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1 Examples  



1.1  Scalars  





1.2  Four-vectors  





1.3  Four-tensors  







2 Lorentz violating models  





3 See also  





4 Notes  





5 References  














Lorentz covariance






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Inrelativistic physics, Lorentz symmetryorLorentz invariance, named after the Dutch physicist Hendrik Lorentz, is an equivalence of observation or observational symmetry due to special relativity implying that the laws of physics stay the same for all observers that are moving with respect to one another within an inertial frame. It has also been described as "the feature of nature that says experimental results are independent of the orientation or the boost velocity of the laboratory through space".[1]

Lorentz covariance, a related concept, is a property of the underlying spacetime manifold. Lorentz covariance has two distinct, but closely related meanings:

  1. Aphysical quantity is said to be Lorentz covariant if it transforms under a given representation of the Lorentz group. According to the representation theory of the Lorentz group, these quantities are built out of scalars, four-vectors, four-tensors, and spinors. In particular, a Lorentz covariant scalar (e.g., the space-time interval) remains the same under Lorentz transformations and is said to be a Lorentz invariant (i.e., they transform under the trivial representation).
  2. Anequation is said to be Lorentz covariant if it can be written in terms of Lorentz covariant quantities (confusingly, some use the term invariant here). The key property of such equations is that if they hold in one inertial frame, then they hold in any inertial frame; this follows from the result that if all the components of a tensor vanish in one frame, they vanish in every frame. This condition is a requirement according to the principle of relativity; i.e., all non-gravitational laws must make the same predictions for identical experiments taking place at the same spacetime event in two different inertial frames of reference.

Onmanifolds, the words covariant and contravariant refer to how objects transform under general coordinate transformations. Both covariant and contravariant four-vectors can be Lorentz covariant quantities.

Local Lorentz covariance, which follows from general relativity, refers to Lorentz covariance applying only locally in an infinitesimal region of spacetime at every point. There is a generalization of this concept to cover Poincaré covariance and Poincaré invariance.

Examples[edit]

In general, the (transformational) nature of a Lorentz tensor[clarification needed] can be identified by its tensor order, which is the number of free indices it has. No indices implies it is a scalar, one implies that it is a vector, etc. Some tensors with a physical interpretation are listed below.

The sign convention of the Minkowski metric η = diag (1, −1, −1, −1) is used throughout the article.

Scalars[edit]

Spacetime interval
Proper time (for timelike intervals)
Proper distance (for spacelike intervals)
Mass
Electromagnetism invariants
D'Alembertian/wave operator

Four-vectors[edit]

4-displacement
4-position
4-gradient
which is the 4D partial derivative:
4-velocity
where
4-momentum
where and is the rest mass.
4-current
where
4-potential

Four-tensors[edit]

Kronecker delta
Minkowski metric (the metric of flat space according to general relativity)
Electromagnetic field tensor (using a metric signature of + − − −)
Dual electromagnetic field tensor

Lorentz violating models[edit]

In standard field theory, there are very strict and severe constraints on marginal and relevant Lorentz violating operators within both QED and the Standard Model. Irrelevant Lorentz violating operators may be suppressed by a high cutoff scale, but they typically induce marginal and relevant Lorentz violating operators via radiative corrections. So, we also have very strict and severe constraints on irrelevant Lorentz violating operators.

Since some approaches to quantum gravity lead to violations of Lorentz invariance,[2] these studies are part of phenomenological quantum gravity. Lorentz violations are allowed in string theory, supersymmetry and Hořava–Lifshitz gravity.[3]

Lorentz violating models typically fall into four classes:[citation needed]

Models belonging to the first two classes can be consistent with experiment if Lorentz breaking happens at Planck scale or beyond it, or even before it in suitable preonic models,[6] and if Lorentz symmetry violation is governed by a suitable energy-dependent parameter. One then has a class of models which deviate from Poincaré symmetry near the Planck scale but still flows towards an exact Poincaré group at very large length scales. This is also true for the third class, which is furthermore protected from radiative corrections as one still has an exact (quantum) symmetry.

