No Classicalization Beyond Spherical Symmetry
High Energy Physics - Theory
2011-09-20 v1
Abstract
We point out that a field theory that exhibits the classicalization phenomenon for perfect spherical symmetry ceases to do so when the spherical symmetry is significantly relaxed. We first investigate a small non-spherical deformation and show that the classicalization radius tends to decrease in a region where a shell made of the field is slightly flattened. Next, in order to describe a sufficiently large flattened region, we consider a high-energy collision of planar shells and show that the system never classicalizes before reaching sub-cutoff lengths. This no-go result is further strengthened by an analysis of a small non-planar deformation. Finally, we show that the shape of a scattered planar wave is UV sensitive.
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@article{arxiv.1109.3820,
title = {No Classicalization Beyond Spherical Symmetry},
author = {Ratindranath Akhoury and Shinji Mukohyama and Ryo Saotome},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1109.3820},
year = {2011}
}