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A Higgs mechanism for gravity is presented, where four scalars with global Lorentz symmetry are employed. We show that in the “broken symmetry phase” a graviton absorbs all scalars and become massive spin 2 particle with five degrees of freedom. The resulting theory is unitary and free of ghosts.
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Chamseddine, A.H., Mukhanov, V. Higgs for graviton: simple and elegant solution. J. High Energ. Phys. 2010, 11 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2010)011
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