reviewLiving Reviews in RelativityAug 25, 2014DIAMOND OA

Massive Gravity

Case Western Reserve University

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Abstract

We review recent progress in massive gravity. We start by showing how different theories of massive gravity emerge from a higher-dimensional theory of general relativity, leading to the Dvali-Gabadadze-Porrati model (DGP), cascading gravity, and ghost-free massive gravity. We then explore their theoretical and phenomenological consistency, proving the absence of Boulware-Deser ghosts and reviewing the Vainshtein mechanism and the cosmological solutions in these models. Finally, we present alternative and related models of massive gravity such as new massive gravity, Lorentz-violating massive gravity and non-local massive gravity.

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Keywords
  • Massive gravity
  • Physics
  • General relativity
  • Theoretical physics
  • Gravitation
  • f(R) gravity
  • Parameterized post-Newtonian formalism
  • Lorentz covariance
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