scholarly journals Trace anomaly for Weyl fermions using the Breitenlohner-Maison scheme for γ*

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Abdallah ◽  
S. A. Franchino-Viñas ◽  
M. B. Fröb
Keyword(s):  
Stress Tensor ◽  
Dimensional Regularization ◽  
Minkowski Spacetime ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Dirac Fermion ◽  
Expectation Value ◽  
Trace Anomaly ◽  
The One ◽  
Consistent Treatment ◽  
Weyl Fermions

Abstract We revisit the computation of the trace anomaly for Weyl fermions using dimensional regularization. For a consistent treatment of the chiral gamma matrix γ* in dimensional regularization, we work in n dimensions from the very beginning and use the Breitenlohner-Maison scheme to define γ*. We show that the parity-odd contribution to the trace anomaly vanishes (for which the use of dimension-dependent identities is crucial), and that the parity-even contribution is half the one of a Dirac fermion. To arrive at this result, we compute the full renormalized expectation value of the fermion stress tensor to second order in perturbations around Minkowski spacetime, and also show that it is conserved.

scholarly journals A note on quantum fields in conformally flat spacetimes

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (02) ◽  
pp. 1950348
Author(s):  
Swayamsidha Mishra ◽  
Sudipta Mukherji ◽  
Yogesh K. Srivastava
Keyword(s):  
Stress Tensor ◽  
Scalar Fields ◽  
Energy Conditions ◽  
Conformally Flat ◽  
Quantum Fields ◽  
Trace Anomaly ◽  
Flat Spacetimes ◽  
Conformally Flat Spacetimes ◽  
The One ◽  
Spatial Section

We develop a technique relating scalar fields with different masses in different conformally flat spacetimes. We apply this technique to the case of FRW spacetimes, with [Formula: see text], and discuss several examples. We also study various energy conditions and discuss how they constrain the spacetimes related by this technique. We calculate the two-point scalar correlator in the radiation-dominated universe with a hyperbolic spatial section from the one in the Milne universe using the above mapping. Finally, we consider trace anomaly and renormalized stress tensor for conformally flat spacetimes, especially Milne and radiation-dominated universe (with [Formula: see text]) using the transformation.

The effect of backreaction on inflationary Starobinsky cosmology

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (10) ◽  
pp. 1750134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Reza Setare ◽  
Mitra Sahraee
Keyword(s):  
Energy Momentum Tensor ◽  
Dimensional Regularization ◽  
Vacuum Expectation ◽  
Vacuum Expectation Value ◽  
Momentum Tensor ◽  
Scale Factor ◽  
Quantum Energy ◽  
Expectation Value ◽  
Trace Anomaly ◽  
Friedmann Robertson Walker

In this paper, we would like to obtain the effect of the quantum backreaction on inflationary Starobinsky cosmology in spatially flat [Formula: see text]-dimensional Friedmann–Robertson–Walker universe. For this purpose, first, we obtain the vacuum expectation value of energy–momentum tensor, which is separated into two parts, UV and IR. To calculate the UV contribution, we use the WKB approximation of the mode function of the equation of motion. Since the obtained value of this contribution of the vacuum expectation value of energy–momentum tensor is divergent, we should renormalize it. Therefore, by using the dimensional regularization and introducing a counterterm action, we eliminate divergences. After that, we calculate the contributions of IR part and trace anomaly. Thus, we obtain the quantum energy density and pressure during inflation era in this model. Finally, we can find the effect of backreaction on scale factor in inflation era, which leads to the new scale factor.

scholarly journals Covariant phase space and soft factorization in non-Abelian gauge theories

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Temple He ◽  
Prahar Mitra
Keyword(s):  
Phase Space ◽  
Ward Identity ◽  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Minkowski Spacetime ◽  
Soft Gluon ◽  
Careful Study ◽  
Abelian Gauge ◽  
Gauge Sector ◽  
Vacuum States ◽  
The One

