Fake conformal symmetry in unimodular gravity

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作者
Oda, Ichiro [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Ryukyus, Fac Sci, Dept Phys, Nishihara, Okinawa 9030213, Japan
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COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT;
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10.1103/PhysRevD.94.044032
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
We study Weyl symmetry (local conformal symmetry) in unimodular gravity. It is shown that the Noether currents for both Weyl symmetry and global scale symmetry vanish exactly as in conformally invariant scalar-tensor gravity. We clearly explain why in the class of conformally invariant gravitational theories, the Noether currents vanish by starting with conformally invariant scalar-tensor gravity. Moreover, we comment on both classical and quantum-mechanical equivalences in Einstein's general relativity, conformally invariant scalar-tensor gravity, and the Weyl-transverse gravity. Finally, we discuss the Weyl current in the conformally invariant scalar action and see that it is also vanishing.
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