The phase structure of Einstein-Cartan theory

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2008.05.051zbMATH Open1328.83154arXiv0804.4619OpenAlexW2084792680MaRDI QIDQ901705FDOQ901705

She-Sheng Xue

Publication date: 12 January 2016

Published in: Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In the Einstein-Cartan theory of torsion-free gravity coupling to massless fermions, the four-fermion interaction is induced and its strength is a function of the gravitational and gauge couplings, as well as the Immirzi parameter. We study the dynamics of the four-fermion interaction to determine whether effective bilinear terms of massive fermion fields are generated. Calculating one-particle-irreducible two-point functions of fermion fields, we identify three different phases and two critical points for phase transitions characterized by the strength of four-fermion interaction: (1) chiral symmetric phase for massive fermions in strong coupling regime; (2) chiral symmetric broken phase for massive fermions in intermediate coupling regime; (3) chiral symmetric phase for massless fermions in weak coupling regime. We discuss the scaling-invariant region for an effective theory of massive fermions coupled to torsion-free gravity in the {it low-energy limit}.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0804.4619

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05)

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