S-matrix unitarity and renormalizability in higher-derivative theories

DOI10.1093/PTEP/PTZ084zbMATH Open1477.81098arXiv1805.00262OpenAlexW3103099898MaRDI QIDQ5156201FDOQ5156201

Authors: Yugo Abe, Keisuke Izumi, Tomotaka Kitamura, Toshifumi Noumi, Takeo Inami 

Publication date: 15 October 2021

Published in: PTEP. Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We investigate the relation between the $S$-matrix unitarity ($S{S}^{dagger}=1$) and the renormalizability, in theories with negative norm states. The relation has been confirmed in many theories, such as gauge theories, Einstein gravity and Lifshitz-type non-relativistic theories by analyzing the unitarity bound, which follows from the $S$-matrix unitarity and the norm positivity. On the other hand, renormalizable theories with a higher derivative kinetic term do not necessarily satisfy the unitarity bound essentially because the unitarity bound does not hold due to the negative norm states. In these theories, it is not clear if the $S$-matrix unitarity provides a nontrivial constraint related to the renormalizability. In this paper we introduce scalar field models with a higher derivative kinetic term and analyze the $S$-matrix unitarity. We have positive results of the relation.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1805.00262

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Linear operators on spaces with an indefinite metric (47B50) Model quantum field theories (81T10) Renormalization group methods applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T17) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) (S)-matrix theory, etc. in quantum theory (81U20)

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