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Massive gravity with N=1 local supersymmetry

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A consistent theory of massive gravity, where the graviton acquires mass by spontaneously breaking diffeomorphism invariance, is now well established. We supersymmetrize this construction using N=1 fields. Coupling to N=1 supergravity is done by applying the rules of tensor calculus to construct an action invariant under local N=1 supersymmetry. The supersymmetric action is shown, at the quadratic level, to be free of ghosts and have as its spectrum a massive graviton, two gravitinos (with different masses) and a massive vector.

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Acknowledgements

I would like to thank Professor Ali Chamseddine for suggesting the problem and for his many helpful discussions on the subject. I would like to thank the American University of Beirut (Faculty of Science) for support.

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Malaeb, O. Massive gravity with N=1 local supersymmetry. Eur. Phys. J. C 73, 2549 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-013-2549-9

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