Mixing internal and spacetime transformations: some examples and counterexamples

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/41/33/335403MaRDI QIDQ3522798zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors R. Percacci

Publication date 4 September 2008

Published in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0803.0303

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17)

Abstract: This note addresses the question whether in a gauge theory coupled to gravity internal and spacetime transformation can be mixed. It is shown that if the VEV of the gauge field is flat, the symmetry group is always a product of internal and spacetime symmetries. On the other hand, if the VEV of the gauge field is not flat it is impossible to properly define the notion of a ``spacetime transformation; as a consequence, if the symmetry group is nontrivial, mixing generically occurs.

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