Stable Cosmology in Generalised Massive Gravity
Abstract
We present a thorough analysis of the cosmological perturbations in Generalised Massive Gravity. This is an extension of de Rham-Gabadadze-Tolley theory where the translation invariance in the St\"uckelberg field space is broken. This allows the mass parameters to be promoted to functions of the St\"uckelberg fields. We consider an exact cosmological background in this theory and study the stability of perturbations. We derive conditions to avoid ghost, gradient and tachyonic instability. The cosmology is an extension of the self-accelerating branch of the constant mass parameter theory, but now all five massive graviton polarisations propagate. For concreteness, we consider a minimal version of the theory where cosmology undergoes an accelerated expansion at late times and show that the perturbative stability is preserved for a range of parameters.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1912.08560,
title = {Stable Cosmology in Generalised Massive Gravity},
author = {Michael Kenna-Allison and A. Emir Gumrukcuoglu and Kazuya Koyama},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1912.08560},
year = {2020}
}
Comments
13 pages, 2 figures. V2: Typos corrected, sentences added. Accepted for publication in PRD