Low-energy effective Lagrangians
(given) Hamiltonian, Lagrangian Þ (find) Ground state, symmetry breakig pattern.
(given) the symmetry breaking pattern Þ (find) the most general Lagrangian consistent with the symmetry.
NGBs as a local coordinate of the coset manifold G H
- We want to discuss low-energy fluctuations inside the ground state manifold GH [“flat directions” of the potential].
(Going outside of GH Þ massive, amplitude
modes)
- The set of Goldstone fields Πa [a = 1, 2, …, dimHGHL] is a local coordinate of GH.
- ΠaHx, tL = Ca (constant) corresponds to a different ground state. [condensation of Πa shifts one ground state to another.]
- Inhomogeneous Πa with long-wavelength modulation ® NGB.
The action of g = ãä ΕiQi on Π « transformation rule of Π under g Î G: Πa® Πa+ ΕihiaHΠL.
This is a nonlinear realization of G. ¬ A hallmark of NGBs. hi= hiaHΠL ¶a, ¶a º ¶
¶Πa ¬ “vector” on the manifold GH. Ahi,hjE = fi jkhk.
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H. Leutwyler, “Nonrelativistic effective Lagrangians” PRD 49, 3033
(1994)
Here we present the effective Lagrangian for global symmetries, not local symmetries. The original paper discussed the latter.
Derivative expansion
We are interested in the low-energy, long-wavelength physics
® Expand the Lagrangian in the series of derivatives!
Relativistic systems Leff=1
2ga bHΠL ¶ΜΠ
a¶ΜΠb+ OI¶4M
- (internal) G invariance + (space-time) Poincare invariance
- Each Πa corresponds to a mode Ω = c k. nNGB= dimHGHL is trivial. (An alternative “proof” of Nambu-Goldstone theorem)
Nonrelativistic systems
Absence of Lorentz symmetry ® Looser constraint, more variety! key: Ω and k may scale differently.
We still demand space rotation for simplicity.
Leff= caHΠL Π a+ 1
2ga bHΠL Π
a
Π b- 1
2ga bHΠL ÑΠ
a× Ñ Πb+ OI¶
t2, ¶tÑ2, Ñ4M - (internal) G invariance + (space-time translation + space rotation).
- We have seen by examples that caHΠL Π a term may change the number and dispersion of NGBs.
Symmetry requirement
What’s the condition for the invariance of Leff under Πa® Πa+ ΕihiaHΠL? For instance,
∆iHcaΠ aL
=H∆icaL Π a+ cb¶t∆iΠb
= ¶bcahibΠ a- ¶tcbhib+ ¶tIhibcbM
=H¶bca- ¶acaL hibΠ
a+ ¶ tIhibcbM º ¶tIei+ hibcbM
Therefore, we need
H¶bca- ¶acbL hib= ¶aei.
In the same way, we can derive
- the differential equation for eiHΠL
- the killing equation for g, g, but the calculation is tedious... Alternative way?
Differential geometry HW&HM, PRX 2014
gHΠL º ga bHΠL d ΠaÄ d Πb, gHΠL = ga bHΠL d ΠaÄ d Πb: G-invariant metrics on GH, i.e., Lhig = Lhig
= 0. cHΠL º caHΠL d Πa: One form on GH ® d c is a presymplectic two-form.
∆ L H L ¶
d
L
eL e
HΠL
M
e
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L
- ∆i is the Lie derivative Lhi with respect to the vector hi= hiaHΠL ¶a. - Cartan's magic formula: Lhi= d Ιhi+ Ιhid (for arbitrary “forms”) - Interior product ΙX: Wr® Wr-1, ΙXΩHX1, …Xr-1L = ΩHX, X1, …Xr-1L.
In this language,
∆ic = Lhic =Hd Ιhi+ ΙhidL c = d HΙhicL + Ιhid c º dHΙhic + eiL.
Thus
Ιhid c = d ei. ... (1)
Very simple! Let’s keep going...
The function eiHΠL introduced in Eq. (1) should satisfy
dILhiejM = LhiId ejM = LhiIΙhjd cM = fi jkHΙhkd cL + ΙhjHLhid cL = fi jkHd ekL = dIfi jkekM.
