CONSISTENT HIGHER-DERIVATIVE QUANTUM-FIELD THEORY - A MODEL WITHOUT TACHYONS AND GHOSTS

Authors
DUTRA AD NATIVIDADE CP
Citation
Ad. Dutra et Cp. Natividade, CONSISTENT HIGHER-DERIVATIVE QUANTUM-FIELD THEORY - A MODEL WITHOUT TACHYONS AND GHOSTS, Modern physics letters A, 11(10), 1996, pp. 775-783
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Nuclear","Physics, Particles & Fields","Physycs, Mathematical
Journal title
Modern physics letters A → ACNP
ISSN journal
02177323
Volume
11
Issue
10
Year of publication
1996
Pages
775 - 783
Database
ISI
SICI code
0217-7323(1996)11:10<775:CHQT-A>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
We present a higher derivative gauge theory in (2 + 1) dimensions whic h can have its parameters suitably tuned in order to become a consiste nt quantum field theory, in the sense that both tachyons and ghosts ar e absent from the particle spectrum of the theory.