Behind Horndeski: structurally robust higher derivative EFTs

DOI10.1007/JHEP08(2018)118zbMath1396.83036arXiv1806.10073WikidataQ129346170 ScholiaQ129346170MaRDI QIDQ1783847

Enrico Trincherini, Luca Santoni, Leonardo G. Trombetta

Publication date: 21 September 2018

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1806.10073

zbMATH Keywords

classical theories of gravityspace-time symmetrieseffective field theoriesgeodesically complete cosmologies

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Astrophysical cosmology (85A40)

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