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On the Coupling of Generalized Proca Fields to Degenerate Scalar-Tensor Theories

arXiv:2106.14960 · doi:10.3390/universe7060190

Abstract

We prove that vector fields described by the generalized Proca class of theories do not admit a consistent coupling to a gravitational sector defined by a scalar-tensor theory of the degenerate type. Under the assumption that there exists a frame in which the Proca field interacts with gravity only through the metric tensor, our analysis shows that at least one of the constraints associated with the degeneracy of the scalar-tensor sector is inevitably lost whenever the vector theory includes a coupling to the Christoffel connection.

arXiv comment18 pages. Contribution to special issue of the journal Universe

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