Ruling out a higher spin field solution to the cosmological constant problem

Abstract

We consider the modification of Newton's gravity law in Dolgov's higher spin models designed to compensate the cosmological constant. We find that the effective Planck mass is unacceptably large in these models. We also point out that the properties of gravitational waves are entirely different in these models as compared to general relativity.

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• Higher spin fields and the problem of cosmological constant

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