Derives a new class of stable models with two massless scalars and one massless spin-2 particle from a rank-2 tensor theory by imposing linearized transverse diffeomorphism invariance and massless spin-2 propagation, using a gauge-invariant Bardeen variable approach.
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In the first part of the thesis, and after an introduction to certain models of modified gravity, we study consistent Lagrangians for Lorentz invariant (massive and massless) spin-2 and spin-3/2 particles in flat space. The second part of the dissertation is devoted to non-linear extensions for the spin-2 case, focusing on unimodular gravity and bigravity. Both theories lead to modifications of General Relativity at large distances and we will study exact solutions, causal structure of those solutions, and perturbation theory (specially for the Lorentz breaking case). Some comments on quantization of these theories can be found in an appendix.
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Linearized transverse diffeomorphism invariant spin-2 theories via gauge invariants
Derives a new class of stable models with two massless scalars and one massless spin-2 particle from a rank-2 tensor theory by imposing linearized transverse diffeomorphism invariance and massless spin-2 propagation, using a gauge-invariant Bardeen variable approach.