Absence of a VVDZ Discontinuity in AdS_AdS

Abstract

We clarify the role of gauge invariance for the theory of an AdS4 brane embedded in AdS5. The presence of a nonvanishing mass parameter even for the lightest KK mode of the graviton indicates that all of the spin-2 modes propagate five polarization states. Despite this fact, it was shown earlier that the classical theory has a smooth limit as the mass parameter is taken to zero. We argue that locality in the fifth dimension ensures that this property survives at the quantum level.

arXiv comment4 pages, Revtex; discussion of why VVDZ is not a problem even at the quantum level is changed

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