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Massive Gravity: A Lorentz-Symmetric Aether

High Energy Physics - Theory 2014-12-10 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

This is a heuristic introduction to massive gravity based on an analogy with perfect fluids. I will argue that massive gravity can be thought of as Einstein gravity in the presence of a medium with unusual properties.

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@article{arxiv.1412.2778,
  title  = {Massive Gravity: A Lorentz-Symmetric Aether},
  author = {Mehrdad Mirbabayi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1412.2778},
  year   = {2014}
}

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7 pages

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