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Gravitational waves and massive tensor particles in thef-g theory of gravity

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Starting from the generally covariant version of the Pauli-Fierz mass term, it is stressed that the tensor fields representing spin-2 particles, eigenstates of strong and gravitational interactions, are linear combinations of one massive and one massless state. This implies that any hadronic reaction, in which massive tensor particles are produced, can be regarded, at least in principle, also as an effective source of gravitons which may become very important in the early stages of the universe; conversely, any process in which gravitational radiation of sufficiently high energy is emitted, should be a source of strongly interacting tensor particles which decay into photons and neutrinos. These two effects could be used for producing and detecting gravitational waves.

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  1. Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

    Venzo De Sabbata

  2. Istituto di Fisica Teorica dell'Università di Torino and I.N.F.N., Sezione di Torino, Corso M.D'Azeglio 46, 10125, Torino, Italy

    Maurizio Gasperini

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This essay was awarded an honorable mention (1985) by the Gravity Research Foundation—Ed.

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De Sabbata, V., Gasperini, M. Gravitational waves and massive tensor particles in thef-g theory of gravity. Gen Relat Gravit 18, 669–674 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00768630

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