Non-perturbative unitarity and fictitious ghosts in quantum gravity
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 residue...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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12 November 2020
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Physics letters
Year: 2020, Volume: 811 |
| ISSN: | 1873-2445 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.physletb.2020.135911 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2020.135911 Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269320307140 
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| Author Notes: | Alessia Platania, Christof Wetterich |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 28.01.2021 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1873-2445 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.physletb.2020.135911 |