In the derivation, we used Lh
id c =Hd Ιhi+ ΙhidL d c = d HΙhid cL + Ιhid
2c = d2e
i+ Ιhid2c = 0.
Hence, ei should obey Lh
iej= Ιhid ej= fi j
ke
k+ zi j. ... (2) Combining Eqs. (1) and (2), we find
ΙhiΙhjd c = Ιhid ej= fi jkek+ zi j. ... (3)
Noether current The Noether theorem:
ji0HxL =
¶L
¶Π a∆iΠ
a- Xi= e
iHΠL - ga bHΠL Π bhiaHΠL, where ∆iL = ¶tIei+ hibcbM = ¶tXi.
Ρi jº -limV®¥ä1
V X0¤AQi, QjE 0\ = -X0¤Aä Qi, jj0HxLE 0\ = X0¤ ∆ijj0HxL 0\
= LhiejHΠL Π=0= fi jkekH0L + zi j,
... (4)
where we neglected quantum correlations, i.e., XΠHxLn\ = 0. (Will verify later; XΠHxL\ = 0 follows by definition.) - Eqs. (3) and (4) tell us that the c term is indeed related to eiHΠL and Ρa b= fa bieiH0L + za b.
- In the original paper by Leutwlyer, zi j was not allowed because it was a local (gauge) theory. Here, we demand only the global invariance.
HW and Hitoshi Murayama, PRL (2012)
Solution of Eqs. (3) and (4) around the origin Eq. (3) at Π = 0 and Eq. (4):
hiaH0L hjbH0L H¶bca- ¶acbL H0L = fi jkekH0L + zi j= Ρi j,
which fixes the antisymmetric combination Ab a= ¶bcaH0L - ¶acbH0L. What’s the role of A? caHΠL = caH0L + ¶bcaH0L Πb+ OIΠ2M
= caH0L +12@H¶bca+ ¶acbL H0L + H¶bca- ¶acbL H0LD Πb+ OIΠ2M º caH0L + 12HSb a+ Ab aL Πb+ OIΠ2M
L caHΠL Π a= 12Ab aΠbΠ a+ ¶tBcaH0L Πa+ 12Sb a ΠbΠa
2 F + OIΠ 3M
® A is the combination of our interest!
H0L dL
d
¹ 0
a
H L
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® A is the combination of our interest!
If we define Mia= hiaH0L, Eq. (3) for broken components Hi = c, j = dL reads McaMdbAa b= -Ρc d ® Aa b= -Ρc dM-1a
cM-1b d. (We’ll explain why det M ¹ 0 below.)
Therefore, caHΠL Π
a
=1
2 Ab aΠ bΠ a+ ¶
t@…D + OIΠ3M
= 1
2 Ρc dIΠ bM-1
b
dM IΠ aM-1acM + ¶t@…D + OIΠ3M
= 1
2 Ρc dΠ
dΠ c
+ ¶t@…D + OIΠ3M, where Πa= ΠbM-1b
a. The field is now normalized as
∆bΠa= ∆bΠcM-1c
a= hbcHΠL M-1c
a=@Mbc+ OHΠLD M-1c
a= ∆ba+ OHΠ L.
Number and dispersion of NGBs
To discuss “modes”, we focus on the quadratic part of Leff. Lfree part=1
2 Ρa bΠ bΠ a
+1
2 ga bH0L Π
a
Π b-1
2ga bH0L ÑΠ
a× Ñ Πb+ OIΠ3, ¶
t2, ¶tÑ2, Ñ4M
Ρ =
0 -Λ1
Λ1 0
0 -Λ2
Λ2 0
¸
0 -Λm
Λm 0
0
¸
0
We classify NGBs into two classes: type A and type B.
- Type B NGBs are those produced by canonically-conjugate pairs: IΠ1, Π2M, IΠ3, Π4M, …, IΠ2 m-1, Π2 mM. - The others are type A; i.e., each of Π2 m+1, Π2 m+2, …, ΠdimHGML produce their own NGB.
