No van Dam-Veltman-Zakharov discontinuity for supergravity in AdS space

Authors
Grassi, PA van Nieuwenhuizen, P
Citation
Pa. Grassi et P. Van Nieuwenhuizen, No van Dam-Veltman-Zakharov discontinuity for supergravity in AdS space, PHYS LETT B, 499(1-2), 2001, pp. 174-178
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICS LETTERS B
ISSN journal
03702693 → ACNP
Volume
499
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
2001
Pages
174 - 178
Database
ISI
SICI code
0370-2693(20010201)499:1-2<174:NVDDFS>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Adding explicit mass terms for the spin 2 and spin 3/2 field of N = 1 anti- de Sitter supergravity, the limit M-2 --> 0 for these mass terms is smooth: there is no van Dam-Veltman-Zakharov mass discontinuity in the propagators when the cosmological constant is non-vanishing. (C) 2001 Published by Els evier Science B.V.