Worldline EFT treatment of quadratic and cubic gravity theories
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| author | Kulkarni, Raghotham A Rahul Bhattacharyya, Soham Kothawala, Dawood |
| author_facet | Kulkarni, Raghotham A Rahul Bhattacharyya, Soham Kothawala, Dawood |
| contents | This paper explores modifications to General Relativity (GR) by considering higher-order curvature terms in the gravitational action, specifically focusing on the quadratic Ricci scalar and a particular cubic contraction of the Riemann tensor. These modifications introduce new interactions at short distances, potentially altering the dynamics of compact objects. We calculate the effective two-body binding potential energy for these modified theories to quantify these effects using the worldline effective field theory (WEFT) formalism. This approach allows us to systematically integrate out short-distance gravitational effects, capturing the modifications to the binding potential. Our results demonstrate how the quadratic Ricci scalar and cubic Riemann tensor terms contribute to the two-body interaction at the leading order, highlighting deviations from classical GR predictions. These findings offer insight into the potential observational signatures of modified gravity theories in binary systems and other astrophysical settings. |
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| spellingShingle | Worldline EFT treatment of quadratic and cubic gravity theories Kulkarni, Raghotham A Rahul Bhattacharyya, Soham Kothawala, Dawood General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Theory This paper explores modifications to General Relativity (GR) by considering higher-order curvature terms in the gravitational action, specifically focusing on the quadratic Ricci scalar and a particular cubic contraction of the Riemann tensor. These modifications introduce new interactions at short distances, potentially altering the dynamics of compact objects. We calculate the effective two-body binding potential energy for these modified theories to quantify these effects using the worldline effective field theory (WEFT) formalism. This approach allows us to systematically integrate out short-distance gravitational effects, capturing the modifications to the binding potential. Our results demonstrate how the quadratic Ricci scalar and cubic Riemann tensor terms contribute to the two-body interaction at the leading order, highlighting deviations from classical GR predictions. These findings offer insight into the potential observational signatures of modified gravity theories in binary systems and other astrophysical settings. |
| title | Worldline EFT treatment of quadratic and cubic gravity theories |
| topic | General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Theory |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.01266 |