Carroll fermions from null reduction: A case of good and bad fermions
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| author | Majumdar, Sucheta Sharma, Aditya Singha, Sourav |
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| contents | We derive Carrollian fermionic actions using the null reduction method from Bargmann spacetimes. In the Lorentzian light-cone formulation, the Dirac spinor naturally decomposes into dynamical and constrained degrees of freedom $-$ the so-called `good' and `bad' fermions $Ψ_{(\pm)}$. These light-cone projections are intrinsically adapted to the null frame and, unlike the chiral decomposition into left- and right-handed spinors $Ψ_{L(R)}$, are valid in arbitrary spacetime dimensions, both even and odd. As in the case of bosons, the magnetic Carroll sector for fermions is governed by the dynamical modes of the parent theory, while the electric sector arises from the constrained modes. Upon deforming to a Bargmann spacetime, these constraints are removed, promoting the `bad' fermions to dynamical modes that describe the electric Carroll fermions. We construct the Clifford algebra on the Carroll manifold through its embedding in the ambient Bargmann manifold, and obtain both electric and magnetic Carroll fermion actions from a \textit{single} Bargmann-invariant Dirac action. We analyze the canonical structure of both theories, establish their invariance under Carroll transformations, and compute the corresponding two-point functions, which exhibit the expected behavior in both sectors. We conclude with some comments on the quantization of these Carrollian theories. |
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| spellingShingle | Carroll fermions from null reduction: A case of good and bad fermions Majumdar, Sucheta Sharma, Aditya Singha, Sourav High Energy Physics - Theory High Energy Physics - Phenomenology We derive Carrollian fermionic actions using the null reduction method from Bargmann spacetimes. In the Lorentzian light-cone formulation, the Dirac spinor naturally decomposes into dynamical and constrained degrees of freedom $-$ the so-called `good' and `bad' fermions $Ψ_{(\pm)}$. These light-cone projections are intrinsically adapted to the null frame and, unlike the chiral decomposition into left- and right-handed spinors $Ψ_{L(R)}$, are valid in arbitrary spacetime dimensions, both even and odd. As in the case of bosons, the magnetic Carroll sector for fermions is governed by the dynamical modes of the parent theory, while the electric sector arises from the constrained modes. Upon deforming to a Bargmann spacetime, these constraints are removed, promoting the `bad' fermions to dynamical modes that describe the electric Carroll fermions. We construct the Clifford algebra on the Carroll manifold through its embedding in the ambient Bargmann manifold, and obtain both electric and magnetic Carroll fermion actions from a \textit{single} Bargmann-invariant Dirac action. We analyze the canonical structure of both theories, establish their invariance under Carroll transformations, and compute the corresponding two-point functions, which exhibit the expected behavior in both sectors. We conclude with some comments on the quantization of these Carrollian theories. |
| title | Carroll fermions from null reduction: A case of good and bad fermions |
| topic | High Energy Physics - Theory High Energy Physics - Phenomenology |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.05334 |