Abstract We perform a careful study of the infrared sector of massless non-abelian gauge theories in four-dimensional Minkowski spacetime using the covariant phase space formalism, taking into account the boundary contributions arising from the gauge sector of the theory. Upon quantization, we show that the boundary contributions lead to an infinite degeneracy of the vacua. The Hilbert space of the vacuum sector is not only shown to be remarkably simple, but also universal. We derive a Ward identity that relates the n-point amplitude between two generic in- and out-vacuum states to the one computed in standard QFT. In addition, we demonstrate that the familiar single soft gluon theorem and multiple consecutive soft gluon theorem are consequences of the Ward identity.

scholarly journals One-loop string corrections to AdS amplitudes from CFT

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
J.M. Drummond ◽  
H. Paul
Keyword(s):  
Stress Tensor ◽  
Analytic Structure ◽  
Position Space ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
String Corrections ◽  
The One ◽  
Loop Amplitudes

Abstract We consider α′ corrections to the one-loop four-point correlator of the stress- tensor multiplets in $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 4 super Yang-Mills at order 1/N4. Holographically, this is dual to string corrections of the one-loop supergravity amplitude on AdS5 × S5. While this correlator has been considered in Mellin space before, we derive the corresponding position space results, gaining new insights into the analytic structure of AdS loop amplitudes. Most notably, the presence of a transcendental weight three function involving new singularities is required, which has not appeared in the context of AdS amplitudes before. We thereby confirm the structure of string corrected one-loop Mellin amplitudes, and also provide new explicit results at orders in α′ not considered before.

scholarly journals Defect CFT techniques in the 6d $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = (2, 0) theory

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadav Drukker ◽  
Malte Probst ◽  
Maxime Trépanier
Keyword(s):  
Stress Tensor ◽  
Unitary Representations ◽  
Point Function ◽  
Displacement Operator ◽  
Expectation Value ◽  
Operator Expansion ◽  
Bulk Stress ◽  
Defect Operator ◽  
Tensor Multiplet

Abstract Surface operators are among the most important observables of the 6d $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = (2, 0) theory. Here we apply the tools of defect CFT to study local operator insertions into the 1/2-BPS plane. We first relate the 2-point function of the displacement operator to the expectation value of the bulk stress tensor and translate this relation into a constraint on the anomaly coefficients associated with the defect. Secondly, we study the defect operator expansion of the stress tensor multiplet and identify several new operators of the defect CFT. Technical results derived along the way include the explicit supersymmetry tranformations of the stress tensor multiplet and the classification of unitary representations of the superconformal algebra preserved by the defect.

scholarly journals Preserving the Shape of Functions by Applying Multidimensional Schoenberg-Type Operators

Symmetry ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 1016
Author(s):  
Camelia Liliana Moldovan ◽  
Radu Păltănea
Keyword(s):  
Applied Sciences ◽  
Degree Of Approximation ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Dimensional Case ◽  
Moduli Of Continuity ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Multidimensional Generalization ◽  
The One

The paper presents a multidimensional generalization of the Schoenberg operators of higher order. The new operators are powerful tools that can be used for approximation processes in many fields of applied sciences. The construction of these operators uses a symmetry regarding the domain of definition. The degree of approximation by sequences of such operators is given in terms of the first and the second order moduli of continuity. Extending certain results obtained by Marsden in the one-dimensional case, the property of preservation of monotonicity and convexity is proved.

scholarly journals Hyperbolic cylinders and entanglement entropy: gravitons, higher spins, p-forms

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin R. David ◽  
Jyotirmoy Mukherjee
Keyword(s):  
Stress Tensor ◽  
Entanglement Entropy ◽  
Partition Functions ◽  
Point Function ◽  
Expectation Value ◽  
Massive Spin ◽  
Twist Operator ◽  
Higher Spins ◽  
Hyperbolic Cylinders ◽  
Kaluza Klein

Abstract We show that the entanglement entropy of D = 4 linearized gravitons across a sphere recently computed by Benedetti and Casini coincides with that obtained using the Kaluza-Klein tower of traceless transverse massive spin-2 fields on S1× AdS3. The mass of the constant mode on S1 saturates the Brietenholer-Freedman bound in AdS3. This condition also ensures that the entanglement entropy of higher spins determined from partition functions on the hyperbolic cylinder coincides with their recent conjecture. Starting from the action of the 2-form on S1× AdS5 and fixing gauge, we evaluate the entanglement entropy across a sphere as well as the dimensions of the corresponding twist operator. We demonstrate that the conformal dimensions of the corresponding twist operator agrees with that obtained using the expectation value of the stress tensor on the replica cone. For conformal p-forms in even dimensions it obeys the expected relations with the coefficients determining the 3-point function of the stress tensor of these fields.

