Charges in the UV completion of neutral electrodynamics
Abstract A theory with a non-compact form-symmetry is described by two closed form fields of degrees k and d – k. Effective theory examples are non-linear electrodynamics, a photon field coupled to a neutron field, and a low energy Goldstone boson. We show these models cannot be completed in the UV...
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| description | Abstract A theory with a non-compact form-symmetry is described by two closed form fields of degrees k and d – k. Effective theory examples are non-linear electrodynamics, a photon field coupled to a neutron field, and a low energy Goldstone boson. We show these models cannot be completed in the UV without breaking the non-compact form-symmetry down to a compact one. This amounts to the existence of electric or magnetic charges. A theory with an unbroken non-compact k-form symmetry is massless and free. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e50ed1e8c33d42909002b1a7abdf5c6f2023-09-24T11:06:38ZengSpringerOpenJournal of High Energy Physics1029-84792023-06-012023613510.1007/JHEP06(2023)095Charges in the UV completion of neutral electrodynamicsValentin Benedetti0Horacio Casini1Javier M. Magán2Instituto Balseiro, Centro Atómico BarilocheInstituto Balseiro, Centro Atómico BarilocheInstituto Balseiro, Centro Atómico BarilocheAbstract A theory with a non-compact form-symmetry is described by two closed form fields of degrees k and d – k. Effective theory examples are non-linear electrodynamics, a photon field coupled to a neutron field, and a low energy Goldstone boson. We show these models cannot be completed in the UV without breaking the non-compact form-symmetry down to a compact one. This amounts to the existence of electric or magnetic charges. A theory with an unbroken non-compact k-form symmetry is massless and free.https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2023)095Gauge SymmetryGlobal SymmetriesWilson’t Hooft and Polyakov loopsRenormalization and Regularization |
| spellingShingle | Valentin Benedetti Horacio Casini Javier M. Magán Charges in the UV completion of neutral electrodynamics Journal of High Energy Physics Gauge Symmetry Global Symmetries Wilson ’t Hooft and Polyakov loops Renormalization and Regularization |
| title | Charges in the UV completion of neutral electrodynamics |
| title_full | Charges in the UV completion of neutral electrodynamics |
| title_fullStr | Charges in the UV completion of neutral electrodynamics |
| title_full_unstemmed | Charges in the UV completion of neutral electrodynamics |
| title_short | Charges in the UV completion of neutral electrodynamics |
| title_sort | charges in the uv completion of neutral electrodynamics |
| topic | Gauge Symmetry Global Symmetries Wilson ’t Hooft and Polyakov loops Renormalization and Regularization |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2023)095 |
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