Theoretical and Observational Consistency of Massive Gravity

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...

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spelling oai:scholar.dlu.edu.vn:DLU123456789-598132023-11-11T06:53:06Z Theoretical and Observational Consistency of Massive Gravity Heisenberg, Lavinia Phenomenological theory Quantum cosmology Gravitation 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. 2016-03-14T03:27:39Z 2016-03-14T03:27:39Z 2015 Book 978-3-319-18935-2 978-3-319-18934-5 https://scholar.dlu.edu.vn/thuvienso/handle/DLU123456789/59813 en application/pdf Springer
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topic Phenomenological theory
Quantum cosmology
Gravitation
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Quantum cosmology
Gravitation
Heisenberg, Lavinia
Theoretical and Observational Consistency of Massive Gravity
description 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.
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title Theoretical and Observational Consistency of Massive Gravity
title_short Theoretical and Observational Consistency of Massive Gravity
title_full Theoretical and Observational Consistency of Massive Gravity
title_fullStr Theoretical and Observational Consistency of Massive Gravity
title_full_unstemmed Theoretical and Observational Consistency of Massive Gravity
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url https://scholar.dlu.edu.vn/thuvienso/handle/DLU123456789/59813
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