Massive higher derivative gravity in D-dimensional anti-de Sitter spacetimes

Journal Article · Tue Sep 15 00:00:00 EDT 2009 · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVD.80.064033· OSTI ID:21322746

Guellue, Ibrahim; Tekin, Bayram ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics, Middle East Technical University, 06531, Ankara (Turkey)

We find the propagator and calculate the tree level scattering amplitude between two covariantly conserved sources in an anti-de Sitter background for the most general D-dimensional quadratic, four-derivative, gravity with a Pauli-Fierz mass. We also calculate the Newtonian potential for various limits of the theory in flat space. We show how the recently introduced three-dimensional New Massive Gravity is uniquely singled out among higher derivative models as a (tree level) unitary model and that its Newtonian limit is equivalent to that of the usual massive gravity in flat space.

• OSTI ID: 21322746
• Journal Information: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 80, Issue 6; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.80.064033; (c) 2009 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
ANTI DE SITTER SPACE
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
GRAVITATION
MASS
PROPAGATOR
SCATTERING AMPLITUDES
SPACE-TIME
THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS