Behavior of the Newtonian potential for ghost-free gravity and singularity free gravity
Abstract
In this paper we show that there is a universal prediction for the Newtonian potential for a specific class of infinite derivative, ghost-free, quadratic curvature gravity. We show that in order to make such a theory ghost free at a perturbative level, the Newtonian potential always falls-off as 1 /r in the infrared limit, while at short distances the potential becomes nonsingular. We provide examples which can potentially test the scale of gravitational nonlocality up to 0.004 eV.
- Publication:
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Physical Review D
- Pub Date:
- November 2016
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.94.104033
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1604.01989
- Bibcode:
- 2016PhRvD..94j4033E
- Keywords:
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- General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology;
- Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics;
- High Energy Physics - Theory
- E-Print:
- 4 pages Accepted for publication by Physical Review D