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Infinitely many inequivalent field theories from one Lagrangian

High Energy Physics - Theory 2014-12-10 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP Quantum Physics

Abstract

Logarithmic time-like Liouville quantum field theory has a generalized PT invariance, where T is the time-reversal operator and P stands for an S-duality reflection of the Liouville field ϕ\phi. In Euclidean space the Lagrangian of such a theory, L=12(ϕ)2igϕexp(iaϕ)L=\frac{1}{2}(\nabla\phi)^2-ig\phi\exp(ia\phi), is analyzed using the techniques of PT-symmetric quantum theory. It is shown that L defines an infinite number of unitarily inequivalent sectors of the theory labeled by the integer n. In one-dimensional space (quantum mechanics) the energy spectrum is calculated in the semiclassical limit and the mth energy level in the nth sector is given by Em,n(m+1/2)2a2/(16n2)E_{m,n}\sim(m+1/2)^2a^2/(16n^2).

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@article{arxiv.1408.2432,
  title  = {Infinitely many inequivalent field theories from one Lagrangian},
  author = {Carl M. Bender and Daniel W. Hook and Nick E. Mavromatos and Sarben Sarkar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1408.2432},
  year   = {2014}
}

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5 pages, 7 figures