Hidden ghost in massive gravity

DOI10.1007/JHEP03(2013)092zbMATH Open1342.83056arXiv1302.4367OpenAlexW3124812664MaRDI QIDQ302841FDOQ302841

Authors: Viatcheslav Mukhanov, Ali H. Chamseddine 

Publication date: 12 August 2016

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The Hessian's determinant for a version of massive gravity given by an infinite expansion of a square root function of the induced metric, vanishes. We show that it allows us to eliminate one of four scalar fields used to generate the graviton mass. This, however, gives rise to the appearance of extra terms in the action with the squared time derivative of the metric, thus signaling that a nonlinear ghost survives.We demonstrate this phenomenon considering a simple system with constraint, which is supposed to reduces the number of physical degrees of freedom, however, we explicitly show how the constraint forces the metric to propagate an extra tachyonic state.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1302.4367

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zbMATH Keywords

classical theories of gravityspontaneous symmetry breaking

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Asymptotic procedures (radiation, news functions, (mathcal{H} )-spaces, etc.) in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C30)

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