It follows by definition that
nB= number of pairs = m = 1
2rank Ρ
nA= dimHGHL - 2 m = dimHGHL - rank Ρ Therefore,
nNGB= nA+ nB= dimHGHL -12rank Ρ.
Dispersion NGBs Type-B NGBs
Leff=1
2 Ρa bΠ bΠ a+1
2ga bH0L Π
aΠ b-1
2ga bH0L ÑΠ
a× Ñ Πb+OIΠ3, ¶
t2, ¶tÑ2, Ñ4M Balancing OHΩL term and OIk2M terms ® Ω µ k2.
Type-A NGBs Leff=1
2 Ρa bΠ bΠ a+1
2ga bH0L Π
a
Π b-1
2ga bH0L ÑΠ
a× Ñ Πb+OIΠ3, ¶
t2, ¶tÑ2, Ñ4M Balancing OIΩ2M term and OIk2M terms ® Ω µ k.
Equality version of Nielsen-Chadha nA+ 2 nB= dimHGHL.
n L ¹ 0
+ 1 M
H L
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nA+ 2 nB= dimHGHL.
nA= nI and nB= nI I provided that det gH0L ¹ 0. Even if we fine tune this parameter, this term will be automatically generated by changing scales (integrating out higher energy modes) unless it is prohibited by symmetry.
e.g., vortex lattice in a rotating superfluid in 2 + 1 D.
U(1) and (magnetic) 2D translations are spontaneously broken. Leff=1
2g Θ
2
-1
2g 'IÑ 2ΘM2.
HÑΘL2 term is prohibited by the magnetic translation Θ ® Θ + W z`´ x + …
HW and Hitoshi Murayama, PRX 2014
- The analytic solution of cHΠL - Scaling of interacitons, fluctuations
Peparation 1: useful parametrization of GH UHΠL º ãä ΠaTa.
Starting from a groud-state expectation value of the order parameter XΦ\,
one can explore all possible ground-state expectation values by changing Π: XΦ\ HΠL = UHΠL XΦ\. Here, Ti is a matrix representation of g. We require the following normalization and the orthogonality:
Ti=Ρ: unbroken Ti=a: broken trATΡ, TΣE = Λ ∆Α Β, tr@Ta, TbD = Λ ∆a b, trATΡ, TbE = 0.
- The unbroken generators are closed: ATΡ, TΣE = ä fΡ ΣΛTΛ
- Furthermore, in this choice of basis, @TΣ, TaD is broken (i.e., @TΣ, TaD = ä fΣ abTb) because
trA@TΣ, TaD, TΡE
= trAHTΣTa-TaTΣL TΡ- TΡHTΣTa-TaTΣLE
= trATΣTaTΡ-TaTΣTΡ-TΡTΣTa+TΡTaTΣE
= trATΡTΣTa-TΣTΡTa-TaTΡTΣ+TaTΣTΡE
= trAITΡTΣ-TΣTΡMTa- TaITΡTΣ-TΣTΡME
= trAATΡ, TΣE, TaE
= fΡ ΣΛtr@TΛTaD
= 0.
- Thus broken generators form a (reducible) representation of H.
h Tah-1= DabHhL Tb=
Dr=1HhL
Dr=2HhL
¸
Dr=RHhL a b Tb.
- Transformation of Π’s under g Î G is fixed by g UHΠL = UHΠ'L hHΠ, gL, hHΠ, gL Î H. (Recall that hHΠ, gL XΦ\ = XΦ\.)
NGBs transform linearly under unbroken symmetry:
H L a
H L
HΠ ΕL + Ε
¹ 0
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NGBs transform linearly under unbroken symmetry: h UHΠL = h ãä ΠaTah-1h = ãä Πah Tah-1h = ãä ΠaDHhLabTbh
® Πa' = ΠbDHhLba.
NGBs transform nonlinearly under broken symmetry: g UHΠL = gi ΕaTaãä ΠaTa= ãäHΠa+Εa+OHΠ ΕLL Taãi OHΕL TΑ
® Πa' = Πa+Εa+ OHΠ ΕL. [Recall Θ ® Θ + Ε under U(1)] This gives at least one example of parametrizations that satisfy det M ¹ 0.
