Publication Date
2010
Journal or Book Title
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
Abstract
If general relativity is an emergent phenomenon, there may be small violations of diffeomorphism invariance. We propose a phenomenology of perturbatively small violations of general relativity by the inclusion of terms which break general covariance. These can be tested by matching to the Parameterized Post Newtonian (PPN) formalism. The most sensitive tests involve pulsar timing and provide an extremely strong bound, with a dimensionless constraint of order 10−20 relative to gravitational strength.
Pages
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Volume
81
Issue
8
Recommended Citation
Anber, MM; Aydemir, U; and Donoghue, JF, "Breaking diffeomorphism invariance and tests for the emergence of gravity" (2010). PHYSICAL REVIEW D. 88.
Retrieved from https://scholarworks.umass.edu/physics_faculty_pubs/88
Comments
This is a pre-published version which is collected from arXiv. The published version is at http://prd.aps.org/abstract/PRD/v81/i8/e084059