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String-inspired infinite-derivative theories of gravity : a brief overview. / Biswas, Tirthabir; Talaganis, Spyridon.
In: Modern Physics Letters A, Vol. 30, No. 03n04, 1540009, 23.01.2015.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - String-inspired infinite-derivative theories of gravity
T2 - a brief overview
AU - Biswas, Tirthabir
AU - Talaganis, Spyridon
PY - 2015/1/23
Y1 - 2015/1/23
N2 - In String Theory, there often appears a rather interesting class of higher derivative theories containing an infinite set of derivatives in the form of an exponential. These theories may provide a way to tame ultraviolet (UV) divergences without introducing ghost-like states. Here we provide a brief overview on the progress that has been made over the last decade to construct such infinite-derivative theories of gravity (IDG) which may be able to address the singularity problems in gravity. In the process, we will present some general results that applies to covariant torsion-free metric theories of gravity.
AB - In String Theory, there often appears a rather interesting class of higher derivative theories containing an infinite set of derivatives in the form of an exponential. These theories may provide a way to tame ultraviolet (UV) divergences without introducing ghost-like states. Here we provide a brief overview on the progress that has been made over the last decade to construct such infinite-derivative theories of gravity (IDG) which may be able to address the singularity problems in gravity. In the process, we will present some general results that applies to covariant torsion-free metric theories of gravity.
KW - Spacetime singularities
KW - modifications of general relativity
KW - metric perturbations
U2 - 10.1142/S021773231540009X
DO - 10.1142/S021773231540009X
M3 - Journal article
VL - 30
JO - Modern Physics Letters A
JF - Modern Physics Letters A
SN - 0217-7323
IS - 03n04
M1 - 1540009
ER -