Graviton in a Curved Space-Time Background and Gauge Symmetry

V. M. Red'kov; N. G. Tokarevskaya; V. V. Kisel

Graviton in a Curved Space-Time Background and Gauge Symmetry

Mathematical Physics 2011-09-08 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology math.MP

Authors: V. M. Red'kov , N. G. Tokarevskaya , V. V. Kisel

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Pauli-Fierz approach to description of a massless spin-2 particle is investigated in the framework of 30-component first order relativistic wave equation theory on a curved space-time background. It is shown that additional gauge symmetry of massless equations established by Pauli-Fierz can be extended only to curved space-time regions where Ricci tensor vanishes. In all such space-time models the generally covariant S=2 massless wave equation exhibits gauge symmetry property, otherwise it is not so.

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graviton curved space-time gauge symmetry Pauli-Fierz approach massless spin-2 particle Ricci tensor generally covariant wave equation

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@article{arxiv.1109.1382,
  title  = {Graviton in a Curved Space-Time Background and Gauge Symmetry},
  author = {V. M. Red'kov and N. G. Tokarevskaya and V. V. Kisel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1109.1382},
  year   = {2011}
}

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