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Power-counting renormalizable, ghost-and-tachyon-free Poincar\'e gauge theories

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2020-04-24 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We present 48 further examples, in addition to the 10 identified in [1], of ghost-and-tachyon-free critical cases of parity-conserving Poincar\'e gauge theories of gravity (PGT+^+) that are also power-counting renormalizable (PCR). This is achieved by extending the range of critical cases considered. Of the new PCR theories, seven have 2 massless degrees of freedom (d.o.f.) in propagating modes and a massive 00^- or 22^- mode, eight have only 2 massless d.o.f., and 33 have only massive mode(s). We also clarify the treatment of nonpropagating modes in determining whether a theory is PCR.

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@article{arxiv.1910.14197,
  title  = {Power-counting renormalizable, ghost-and-tachyon-free Poincar\'e gauge theories},
  author = {Yun-Cherng Lin and Michael P. Hobson and Anthony N. Lasenby},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.14197},
  year   = {2020}
}

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10 pages