Comment on “Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet Gravity in Four-Dimensional Spacetime”
Metin Gürses, Tahsin Çağrı Şişman, Bayram Tekin
Abstract
We summarize our proof that the "Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet Gravity in Four-Dimensional Spacetime" introduced in Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 081301 (2020) does not have consistent field equations, as such the theory does not exist. The proof is given in both the metric and the first order formalisms.
Topics & Concepts
PhysicsEinsteinCosmologySpacetimeGauss–Bonnet gravityMathematical physicsTheoretical physicsGravitationClassical mechanicsAstrophysicsQuantum mechanicsCosmology and Gravitation TheoriesBlack Holes and Theoretical PhysicsRelativity and Gravitational Theory