English

Restoring General Relativity in massive bi-gravity theory

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2013-11-22 v3 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We study static spherically symmetric solutions of massive bi-gravity theory, free from the Boulware-Deser ghost. We show the recovery of General Relativity via the Vainshtein mechanism, in the weak limit of the physical metric. We find a single polynomial equation determining the behavior of the solution for distances smaller than the inverse graviton mass. This equation is generically of the seventh order, while for a specific choice of the parameters of the theory it can be reduced to lower orders. The solution is analytic in different regimes: for distances below the Vainshtein radius (where General Relativity is recovered), and in the opposite regime, beyond the Vainshtein radius, where the solution approaches the flat metric.

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@article{arxiv.1307.3640,
  title  = {Restoring General Relativity in massive bi-gravity theory},
  author = {Eugeny Babichev and Marco Crisostomi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1307.3640},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

18 pages, 10 figures, typos corrected, version published in PRD

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