arXiv Open Access 2025

Massive Spin-2: Field-equations, Propagators, Massless-limit, and Perihelion Precessions

Th. A. Rijken J. W. Wagenaar

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This paper presents the quantization of massive and massless spin-2 particles, using the auxiliary field method. The issue, the so-called vDVZ-discontinuity, whether the perihelion precessions for a massive graviton are in agreement with the data, is studied in the context of this spin-2 theory in tree-approximation. In the context of this setting, it is found, that a massive gravitation model with an imaginary scalar ghost, for a small graviton mass is compatible with the perihelion-precession of Mercury, etc..

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physics.gen-ph

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Th. A. Rijken

J. W. Wagenaar

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Rijken, T.A., Wagenaar, J.W. (2025). Massive Spin-2: Field-equations, Propagators, Massless-limit, and Perihelion Precessions. https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.02050

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Tahun Terbit: 2025
Bahasa: en
Sumber Database: arXiv
Akses: Open Access ✓