A longitudinal gauge degree of freedom and the Pais Uhlenbeck field

DOI10.1007/JHEP04(2013)030zbMATH Open1342.83059arXiv1211.0441OpenAlexW2012717984WikidataQ63390202 ScholiaQ63390202MaRDI QIDQ303075FDOQ303075

Authors: Enea Di Dio, Ruth Durrer, Jose Beltrán Jiménez 

Publication date: 12 August 2016

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

Abstract: We show that a longitudinal gauge degree of freedom for a vector field is equivalent to a Pais-Uhlenbeck scalar field. With the help of this equivalence, we can determine natural interactions of this field with scalars and fermions. Since the theory has a global U(1) symmetry, we have the usual conserved current of the charged fields, thanks to which the dynamics of the scalar field is not modified by the interactions. We use this fact to consistently quantize the theory even in the presence of interactions. We argue that such a degree of freedom can only be excited by gravitational effects like the inflationary era of the early universe and may play the role of dark energy in the form of an effective cosmological constant whose value is linked to the inflation scale.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1211.0441

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zbMATH Keywords

cosmology of theories beyond the SMgauge symmetry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Asymptotic procedures (radiation, news functions, (mathcal{H} )-spaces, etc.) in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C30)

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