Ghostbusters in f (R) supergravity

Abstract f (R) supergravity is known to contain a ghost mode associated with higher-derivative terms if it contains R n with n greater than two. We remove the ghost in f (R) supergravity by introducing auxiliary gauge field to absorb the ghost. We dub this method as the ghostbuster mechanism [1]. We...

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Main Authors: Toshiaki Fujimori, Muneto Nitta, Keisuke Ohashi, Yusuke Yamada
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-05-01
Series:Journal of High Energy Physics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP05(2018)102