"Cosmological" Constant and Scalar Gravitons
- 1 July 1974
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Progress of Theoretical Physics
- Vol. 52 (1) , 161-169
- https://doi.org/10.1143/ptp.52.161
Abstract
If a cosmological term is included in the equations of general relativity, the linearized equations can be interpreted as a tensor-scalar theory of finite-range gravitation. The scalar field cannot be transformed away be a gauge transformation (general co-ordinate transformation) and so must be interpreted as a physically significant degree of freedom. The hypothesis that a massive spin-two meson (mass m2) satisfied equations identical in form to the equations of general relativity leads to the prediction of a massive spin-zero meson (mass m0), the ratio of masses being m0 / m2 = √3.Keywords
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