Basics of the pressuron

Abstract

The pressuron is a specific case of a dilaton-like field that leads to a decoupling of the scalar-field in the field equation for pressureless fluids. Hence, the pressuron recovers general relativity in the limit of weak pressure. Here we review its basics.

arXiv comment4 pages, proceedings of the 50th Rencontres de Moriond, Gravitation Session: "100 years after GR", 21-28 March 2015

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