Causality Constraints on Corrections to the Graviton Three-Point Coupling
arXiv:1407.5597 · doi:10.1007/JHEP02(2016)020
Abstract
We consider higher derivative corrections to the graviton three-point coupling within a weakly coupled theory of gravity. Lorentz invariance allows further structures beyond the one present in the Einstein theory. We argue that these are constrained by causality. We devise a thought experiment involving a high energy scattering process which leads to causality violation if the graviton three-point vertex contains the additional structures. This violation cannot be fixed by adding conventional particles with spins . But, it can be fixed by adding an infinite tower of extra massive particles with higher spins, . In AdS theories this implies a constraint on the conformal anomaly coefficients in terms of , the dimension of the lightest single particle operator with spin . For inflation, or de Sitter-like solutions, it indicates the existence of massive higher spin particles if the gravity wave non-gaussianity deviates significantly from the one computed in the Einstein theory.
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