Gravitational ``Seesaw and light bending in higher-derivative gravity

DOI10.1007/978-3-319-69164-0_27MaRDI QIDQ4643449zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Breno L. Giacchini, Antonio Accioly, Ilya L. Shapiro

Publication date 24 May 2018

Published in Physical and Mathematical Aspects of Symmetries (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1610.05856

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Electromagnetic fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C50) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05)

Abstract: Local gravitational theories with more than four derivatives have remarkable quantum properties, e.g., they are super-renormalizable and may be unitary in the Lee-Wick sense. Therefore, it is important to explore also the IR limit of these theories and identify observable signatures of the higher derivatives. In the present work we study the scattering of a photon by a classical external gravitational field in the sixth-derivative model whose propagator contains only real, simple poles. Also, we discuss the possibility of a gravitational seesaw-like mechanism, which could allow the make up of a relatively small physical mass from the huge massive parameters of the action. If possible, this mechanism would be a way out of the Planck suppression, affecting the gravitational deflection of low energy photons. It turns out that the mechanism which actually occurs works only to shift heavier masses to the further UV region. This fact may be favourable for protecting the theory from instabilities, but makes experimental detection of higher derivatives more difficult.

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