Strong interactions and exact solutions in nonlinear massive gravity

By K. Koyama, G. Niz, G. Tasinato. 2011

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We investigate strong coupling effects in a covariant massive gravity model, which is a candidate for a ghost-free non-linear completion of Fierz-Pauli. We analyse the conditions to recover general relativity via Vainshtein mechanism in the weak field limit, and find three main cases depending on the choice of parameters. In the first case, the potential is such that all non-linearities disappear and the vDVZ discontinuity cannot be avoided. In the second case, the Vainshtein mechanism allows to recover general relativity within a macroscopic radius from a source. In the last case, the strong coupling of the scalar graviton completely shields the massless graviton, and weakens gravity when approaching the source. In the second part of the paper, we explore new exact vacuum solutions, that asymptote de Sitter or anti de Sitter space depending on the parameter choice. The curvature of the space is proportional to the mass of the graviton, thus providing a cosmological background which may explain the present day acceleration in terms of the graviton mass. Moreover, by expressing the potential for non-linear massive gravity in a convenient form, we also suggest possible connections with a higher dimensional framework.

Subfields: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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Theoretical Aspects of Massive Gravity (2011, background): “Other solutions, including some analytic solutions in various cases, are claimed in [91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96].”
Helicity decomposition of ghost-free massive gravity (2011, background): “The allowed mass terms derived in [2] can be shown to arise as the expansion of the determinant √−g det[gν+λKν ] to fourth order in λ [17, 21, 22].”
Cosmological tests of modified gravity (2015, methodology): “We can allow an inhomogeneous fiducial metric by choosing the Stückelberg fields of the form [134, 135, 136, 137, 138]”