of this theory is constructed to be a function of the irreducible parts of torsion f(Tax,Tten,Tvec), where Tax,Tten and Tvec are squares of the axial, tensor and vector components of torsion, respectively. This is the most general (well-motivated) second order teleparallel theory of gravity that can be constructed from the torsion tensor. Different particular second order theories can be recovered from this theory such as new general relativity, conformal teleparallel gravity or f(T) gravity. Additionally, the boundary term B which connects the Ricci scalar with the torsion scalar via R=−T+B can also be incorporated into the action. By performing a conformal transformation, it is shown that the two unique theories which have an Einstein frame are either the teleparallel equivalent of general relativity or f(−T+B)=f(R) gravity, as expected.
Type: | Article |
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Title: | New classes of modified teleparallel gravity models |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.physletb.2017.10.026 |
Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2017.10.026 |
Language: | English |
Additional information: | Copyright © 2017 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Funded by SCOAP3. |
Keywords: | Modified gravity, Teleparallel gravity, Torsion, Conformal transformations |
UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Mathematics |
URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10024531 |
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