Peparation 2: Maurer-Cartan one-form
ΩHΠL º -ä U¾ HΠL d UHΠL ¬ building blocks of the effective Lagrangian. In component,
ΩHΠL = ΩiHΠL Ti= ΩaiHΠL d ΠaTi. Ω =A-ä ã-ä s Pd ãä s PEs=0s=1, P = ΠaTa
= -äÙs=0s=1d s d
d s ã
-ä s Pd ãä s P
= -äÙs=0s=1d s9ã-ä s PH-ä PL d ãä s P+ ã-ä s PdIä P ãä s PM=
= Ùs=0s=1d s ã-ä s Pd P ãä s P
= Ún=0¥ H-äLn
n! JÙ0
1d s snN @P, @P, …, @P, d P DDDHnL
= Ún=0¥ H-äLHn+1L!n @P, @P, …, @P, d P DDDHnL
=9∆ai+1
2Π bf
b ai+ OIΠ2M= d ΠaTi
Transformation rule of MC form:
ΩHΠL ® ΩHΠ'L = -ä @h UHΠL¾ g¾D d@g UHΠL h¾D
= -ä h UHΠL¾ Hg¾ d gL UHΠL h¾ - ä h @UHΠL¾ d UHΠLD h¾ - ä h d h¾
= h ΩHΠL h¾ - ä h d h¾ If we further define
- Ω¦= ΩaTa: perpendicular to H (broken) - Ωþ= ΩΑTΑ: parallel to H (unbroken) then,
Ω¦HΠ'L = h Ω¦HΠL h¾,
ΩþHΠ'L = h ΩþHΠL h¾ - ä h d h¾.
For example, we see
tr@Ω¦HΠLÄΩ¦HΠLD ® tr@h Ω¦HΠL h¾Äh Ω¦HΠL h¾D = tr@Ω¦HΠLÄ Ω¦HΠLD. are invariant under g. When Ta is reducible under H,
h Tah-1= DabHhL Tb=
Dr=1HhL
Dr=2HhL
¸
Dr=RHhL a b
Tb.
Then we have as many parameters as the number of blocks R: e.g. g =Úr=1Rfr2tr@Ω¦HrLHΠLÄΩ¦HrLHΠLD.
This is the lowest order effective Larangian in the field-theory textbook. (We need at least two Ω’s to contract Lorentz indices Μ and Ν.)
Are there any other invariants?
We can guess based on the transformation rule: Ω¦HΠ'L = h Ω¦HΠL h¾,
h¾ HΠLD
H
Χ H2L
H 8e<
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Ω¦HΠ'L = h Ω¦HΠL h¾,
ΩþHΠ'L = h ΩþHΠL h¾ - ä h d h¾.
- tr@Ω¦HΠLD is invariant, but usually vanishes (if semisimple ® traceless) [might be nonzero for the U(1) factor of a non- semisimple group, but then becomes a total derivative...]
- If H is abelian,
ΩþHΠL ® h ΩþHΠL h¾ - ä h d h¾ = ΩþHΠL + d Χ invariant up to a total derivative!
eg. ferromagnet [H = SOH2L]
- More generally, generators that commute with H should work... e.g. SOH3L ® 8e< (I don’t know the model that realizes this pattern)
Analitic solutions in terms of the Maurer-Cartan one-form Our answer for the case zi j= 0 (no central extentions)
cHΠL = -ΩiHΠL eiH0L + d Χ,
Parameters eiH0L should satisfy
fΡ ijejH0L = 0 ¬ invariance of ejH0L under H.
This is needed because fΡ ijejH0L = -ä YAQΡ, jiH0LE] ¹ 0 would imply QΡ is broken.
e.g. ferromagnet L S
adHcosΘ - 1L Φ = aSd
nyn x-nxn y
1+nz = -Xsz\ Ω zHΠL
The number of parameters ejH0L:
NC= the number of Cartan generators of G that commute with H. Therefore, rank Ρ cannot explore all possible values in the range 0 £ rank Ρ £1
2dimHGHL.
