$$ T\overline{T} $$ deformations and the width of fundamental particles
$$ T\overline{T} $$ deformations and the width of fundamental particles
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$$ Toverline{T} $$变形和基本粒子的宽度
DOI:
10.1007/jhep04(2022)136
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发表时间:
2022
影响因子:
5.4
通讯作者:
Cardy J
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作者:
Cardy J
We provide a simple geometric meaning for deformations of so-calledtype in relativistic and non-relativistic systems. Deformations by the cross products of energy and momentum currents in integrable quantum field theories are known to modify the thermodynamic Bethe ansatz equations by a “CDD factor”. In turn, CDD factors may be interpreted as additional, fixed shifts incurred in scattering processes: a finite width added to the fundamental particles (or, if negative, to the free space between them). We suggest that this physical effect is a universal way of understandingdeformations, both in classical and quantum systems. We first show this in non-relativistic systems, with particle conservation and translation invariance, using the deformation formed out of the densities and currents of particles and momentum. This holds at the level of the equations of motion, and for any interaction potential, integrable or not. We then argue, and show by similar techniques in free relativistic particle systems, thatdeformations of relativistic systems produce the equivalent phenomenon, accounting for length contractions. We also show that, in both the relativistic and non-relativistic cases, the width of particles is equivalent to a state-dependent change of metric, where the distance function discounts the particles’ widths, or counts the additional free space. This generalises and explains the known field-dependent coordinate change describingdeformations. The results connect such deformations with generalised hydrodynamics, where the relations between scattering shifts, widths of particles and state-dependent changes of metric have been established.