Measurability of the non-minimal scalar coupling constant

Authors
Flachi, A Toms, DJ
Citation
A. Flachi et Dj. Toms, Measurability of the non-minimal scalar coupling constant, PHYS LETT B, 478(1-3), 2000, pp. 280-284
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICS LETTERS B
ISSN journal
03702693 → ACNP
Volume
478
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
280 - 284
Database
ISI
SICI code
0370-2693(20000406)478:1-3<280:MOTNSC>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
The "measurability" of the non-minimal coupling is discussed in the context of the effective field theory of gravity. Although there is no obvious mot ive for excluding a non-minimal scalar coupling from the theory, we conclud e that for reasonable values of the coupling constant it makes only a very small correction. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.