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Positivity vs. Lorentz-violation: an explicit example

High Energy Physics - Theory 2021-11-03 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We show how a class of multi-field scalar-field theories in a Lorentz-breaking background imposes consistency conditions on its effective theory of a single field and provides an example of order-unity violation of a naively applied positivity bound, assuming a large hierarchy between the masses of the lightest field and the others.

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@article{arxiv.2107.01755,
  title  = {Positivity vs. Lorentz-violation: an explicit example},
  author = {Katsuki Aoki and Shinji Mukohyama and Ryo Namba},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2107.01755},
  year   = {2021}
}

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50 pages, 3 figures, 1 table, v2: improved explanations, new section VF added, references added, to appear in JCAP

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