Abstract
Abstract
The Ostrogradsky theorem states that any classical Lagrangian that contains time derivatives higher than the first order and is nondegenerate with respect to the highest-order derivatives leads to an unbounded Hamiltonian which linearly depends on the canonical momenta. Recently, the original theorem has been generalized to nondegeneracy with respect to non-highest-order derivatives. These theorems have been playing a central role in construction of sensible higher-derivative theories. We explore quantization of such non-degenerate theories, and prove that Hamiltonian is still unbounded at the level of quantum field theory.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
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