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Field theory on Newton-Cartan backgrounds and symmetries of the Lifshitz vacuum

par Hartong, Jelle ;Kiritsis, Elias;Obers, Niels N.A.
Référence The Journal of high energy physics, 2015, 8, 6
Publication Publié, 2015-08

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Abstract: Holography for Lifshitz space-times corresponds to dual field theories on a fixed torsional Newton-Cartan (TNC) background. We examine the coupling of non-relativistic field theories to TNC backgrounds and uncover a novel mechanism by which a global U(1) can become local. This involves the TNC vector Mμ which sources a particle number current, and which for flat NC space-time satisfies Mμ = ∂μM with a Schrödinger symmetry realized on M. We discuss various toy model field theories on flat NC space-time for which the new mechanism leads to extra global space-time symmetries beyond the generic Lifshitz symmetry, allowing for an enhancement to Schrödinger symmetry. On the holographic side, the source M also appears in the Lifshitz vacuum with exactly the same properties as for flat NC space-time. In particular, the bulk diffeomorphisms that preserve the boundary conditions realize a Schrödinger algebra on M , allowing for a conserved particle number current. Finally, we present a probe action for a complex scalar field on the Lifshitz vacuum, which exhibits Schrödinger invariance in the same manner as seen in the field theory models.