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A Note on Energy-Momentum Conservation in Palatini Formulation of L(R) Gravity

Peng Wang, Gilberto M. Kremer, Daniele S. M. Alves, Xin-He Meng

gr-qcarXiv:gr-qc/0408058

Abstract

By establishing that Palatini formulation of L(R) gravity is equivalent to ω=-3/2 Brans-Dicke theory, we show that energy-momentum tensor is covariantly conserved in this type of modified gravity theory.

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