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On the vDVZ discontinuity in massive conformal gravity

High Energy Physics - Theory 2019-03-06 v4 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

By taking the massless limit of linearized massive conformal gravity coupled to a source, we show that the theory is free from the vDVZ discontinuity. This result is confirmed when we take the massless limit of the gravitational potential of the theory, which is shown to be finite at the origin.

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@article{arxiv.1703.01318,
  title  = {On the vDVZ discontinuity in massive conformal gravity},
  author = {F. F. Faria},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.01318},
  year   = {2019}
}

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v2: 12 pages, major changes, acknowledgments and references added; v3: 11 pages, title and content changed; v4: 13 pages, matches the published version

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