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arxiv: 1207.6338 · v3 · submitted 2012-07-26 · ✦ hep-th · gr-qc

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Covariant constraints in ghost free massive gravity

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keywords constraintscovariantghostgravitymassivemethodrham-gabadadze-tolleyaddition
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We show that the reformulation of the de Rham-Gabadadze-Tolley massive gravity theory using vielbeins leads to a very simple and covariant way to count constraints, and hence degrees of freedom. Our method singles out a subset of theories, in the de Rham-Gabadadze-Tolley family, where an extra constraint, needed to eliminate the Boulware Deser ghost, is easily seen to appear. As a side result, we also introduce a new method, different from the Stuckelberg trick, to extract kinetic terms for the polarizations propagating in addition to those of the massless graviton.

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