On the Degrees of Freedom Count on Singular Phase Space Submanifolds
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-2024
Abstract
I discuss singular loci in the phase spaces of theories which lack globally well-defined numbers of dynamical modes. This is a topic which appears quite often in the recent literature on modified gravity. In particular, there were discussions about R2 gravity around Minkowski space. It is a relatively simple case, and still there were some confusions. It clearly shows that one should be very accurate when trying to understand a potentially problematic theory through perturbations around a simply looking background. At the same time, many modern teleparallel approaches are laden with even more severe issues. Therefore, it is a topic which is certainly worth carefully thinking about.
Recommended Citation
Golovnev, Alexey, "On the Degrees of Freedom Count on Singular Phase Space Submanifolds" (2024). Centre for Theoretical Physics and Computations. 312.
https://buescholar.bue.edu.eg/centre_theoretical_physics/312
