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Massive graviton as a testable cold dark matter candidate

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-10 v2 Astrophysics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We construct a consistent model of gravity where the tensor graviton mode is massive, while linearized equations for scalar and vector metric perturbations are not modified. The Friedmann equation acquires an extra dark-energy component leading to accelerated expansion. The mass of the graviton can be as large as (1015cm)1\sim (10^{15}{cm})^{-1}, being constrained by the pulsar timing measurements. We argue that non-relativistic gravitational waves can comprise the cold dark matter and may be detected by the future gravitational wave searches.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0411158,
  title  = {Massive graviton as a testable cold dark matter candidate},
  author = {S. L. Dubovsky and P. G. Tinyakov and I. I. Tkachev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0411158},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, final version to appear in PRL

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