Sigma Model Lagrangian for the Heisenberg Group

Details Sigma Model Lagrangian for the Heisenberg Group Sigma Model Lagrangian for the Heisenberg Group

2002-03-18

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0203156v1

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

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We study the Lagrangian for a sigma model based on the non-compact Heisenberg group. A unique feature of this model -- unlike the case for compact Lie groups -- is that the definition of the Lagrangian has to be regulated since the trace over the Heisenberg group is otherwise divergent. The resulting theory is a real Lagrangian with a quartic interaction term. After a few non-trivial transformations, the Lagrangian is shown to be equivalent -- at the classical level -- to a complex cubic Lagrangian. A one loop computation shows that the quartic and cubic Lagrangians are equivalent at the quantum level as well. The complex Lagrangian is known to classically equivalent to the SU(2) sigma model, with the equivalence breaking down at the quantum level. An explanation of this well known results emerges from the properties of the Heisenberg sigma model.

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