New Exceptional EFTs in de Sitter Space from Generalised Energy Conservation

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Autori principali: Du, Zong-Zhe, Stefanyszyn, David
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author Du, Zong-Zhe
Stefanyszyn, David
author_facet Du, Zong-Zhe
Stefanyszyn, David
contents We discover a surprising relationship between exceptional effective field theories (EFTs) in de Sitter space and a notion of \textit{generalised energy conservation} (GEC) of an S-matrix defined in an extended Poincaré patch of four-dimensional de Sitter. By demanding that such an S-matrix only has support when the total energies of in and out states are equal, we constrain the coupling constants in theories of self-interacting scalars living in the exceptional series of de Sitter representations. We rediscover the theories of Dirac-Born-Infeld (DBI) and Special Galileon, and when increasing the conformal dimension we find evidence for new exceptional theories where the four-point scalar self interactions are uniquely fixed in terms of a single coupling constant. We conjecture that for each integer conformal dimension $Δ\geq 4$, there is at least one exceptional EFT that can be entirely fixed by GEC.
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spellingShingle New Exceptional EFTs in de Sitter Space from Generalised Energy Conservation
Du, Zong-Zhe
Stefanyszyn, David
High Energy Physics - Theory
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
We discover a surprising relationship between exceptional effective field theories (EFTs) in de Sitter space and a notion of \textit{generalised energy conservation} (GEC) of an S-matrix defined in an extended Poincaré patch of four-dimensional de Sitter. By demanding that such an S-matrix only has support when the total energies of in and out states are equal, we constrain the coupling constants in theories of self-interacting scalars living in the exceptional series of de Sitter representations. We rediscover the theories of Dirac-Born-Infeld (DBI) and Special Galileon, and when increasing the conformal dimension we find evidence for new exceptional theories where the four-point scalar self interactions are uniquely fixed in terms of a single coupling constant. We conjecture that for each integer conformal dimension $Δ\geq 4$, there is at least one exceptional EFT that can be entirely fixed by GEC.
title New Exceptional EFTs in de Sitter Space from Generalised Energy Conservation
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.21759