2004/09/16 by Massimo Porrati, M. Porrati, Porrati, M.
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Relativity and Gravitational Theory #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-th/0409172
8 pages, to appear in the proceedings of "Deserfest: A celebration of the life and works of Stanley Deser," University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, April 3-5, 2004
arxiv created 2004/09/16 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
I review some interesting features of massive gravity in two maximally symmetric backgrounds: Anti de Sitter space and Minkowski space. While massive gravity in AdS can be seen as a spontaneously broken, UV safe theory, no such interpretation exists yet in the flat-space case. Here, I point out the problems encountered in trying to find such completion, and possible mechanisms to overcome them.