M Novello and R P Neves 2002 Class. Quantum Grav. 19 5335 doi:10.1088/0264-9381/19/21/303
M Novello and R P Neves
Show affiliationsWe present a new formulation to deal with the consistency problem of both massive and massless spin-2 fields in a curved spacetime. Using Fierz variables to represent the spin-2 field, we show how to avoid the arbitrariness and inconsistency that exist in the standard formulation of a spin-2 field coupled to gravity. The superiority of the Fierz frame appears explicitly in the combined set of equations for spin-2 field and gravity: it preserves the standard Einstein equations of motion, whilst maintaining the correct degrees of freedom for the spin-2 field.
83C05 Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems)
Issue 21 (7 November 2002)
Received 19 August 2002
Published 7 October 2002
M Novello and R P Neves 2002 Class. Quantum Grav. 19 5335
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