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Old and New No Go Theorems on Interacting Massless Particles in Flat Space

M. Porrati
(
- New York U., CCPP and
- New York U.
)

Sep, 2012

11 pages

Part of Proceedings, 17th International Seminar on High Energy Physics (Quarks 2012) : Yaroslavl, Russia, June 4-7, 2012

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- Quarks 2012

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1209.4876 [hep-th]

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Abstract: (arXiv)

We review model independent arguments showing that massless particles interacting with gravity in a Minkowski background space can have at most spin two. These arguments include a classic theorem due to Weinberg, as well as a more recent extension of the Weinberg-Witten theorem. A puzzle arising from an apparent counterexample to these theorems is examined and resolved.

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References added. Based on a talk given at the conference QUARKS 2012, Yaroslavl, Russian Federation, June 4-10, 2012. To appear in the conference proceedings

particle: massless
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spin: 2
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