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arxiv: 1109.4713 · v2 · pith:YDCK6IIUnew · submitted 2011-09-22 · ✦ hep-th · gr-qc

Exact plane gravitational waves in the de Rham-Gabadadze-Tolley model of massive gravity

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We show that the nonlinear massive gravity model of de Rham, Gabadadze, and Tolley admits exact plane gravitational wave solution whose waveform obeys the two-dimensional Helmholtz equation. The solution is valid for arbitrary values of the coefficients of the cubic and quartic terms. In the massless limit the solution reduces to the Aichelburg-Sexl metric in general relativity.

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