Published September 23, 2011 | Version v1
Journal article

Analytic Solutions in Nonlinear Massive Gravity

  • 1. Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, University of Portsmouth, Dennis Sciama Building, Portsmouth, PO1 3FX (United Kingdom)

Description

We study spherically symmetric solutions in a covariant massive gravity model, which is a candidate for a ghost-free nonlinear completion of the Fierz-Pauli theory. There is a branch of solutions that exhibits the Vainshtein mechanism, recovering general relativity below a Vainshtein radius given by (rgm2)1/3, where m is the graviton mass and rg is the Schwarzschild radius of a matter source. Another branch of exact solutions exists, corresponding to de Sitter-Schwarzschild spacetimes where the curvature scale of de Sitter space is proportional to the mass squared of the graviton.

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Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
107
Journal Issue
13
Journal Page Range
p. 131101-131101.5
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO

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(c) 2011 American Institute of Physics