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Covariant operator formalism for higher derivative systems: vector spin-0 dual model as a prelude to generalized QED4

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Autor(es):
de Gracia, G. B. ; Nogueira, A. A.
Número total de Autores: 2
Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
Fonte: EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL PLUS; v. 140, n. 1, p. 16-pg., 2025-01-24.
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In this work, we extend the Kugo-Ojima-Nakanishi covariant operator formalism to quantize two higher derivative systems, considering their extended phase space structures, more specifically, the one describing spin-0 particles by a vector field and the generalized electrodynamics. We investigate the commutator structure of these theories and present the definition of their physical Hilbert subspaces. The first model presents a reducible gauge symmetry, implying the necessity of two sets of auxiliary fields. The massless limit is also carefully analyzed. After this prelude, the generalized QED4 can be investigated with such machinery. Regarding the interacting regime, the positive norm subspace is no longer time invariant, since the interaction can create negative norm states from an initially ghost-free one. Then, we furnish an alternative description of the situation by analyzing a set of spectral representations highlighting the lack of positivity associated with the well-known ultraviolet improvement. Finally, based on these efforts and also on recent discussions about Lee-Wick-like models, we prove that it is possible to establish a specific higher derivative interacting model compatible with establishing a time-invariant positive norm subspace. (AU)

Processo FAPESP: 21/12126-5 - Teoria quântica de campos com métrica indefinida, de modelos planares em matéria condensada, mecanismos de quebra de simetrias e espinores Elko, à teorias duais redutíveis de ordem superior
Beneficiário:Gabriel Brandão de Gracia
Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Pós-Doutorado