Even though there is no evidence of the violation of Lorentz invariance, several experimental searches for such violations have been performed during recent years. A detailed summary of the results of these searches is given in the Data Tables for Lorentz and CPT Violation.[7]

Lorentz invariance is also violated in QFT assuming non-zero temperature.[8][9][10]

There is also growing evidence of Lorentz violation in Weyl semimetals and Dirac semimetals.[11][12][13][14][15]

See also[edit]

  • Antimatter tests of Lorentz violation
  • Fock–Lorentz symmetry
  • General covariance
  • Lorentz invariance in loop quantum gravity
  • Lorentz-violating electrodynamics
  • Lorentz-violating neutrino oscillations
  • Planck length
  • Symmetry in physics
  • Notes[edit]

    1. ^ Russell, Neil (2004-11-24). "Framing Lorentz symmetry". CERN Courier. Retrieved 2019-11-08.
  • ^ Mattingly, David (2005). "Modern Tests of Lorentz Invariance". Living Reviews in Relativity. 8 (1): 5. arXiv:gr-qc/0502097. Bibcode:2005LRR.....8....5M. doi:10.12942/lrr-2005-5. PMC 5253993. PMID 28163649.
  • ^ Collaboration, IceCube; Aartsen, M. G.; Ackermann, M.; Adams, J.; Aguilar, J. A.; Ahlers, M.; Ahrens, M.; Al Samarai, I.; Altmann, D.; Andeen, K.; Anderson, T.; Ansseau, I.; Anton, G.; Argüelles, C.; Auffenberg, J.; Axani, S.; Bagherpour, H.; Bai, X.; Barron, J. P.; Barwick, S. W.; Baum, V.; Bay, R.; Beatty, J. J.; Becker Tjus, J.; Becker, K. -H.; BenZvi, S.; Berley, D.; Bernardini, E.; Besson, D. Z.; et al. (2018). "Neutrino interferometry for high-precision tests of Lorentz symmetry with Ice Cube". Nature Physics. 14 (9): 961–966. arXiv:1709.03434. Bibcode:2018NatPh..14..961I. doi:10.1038/s41567-018-0172-2. S2CID 59497861.
  • ^ Luis Gonzalez-Mestres (1995-05-25). "Properties of a possible class of particles able to travel faster than light". Dark Matter in Cosmology: 645. arXiv:astro-ph/9505117. Bibcode:1995dmcc.conf..645G.
  • ^ Luis Gonzalez-Mestres (1997-05-26). "Absence of Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin Cutoff and Stability of Unstable Particles at Very High Energy, as a Consequence of Lorentz Symmetry Violation". Proceedings of the 25th International Cosmic Ray Conference (Held 30 July - 6 August). 6: 113. arXiv:physics/9705031. Bibcode:1997ICRC....6..113G.
  • ^ Luis Gonzalez-Mestres (2014). "Ultra-high energy physics and standard basic principles. Do Planck units really make sense?" (PDF). EPJ Web of Conferences. 71: 00062. Bibcode:2014EPJWC..7100062G. doi:10.1051/epjconf/20147100062.
  • ^ Kostelecky, V.A.; Russell, N. (2010). "Data Tables for Lorentz and CPT Violation". arXiv:0801.0287v3 [hep-ph].
  • ^ Laine, Mikko; Vuorinen, Aleksi (2016). Basics of Thermal Field Theory. Lecture Notes in Physics. Vol. 925. arXiv:1701.01554. Bibcode:2016LNP...925.....L. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-31933-9. ISBN 978-3-319-31932-2. ISSN 0075-8450. S2CID 119067016.
