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Strong-coupling scales and the graph structure of multi-gravity theories

High Energy Physics - Theory 2016-01-11 v2 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

In this paper we consider how the strong-coupling scale, or perturbative cutoff, in a multi-gravity theory depends upon the presence and structure of interactions between the different fields. This can elegantly be rephrased in terms of the size and structure of the `theory graph' which depicts the interactions in a given theory. We show that the question can be answered in terms of the properties of various graph-theoretical matrices, affording an efficient way to estimate and place bounds on the strong-coupling scale of a given theory. In light of this we also consider the problem of relating a given theory graph to a discretised higher dimensional theory, a la dimensional deconstruction.

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@article{arxiv.1511.02877,
  title  = {Strong-coupling scales and the graph structure of multi-gravity theories},
  author = {James H. C. Scargill and Johannes Noller},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.02877},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

23 pages, 7 figures; v2: additional references included, and minor typos corrected; version published in JHEP