Fourth-Order Ricci Gravity

2000/11/28 by A. Borowiec, M. Francaviglia, Borowiec, A. +3
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc) #gr-qc

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.gr-qc/0011103

5 pages, latex, contribution to ICGTM "Group23" Dubna 2000

arxiv created 2000/11/28 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30

Abstract

The Euler-Lagrange equations of motion for the most general Ricci type gravitational Lagrangians are derived by means of a purely metric formalism.

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