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Massive Gravity with N=1 local Supersymmetry

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-06-15 v2

Abstract

A consistent theory of massive gravity, where the graviton acquires mass by spontaneously breaking diffeomorphism invariance, is now well established. We supersymmetrize this construction using N =1 fields. Coupling to N = 1 supergravity is done by applying the rules of tensor calculus to construct an action invariant under local N = 1 supersymmetry. The supersymmetric action is shown, at the quadratic level, to be free of ghosts and have as its spectrum a massive graviton, two gravitinos with different masses, and a massive vector.

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@article{arxiv.1302.5092,
  title  = {Massive Gravity with N=1 local Supersymmetry},
  author = {Ola Malaeb},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1302.5092},
  year   = {2015}
}

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