scholarly journals Lorentz Group Projector Technique for Decomposing Reducible Representations and Applications to High Spins

Universe ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (8) ◽  
pp. 184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor Miguel Banda Guzmán ◽  
Mariana Kirchbach
Keyword(s):  
Lorentz Group ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Dirac Spinor ◽  
Product Spaces ◽  
Group Representations ◽  
Finite Dimensional Representation ◽  
Finite Dimensional ◽  
Irreducible Components ◽  
Carrier Space ◽  
Lorentz Group Representations

The momentum-independent Casimir operators of the homogeneous spin-Lorentz group are employed in the construction of covariant projector operators, which can decompose anyone of its reducible finite-dimensional representation spaces into irreducible components. One of the benefits from such operators is that any one of the finite-dimensional carrier spaces of the Lorentz group representations can be equipped with Lorentz vector indices because any such space can be embedded in a Lorentz tensor of a properly-designed rank and then be unambiguously found by a projector. In particular, all the carrier spaces of the single-spin-valued Lorentz group representations, which so far have been described as 2 ( 2 j + 1 ) column vectors, can now be described in terms of Lorentz tensors for bosons or Lorentz tensors with the Dirac spinor component, for fermions. This approach facilitates the construct of covariant interactions of high spins with external fields in so far as they can be obtained by simple contractions of the relevant S O ( 1 , 3 ) indices. Examples of Lorentz group projector operators for spins varying from 1 / 2 –2 and belonging to distinct product spaces are explicitly worked out. The decomposition of multiple-spin-valued product spaces into irreducible sectors suggests that not only the highest spin, but all the spins contained in an irreducible carrier space could correspond to physical degrees of freedom.

scholarly journals How low can vacuum energy go when your fields are finite-dimensional?

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (14) ◽  
pp. 1944006
Author(s):  
ChunJun Cao ◽  
Aidan Chatwin-Davies ◽  
Ashmeet Singh
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Quantum Field Theory ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Vacuum Energy ◽  
Quantum Field ◽  
Locally Finite ◽  
Finite Dimensional ◽  
Finite Dimensionality ◽  
Klein Gordon ◽  
Dimensional Version

According to the holographic bound, there is only a finite density of degrees of freedom in space when gravity is taken into account. Conventional quantum field theory does not conform to this bound, since in this framework, infinitely many degrees of freedom may be localized to any given region of space. In this paper, we explore the viewpoint that quantum field theory may emerge from an underlying theory that is locally finite-dimensional, and we construct a locally finite-dimensional version of a Klein–Gordon scalar field using generalized Clifford algebras. Demanding that the finite-dimensional field operators obey a suitable version of the canonical commutation relations makes this construction essentially unique. We then find that enforcing local finite dimensionality in a holographically consistent way leads to a huge suppression of the quantum contribution to vacuum energy, to the point that the theoretical prediction becomes plausibly consistent with observations.

CRYSTALLINE GRAVITY

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (18n19) ◽  
pp. 3243-3255 ◽  
Author(s):  
GERARD 't HOOFT
Keyword(s):  
Finite Number ◽  
Lorentz Group ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Holonomy Group ◽  
Discrete Subgroup ◽  
Analytic Solutions ◽  
Space Time ◽  
Exact Analytic Solutions ◽  
Finite Domains ◽  
Dimensional Crystal

Matter interacting classically with gravity in 3+1 dimensions usually gives rise to a continuum of degrees of freedom, so that, in any attempt to quantize the theory, ultraviolet divergences are nearly inevitable. Here, we investigate a theory that only displays a finite number of degrees of freedom in compact sections of space-time. In finite domains, one has only exact, analytic solutions. This is achieved by limiting ourselves to straight pieces of string, surrounded by locally flat sections of space-time. Next, we suggest replacing in the string holonomy group, the Lorentz group by a discrete subgroup, which turns space-time into a 4-dimensional crystal with defects.

scholarly journals Quantum relativistic Toda chain at root of unity: isospectrality, modifiedQ-operator, and functional Bethe ansatz

