Palatini formulation of pure $R^2$ gravity yields Einstein gravity with no massless scalar

Abstract

Pure $R^2$ gravity has been shown to be equivalent to Einstein gravity with non-zero cosmological constant and a massless scalar field. We show that the Palatini formulation of pure $R^2$ gravity is equivalent to Einstein gravity with non-zero cosmological constant as before but with no massless scalar field. This is an important new development because the massless scalar field is not readily identifiable with any known particle in nature or unknown particles like cold dark matter which are expected to be massive. We then include a non-minimally coupled Higgs field as well as fermions to discuss how the rest of the standard model fields fit into this paradigm. With Higgs field, Weyl invariance is maintained by using a hybrid formalism that includes both the Palatini curvature scalar $\mathcal{R}$ and the usual Ricci scalar $R$

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