Published January 12, 2006
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Journal article
Ghost-free higher-derivative theory
Creators
- 1. SUBATECH, Universite de Nantes, 4 rue Alfred Kastler, BP 20722, Nantes 44307 (France)
Description
We present an example of the quantum system with higher derivatives in the Lagrangian, which is ghost-free: the spectrum of the Hamiltonian is bounded from below and unitarity is preserved
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.physletb.2005.10.014;
- arXiv
- arXiv:hep-th/0503213v1;
- PII
- S0370-2693(05)01490-5;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physics Letters. Section B
- Journal Volume
- 632
- Journal Issue
- 2-3
- Journal Page Range
- p. 433-438
- ISSN
- 0370-2693
- CODEN
- PYLBAJ
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 38019666
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- HAMILTONIANS; LAGRANGIAN FUNCTION; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SPECTRA; UNITARITY
- Descriptors DEC
- FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MECHANICS; QUANTUM OPERATORS
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2005 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.