Resolving the Ghost Problem in non-Linear Massive Gravity
High Energy Physics - Theory
2015-05-28 v3
Abstract
We analyze the ghost issue in the recently proposed models of non-linear massive gravity in the ADM formalism. We show that, in the entire two-parameter family of actions, the Hamiltonian constraint is maintained at the complete non-linear level and we argue for the existence of a non-trivial secondary constraint. This implies the absence of the pathological Boulware-Deser ghost to all orders. To our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of the existence of a consistent theory of massive gravity at the complete non-linear level, in four dimensions.
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@article{arxiv.1106.3344,
title = {Resolving the Ghost Problem in non-Linear Massive Gravity},
author = {S. F. Hassan and Rachel A. Rosen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1106.3344},
year = {2015}
}
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4 pages, comments and reference added, version accepted for publication