A note on energy-momentum conservation in Palatini formulation of L(R) gravity

Peng Wang; Gilberto M. Kremer; Daniele S.M. Alves; Xin He Meng

doi:10.1007/s10714-006-0238-9

A note on energy-momentum conservation in Palatini formulation of L(R) gravity

Peng Wang
, Gilberto M. Kremer
, Daniele S.M. Alves
, Xin He Meng

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Abstract

By establishing that Palatini formulation of L(R) gravity is equivalent to ω=-3/2 Brans-Dicke theory, we show that energy-momentum tensor is covariantly conserved in this type of modified gravity theory.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	517-521
Number of pages	5
Journal	General Relativity and Gravitation
Volume	38
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-006-0238-9
State	Published - Mar 2006
Externally published	Yes

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Brans-Dicke theory
Equivalence

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