Let n be a positive integer. By a βn-model we mean an
ω-model which is elementary with respect to Σ1n
formulas. We prove the following βn-model version of
Gödel’s Second Incompleteness Theorem. For any recursively
axiomatized theory S in the language of second order arithmetic,
if there exists a βn-model of S, then there exists a
βn-model of S + “there is no countable βn-model of
S”. We also prove a βn-model version of Löb’s Theorem.
As a corollary, we obtain a βn-model which is not a
βn+1-model.