Ghost-free higher-derivative theory
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Publication:453918
DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2005.10.014zbMATH Open1247.81550arXivhep-th/0503213OpenAlexW2054315592MaRDI QIDQ453918FDOQ453918
Authors: A. V. Smilga 
Publication date: 30 September 2012
Published in: Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: We present an example of the quantum system with higher derivatives in the Lagrangian, which is ghost-free: the spectrum of the Hamiltonian is bounded from below and unitarity is preserved.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0503213
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