Journal of High Energy Physics (Apr 2021)

Geometrizing non-relativistic bilinear deformations

  • Dennis Hansen,
  • Yunfeng Jiang,
  • Jiuci Xu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP04(2021)186
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2021, no. 4
pp. 1 – 42

Abstract

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Abstract We define three fundamental solvable bilinear deformations for any massive non-relativistic 2d quantum field theory (QFT). They include the T T ¯ $$ \mathrm{T}\overline{\mathrm{T}} $$ deformation and the recently introduced hard rod deformation. We show that all three deformations can be interpreted as coupling the non-relativistic QFT to a specific Newton-Cartan geometry, similar to the Jackiw-Teitelboim-like gravity in the relativistic case. Using the gravity formulations, we derive closed-form deformed classical Lagrangians of the Schrödinger model with a generic potential. We also extend the dynamical change of coordinate interpretation to the non-relativistic case for all three deformations. The dynamical coordinates are then used to derive the deformed classical Lagrangians and deformed quantum S-matrices.

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