Reflection positivity in higher derivative scalar theories
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DOI10.1063/1.5027231zbMATH Open1395.81146arXiv1712.04308OpenAlexW3104222339WikidataQ129367031 ScholiaQ129367031MaRDI QIDQ4586498FDOQ4586498
Authors: Francesca Arici, Daniel Becker, Chris Ripken, Frank Saueressig, Walter D. van Suijlekom 
Publication date: 13 September 2018
Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: Reflection positivity constitutes an integral prerequisite in the Osterwalder-Schrader reconstruction theorem which relates quantum field theories defined on Euclidean space to their Lorentzian signature counterparts. In this work we rigorously prove the violation of reflection positivity in a large class of free scalar fields with a rational propagator. This covers in particular higher-derivative theories where the propagator admits a partial fraction decomposition as well as degenerate cases including e.g. p^4 -type propagators.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1712.04308
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