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arxiv: 1512.07600 · v2 · pith:UEUVHUIMnew · submitted 2015-12-23 · ✦ hep-th · gr-qc

Superrenormalizable quantum gravity with complex ghosts

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keywords complexderivativegravityhighermassivequantumsuperrenormalizableaccording
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We suggest and briefly review a new sort of superrenormalizable models of higher derivative quantum gravity. The higher derivative terms in the action can be introduced in such a way that all the unphysical massive states have complex poles. According to the literature on Lee-Wick quantization, in this case the theory can be formulated as unitary, since all massive ghosts-like degrees of freedom are unstable.

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