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Translation invariant time-dependent massive gravity: Hamiltonian analysis

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-06-22 v1

Abstract

The canonical structure of the massive gravity in the first order moving frame formalism is studied. We work in the simplified context of translation invariant fields, with mass terms given by general non-derivative interactions, invariant under the diagonal Lorentz group, depending on the moving frame as well as a fixed reference frame. We prove that the only mass terms which give 5 propagating degrees of freedom are the dRGT mass terms, namely those which are linear in the lapse. We also complete the Hamiltonian analysis with the dynamical evolution of the system.

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@article{arxiv.1407.2920,
  title  = {Translation invariant time-dependent massive gravity: Hamiltonian analysis},
  author = {Jihad Mourad and Karim Noui and Danièle A. Steer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1407.2920},
  year   = {2015}
}

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30 pages

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