11–13 Apr 2022
Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University
Europe/Berlin timezone

Maximally Supersymmetric Massive Gravity and the Double-Copy

13 Apr 2022, 17:30
50m
Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University

Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University

Virtual Workshop

Speaker

Callum Jones

Description

In this talk I will describe the construction of supersymmetrizations of a special class of models with massive spin-2 "gravitons" in d=4. Using various pieces of on-shell technology, including massive on-shell superspace and the double-copy, I will argue that there exists a unique "simplest" model of massive gravity with N=4 supersymmetry and maximal R-symmetry. This model has no free parameters in the dRGT potential and yet is (possibly uniquely) consistent with known UV constraints from superluminality, analyticity and unitarity. I will also describe the prospect of constructing this model as a double-copy of N=2 supersymmetric massive Yang-Mills and the various difficulties associated with a massive double-copy.

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