Newtonian counterparts of spin 2 massless discontinuities

Creative Commons License

Deser S., Tekin B.

CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM GRAVITY, cilt.18, sa.23, 2001 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Kısa Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 18 Sayı: 23
  • Basım Tarihi: 2001
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1088/0264-9381/18/23/103
  • Dergi Adı: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM GRAVITY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Massive spin 2 theories in flat or cosmological (A not equal 0) backgrounds are subject to discontinuities as the masses tend to zero. We show and explain physically why their Newtonian limits do not inherit this behaviour. On the other hand, conventional 'Newtonian cosmology', where Lambda is a constant source of the potential, displays discontinuities: e.g. for any finite range, Lambda can be totally removed.