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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2024-03-01
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Series: | Nuclear Physics B |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0550321324000385 |