A quantum cure for the ostrogradski instability

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2011.11.003zbMath1252.83044OpenAlexW2030360689MaRDI QIDQ765780

Max R. Niedermaier

Publication date: 22 March 2012

Published in: Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aop.2011.11.003

zbMATH Keywords

ground statestransfer operatorvariational perturbation theoryhigher-derivative systems

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Geometry and quantization, symplectic methods (81S10) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05)

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