Conformal Transformations and Nordström's Scalar Theory of Gravity

Conformal Transformations and Nordström's Scalar Theory of Gravity

As we shall briefly recall, Nordström's theory of gravity is observationally ruled out. It is however an interesting example of non-minimal coupling of matter to gravity and of the role of conformal transformations. We show in particular that they could be useful to extend manifolds through cur...

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Veröffentlicht in:Progress of theoretical physics. Supplement 2011-01, Vol.190, p.143-154
Hauptverfasser: Deruelle, Nathalie, Sasaki, Misao
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:As we shall briefly recall, Nordström's theory of gravity is observationally ruled out. It is however an interesting example of non-minimal coupling of matter to gravity and of the role of conformal transformations. We show in particular that they could be useful to extend manifolds through curvature singularities.
ISSN:0375-9687
DOI:10.1143/PTPS.190.143