A new formulation of Lee-Wick quantum field theory

DOI10.1007/JHEP06(2017)066zbMath1380.81241arXiv1703.04584OpenAlexW3099408238MaRDI QIDQ683162

Marco Piva, Damiano Anselmi

Publication date: 5 February 2018

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1703.04584

zbMATH Keywords

models of quantum gravitybeyond standard modelhigher-derivative theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05)

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