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Breaking diffeomorphism invariance and tests for the emergence of gravity.pdf
Physical Review D (2010)
  • John Donoghue
  • Mohamed M. Anber
  • Ufuk Aydemir, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
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.
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Publication Date
2010
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevD.81.084059
Citation Information
John Donoghue, Mohamed M. Anber and Ufuk Aydemir. "Breaking diffeomorphism invariance and tests for the emergence of gravity.pdf" Physical Review D Vol. 81 Iss. 084059 (2010)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/john_donoghue/156/