Even the photon propagator must break de Sitter symmetry

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2023.137928zbMath1523.83078arXiv2212.13997OpenAlexW4366974714MaRDI QIDQ6097347

Tomislav Prokopec, Dražen Glavan

Publication date: 5 June 2023

Published in: Physics Letters. B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.13997

zbMATH Keywords

de Sitter invarianceWard-Takahashi identity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Diffraction, scattering (78A45) Symmetry breaking in quantum theory (81R40) Covariant wave equations in quantum theory, relativistic quantum mechanics (81R20) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in mechanics of particles and systems (70S15) Conformal structures on manifolds (53C18)

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