Background Fields and Gravity

2016/07/26 by Robert Bluhm, Bluhm, R.
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #FOS: Physical sciences #General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc) #Geophysics and Gravity Measurements #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #Relativity and Gravitational Theory

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1607.07714

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Abstract

Gravitational theories with fixed background fields break diffeomorphism invariance. This breaking can be spontaneous or explicit. A brief summary of the main consequences of these types of breaking is presented.

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