Non-perturbative unitarity and fictitious ghosts in quantum gravity

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2020.135911zbMATH Open1475.83037arXiv2009.06637OpenAlexW3086949002MaRDI QIDQ820376FDOQ820376

Authors: Alessia Platania, Christof Wetterich 

Publication date: 27 September 2021

Published in: Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We discuss aspects of non-perturbative unitarity in quantum field theory. The additional ghost degrees of freedom arising in "truncations" of an effective action at a finite order in derivatives could be fictitious degrees of freedom. Their contributions to the fully-dressed propagator -- the residues of the corresponding ghost-like poles -- vanish once all operators compatible with the symmetry of the theory are included in the effective action. These "fake ghosts" do not indicate a violation of unitarity.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.06637

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonperturbative methods of renormalization applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T16) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Effective quantum field theories (81T12)

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