Covariant constraints in ghost free massive gravity

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作者
Deffayet, C. [1 ]
Mourad, J. [1 ]
Zahariade, G. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Paris 07, CEA, Observ Paris, CNRS,APC,UMR 7164, F-75205 Paris 13, France
来源
JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS | 2013年 / 01期
关键词
modified gravity; gravity; YANG-MILLS; CONSISTENCY; BRANE;
D O I
10.1088/1475-7516/2013/01/032
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We show that the reformulation of the de Rham-Gabadadze-Tolley massive gravity theory using vielbeins leads to a very simple and covariant way to count constraints, and hence degrees of freedom. Our method singles out a subset of theories, in the de Rham-Gabadadze-Tolley family, where an extra constraint, needed to eliminate the Boulware Deser ghost, is easily seen to appear. As a side result, we also introduce a new method, different front the Stuckelberg trick, to extract kinetic terms for the polarizations propagating in addition to those of the massless graviton.
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