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Removing the Ostrogradski ghost from degenerate gravity theories

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The Ostrogradski ghost problem that appears in higher derivative system is considered for systems with constraints. A prescription for removal of the ghost creating momenta is described based on the… Click to show full abstract

The Ostrogradski ghost problem that appears in higher derivative system is considered for systems with constraints. A prescription for removal of the ghost creating momenta is described based on the Dirac's constraint analysis. It is shown how one can make the canonical Hamiltonian bounded from below by systematically removing the constraints appearing in the system thereby reducing the effective dimension of the phase space. To show the effect of higher derivative terms we consider the singularity free Gauss-Bonnet theory coupled via a matter field to the Einstein Hilbert action. Finally we construct the ghost free canonical Hamiltonian for the theory that is bounded from below.

Keywords: ghost; ostrogradski ghost; removing ostrogradski; ghost degenerate; gravity theories; degenerate gravity

Journal Title: Physical Review D
Year Published: 2017

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