Non-compact nonlinear sigma models

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2016.07.035MaRDI QIDQ1801157zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Andrew J. Tolley, Shuang-Yong Zhou, C. de Rham

Publication date 26 October 2018

Published in Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1512.06838

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in mechanics of particles and systems (70S15)

Abstract: The target space of a nonlinear sigma model is usually required to be positive definite to avoid ghosts. We introduce a unique class of nonlinear sigma models where the target space metric has a Lorentzian signature, thus the associated group being non-compact. We show that the would-be ghost associated with the negative direction is fully projected out by 2 second-class constraints, and there exist stable solutions in this class of models. This result also has important implications for Lorentz--invariant massive gravity: There exist stable nontrivial vacua in massive gravity that are free from any linear vDVZ--discontinuity and a $Lambd{a}_2$ decoupling limit can be defined on these vacua.

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