  • ^ Ojima, Izumi (January 1986). "Lorentz invariance vs. temperature in QFT". Letters in Mathematical Physics. 11 (1): 73–80. Bibcode:1986LMaPh..11...73O. doi:10.1007/bf00417467. ISSN 0377-9017. S2CID 122316546.
  • ^ "Proof of Loss of Lorentz Invariance in Finite Temperature Quantum Field Theory". Physics Stack Exchange. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
  • ^ Xu, Su-Yang; Alidoust, Nasser; Chang, Guoqing; Lu, Hong; Singh, Bahadur; Belopolski, Ilya; Sanchez, Daniel S.; Zhang, Xiao; Bian, Guang; Zheng, Hao; Husanu, Marious-Adrian; Bian, Yi; Huang, Shin-Ming; Hsu, Chuang-Han; Chang, Tay-Rong; Jeng, Horng-Tay; Bansil, Arun; Neupert, Titus; Strocov, Vladimir N.; Lin, Hsin; Jia, Shuang; Hasan, M. Zahid (2017). "Discovery of Lorentz-violating type II Weyl fermions in LaAl Ge". Science Advances. 3 (6): e1603266. Bibcode:2017SciA....3E3266X. doi:10.1126/sciadv.1603266. PMC 5457030. PMID 28630919.
  • ^ Yan, Mingzhe; Huang, Huaqing; Zhang, Kenan; Wang, Eryin; Yao, Wei; Deng, Ke; Wan, Guoliang; Zhang, Hongyun; Arita, Masashi; Yang, Haitao; Sun, Zhe; Yao, Hong; Wu, Yang; Fan, Shoushan; Duan, Wenhui; Zhou, Shuyun (2017). "Lorentz-violating type-II Dirac fermions in transition metal dichalcogenide PtTe2". Nature Communications. 8 (1): 257. arXiv:1607.03643. Bibcode:2017NatCo...8..257Y. doi:10.1038/s41467-017-00280-6. PMC 5557853. PMID 28811465.
  • ^ Deng, Ke; Wan, Guoliang; Deng, Peng; Zhang, Kenan; Ding, Shijie; Wang, Eryin; Yan, Mingzhe; Huang, Huaqing; Zhang, Hongyun; Xu, Zhilin; Denlinger, Jonathan; Fedorov, Alexei; Yang, Haitao; Duan, Wenhui; Yao, Hong; Wu, Yang; Fan, Shoushan; Zhang, Haijun; Chen, Xi; Zhou, Shuyun (2016). "Experimental observation of topological Fermi arcs in type-II Weyl semimetal MoTe2". Nature Physics. 12 (12): 1105–1110. arXiv:1603.08508. Bibcode:2016NatPh..12.1105D. doi:10.1038/nphys3871. S2CID 118474909.
  • ^ Huang, Lunan; McCormick, Timothy M.; Ochi, Masayuki; Zhao, Zhiying; Suzuki, Michi-To; Arita, Ryotaro; Wu, Yun; Mou, Daixiang; Cao, Huibo; Yan, Jiaqiang; Trivedi, Nandini; Kaminski, Adam (2016). "Spectroscopic evidence for a type II Weyl semimetallic state in MoTe2". Nature Materials. 15 (11): 1155–1160. arXiv:1603.06482. Bibcode:2016NatMa..15.1155H. doi:10.1038/nmat4685. PMID 27400386. S2CID 2762780.
  • ^ Belopolski, Ilya; Sanchez, Daniel S.; Ishida, Yukiaki; Pan, Xingchen; Yu, Peng; Xu, Su-Yang; Chang, Guoqing; Chang, Tay-Rong; Zheng, Hao; Alidoust, Nasser; Bian, Guang; Neupane, Madhab; Huang, Shin-Ming; Lee, Chi-Cheng; Song, You; Bu, Haijun; Wang, Guanghou; Li, Shisheng; Eda, Goki; Jeng, Horng-Tay; Kondo, Takeshi; Lin, Hsin; Liu, Zheng; Song, Fengqi; Shin, Shik; Hasan, M. Zahid (2016). "Discovery of a new type of topological Weyl fermion semimetal state in MoxW1−xTe2". Nature Communications. 7: 13643. arXiv:1612.05990. Bibcode:2016NatCo...713643B. doi:10.1038/ncomms13643. PMC 5150217. PMID 27917858.
  • References[edit]


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