THE TWISTED EUCLIDEAN GREEN’S FUNCTION IN THE SPACETIME OF A COSMIC STRING

1992 ◽  
Vol 01 (02) ◽  
pp. 371-377 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. LINET
Keyword(s):  
Green’S Function ◽  
Green's Function ◽  
Minkowski Spacetime ◽  
Vacuum Expectation ◽  
Vacuum Expectation Value ◽  
Massive Scalar ◽  
Elementary Functions ◽  
Integral Expression ◽  
Massive Scalar Field ◽  
Expectation Value

In a conical spacetime, we determine the twisted Euclidean Green’s function for a massive scalar field. In particular, we give a convenient form for studying the vacuum averages. We then derive an integral expression of the vacuum expectation value <Φ2(x)>. In the Minkowski spacetime, we express <Φ2(x)> in terms of elementary functions.

scholarly journals Kerr-Newman stress-tensor from minimal coupling

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming-Zhi Chung ◽  
Yu-tin Huang ◽  
Jung-Wook Kim
Keyword(s):  
Form Factor ◽  
Stress Tensor ◽  
Energy Tensor ◽  
Stress Energy Tensor ◽  
Minimal Coupling ◽  
Massive Spin ◽  
Stress Energy ◽  
Newman Black Hole ◽  
Higher Spin ◽  
The One

Abstract In this paper, we demonstrate that at leading order in post Minkowskian (PM) expansion, the stress-energy tensor of Kerr-Newman black hole can be recovered to all orders in spin from three sets of minimal coupling: the electric and gravitational minimal coupling for higher-spin particles, and the “minimal coupling” for massive spin-2 decay. These couplings are uniquely defined from kinematic consideration alone. This is shown by extracting the classical piece of the one-loop stress-energy tensor form factor, which we provide a basis that is valid to all orders in spin. The 1 PM stress tensor, and the metric in the harmonic gauge, is then recovered from the classical spin limit of the form factor.

scholarly journals Weak scale from Planck scale: Mass scale generation in a classically conformal two-scalar system

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Junichi Haruna ◽  
Hikaru Kawai
Keyword(s):  
Scalar Field ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
Planck Scale ◽  
Vacuum Expectation ◽  
Vacuum Expectation Value ◽  
The Other ◽  
Expectation Value ◽  
Weak Scale ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
The One

Abstract In the standard model, the weak scale is the only parameter with mass dimensions. This means that the standard model itself cannot explain the origin of the weak scale. On the other hand, from the results of recent accelerator experiments, except for some small corrections, the standard model has increased the possibility of being an effective theory up to the Planck scale. From these facts, it is naturally inferred that the weak scale is determined by some dynamics from the Planck scale. In order to answer this question, we rely on the multiple point criticality principle as a clue and consider the classically conformal $\mathbb{Z}_2\times \mathbb{Z}_2$ invariant two-scalar model as a minimal model in which the weak scale is generated dynamically from the Planck scale. This model contains only two real scalar fields and does not contain any fermions or gauge fields. In this model, due to a Coleman–Weinberg-like mechanism, the one-scalar field spontaneously breaks the $ \mathbb{Z}_2$ symmetry with a vacuum expectation value connected with the cutoff momentum. We investigate this using the one-loop effective potential, renormalization group and large-$N$ limit. We also investigate whether it is possible to reproduce the mass term and vacuum expectation value of the Higgs field by coupling this model with the standard model in the Higgs portal framework. In this case, the one-scalar field that does not break $\mathbb{Z}_2$ can be a candidate for dark matter and have a mass of about several TeV in appropriate parameters. On the other hand, the other scalar field breaks $\mathbb{Z}_2$ and has a mass of several tens of GeV. These results will be verifiable in near-future experiments.

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