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arxiv: 1501.03159 · v3 · pith:VQ3X4CDVnew · submitted 2015-01-13 · ✦ hep-th · gr-qc

TDiff and Weyl Invariant Massive Spin-2: Linear Theory

classification ✦ hep-th gr-qc
keywords lagrangiansmassivespin-2theoryconstructionfieldsfierz-pauligauge
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We use Kaluza-Klein reduction to construct flat-space massive spin-2 Lagrangians based on a kinetic term that has local Weyl and transverse-diffeomorphism gauge symmetries in the massless limit. This yields Lagrangians describing a free massive spin 2 which differ from the usual Fierz-Pauli theory, but are physically equivalent to it. These Lagrangians require the use of auxiliary fields, which appear naturally from the higher-dimensional construction. We discuss how these Lagrangians are related to each other and to the Fierz-Pauli theory through St\"uckelberg transformations, gauge fixings, and field replacements, and we use this to generalize the construction to spin-2 fields on Einstein manifolds.

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