2002 ◽  
Vol 31 (9) ◽  
pp. 513-553 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stanislav Pakuliak ◽  
Sergei Sergeev
Keyword(s):  
Bethe Ansatz ◽  
Weyl Algebra ◽  
Separation Of Variables ◽  
Toda Chain ◽  
Special Choice ◽  
Finite Dimensional Representation ◽  
Classical Counterpart ◽  
Discrete Integrable System ◽  
Root Of Unity ◽  
Finite Dimensional

We investigate anN-state spin model called quantum relativistic Toda chain and based on the unitary finite-dimensional representations of the Weyl algebra withqbeingNth primitive root of unity. Parameters of the finite-dimensional representation of the local Weyl algebra form the classical discrete integrable system. Nontrivial dynamics of the classical counterpart corresponds to isospectral transformations of the spin system. Similarity operators are constructed with the help of modified Baxter'sQ-operators. The classical counterpart of the modifiedQ-operator for the initial homogeneous spin chain is a Bäcklund transformation. This transformation creates an extra Hirota-type soliton in a parameterization of the chain structure. Special choice of values of solitonic amplitudes yields a degeneration of spin eigenstates, leading to the quantum separation of variables, or the functional Bethe ansatz. A projector to the separated eigenstates is constructed explicitly as a product of modifiedQ-operators.

scholarly journals Holomorphic Cohomology of Complex Analytic Linear Groups

1966 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 531-542 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Hochschild ◽  
G. D. Mostow
Keyword(s):  
Linear Group ◽  
Structure Theory ◽  
Linear Groups ◽  
Dimensional Representation ◽  
Lie Algebra Cohomology ◽  
Analytic Group ◽  
Finite Dimensional Representation ◽  
Semidirect Products ◽  
Finite Dimensional ◽  
Rational Cohomology

Let G be a complex analytic group, and let A be the representation space of a finite-dimensional complex analytic representation of G. We consider the cohomology for G in A, such as would be obtained in the usual way from the complex of holomorphic cochains for G in A. Actually, we shall use a more conceptual categorical definition, which is equivalent to the explicit one by cochains. In the context of finite-dimensional representation theory, nothing substantial is lost by assuming that G is a linear group. Under this assumption, it is the main purpose of this paper to relate the holomorphic cohomology of G to Lie algebra cohomology, and to the rational cohomology, in the sense of [1], of algebraic hulls of G. This is accomplished by using the known structure theory for complex analytic linear groups in combination with certain easily established results concerning the cohomology of semidirect products. The main results are Theorem 4.1 (whose hypothesis is always satisfied by a complex analytic linear group) and Theorems 5.1 and 5.2. These last two theorems show that the usual abundantly used connections between complex analytic representations of complex analytic groups and rational representations of algebraic groups extend fully to the superstructure of cohomology.

HOLOGRAPHIC SPACETIME

2012 ◽  
Vol 21 (11) ◽  
pp. 1241004 ◽  
Author(s):  
TOM BANKS
Keyword(s):  
String Theory ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Good Description ◽  
De Sitter ◽  
Finite Radius ◽  
Full Field ◽  
Mass Scaling ◽  
Finite Dimensional ◽  
Emergent Phenomena ◽  
Holographic Screen

The theory of holographic spacetime (HST) generalizes both string theory and quantum field theory (QFT). It provides a geometric rationale for supersymmetry (SUSY) and a formalism in which super-Poincare invariance follows from Poincare invariance. HST unifies particles and black holes, realizing both as excitations of noncommutative geometrical variables on a holographic screen. Compact extra dimensions are interpreted as finite-dimensional unitary representations of super-algebras, and have no moduli. Full field theoretic Fock spaces, and continuous moduli are both emergent phenomena of super-Poincare invariant limits in which the number of holographic degrees of freedom goes to infinity. Finite radius de Sitter (dS) spaces have no moduli, and break SUSY with a gravitino mass scaling like Λ1/4. In regimes where the Covariant Entropy Bound is saturated, QFT is not a good description in HST, and inflation is such a regime. Following ideas of Jacobson, the gravitational and inflaton fields are emergent classical variables, describing the geometry of an underlying HST model, rather than "fields associated with a microscopic string theory". The phrase in quotes is meaningless in the HST formalism, except in asymptotically flat and AdS spacetimes, and some relatives of these.

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