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In this paper we investigate the decoupling limit of a particular class of multi-gravity theories, i.e. of theories of interacting spin-2 fields. We explicitly compute the interactions of helicity-0 modes in this limit, showing that they take on the form of multi- Galileons and dual forms. In the process we extend the recently discovered Galileon dualities, deriving a set of new multi-Galileon dualities. These are also intrinsically connected to healthy, but higher-derivative, multi-scalar field theories akin to ‘beyond Horndeski’ models.
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Noller, J., Scargill, J.H.C. The decoupling limit of multi-gravity: multi-Galileons, dualities and more. J. High Energ. Phys. 2015, 34 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP05(2015)034
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