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Ghost-free higher-derivative theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

We present an example of the quantum system with higher derivatives in the Lagrangian, which is ghost-free: the spectrum of the Hamiltonian is bounded from below and unitarity is preserved.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0503213,
  title  = {Ghost-free higher-derivative theory},
  author = {A. V. Smilga},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0503213},
  year   = {2008}
}

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13 pages, 1 figure