COUPLING TO THE CURVATURE FOR A SCALAR FIELD FROM THE EQUIVALENCE PRINCIPLE

被引：89

作者：

SONEGO, S ^{[1
]}

FARAONI, V ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] UNIV VICTORIA,DEPT PHYS & ASTRON,VICTORIA V8W 3P6,BC,CANADA

来源：

CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM GRAVITY | 1993年 / 10卷 / 06期

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D O I：

10.1088/0264-9381/10/6/015

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

By applying the equivalence principle to the propagation of scalar waves in a curved spacetime, the value 1/6 for the coupling constant between the field and the Ricci scalar is derived. No coupling to higher-order scalars constructed from the Riemann tensor is allowed.

引用

页码：1185 / 1187

页数：3

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