# Searching for modified gravity: a conformal sector?

## TL;DR

This paper explores a method to analyze modifications of general relativity through the minimal geometric deformation approach, focusing on those modifications represented by a traceless energy-momentum tensor.

## Contribution

It proposes a new framework to study modified gravity theories using the minimal geometric deformation approach for traceless energy-momentum tensors.

## Key findings

- The approach simplifies analyzing certain modified gravity models.
- It provides a unified way to study traceless energy-momentum tensor modifications.
- Potential applications in astrophysics and cosmology.

## Abstract

We conjecture that any modification of general relativity can be studied by the minimal geometric deformation approach provided that such modification can be represented by a traceless energy-momentum tensor.