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Massive gravity: exorcising the ghost

Journal

JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS
Volume -, Issue 4, Pages -

Publisher

SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP04(2011)004

Keywords

Classical Theories of Gravity; Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking; Gauge Symmetry

Funding

  1. National Science Foundation [0854779]
  2. Cluster of Excellence [EXC 153]
  3. Origin and Structure of the Universe
  4. [TRR 33]
  5. Division Of Physics
  6. Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [0854779] Funding Source: National Science Foundation

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We consider Higgs massive gravity [1, 2] and investigate whether a nonlinear ghost in this theory can be avoided. We show that although the theory considered in [10, 11] is ghost free in the decoupling limit, the ghost nevertheless reappears in the fourth order away from the decoupling limit. We also demonstate that there is no direct relation between the value of the Vainshtein scale and the existence of nonlinear ghost. We discuss how massive gravity should be modified to avoid the appearence of the ghost.

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