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Prog. Theor. Phys. Vol. 65 No. 5 (1981) pp. 1767-1770

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A Possible Mechanism of Ghost Confinement in a Renormalizable Quantum Gravity

Shoichiro Kawasaki and Tadahiko Kimura

Department of Physics, Chiba University, Chiba 260

(Received February 12, 1981)

Abstract:

The quantum theory of Einstein's gravitational theory supplemented with terms containing R2 and RµνRµν is renormalizable but the massive tensor ghost field contained in this theory causes the serious unitarity problem. We suggest a possible mechanism of the confinement of this tensor ghost.


URL : http://ptp.ipap.jp/link?PTP/65/1767/
DOI : 10.1143/PTP.65.1767

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Citing Article(s) :

  1. Progress of Theoretical Physics Vol. 66 No. 6 (1981) pp. 2085-2102 :
    Canonical Quantum Theory of Gravitational Field with Higher Derivatives
    Shoichiro Kawasaki, Tadahiko Kimura and Koichi Kitago
  2. Progress of Theoretical Physics Vol. 68 No. 5 (1982) pp. 1749-1764 :
    Canonical Quantum Theory of Gravitational Field with Higher Derivatives. II
    Shoichiro Kawasaki and Tadahiko Kimura
  3. Progress of Theoretical Physics Vol. 69 No. 3 (1983) pp. 1015-1030 :
    Canonical Quantum Theory of Gravitational Field with Higher Derivatives. III
    Shoichiro Kawasaki and Tadahiko Kimura

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