Beyond the cosmological standard model
After a decade and a half of research motivated by the accelerating universe, theory and
experiment have reached a certain level of maturity. The development of theoretical models …
experiment have reached a certain level of maturity. The development of theoretical models …
[HTML][HTML] Massive gravity
C de Rham - Living reviews in relativity, 2014 - Springer
We review recent progress in massive gravity. We start by showing how different theories of
massive gravity emerge from a higher-dimensional theory of general relativity, leading to the …
massive gravity emerge from a higher-dimensional theory of general relativity, leading to the …
Theoretical aspects of massive gravity
K Hinterbichler - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2012 - APS
Massive gravity has seen a resurgence of interest due to recent progress which has
overcome its traditional problems, yielding an avenue for addressing important open …
overcome its traditional problems, yielding an avenue for addressing important open …
Observation of the associated production of a top quark and a Z boson in pp collisions at = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector
G Aad, B Abbott, DC Abbott, A Abed Abud… - Journal of High Energy …, 2020 - Springer
A bstract Single top-quark production in association with a Z boson, where the Z boson
decays to a pair of charged leptons, is measured in the trilepton channel. The proton-proton …
decays to a pair of charged leptons, is measured in the trilepton channel. The proton-proton …
Ghost-free massive gravity with a general reference metric
SF Hassan, RA Rosen, A Schmidt-May - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2012 - Springer
A bstract Theories of massive gravity inevitably include an auxiliary reference metric.
Generically, they also contain an inconsistency known as the Boulware-Deser ghost …
Generically, they also contain an inconsistency known as the Boulware-Deser ghost …
Confirmation of the secondary constraint and absence of ghost in massive gravity and bimetric gravity
SF Hassan, RA Rosen - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2012 - Springer
A bstract In massive gravity and in bimetric theories of gravity, two constraints are needed to
eliminate the two phase-space degrees of freedom of the Boulware-Deser ghost. For …
eliminate the two phase-space degrees of freedom of the Boulware-Deser ghost. For …
Positivity constraints on interacting spin-2 fields
L Alberte, C de Rham, A Momeni, J Rumbutis… - Journal of High Energy …, 2020 - Springer
A bstract The consistency of the EFT of two interacting spin-2 fields is checked by applying
forward limit positivity bounds on the scattering amplitudes to exclude the region of …
forward limit positivity bounds on the scattering amplitudes to exclude the region of …
Helicity decomposition of ghost-free massive gravity
C De Rham, G Gabadadze, AJ Tolley - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2011 - Springer
A bstract We perform a helicity decomposition in the full Lagrangian of the class of Massive
Gravity theories previously proven to be free of the sixth (ghost) degree of freedom via a …
Gravity theories previously proven to be free of the sixth (ghost) degree of freedom via a …
Bounds on amplitudes in effective theories with massive spinning particles
J Bonifacio, K Hinterbichler - Physical Review D, 2018 - APS
We consider a procedure for directly constructing general tree-level four-particle scattering
amplitudes of massive spinning particles that are consistent with the usual requirements of …
amplitudes of massive spinning particles that are consistent with the usual requirements of …
Massive spin-2 scattering and asymptotic superluminality
K Hinterbichler, A Joyce, RA Rosen - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2018 - Springer
A bstract We place model-independent constraints on theories of massive spin-2 particles by
considering the positivity of the phase shift in eikonal scattering. The phase shift is an …
considering the positivity of the phase shift in eikonal scattering. The phase shift is an …