Boulware-Deser ghost (in nonlinear extensions)

GPTKB entity

Statements (19)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:theoretical_physics
gptkbp:appearsIn nonlinear extensions of Fierz-Pauli massive gravity
gptkbp:avoidedBy gptkb:de_Rham-Gabadadze-Tolley_(dRGT)_theory
gptkbp:category instability
ghost field
gptkbp:cause loss of unitarity
violation of stability
gptkbp:describes instability in nonlinear massive gravity theories
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Stanley_Deser
gptkb:David_Boulware
gptkbp:firstDescribed 1972
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Boulware-Deser ghost (in nonlinear extensions)
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Stanley_Deser
gptkb:David_Boulware
gptkbp:problemFor nonlinear massive gravity
gptkbp:relatedTo massive gravity
nonlinear extensions of Fierz-Pauli theory
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Fierz-Pauli_theory
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7