PARTICLE CONTENTS OF HIGHER-DERIVATIVE GRAVITY

Authors
ALONSO JC BARBERO F JULVE J TIEMBLO A
Citation
Jc. Alonso et al., PARTICLE CONTENTS OF HIGHER-DERIVATIVE GRAVITY, Classical and quantum gravity, 11(4), 1994, pp. 865-882
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Classical and quantum gravity → ACNP
ISSN journal
02649381
Volume
11
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
865 - 882
Database
ISI
SICI code
0264-9381(1994)11:4<865:PCOHG>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
The (lower derivative) action, which describes the actual degrees of f reedom of a (higher derivative) theory of gravity quadratic in the sca lar and Ricci curvatures, is found. Key steps are a Legendre transform and a suitable diagonalization procedure. Some consequences of this i nsight are outlined.