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Scientific paper
Jan 1990
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990phdt........45s&link_type=abstract
Ph.D. Thesis California Univ., Santa Barbara.
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Cosmology, Gravitation, Perturbation Theory, Quantum Theory, Relativity, String Theory, Approximation, Correction, Derivation, Stability
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Higher derivative theories are frequently avoided because of undesirable properties, yet they occur naturally as corrections to general relativity and cosmic strings. Some of their more interesting and disturbing problems are discussed along with examples. A natural method of removing all the problems of higher derivative is reviewed. This method of 'perturbative constraints' is required for at least one class of higher derivative theories, those which are associated with nonlocality. Nonlocality often appears in low energy theories described by effective actions. The methods may also be applied to a wide class of other higher derivative theories. An example system is solved, exactly and perturbatively, for which the perturbative solutions approximate the exact solutions only when the method of 'perturbative constraints' is used. Ramifications for corrections to general relativity, cosmic strings with rigidity terms, and other higher derivative theories are explored.
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