2012/07/31 by Eric A. Bergshoeff, Marija Kovacevic, Jan Rosseel +1 · 6 citations
Physics and Astronomy · Social Sciences · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Gauge (firearms) #Gauge theory #International Science and Diplomacy #Massive gravity #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #Representation (politics) #State (computer science) #Work (physics) #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/jhep10(2012)055
published in Journal of High Energy Physics 2012(10) (Springer Nature) · 14 pages. v2: minor changes - published version
openalex publication_date 2012/10/01 · arxiv created 2012/10/15 · arxiv updated 2012/10/17 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We investigate in which sense, at the linearized level, one can extend the 3D topologically massive gravity theory beyond three dimensions. We show that, for each k=1,2,3... a free topologically massive gauge theory in 4k-1 dimensions can be defined describing a massive "spin-2" particle provided one uses a non-standard representation of the massive "spin-2" state which makes use of a two-column Young tableau where each column is of height 2k-1. We work out the case of k=2, i.e. 7D, and show, by canonical analysis, that the model describes, unitarily, 35 massive "spin-2" degrees of freedom. The issue of interactions is discussed and compared with the three-dimensional situation.