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

Jul 26, 2014
3 pages
Published in:
  • Can.J.Phys. 93 (2015) 4, 395-397
  • Published: Sep 10, 2014
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Report number:
  • BRX-TH-680,
  • CALT-TH-2014-147

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Abstract: (NRC Research Press)
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.
  • 11.10.-z
  • 14.80.-j
  • spin: 2
  • excited state
  • helicity
  • gap