Published June 11, 2018 | Version v1
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Ghost free mimetic massive gravity

Creators

  • 1. I.H.E.S.,F-91440 Bures-sur-Yvette (France)
  • 2. Physics Department, American University of Beirut,Beirut (Lebanon)
  • 3. LPT de l'Ecole Normale Superieure,24 rue Lhomond, 75231 Paris cedex (France)
  • 4. MPI for Physics,Foehringer Ring, 6, 80850, Munich (Germany)
  • 5. Theoretical Physics, Ludwig Maxmillians University,Theresienstr. 37, 80333 Munich (Germany)

Description

The mass of the graviton can be generated using a Brout-Englert-Higgs mechanism with four scalar fields. We show that when one of these fields is costrained as in mimetic gravity, the massive gravity obtained is ghost free and consistent. The mass term is not of the Fierz-Pauli type. There are only five degrees of freedom and the sixth degree of freedom associated with the Boulware-Deser ghost is constrained and replaced by mimetic matter to all orders. The van Dam-Veltman-Zakharov discontinuity is also absent.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2018)060; Available from http://repo.scoap3.org/record/26150

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1007/JHEP06(2018)060;
arXiv
arXiv:1805.06283;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
Journal Volume
2018
Journal Issue
06
Journal Page Range
p. 60
ISSN
1029-8479

INIS

Country of Publication
Germany
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
49094156
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
DEGREES OF FREEDOM; FIELD THEORIES; GRAVITATION; REST MASS; SCALAR FIELDS
Descriptors DEC
MASS

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Copyright
Copyright (c) OPEN ACCESS, © The Authors
Notes
PUBLISHER-ID: JHEP06(2018)060; ARXIV:1805.06283; OAI: oai:repo.scoap3.org:26150
Funding organization
SCOAP3, CERN, Geneva (Switzerland)