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Unitarity and microscopic acausality in a nonlocal theory
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
  • Christopher D. Carone, William & Mary
Document Type
Article
Department/Program
Physics
Pub Date
2-21-2018
Abstract

We consider unitarity and causality in a higher-derivative theory of infinite order, where propagators fall off more quickly in the ultraviolet due to the presence of a transcendental entire function of the momentum. Like Lee-Wick theories, these field theories might provide new avenues for addressing the hierarchy problem; unlike Lee-Wick theories, tree-level propagators do not have additional poles corresponding to unobserved particles with unusual properties. We consider microscopic acausality in these nonlocal theories. The acausal ordering of production and decay vertices for ordinary resonant particles may provide a phenomenologically distinct signature for these models.

DOI
10.1103/PhysRevD.95.045009
Citation Information
Christopher D. Carone. "Unitarity and microscopic acausality in a nonlocal theory" PHYSICAL REVIEW D Vol. 95 Iss. 4 (2018)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/christopher-carone/11/