An algebraic classification of exceptional EFTs

DOI10.1007/JHEP08(2019)081MaRDI QIDQ2273433zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Diederik Roest, David Stefanyszyn, Pelle Werkman

Publication date 23 September 2019

Published in Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1903.08222

zbMATH Keywords

effective field theoriesglobal symmetriesspace-time symmetries

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics and their representations (81R05) Model quantum field theories (81T10) Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism (83C60)

Abstract: We classify four-dimensional effective field theories (EFTs) with enhanced soft limits, which arise due to non-linearly realised symmetries on the Goldstone modes of such theories. We present an algorithm for deriving all possible algebras that can be non-linearly realised on a set of Goldstone modes with canonical propagators, linearly realised Poincar'{e} symmetries and interactions at weak coupling. We then perform a full classification of the cases with multiple scalars or multiple spin-$1/2$ fermions as the Goldstone modes. In each case there are only a small number of algebras consistent with field-dependent transformation rules, leading to the class of exceptional EFTs including the scalar sector of Dirac-Born-Infeld, Special Galileon and Volkov-Akulov theories. We also discuss the coupling of a $U(1)$ gauge vector to the exceptional scalar theories, showing that there is a Special Galileon version of the full Dirac-Born-Infeld theory. This paper is part I in a series of two papers, with the second providing an algebraic classification of supersymmetric theories.

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