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Novel couplings between nonmetricity and matter

Tiberiu HarkoTomi S. KoivistoGonzalo J. OlmoFrancisco S. N. LoboRubiera-garcia Diego

subject

High Energy Physics - TheoryHigh Energy Physics::TheoryGeneral Relativity and Quantum CosmologyCosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)FOS: Physical sciencesGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)General Relativity and Quantum CosmologyAstrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics

description

We present a novel theory of gravity, namely, an extension of symmetric teleparallel gravity. This is done by introducing a new class of theories where the nonmetricity $Q$ is coupled nonminimally to the matter Lagrangian. This nonminimal coupling entails the nonconservation of the energy-momentum tensor, and consequently the appearance of an extra force. We also present several cosmological applications.

http://arxiv.org/abs/1901.00805