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Effective Lagrangian from Higher Curvature Terms: Absence of vDVZ Discontinuity in AdS Space
High Energy Physics - Theory · Submitted 27 Aug 2001
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The authors' main claim We argue that the van Dam-Veltman-Zakharov discontinuity arising in the $M^2 \to 0$ limit of the massive graviton through an explicit Pauli-Fierz mass term could be absent in anti de Sitter space.
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We argue that the van Dam-Veltman-Zakharov discontinuity arising in the $M^2 \to 0$ limit of the massive graviton through an explicit Pauli-Fierz mass term could be absent in anti de Sitter space. This is possible if the graviton can acquire mass spontaneously from the higher curvature terms or/and the massless limit $M^2\to 0$ is attained faster than the cosmological constant $\Lambda \to 0$. We discuss the effects of higher-curvature couplings and of an explicit cosmological term ($\Lambda$) on stability of such continuity and of massive excitations.
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| s0 | We argue that the van Dam-Veltman-Zakharov discontinuity arising in the $M^2 \to 0$ limit of the massive graviton through an explicit Pauli-Fierz mass term could be absent in anti de Sitter space. | result 0.58 | 0.45 | 0.85 | hedged possibility 0.99 |
| s1 | This is possible if the graviton can acquire mass spontaneously from the higher curvature terms or/and the massless limit $M^2\to 0$ is attained faster than the cosmological constant $\Lambda \to 0$. | interpretation 0.66 | 0.18 | 0.25 | hedged possibility 0.99 |
| s2 | We discuss the effects of higher-curvature couplings and of an explicit cosmological term ($\Lambda$) on stability of such continuity and of massive excitations. | contribution 0.99 | 0.78 | 0.07 | unclear 0.53 |
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We argue that the van Dam-Veltman-Zakharov discontinuity arising in the $M^2 \to 0$ limit of the massive graviton through an explicit Pauli-Fierz mass term could be absent in anti de Sitter space. This is possible if the graviton can acquire mass spontaneously from the higher curvature terms or/and the massless limit $M^2\to 0$ is attained faster than the cosmological constant $\Lambda \to 0$. We discuss the effects of higher-curvature couplings and of an explicit cosmological term ($\Lambda$) on stability of such continuity and of massive excitations.
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