Higher derivative field theories: degeneracy conditions and classes
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Publication:683244
DOI10.1007/JHEP06(2017)124zbMATH Open1380.83200arXiv1703.01623OpenAlexW2594662128MaRDI QIDQ683244FDOQ683244
Authors: Marco Crisostomi, Remko Klein, Diederik Roest 
Publication date: 5 February 2018
Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: We provide a full analysis of ghost free higher derivative field theories with coupled degrees of freedom. Assuming the absence of gauge symmetries, we derive the degeneracy conditions in order to evade the Ostrogradsky ghosts, and analyze which (non)trivial classes of solutions this allows for. It is shown explicitly how Lorentz invariance avoids the propagation of "half" degrees of freedom. Moreover, for a large class of theories, we construct the field redefinitions and/or (extended) contact transformations that put the theory in a manifestly first order form. Finally, we identify which class of theories cannot be brought to first order form by such transformations.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1703.01623
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