Does Brans-Dicke theory always yield general relativity in the infinite ω limit?

N. Banerjee and S. Sen
Phys. Rev. D 56, 1334 – Published 15 July 1997
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Abstract

In this work it is shown that the Brans-Dicke theory of gravity does not always go over to general relativity in the ωα limit. It is also shown, by an order of magnitude estimate, that one can get general relativity as a limit of Brans-Dicke theory when ωα, only if the trace of the energy-momentum tensor describing all fields other than the Brans-Dicke scalar field is nonzero.

  • Received 27 December 1996

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.56.1334

©1997 American Physical Society

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N. Banerjee and S. Sen

  • Relativity and Cosmology Research Centre, Department of Physics, Jadavpur University, Calcutta-700032, India

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Vol. 56, Iss. 2 — 15 July 1997

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