An alternative Hamiltonian formulation for the Pais-Uhlenbeck oscillator
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Publication:253033
DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2015.11.011zbMATH Open1332.81059arXiv1505.02583OpenAlexW1832054683MaRDI QIDQ253033FDOQ253033
Authors: Ivan Masterov 
Publication date: 7 March 2016
Published in: Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: Ostrogradsky's method allows one to construct Hamiltonian formulation for a higher derivative system. An application of this approach to the Pais-Uhlenbeck oscillator yields the Hamiltonian which is unbounded from below. This leads to the ghost problem in quantum theory. In order to avoid this nasty feature, the technique previously developed in [Acta Phys. Polon. B 36 (2005) 2115] is used to construct an alternative Hamiltonian formulation for the multidimensional Pais-Uhlenbeck oscillator of arbitrary even order with distinct frequencies of oscillation. This construction is also generalized to the case of an N=2 supersymmetric Pais-Uhlenbeck oscillator.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1505.02583
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