Geometry of Multi-Flavor Galileon-Like Theories
High Energy Physics - Theory
2018-10-31 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
We use Lie-algebraic arguments to classify Lorentz-invariant theories of massless interacting scalars that feature coordinate-dependent redundant symmetries of the Galileon type. We show that such theories are determined, up to a set of low-energy effective couplings, by specifying an affine representation of the Lie algebra of physical, non-redundant internal symmetries and an invariant metric on its target space. This creates an infinite catalog of theories relevant for both cosmology and high-energy physics thanks to their special properties such as enhanced scaling of scattering amplitudes in the soft limit.
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@article{arxiv.1802.08107,
title = {Geometry of Multi-Flavor Galileon-Like Theories},
author = {Mark P. Bogers and Tomas Brauner},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1802.08107},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
8 pages; v2: substantially rewritten and extended, matches version to appear in PRL