Proof of Consistency of Nonlinear Massive Gravity in the Stuckelberg Formulation

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2012-03-23

arxiv.org/abs/1203.5283v2

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

v1: Latex, 11 pages, v2: a comment added

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We address some recent concerns about the absence of the Boulware-Deser ghost in the Stuckelberg formulation of nonlinear massive gravity. First we provide general arguments for why any ghost analysis in the Stuckelberg formulation has to agree with existing consistency proofs that have been carried out without using Stuckelberg fields. We then demonstrate the absence of the ghost at the completely nonlinear level in the Stuckelberg formulation of the minimal massive gravity action. The constraint that removes the ghost field and the associated secondary constraint that eliminates its conjugate momentum are computed explicitly, confirming the consistency of the theory in the Stuckelberg formulation.

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