Massive spin-2 fields on black hole spacetimes: Instability of the Schwarzschild and Kerr solutions and bounds on the graviton mass

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Massive spin-2 fields on black hole spacetimes : Instability of the Schwarzschild and Kerr solutions and bounds on the graviton mass. / Brito, Richard; Cardoso, Vitor; Pani, Paolo.

I: Physical Review D, Bind 88, Nr. 2, 023514, 10.07.2013.

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Brito, R, Cardoso, V & Pani, P 2013, 'Massive spin-2 fields on black hole spacetimes: Instability of the Schwarzschild and Kerr solutions and bounds on the graviton mass', Physical Review D, bind 88, nr. 2, 023514. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.88.023514

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Brito, R., Cardoso, V., & Pani, P. (2013). Massive spin-2 fields on black hole spacetimes: Instability of the Schwarzschild and Kerr solutions and bounds on the graviton mass. Physical Review D, 88(2), [023514]. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.88.023514

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Brito R, Cardoso V, Pani P. Massive spin-2 fields on black hole spacetimes: Instability of the Schwarzschild and Kerr solutions and bounds on the graviton mass. Physical Review D. 2013 jul. 10;88(2). 023514. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.88.023514

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Brito, Richard ; Cardoso, Vitor ; Pani, Paolo. / Massive spin-2 fields on black hole spacetimes : Instability of the Schwarzschild and Kerr solutions and bounds on the graviton mass. I: Physical Review D. 2013 ; Bind 88, Nr. 2.

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