General structure of the gravitational equations of motion in conformal Weyl gravity

doi:https://doi.org/10.1086/191573

Title: General structure of the gravitational equations of motion in conformal Weyl gravity

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A general method for determining the structure of the gravitational equations of motion is presented in the fourth-order theory of gravity based on local conformal Weyl invariance of the gravitational action. The explicit structure for these equations is given for a time-dependent, spherically symmetric geometry. 8 refs.

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Kazanas, D; Mannheim, P D ^[1]

NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD (USA) Connecticut, University, Storrs (USA)

Publication Date:: 1991-06-01

OSTI Identifier:: 5457445

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series; (United States)

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 76; Journal ID: ISSN 0067-0049

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; GRAVITATION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; ASTROPHYSICS; BOUNDARY-VALUE PROBLEMS; CONFORMAL MAPPING; TIME DEPENDENCE; WEYL UNIFIED THEORY; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EQUATIONS; FIELD THEORIES; MAPPING; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; TOPOLOGICAL MAPPING; TRANSFORMATIONS; UNIFIED-FIELD THEORIES; 657003* - Theoretical & Mathematical Physics- Relativity & Gravitation

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  abstractNote = {A general method for determining the structure of the gravitational equations of motion is presented in the fourth-order theory of gravity based on local conformal Weyl invariance of the gravitational action. The explicit structure for these equations is given for a time-dependent, spherically symmetric geometry. 8 refs.},

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