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Unconstrained canonical action for, and positive energy of, massive spin 2

Deser, S. (2015) Unconstrained canonical action for, and positive energy of, massive spin 2. Canadian Journal of Physics, 93 (4). pp. 395-397. ISSN 0008-4204. doi:10.1139/cjp-2014-0420. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20140813-101641125

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Abstract

Filling a much-needed gap, we exhibit the D = 4 Fierz–Pauli massive s = 2 action, and its — manifestly positive — energy, in terms of its 2s + 1 = 5 unconstrained helicity (2, 1, 0) excitations, after reducing and diagonalizing the troublesome helicity-zero sector.


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http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjp-2014-0420DOIArticle
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http://arxiv.org/abs/1407.7178arXivDiscussion Paper
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Deser, S.0000-0001-9285-9434
Additional Information:© 2014 Canadian Science Publishing. Received 27 July 2014. Accepted 21 August 2014. Published on the web 10 September 2014. This work was supported in part by grants NSF PHY-1266107 and DOE # DE-SC0011632. Collaboration with A. Waldron on ref. 2 facilitated the present effort, as did composing help from J. Franklin and CPU help from G. Conrad.
Group:Walter Burke Institute for Theoretical Physics, Caltech Theory
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NSFPHY-1266107
Department of Energy (DOE)DE-SC0011632
Non-Subject Keywords:general relativity and quantum cosmology, high energy physics - theory
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CALT-TH2014-147
Issue or Number:4
Classification Code:PACS: 11.10.–z, 14.80.–j
DOI:10.1139/cjp-2014-0420
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Deposited By: Joy Painter
Deposited On:13 Aug 2014 19:54
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