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在具有与物质的高阶导数耦合的标量-张量理论中的Ostrogradsky模式

Ostrogradsky mode in scalar-tensor theories with higher-order derivative couplings to matter

Atsushi Naruko, Ryo Saito, Norihiro Tanahashi, Daisuke Yamauchi

AI总结:

本研究探讨了在标量-张量理论中,通过度量变换引入物质高阶导数耦合时,退化条件如何变化,发现物质度量需具备特定结构以消除Ostrogradsky模式。

摘要:

度量变换是寻找超越广义相对论的新引力理论的工具。只要度量变换是正则且可逆的,引力作用就保证免受危险的Ostrogradsky模式。通过各种包含标量场及其导数的度量变换,已经发现了多种没有额外自由度的退化高阶标量-张量理论(DHOST)。在本研究中,我们考察了物质耦合如何改变通过标量场的二阶导数度量变换从Horndeski理论生成的理论的退化性,将最小耦合自由标量场作为物质场。当变换可逆时,该理论等价于具有与物质标量场高阶导数耦合的Horndeski理论。在此Horndeski框架和幺正规范下工作,我们发现退化条件是可解的,且物质度量必须具有特定结构以消除Ostrogradsky模式。

英文摘要:

A metric transformation is a tool to find a new theory of gravity beyond general relativity. The gravity action is guaranteed to be free from a dangerous Ostrogradsky mode as long as the metric transformation is regular and invertible. Various degenerate higher-order scalar-tensor theories (DHOST) without extra degrees of freedom have been found through the metric transformation with a scalar field and its derivatives. In this work, we examine how a matter coupling changes the degeneracy for a theory generated from the Horndeski theory through the metric transformation with the second derivative of a scalar field, taking a minimally-coupled free scalar field as the matter field. When the transformation is invertible, this theory is equivalent to the Horndeski theory with a higher-order derivative coupling to the matter scalar field. Working in this Horndeski frame and the unitary gauge, we find that the degeneracy conditions are solvable and the matter metric must have a certain structure to remove the Ostrogradsky mode.

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