Charges in the UV completion of neutral electrodynamics

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 b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Benedetti, Valentin, Casini, Horacio German, Magán, Javier M.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/225190
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/225190
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:GAUGE SYMMETRY
GLOBAL SYMMETRIES
RENORMALIZATION AND REGULARIZATION
WILSON
’T HOOFT AND POLYAKOV LOOPS
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3
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Sumario: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.