A canonical formalism for a higher-curvature gravity

Authors
Ezawa, Y Kajihara, M Kiminami, M Soda, J Yano, T
Citation
Y. Ezawa et al., A canonical formalism for a higher-curvature gravity, CLASS QUANT, 16(4), 1999, pp. 1127-1135
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM GRAVITY
ISSN journal
02649381 → ACNP
Volume
16
Issue
4
Year of publication
1999
Pages
1127 - 1135
Database
ISI
SICI code
0264-9381(199904)16:4<1127:ACFFAH>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Following the method of Buchbinder and Lyakhovich, we carry out a canonical formalism for a higher-curvature gravity theory in which the Lagrangian de nsity L is given in terms of a function of the scalar curvature (R) over ca p as L. = root-det (g) over cap(mu upsilon)f((R) over cap), where f is a no nlinear differentiable function of (R) over cap. We comment on the physical significance of the metric taking the Robertson-Wallcer metric as an examp le.