A New Lorentz Violating Nonlocal Field Theory From String-Theory
Journal Article
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· Physical Review D
A four-dimensional field theory with a qualitatively new type of nonlocality is constructed from a setting where Kaluza-Klein particles probe toroidally compactified string theory with twisted boundary conditions. In this theory fundamental particles are not pointlike and occupy a volume proportional to their R-charge. The theory breaks Lorentz invariance but appears to preserve spatial rotations. At low energies, it is approximately N=4 Super Yang-Mills theory, deformed by an operator of dimension seven. The dispersion relation of massless modes in vacuum is unchanged, but under certain conditions in this theory, particles can travel at superluminal velocities.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Physics Division
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC02-05CH11231
- OSTI ID:
- 962911
- Report Number(s):
- LBNL-61552; PRVDAQ; TRN: US0902972
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review D, Related Information: Journal Publication Date: 3 January 2007; ISSN 1550-7998
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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