Inconsistency of interacting, multi-graviton theories

DOI10.1016/S0550-3213(00)00718-5zbMath0972.83051arXivhep-th/0007220OpenAlexW3098606101WikidataQ59307737 ScholiaQ59307737MaRDI QIDQ1841422

Marc Henneaux, Nicolas Boulanger, Thibault Damour, Leonardo Gualtieri

Publication date: 27 February 2001

Published in: Nuclear Physics. B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0007220

zbMATH Keywords

characteristic cohomologyBRST-based deformationPauli-Fierz action

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantization in field theory; cohomological methods (81T70) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05)

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