Abstract
We study static spherically symmetric solutions of massive bigravity theory, free from the Boulware-Deser ghost. We show the recovery of general relativity via the Vainshtein mechanism, in the weak limit of the physical metric. We find a single polynomial equation determining the behavior of the solution for distances smaller than the inverse graviton mass. This equation is generically of the seventh order, while for a specific choice of the parameters of the theory it can be reduced to lower orders. The solution is analytic in different regimes: for distances below the Vainshtein radius (where general relativity is recovered), and in the opposite regime, beyond the Vainshtein radius, where the solution approaches the flat metric.
- Received 5 August 2013
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.88.084002
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