Polymer quantization, stability and higher-order time derivative terms
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Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Quantum field theory on lattices (81T25) Quantization in field theory; cohomological methods (81T70) Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17) Statistical mechanics of polymers (82D60) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Methods of noncommutative geometry in general relativity (83C65)
Abstract: The stability of higher-order time derivative theories using the polymer extension of quantum mechanics is studied. First, we focus on the well-known Pais-Uhlenbeck model and by casting the theory into the sum of two decoupled The possibility that fundamental discreteness implicit in a quantum gravity theory may act as a natural regulator for ultraviolet singularities arising in quantum field theory has been intensively studied. Here, along the same expectations, we investigate whether a nonstandard representation, called polymer representation can smooth away the large amount of negative energy that afflicts the Hamiltonians of higher-order time derivative theories; rendering the theory unstable when interactions come into play. We focus on the fourth-order Pais-Uhlenbeck model which can be reexpressed as the sum of two decoupled harmonic oscillators one producing positive energy and the other negative energy. As expected, the Schrodinger quantization of such model leads to the stability problem or to negative norm states called ghosts. Within the framework of polymer quantization we show the existence of new regions where the Hamiltonian can be defined well bounded from below.
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