Power-counting renormalizable, ghost-and-tachyon-free Poincare gauge theories

We present 48 further examples, in addition to the 10 identified in [1], of ghost-and-tachyon-free critical cases of parity-conserving Poincare gauge theories of gravity (PGT(+)) that are also power-counting renormalizable (PCR). This is achieved by extending the range of critical cases considered....

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Veröffentlicht in:Physical review. D 2020-03, Vol.101 (6), p.1, Article 064038
Hauptverfasser: Lin, Yun-Cherng, Hobson, Michael P., Lasenby, Anthony N.
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Zusammenfassung:We present 48 further examples, in addition to the 10 identified in [1], of ghost-and-tachyon-free critical cases of parity-conserving Poincare gauge theories of gravity (PGT(+)) that are also power-counting renormalizable (PCR). This is achieved by extending the range of critical cases considered. Of the new PCR theories, seven have 2 massless degrees of freedom (d.o.f.) in propagating modes and a massive 0(-) or 2(-) mode, eight have only 2 massless d.o.f., and 33 have only massive mode(s). We also clarify the treatment of nonpropagating modes in determining whether a theory is PCR.
ISSN:2470-0010
2470-0029
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.101.064038