Note on massive spin 2 in curved space

1994/11/22 by Ingemar Bengtsson · 4 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Curved space #Einstein #Einstein field equations #Geometric Analysis and Curvature Flows #Hamiltonian (control theory) #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #Quantum field theory in curved spacetime #Range (aeronautics) #Space (punctuation) #Spin (aerodynamics) #gr-qc

paper · pdf · doi:10.1063/1.531288

published as J.Math.Phys.36:5805-5811,1995 · 8pp, Latex

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Abstract

We give a Hamiltonian formulation of massive spin 2 in arbitrary Einstein space–times. We pay particular attention to Higuchi’s forbidden mass range in deSitter space.

Citations

• Massive and mass-less Yang-Mills and gravitational fields

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