Lagrangian Identity and Mass Evolution of Particle-like Objects in Nonminimally Coupled Gravity

Abstract

We show that the Lagrangian of a Nambu-Goto $p$-brane satisfies the identity ${\mathcal{L}}_{[p]}=T_{[p]}/(p+1)$, with $T_{[p]}$ denoting the trace of the corresponding energy-momentum tensor, independently of the properties of the gravitational field. While for $p=0$ this reduces to the standard ${\mathcal{L}}_{[0]}=T_{[0]}$ relation, which determines the on-shell Lagrangian of point particles and their fluids, more generally it depends explicitly on the $p$-brane dimensionality. We explore the implications of this Lagrangian identity for the dynamics of non-self-intersecting cosmic string loops in a homogeneous and isotropic universe within nonminimally coupled scalar-tensor gravity, showing that, unlike in general relativity, their rest mass can evolve in response to the cosmological evolution of the background spacetime, regardless of their small size or tension. We further generalize this analysis to closed $p$-branes in $(N+1)$-dimensional Friedmann-Lemaître-Robertson-Walker spacetimes, showing that the evolution of the rest mass depends explicitly on the dimensionality of the brane, and therefore that the cosmological evolution of particle-like objects in theories of gravity with nonminimal matter couplings is sensitive to their internal structure.

8 pages. Broader class of models considered; presentation improved and expanded; typographical errors corrected; results unchanged

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