Ghosts in classes of non-local gravity

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2015.02.045zbMATH Open1343.83036arXiv1412.1575OpenAlexW1988699284MaRDI QIDQ304322FDOQ304322

Authors: Antonio De Felice, Misao Sasaki 

Publication date: 25 August 2016

Published in: Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider a class of non-local gravity theories where the Lagrangian is a function of powers of the inverse d'Alembertian operator acting on the Ricci scalar. We take an approach in which the non-local Lagrangian is made local by introducing auxiliary scalar fields, and study the degrees of freedom of the localized Lagrangian. We find that among the auxiliary scalar fields introduced, some of them are always ghost-like. That is, in the Einstein frame they develop a negative kinetic term. Because of this, except for a particular case already known in the literature, in general, it is not clear how to quantize these models and how to interpret this theory in the light of standard field theory.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1412.1575

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05)

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