PIRSA:14110045

Galilean fields in curved spacetime

Jensen, K. (2014). Galilean fields in curved spacetime. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/14110045

Jensen, Kristan. Galilean fields in curved spacetime. Perimeter Institute, Nov. 18, 2014, https://pirsa.org/14110045 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:14110045,
            doi = {10.48660/14110045},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/14110045},
            author = {Jensen, Kristan},
            keywords = {Quantum Fields and Strings},
            language = {en},
            title = {Galilean fields in curved spacetime},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2014},
            month = {nov},
            note = {PIRSA:14110045 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Kristan Jensen

University of Victoria

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 I will discuss various aspects of non-relativistic field theories on a curved, background spacetime. First things first, we need to know what sort of geometry these theories couple to, as well as the symmetries we ought to impose. I will argue that Galilean-invariant theories should be coupled to a form of Newton-Cartan geometry in which one enforces a one-form shift symmetry, which amounts to a covariant version of invariance under Galilean boosts. I will focus on two main applications of this result, namely consequences of these symmetries at nonzero temperature and the relation to warped CFTs.