pith. machine review for the scientific record. sign in

arxiv: astro-ph/9910176 · v1 · submitted 1999-10-09 · 🌌 astro-ph

Recognition: unknown

Einstein frame or Jordan frame ?

Valerio Faraoni , Edgard Gunzig
Authors on Pith no claims yet
classification 🌌 astro-ph
keywords frameeinsteinissuejordanclarifyconformalconformallycontentious
0
0 comments X
read the original abstract

Scalar-tensor theories of gravity can be formulated in the Jordan or in the Einstein frame, which are conformally related. The issue of which conformal frame is physical is a contentious one; we provide a straightforward example based on gravitational waves in order to clarify the issue.

This paper has not been read by Pith yet.

discussion (0)

Sign in with ORCID, Apple, or X to comment. Anyone can read and Pith papers without signing in.

Forward citations

Cited by 1 Pith paper

Reviewed papers in the Pith corpus that reference this work. Sorted by Pith novelty score.

  1. Frame invariant diffusive formulation of scalar-tensor gravity

    gr-qc 2026-04 unverdicted novelty 7.0

    Scalar-tensor gravity admits a frame-invariant perfect-fluid description with zero temperature, so that general relativity corresponds to diffusive equilibrium for both minimal and nonminimal theories.