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More on ghosts in DGP model

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-11-26 v1 Astrophysics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

It is shown by an explicit calculation that the excitations about the self-accelerating cosmological solution of the Dvali--Gabadaze--Porrati model contain a ghost mode. This raises serious doubts about viability of this solution. Our analysis reveals the similarity between the quadratic theory for the perturbations around the self-accelerating Universe and an Abelian gauge model with two Stueckelberg fields.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0512097,
  title  = {More on ghosts in DGP model},
  author = {Dmitry Gorbunov and Kazuya Koyama and Sergei Sibiryakov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0512097},
  year   = {2008}
}

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