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Abstract
We review recent progress in massive gravity. We start by showing how different theories of massive gravity emerge from a higher-dimensional theory of general relativity, leading to the Dvali-Gabadadze-Porrati model (DGP), cascading gravity, and ghost-free massive gravity. We then explore their theoretical and phenomenological consistency, proving the absence of Boulware-Deser ghosts and reviewing the Vainshtein mechanism and the cosmological solutions in these models. Finally, we present alternative and related models of massive gravity such as new massive gravity, Lorentz-violating massive gravity and non-local massive gravity.Keywords: Alternative theories of gravity; General relativity; Gravity; Massive gravity; Modified theories of gravity
Year: 2014 PMID: 28179850 PMCID: PMC5256007 DOI: 10.12942/lrr-2014-7
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Living Rev Relativ ISSN: 1433-8351 Impact factor: 40.429