Presymplectic two-form d Ω = -ä U¾HΠL d UHΠL
= -äH-U¾ d UHΠL U¾Lïd UHΠL
= -äH-äL U¾ d UHΠLïH-äL U¾ d UHΠL
= -ä ΩïΩ
= 1
2 fj k
iΩjïΩkT i
Therefore, d c = -1
Λd Tr@ΩHΠL eH0LD, eH0L º eiH0L Ti
= -1
ΛTr@d ΩHΠL eH0LD
= -1
ΛTrA 1 2 fj k
iΩjïΩkT ieH0LE
= -1
2 fj k ie
iH0L ΩjïΩk
= -1
2 Ρi jΩ iïΩj
= -1
2 Ρa bΩ aïΩb
= -1
2 Ρa bd Π
aïd Πb+ OIΠ3M
Partially symplectic two-form. Reminiscent of the symplectic two-form W =Úad qaïd pb that specifies
@qa, pbD = ä ∆ab.
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Fibration
See
- T. Brauner & S. Moroz, “Topological interactions of Nambu-Goldstone bosons in quantum many-body systems” PRD (2014)
- J.O. Andersen, T. Brauner, C. P. Hofmann, A. Vuorinen, “Effective Lagrangians for quantum many-body systems” JHEP (2014)
for more details on the (i) topological terms and (ii) higher order (derivative) terms in the effective Lagrangian.
Scaling of the interaction
Why is it OK to neglect interactions among NGBs?
Scaling of type-A NGBs
S =Ù ddx d tA12ga bH0L Π aΠ b- 1
2ga bH0L ÑΠ
a× Ñ ΠbE + …
To keep the free part of the action invariant, we have to scale field as Π 'HΑ x, Α tL = Α1-d2 ΠHx, tL.
Then, the most relevant interactions like Ù ddx d t Ñ2Π3, Ù ddx d t ¶t2Π3 scale as Α-
d-1 2 .
- When d > 1, the interaction becomes smaller and smaller as Α increases.
= 1
= 0 > 0
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- When d > 1, the interaction becomes smaller and smaller as Α increases.
- d = 1 is the strongly interacting case ® symmetry might be restored / gap might open. (1+1D Heisenberg AF)
- consistent with Coleman’s theorem in 1+1 D at T = 0, (Hohenberg-)Mermin-Wagner theorem for T > 0 in 2 spatial dimensions.
Scaling of type-B NGBs S =Ù ddx d tA1
2 Ρa bΠ bΠ a
- 1
2ga bH0L ÑΠ
a× Ñ ΠbE + …
To keep the free part of the action invariant, we have to scale field as Π 'IΑ x, Α2tM = Α-
d 2ΠHx, tL.
Then, the most relevant interactions like Ù ddx d t Ñ2Π3, Ù ddx d t ¶tΠ3 scale as Α-
d 2.
- When d > 0, the interaction becomes smaller and smaller as Α increases. - Consistent with the fact that ferromagnet exists even in 1+1 D.
What if type-A,B are mixed? The velocity of type-A NGBs diverges??
Other related topics
nNGB for space-time symmetries
Crystals break spatial rotation. Why no rotational modes?
BEC breaks not only U(1), but also Galilean boosts. Why the latter does not produce independent NGBs? References
- Low&Manohar, “Spontaneously Broken Spacetime Symmetries and Goldstone’s Theorem” PRL (2012) - HW&HM, “Redundancies in Nambu-Goldstone Bosons” PRL (2013)
- Hayata&Hidaka, “Broken spacetime symmetries and elastic variables” PLB (2014) - …
Higgs mechanism in nonrelativisic systems
When the symmetry is local, NGBs are “eaten” by gauge fields, which - becomes gapped.
- acquires the longitudinal dof.
How is this famous story modified in nonrelativistic systems in general? References
- V. Gusynin, V. Miransky, and I. Shovkovy, Phys. Lett. B 581, 82 (2004) / Mod. Phys. Lett. A 19, 1341 (2004). - Y. Hama, T. Hatsuda, and S. Uchino, Phys. Rev. D 83, 125009 (2011).
- S. Gongyo and S. Karasawa, Phys. Rev. D 90, 085014 (2014).
- HW&HM, “Spontaneously broken non-Abelian gauge symmetries in nonrelativistic systems” PRD(R) (2014)
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