On the "Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet Gravity in Four Dimension"

Abstract

To ensure the existence of a well defined linearized gravitational wave equation, we show that the spacetimes in the so-called "Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity in four dimension" have to be locally conformally flat.

arXiv commentrevtex, 5 pages, no figures

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