Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 171303 (2008) [4 pages]Non-Pauli-Fierz Massive GravitonsReceived 7 July 2008; published 24 October 2008 We study general Lorentz invariant theories of massive gravitons. We show that, contrary to the standard lore, there exist consistent theories where the graviton mass term violates Pauli-Fierz structure. For theories where the graviton is a resonance, this does not imply the existence of a scalar ghost if the deviation from a Pauli-Fierz structure becomes sufficiently small at high energies. These types of mass terms are required by any consistent realization of the Dvali-Gabadadze-Porrati model in higher dimension. © 2008 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.171303
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.171303
PACS:
04.60.−m, 11.10.Kk, 11.10.Lm, 11.30.Cp
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