Anisotropic Weyl invariance

Abstract We consider a non-relativistic free scalar field theory with a type of anisotropic scale invariance in which the number of coordinates “scaling like time” is generically greater than one. We propose the Cartesian product of two curved spaces, the metric of each space being parameterized by...

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Main Author: Guillem Pérez-Nadal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-07-01
Series:European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-5013-4
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description Abstract We consider a non-relativistic free scalar field theory with a type of anisotropic scale invariance in which the number of coordinates “scaling like time” is generically greater than one. We propose the Cartesian product of two curved spaces, the metric of each space being parameterized by the other space, as a notion of curved background to which the theory can be extended. We study this type of geometries, and find a family of extensions of the theory to curved backgrounds in which the anisotropic scale invariance is promoted to a local, Weyl-type symmetry.
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spelling doaj.art-f8d85b177d6946028505e2c94a117ae62022-12-22T02:20:40ZengSpringerOpenEuropean Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields1434-60441434-60522017-07-017771810.1140/epjc/s10052-017-5013-4Anisotropic Weyl invarianceGuillem Pérez-Nadal0Universidad de Buenos AiresAbstract We consider a non-relativistic free scalar field theory with a type of anisotropic scale invariance in which the number of coordinates “scaling like time” is generically greater than one. We propose the Cartesian product of two curved spaces, the metric of each space being parameterized by the other space, as a notion of curved background to which the theory can be extended. We study this type of geometries, and find a family of extensions of the theory to curved backgrounds in which the anisotropic scale invariance is promoted to a local, Weyl-type symmetry.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-5013-4
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Anisotropic Weyl invariance
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title Anisotropic Weyl invariance
title_full Anisotropic Weyl invariance
title_fullStr Anisotropic Weyl invariance
title_full_unstemmed Anisotropic Weyl invariance
title_short Anisotropic Weyl invariance
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