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| contents | The original theory of quasi-metric gravity, admitting only a partial coupling between space-time geometry and the active stress-energy tensor, is too restricted to allow the existence of gravitational waves in vacuum. Therefore, said theory can at best be regarded as a wave-less approximation theory. However, the requirement that the weak-field limit of the contracted Bianchi identities should be consistent with the Newtonian limit of the local conservation laws, forbids a full coupling between space-time geometry and the active stress-energy tensor. Nevertheless, in this paper it is shown how it is possible to relax the restrictions on quasi-metric space-time geometry sufficiently to avoid these problems. That is, the original quasi-metric field equations can be extended with one extra field equation, without having said full coupling and such that the contracted Bianchi identities have a sensible Newtonian limit. For weak fields in vacuum, said extra field equation has a dynamical structure somewhat similar to that of its counterpart in canonical general relativity (GR). In this way, the prediction of weak GR-like gravitational waves in vacuum becomes possible. Moreover, exact results from the original quasi-metric gravitational theory are recovered for metrically static systems and for isotropic cosmology. This means that the current experimental status of the extended quasi-metric gravitational theory is the same as for the original theory, except for the prediction of weak GR-like gravitational waves in vacuum. |
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| spellingShingle | Fully Extended Quasi-Metric Gravity Østvang, Dag General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology The original theory of quasi-metric gravity, admitting only a partial coupling between space-time geometry and the active stress-energy tensor, is too restricted to allow the existence of gravitational waves in vacuum. Therefore, said theory can at best be regarded as a wave-less approximation theory. However, the requirement that the weak-field limit of the contracted Bianchi identities should be consistent with the Newtonian limit of the local conservation laws, forbids a full coupling between space-time geometry and the active stress-energy tensor. Nevertheless, in this paper it is shown how it is possible to relax the restrictions on quasi-metric space-time geometry sufficiently to avoid these problems. That is, the original quasi-metric field equations can be extended with one extra field equation, without having said full coupling and such that the contracted Bianchi identities have a sensible Newtonian limit. For weak fields in vacuum, said extra field equation has a dynamical structure somewhat similar to that of its counterpart in canonical general relativity (GR). In this way, the prediction of weak GR-like gravitational waves in vacuum becomes possible. Moreover, exact results from the original quasi-metric gravitational theory are recovered for metrically static systems and for isotropic cosmology. This means that the current experimental status of the extended quasi-metric gravitational theory is the same as for the original theory, except for the prediction of weak GR-like gravitational waves in vacuum. |
| title | Fully Extended Quasi-Metric Gravity |
| topic | General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.11219 |