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Quantum Aspects of Massive Gravity

High Energy Physics - Theory 2011-04-20 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We consider the effect of quantum interactions on Pauli-Fierz massive gravity. With generic graviton cubic interactions, we observe that the 1-loop counterterms do not conform to the tree level structure of Pauli-Fierz action, resulting in the reappearance of the 6th mode ghost. Then to explore the quantum effects to the full extent, we calculate the resummed graviton propagator with an arbitrary interaction and analyze its complete structure, from which a minimal condition for the absence of the ghost is obtained.

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@article{arxiv.1009.4369,
  title  = {Quantum Aspects of Massive Gravity},
  author = {Minjoon Park},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1009.4369},
  year   = {2011}
}

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1+18pp

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