Massive symmetric tensor field in spacetimes with a positive cosmological constant

TY - JOUR

T1 - Massive symmetric tensor field in spacetimes with a positive cosmological constant

AU - Higuchi, Atsushi

PY - 1989/10/23

Y1 - 1989/10/23

N2 - We quantize the free massive symmetric tensor field in arbitrary vacuum spacetime with a positive cosmological constant. We find that the theory with (mass)2 between 0 (linearized gravity) and 2 3 × (cosmological constant) is non-unitary if we require that it locally resemble the flat-spacetime counterpart. This is the generalization of the result obtained earlier in de Sitter spacetime.

AB - We quantize the free massive symmetric tensor field in arbitrary vacuum spacetime with a positive cosmological constant. We find that the theory with (mass)2 between 0 (linearized gravity) and 2 3 × (cosmological constant) is non-unitary if we require that it locally resemble the flat-spacetime counterpart. This is the generalization of the result obtained earlier in de Sitter spacetime.

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U2 - 10.1016/0550-3213(89)90507-5

DO - 10.1016/0550-3213(89)90507-5

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:33744596470

SN - 0550-3213

VL - 325

SP - 745

EP - 765

JO - Nuclear Physics B

JF - Nuclear Physics B

IS - 3

ER -