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Newtonian counterparts of spin 2 massless discontinuities

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Published 21 November 2001 Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd
, , Citation S Deser and B Tekin 2001 Class. Quantum Grav. 18 L171 DOI 10.1088/0264-9381/18/23/103

0264-9381/18/23/L171

Abstract

Massive spin 2 theories in flat or cosmological (Λ≠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 Λ is a constant source of the potential, displays discontinuities: e.g. for any finite range, Λ can be totally removed.

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10.1088/0264-9381/18/23/103