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arXiv 1709.01628gr-qcastro-ph.HEmath-phmath.MP
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非线性引力波在修正引力中的因果性质

Causal properties of nonlinear gravitational waves in modified gravity

Arthur George Suvorov, Andrew Melatos

摘要:

对于某些多项式$f(R)$引力,导出了一些精确的、非线性的真空引力波解.我们表明,与多项式$f(R)$引力中的事件相关的引力依赖域的边界不像在广义相对论中那样为零。这意味着电磁和引力因果关系在修正引力中分离为不同的概念,这可能具有可观察到的天体物理学后果。线性理论预言,当$f(R)$的泰勒展开式的二次系数$a_{2}$为负时,会发生快子不稳定性,而这里给出的精确的、非线性的柱面波解对于所有的$a_{2}$值都是超光速的。各向异性的解决方案,其波前跟踪时间或空间的超曲面具有复杂的几何性质。我们表明,解决方案存在于$f(R)$理论与太阳系和脉冲星计时实验是一致的。

英文摘要:

Some exact, nonlinear, vacuum gravitational wave solutions are derived for certain polynomial $f(R)$ gravities. We show that the boundaries of the gravitational domain of dependence, associated with events in polynomial $f(R)$ gravity, are not null as they are in general relativity. The implication is that electromagnetic and gravitational causality separate into distinct notions in modified gravity, which may have observable astrophysical consequences. The linear theory predicts that tachyonic instabilities occur, when the quadratic coefficient $a_{2}$ of the Taylor expansion of $f(R)$ is negative, while the exact, nonlinear, cylindrical wave solutions presented here can be superluminal for all values of $a_{2}$. Anisotropic solutions are found, whose wave-fronts trace out time- or space-like hypersurfaces with complicated geometric properties. We show that the solutions exist in $f(R)$ theories that are consistent with Solar System and pulsar timing experiments.

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