Shift-symmetric 𝖲𝖮(𝖭) multi-Galileon

DOI10.1088/1475-7516/2021/12/045zbMATH Open1487.83112arXiv2110.05510OpenAlexW4200308091MaRDI QIDQ5064672FDOQ5064672

Authors: Katsuki Aoki, Yusuke Manita, Shinji Mukohyama 

Publication date: 16 March 2022

Published in: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A Poincar`{e} invariant, local scalar field theory in which the Lagrangian and the equation of motion contain only up to second-order derivatives of the fields is called generalized Galileon. The covariant version of it in four dimensions is called Horndeski theory, and has been vigorously studied in applications to inflation and dark energy. In this paper, we study a class of multi-field extensions of the generalized Galileon theory. By imposing shift and $SO(N)$ symmetries on all the currently known multi-Galileon terms in general dimensions, we find that the structure of the Lagrangian is uniquely determined and parameterized by a series of coupling constants. We also study tensor perturbation in the shift-symmetric $SO(3)$ multi-Galileon theory in four dimensions. The tensor perturbations can obtain a mass term stemming from the same symmetry breaking pattern as the solid inflation. We also find that the shift-symmetric $SO(3)$ multi-Galileon theory gives rise to new cubic interactions of the tensor modes, suggesting the existence of a new type of tensor primordial non-Gaussianity.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.05510

zbMATH Keywords

non-Gaussianitymodified gravityGauss-Bonnet-Lovelock-Horndeski-Palatini etc. gravity theories

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Symmetry breaking in quantum theory (81R40) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories (83E15) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Geometrodynamics and the holographic principle (83E05) Matrix models and tensor models for quantum field theory (81T32) Dark matter and dark energy (83C56)

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