Lorentz invariance in heavy particle effective theories

Johannes Heinonen, Richard J. Hill, Mikhail P. Solon

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Abstract

Employing induced representations of the Lorentz group (Wigner's little group construction), formalism for constructing heavy particle effective Lagrangians is developed, and Lagrangian constraints enforcing Lorentz invariance of the S matrix are derived. The relationship between Lorentz invariance and reparametrization invariance is established and it is shown why a standard ansatz for implementing reparametrization invariance in heavy fermion effective Lagrangians breaks down at order 1/M4. Formalism for fields of arbitrary spin and for self-conjugate fields is presented, and the extension to effective theories of massless fields is discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Article number094020
JournalPhysical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume86
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 15 2012

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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