Theoretical and Observational Consistency of Massive Gravity

Buch | Hardcover
XXI, 201 Seiten
2015 | 2015
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-18934-5 (ISBN)

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Theoretical and Observational Consistency of Massive Gravity - Lavinia Heisenberg
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This work is a detailed study of both the theoretical and phenomenological consequences of a massive graviton, within the ghost-free theory of massive gravity, the de Rham-Gabadadze-Tolley (dRGT) theory. Its aim is to test the physical viability of the theory. It begins by putting constraints on the parameters of the theory in the decoupling limit based on purely theoretical grounds, like classical stability in the cosmological evolution of self-accelerating and degravitating solutions. The author then constructs a proxy theory to massive gravity from the decoupling limit resulting in non-minimally coupled scalar-tensor interactions as an example of a subclass of Horndeski theories. Lastly, she addresses the natural question of whether the parameters introduced in the dRGT theory are subject to strong renormalization by quantum loops and shows how the non-renormalization theorem protects the graviton mass from quantum corrections. Beyond the decoupling limit the quantum corrections are found to be proportional to the graviton mass, proving its technical naturalness.

Field Theories in Cosmology.- Introduction.- Massive Gravity.- Cosmology with Massive Gravity.- Cosmology of Massive Gravity in the Decoupling Limit.- Proxy Theory.- Super-luminality.- Super-luminal Propagation in Galileon Models.- Quantum Corrections in Massive Gravity.- Quantum Corrections: Natural Versus Non-natural.- Renormalization Beyond the Decoupling Limit of Massive Gravity.- Summary & Outlook.- Appendix.- Bibliography.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 25.6.2015
Reihe/Serie Springer Theses
Zusatzinfo XXI, 201 p. 42 illus., 19 illus. in color.
Verlagsort Cham
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Astronomie / Astrophysik
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Relativitätstheorie
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Theoretische Physik
Schlagworte Cosmological Constant Problem • Graviton Mass • Infrared Modifications of GR • Massive Gravity • Non-renormalization Theorem • Quantum Corrections in Massive Gravity
ISBN-10 3-319-18934-4 / 3319189344
ISBN-13 978-3-319-18934-5 / 9783319189345
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