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Agullo, I.; del Rio, A.; Navarro-Salas, J. |
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On the Electric-Magnetic Duality Symmetry: Quantum Anomaly, Optical Helicity, and Particle Creation |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2018 |
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Symmetry-Basel |
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Symmetry-Basel |
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10 |
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12 |
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763 - 14pp |
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electric-magnetic duality symmetry; quantum anomalies; optical helicity; electromagnetic polarization; particle creation |
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It is well known that not every symmetry of a classical field theory is also a symmetry of its quantum version. When this occurs, we speak of quantum anomalies. The existence of anomalies imply that some classical Noether charges are no longer conserved in the quantum theory. In this paper, we discuss a new example for quantum electromagnetic fields propagating in the presence of gravity. We argue that the symmetry under electric-magnetic duality rotations of the source-free Maxwell action is anomalous in curved spacetimes. The classical Noether charge associated with these transformations accounts for the net circular polarization or the optical helicity of the electromagnetic field. Therefore, our results describe the way the spacetime curvature changes the helicity of photons and opens the possibility of extracting information from strong gravitational fields through the observation of the polarization of photons. We also argue that the physical consequences of this anomaly can be understood in terms of the asymmetric quantum creation of photons by the gravitational field. |
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[Agullo, Ivan] Louisiana State Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 USA, Email: agullo@lsu.edu; |
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2073-8994 |
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WOS:000454725100101 |
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yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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3867 |
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Ferreiro, A.; Navarro-Salas, J. |
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Running couplings from adiabatic regularization |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2019 |
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Physics Letters B |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Lett. B |
| Volume |
792 |
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81-85 |
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Adiabatic renormalization; Running couplings; Semiclassical Maxwell-Einstein equations |
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We extend the adiabatic regularization method by introducing an arbitrary mass scale μin the construction of the subtraction terms. This allows us to obtain, in a very robust way, the running of the coupling constants by demanding mu-invariance of the effective semiclassical (Maxwell-Einstein) equations. In particular, we get the running of the electric charge of perturbative quantum electrodynamics. Furthermore, the method brings about a renormalization of the cosmological constant and the Newtonian gravitational constant. The running obtained for these dimensionful coupling constants has new relevant (non-logarithmic) contributions, not predicted by dimensional regularization. |
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[Ferreiro, Antonio; Navarro-Salas, Jose] Univ Valencia, Fac Fis, Ctr Mixto, Dept Fis Teor,CSIC, E-46100 Valencia, Spain, Email: antonio.ferreiro@ific.uv.es; |
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Elsevier Science Bv |
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0370-2693 |
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WOS:000466802100015 |
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no |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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3997 |
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Beltran-Palau, P.; Navarro-Salas, J.; Pla, S. |
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Translational anomaly of chiral fermions in two dimensions |
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Journal Article |
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2019 |
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Physical Review D |
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Phys. Rev. D |
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99 |
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10 |
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105008 - 5pp |
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It is well known that a quantized two-dimensional Weyl fermion coupled to gravity spoils general covariance and breaks the covariant conservation of the energy-momentum tensor. In this brief article, we point out that the quantum conservation of the momentum can also fail in flat spacetime, provided the Weyl fermion is coupled to a time-varying homogeneous electric field. This signals a quantum anomaly of the space-translation symmetry, which has not been highlighted in the literature so far. |
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[Beltran-Palau, Pau; Navarro-Salas, Jose; Pla, Silvia] Univ Valencia, Dept Fis Teor, Ctr Mixto, CSIC,Fac Fis, E-46100 Valencia, Spain, Email: pau.beltran@uv.es; |
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Amer Physical Soc |
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2470-0010 |
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WOS:000468223500013 |
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yes |
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no |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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4011 |
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Beltran-Palau, P.; Ferreiro, A.; Navarro-Salas, J.; Pla, S. |
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Breaking of adiabatic invariance in the creation of particles by electromagnetic backgrounds |
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Journal Article |
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2019 |
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Physical Review D |
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Phys. Rev. D |
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100 |
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8 |
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085014 - 12pp |
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Particles are spontaneously created from the vacuum by time-varying gravitational or electromagnetic backgrounds. It has been proven that the particle number operator in an expanding universe is an adiabatic invariant. In this paper we show that, in some special cases, the expected adiabatic invariance of the particle number fails in presence of electromagnetic backgrounds. In order to do this, we consider as a prototype a Sauter-type electric pulse. Furthermore, we also show a close relation between the breaking of the adiabatic invariance and the emergence of the axial anomaly. |
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[Beltran-Palau, Pau; Ferreiro, Antonio; Navarro-Salas, Jose; Pla, Silvia] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Ctr Mixto, Fac Fis,Dept Fis Teor, E-46100 Valencia, Spain, Email: pau.beltran@uv.es; |
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Amer Physical Soc |
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2470-0010 |
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WOS:000491467800009 |
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no |
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no |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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4184 |
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Bernabeu, J.; Navarro-Salas, J. |
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A Non-Local Action for Electrodynamics: Duality Symmetry and the Aharonov-Bohm Effect, Revisited |
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Journal Article |
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2019 |
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Symmetry-Basel |
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Symmetry-Basel |
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11 |
Issue |
10 |
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1191 - 13pp |
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non-local action; electrodynamics; electromagnetic duality symmetry; Aharonov-Bohm effect |
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A non-local action functional for electrodynamics depending on the electric and magnetic fields, instead of potentials, has been proposed in the literature. In this work we elaborate and improve this proposal. We also use this formalism to confront the electric-magnetic duality symmetry of the electromagnetic field and the Aharonov-Bohm effect, two subtle aspects of electrodynamics that we examine in a novel way. We show how the former can be derived from the simple harmonic oscillator character of vacuum electrodynamics, while also demonstrating how the magnetic version of the latter naturally arises in an explicitly non-local manner. |
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[Bernabeu, Joan] Ludwig Maximilians Univ Munchen, Phys Dept, Theresienstr 37, D-80333 Munich, Germany, Email: Joan.Bernabeu@physik.uni-muenchen.de; |
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WOS:000495457600005 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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