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Conformal Couplings in Induced Gravity

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It is found that the induced gravity with conformal couplings requires the conformal invariance in both classical and quantum levels for consistency. This is also true for the induced gravity with an extended conformal coupling interacting with torsion.

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Park, C.J., Yoon, Y. Conformal Couplings in Induced Gravity. General Relativity and Gravitation 29, 765–772 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018838006753

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