Negative energy and stability in scalar-tensor gravity

Abstract

Linearized gravitational waves in Brans-Dicke and scalar-tensor theories carry negative energy. A gauge-invariant analysis shows that the background Minkowski space is stable at the classical level with respect to linear scalar and tensor inhomogeneous perturbations.

9 pages, latex, to appear in Phys. Rev. D

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