On the quantisation of complex higher derivative theories and avoiding the Ostrogradsky ghost

DOI10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2017.01.024zbMath1356.81203arXiv1611.03498OpenAlexW2574468853WikidataQ62372336 ScholiaQ62372336MaRDI QIDQ512738

Martti Raidal, Hardi Veermäe

Publication date: 27 February 2017

Published in: Nuclear Physics. B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.03498

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantization in field theory; cohomological methods (81T70) Commutation relations and statistics as related to quantum mechanics (general) (81S05) Lagrangian formalism and Hamiltonian formalism in mechanics of particles and systems (70S05) Lagrange's equations (70H03)

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