A quantum cure for the ostrogradski instability

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2011.11.003MaRDI QIDQ765780zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Max Niedermaier

Publication date 22 March 2012

Published in Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aop.2011.11.003

zbMATH Keywords

ground statestransfer operatorvariational perturbation theoryhigher-derivative systems

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometry and quantization, symplectic methods (81S10) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05)

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• Reflection positivity in higher derivative scalar theories
• Solution to the ghost problem in fourth order derivative theories
• The method of Ostrogradsky, quantization, and a move toward a ghost-free future
• Higher derivative gravity’s anti-Newtonian limit and the Caldirola–Kanai oscillator

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