UV-complete 4-derivative scalar field theory

A scalar field theory with 4-derivative kinetic terms and 4-derivative cubic and quartic couplings is presented as a proxy for quantum quadratic gravity (QQG). The scalar theory is renormalizable and asymptotically free and the remaining key issue is unitarity, or more precisely positivity, just as...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bob Holdom
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-03-01
Series:Nuclear Physics B
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0550321324000385