https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-6250-x
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
Physical content of quadratic gravity
Departamento de Física Teórica and Instituto de Física Teórica, IFT-UAM/CSIC, Universidad Autónoma, 20849, Madrid, Spain
* e-mail: raquel.santosg@uam.es
Received:
8
June
2018
Accepted:
14
September
2018
Published online:
29
September
2018
We have recently undergone an analysis of gravitational theories as defined in first order formalism, where the metric and the connection are treated as independent fields. The physical meaning of the connection field has historically been somewhat elusive. In this paper, a complete spin analysis of the torsionless connection field is performed, and its consequences are explored. The main properties of a hypothetical consistent truncation of the theory are discussed as well.
© The Author(s), 2018
