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Lorentz invariance without trans-Planckian physics?

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-06-15 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We explore the possibility that, in a quantum field theory with Planck scale cutoff Lambda=Mp, observable quantities for low-energy processes respect the Lorentz symmetry. In particular, we compute the one-loop radiative correction Pi to the self-energy of a scalar field with lambda phi^4 interaction, using a modified (non-invariant) propagator which vanishes in the trans-Planckian regime, as expected in the "classicalization" scenario. We then show that, by imposing the result does not depend on Lambda (in the limit Lambda to Mp), an explicit (albeit not unique) expression for Pi can be derived, which is similar to the one simply obtained with the standard Feynman propagator and a cutoff Lambda=Mp.

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@article{arxiv.1303.1914,
  title  = {Lorentz invariance without trans-Planckian physics?},
  author = {Roberto Casadio},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1303.1914},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

9 pages, 1 figure, section about fluctuating cutoff added, final version to appear in PLB

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