Resummation of massive gravity

Claudia De Rham, Gregory Gabadadze, Andrew J. Tolley

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    Abstract

    We construct four-dimensional covariant nonlinear theories of massive gravity which are ghost-free in the decoupling limit to all orders. These theories resum explicitly all the nonlinear terms of an effective field theory of massive gravity. We show that away from the decoupling limit the Hamiltonian constraint is maintained at least up to and including quartic order in nonlinearities, hence excluding the possibility of the Boulware-Deser ghost up to this order. We also show that the same remains true to all orders in a similar toy model.

    Original languageEnglish (US)
    Article number231101
    JournalPhysical Review Letters
    Volume106
    Issue number23
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Jun 10 2011

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Physics and Astronomy

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