Special Massive Spin-2 on de Sitter Space
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چکیده
The theory of a massive spin-2 state on the de Sitter space – with the mass squared equal to one sixth of the curvature – is special for two reasons: (i) it exhibits an enhanced local symmetry; (ii) it emerges as a part of the model that gives rise to the self-accelerated Universe. The known problems of this theory are: either it cannot be coupled to a non-conformal conserved stress-tensor because of the enhanced symmetry, or it propagates a ghost-like state when the symmetry is constrained by the Lagrange multiplier method. Here we propose a solution to these problems in the linearized approximation.
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