Tree-level unitarity and renormalizability in Lifshitz scalar theory

DOI10.1093/PTEP/PTV185zbMATH Open1361.83007arXiv1510.07237OpenAlexW3106519738MaRDI QIDQ5347120FDOQ5347120

Authors: Toshiaki Fujimori, Keisuke Izumi, Tomotaka Kitamura, Takeo Inami 

Publication date: 22 May 2017

Published in: PTEP. Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study unitarity and renormalizability in the Lifshitz scalar field theory, which is characterized by an anisotropic scaling between the space and time directions. Without the Lorentz symmetry, both the unitarity and the renormalizability conditions are modified from those in relativistic theories. We show that for renormalizability, an extended version of the power counting condition is required in addition to the conventional one. The unitarity bound for S-matrix elements also gives stronger constraints on interaction terms because of the reference frame dependence of scattering amplitudes. We prove that both unitarity and renormalizability require identical conditions as in the case of conventional relativistic theories.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1510.07237

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45)

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