Non-Einstein source effects in massive gravity

S. Deser and A. Waldron
Phys. Rev. D 89, 027503 – Published 13 January 2014

Abstract

We exhibit novel effects (absent in GR) of sources in massive gravity. First, we show that removing its ghost mode forces a field-current identity: The metric’s trace is locally proportional to that of its stress tensor; a point source implies a metric singularity enhanced by the square of the graviton’s range. Second, exterior solutions acquire spatial stress hair—their metric components depend on the interior Tij. Also, in contrast to naïve expectations, the Newtonian potential of a source is now determined by both its spatial stress and mass. Our explicit results are obtained at linear, Fierz–Pauli, level but qualitatively persist nonlinearly.

  • Received 24 October 2013

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.89.027503

© 2014 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

S. Deser*

  • Lauritsen Lab, Caltech, Pasadena, California 91125, USA and Physics Department, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454, USA

A. Waldron

  • Department of Mathematics, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA

  • *deser@brandeis.edu
  • wally@math.ucdavis.edu

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Vol. 89, Iss. 2 — 15 January 2014

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