Nonprojectable Horava-Lifshitz gravity without the unwanted scalar graviton

Masud Chaichian, Josef Klusoň, and Markku Oksanen
Phys. Rev. D 92, 104043 – Published 23 November 2015

Abstract

We consider a way of eliminating the unwanted scalar graviton from Horava-Lifshitz gravity that is achieved via introduction of certain additional constraints. We perform canonical analysis of both projectable and nonprojectable versions of the theory. We obtain the structure of constraints in each case, and analyze its dependence on the values of the coupling constants involved in the additional constraints. In the nonprojectable theory, the scalar graviton is absent when the coupling constants have certain values, while for other values the scalar graviton appears. The projectable theory is free from the scalar graviton regardless of the values of the coupling constants, even though the structure of the constraints does depend on the value of a coupling constant.

  • Received 22 September 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.92.104043

© 2015 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Masud Chaichian1,*, Josef Klusoň2,†, and Markku Oksanen1,‡

  • 1Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 64, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
  • 2Department of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlářská 2, 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic

  • *masud.chaichian@helsinki.fi
  • klu@physics.muni.cz
  • markku.oksanen@helsinki.fi

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Vol. 92, Iss. 10 — 15 November 2015

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