Published July 2019 | Version v1
Journal article

Looking for partially-massless gravity

  • 1. Kyung Hee University, Department of Physics and Research Institute of Basic Science (Korea, Republic of)
  • 2. Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) (Germany)
  • 3. Yerevan Physics Institute (Armenia)

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We study the possibility for a unitary theory of partially-massless (PM) spin-two field interacting with Gravity in arbitrary dimensions. We show that the gauge and parity invariant interaction of PM spin two particles requires the inclusion of specific massive spin-two fields and leads to a reconstruction of Conformal Gravity, or multiple copies of the latter in even dimensions. By relaxing the parity invariance, we find a possibility of a unitary theory in four dimensions, but this theory cannot be constructed in the standard formulation, due to the absence of the parity-odd cubic vertex therein. Finally, by relaxing the general covariance, we show that a "non-geometric" coupling between massless and PM spin-two fields may lead to an alternative possibility of a unitary theory. We also clarify some aspects of interactions between massless, partially-massless and massive fields, and resolve disagreements in the literature.

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Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
Journal Volume
2019
Journal Issue
7
Journal Page Range
p. 1-47
ISSN
1029-8479

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