Ghosts in higher derivative Maxwell-Chern-Simon's theory and PT-symmetry

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2020.135671zbMATH Open1473.81061arXiv2005.12552OpenAlexW3029454853MaRDI QIDQ822445FDOQ822445

Authors: N. E. Zubov 

Publication date: 22 September 2021

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

Abstract: Ghost fields in quantum field theory have been a long-standing problem. Specifically, theories with higher derivatives involve ghosts that appear in the Hamiltonian in the form of linear momenta term, which is commonly known as the Ostrogradski ghost. Higher derivative theories may involve both types of constraints i.e. first class and second class. Interestingly, these higher derivative theories may have non-Hermitian Hamiltonian respecting $mathcalPT-$symmetries. In this paper, we have considered the $mathcalPT-$symmetric nature of the extended Maxwell-Chern-Simon's theory and employed the second class constraints to remove the linear momenta terms causing the instabilities. We found that the removal is not complete rather conditions arise among the coefficients of the operator $Q$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.12552

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Higher-order elliptic equations (35J30) Eta-invariants, Chern-Simons invariants (58J28) Selfadjoint operator theory in quantum theory, including spectral analysis (81Q10) Nonselfadjoint operator theory in quantum theory including creation and destruction operators (81Q12) Finite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics and their representations (81R05) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10) Constrained dynamics, Dirac's theory of constraints (70H45)

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