Infrared Modified Gravity with Dynamical Torsion

Details Infrared Modified Gravity with Dynamical Torsion Infrared Modified Gravity with Dynamical Torsion

2009-05-22

arxiv.org/abs/0905.3732v1

Phys.Rev.D80:124050,2009

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

22 pages

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.80.124050

We continue the recent study of the possibility of constructing a consistent infrared modification of gravity by treating the vierbein and connection as independent dynamical fields. We present the generalized Fierz--Pauli equation that governs the propagation of a massive spin-2 mode in a model of this sort in the backgrounds of arbitrary torsionless Einstein manifolds. We show explicitly that the number of propagating degrees of freedom in these backgrounds remains the same as in flat space-time. This generalizes the recent result that the Boulware--Deser phenomenon does not occur in de Sitter and anti-de Sitter backgrounds. We find that, at least for weakly curved backgrounds, there are no ghosts in the model. We also briefly discuss the interaction of sources in flat background.

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