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Massless and partially massless limits in Quadratic Gravity
Stockholm University, Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics (Nordita).ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1875-8333
Number of Authors: 12023 (English)In: Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), ISSN 1126-6708, E-ISSN 1029-8479, no 12, article id 111Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

In the context of perturbative quantum field theory, the addition of quadratic-curvature invariants to the Einstein-Hilbert action makes it possible to achieve strict renormalizability in four dimensions. The additional terms R2 and CμνρσCμνρσ are multiplied by dimensionless coefficients that are related to the masses of the extra gravitational degrees of freedom and to the interaction couplings. The aim of this paper is to study the limit of the theory in which the Weyl-squared coefficient tends to infinity. Remarkably, the result of this limit turns out to be sensitive to the presence of a cosmological constant: when the latter is zero we have a massless limit for the spin-2 ghost, while when the cosmological constant is different from zero we obtain a partially massless limit. We show that the renormalizability property and the ghost-like nature of the massive spin-2 field ensure that the two limits do not hit strong couplings, unlike standard ghost-free theories of massive gravity. In particular, in the partially massless limit the interactions mediated by the spin-2 sector vanish. We argue that our results can be useful for understanding the high-energy limit of Quadratic Gravity.

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2023. no 12, article id 111
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Models of Quantum Gravity, Classical Theories of Gravity, Gauge Symmetry
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Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-225521DOI: 10.1007/JHEP12(2023)111ISI: 001129663400002Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85180499876OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-225521DiVA, id: diva2:1828687
Available from: 2024-01-17 Created: 2024-01-17 Last updated: 2024-01-17Bibliographically approved

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