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Massive Gravity in Ads and Minkowski Backgrounds

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

I review some interesting features of massive gravity in two maximally symmetric backgrounds: Anti de Sitter space and Minkowski space. While massive gravity in AdS can be seen as a spontaneously broken, UV safe theory, no such interpretation exists yet in the flat-space case. Here, I point out the problems encountered in trying to find such completion, and possible mechanisms to overcome them.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0409172,
  title  = {Massive Gravity in Ads and Minkowski Backgrounds},
  author = {M. Porrati},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0409172},
  year   = {2007}
}

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8 pages, to appear in the proceedings of "Deserfest: A celebration of the life and works of Stanley Deser," University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, April 3-5, 2004

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