Using the heat kernel method, we compute nonrelativistic trace anomalies for Schrödinger theories in flat spacetime, with a generic background gauge field for the particle number symmetry, both for a free scalar and a free fermion. The result is genuinely nonrelativistic, and it has no counterpart in the relativistic case. Contrary to naive expectations, the anomaly is not gauge invariant; this is similar to the nongauge covariance of the non-Abelian relativistic anomaly. We also show that, in the same background, the gravitational anomaly for a nonrelativistic scalar vanishes

Auzzi, R., Baiguera, S., Nardelli, G. (2018). Nonrelativistic trace and diffeomorphism anomalies in particle number background. PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 97(8) [10.1103/PhysRevD.97.085010].

Nonrelativistic trace and diffeomorphism anomalies in particle number background

Baiguera, S;
2018

Abstract

Using the heat kernel method, we compute nonrelativistic trace anomalies for Schrödinger theories in flat spacetime, with a generic background gauge field for the particle number symmetry, both for a free scalar and a free fermion. The result is genuinely nonrelativistic, and it has no counterpart in the relativistic case. Contrary to naive expectations, the anomaly is not gauge invariant; this is similar to the nongauge covariance of the non-Abelian relativistic anomaly. We also show that, in the same background, the gravitational anomaly for a nonrelativistic scalar vanishes
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anomaly:diffeomorphism, nonrelativistic, particle number, trace anomaly, heat kernel
English
2018
97
8
085010
open
Auzzi, R., Baiguera, S., Nardelli, G. (2018). Nonrelativistic trace and diffeomorphism anomalies in particle number background. PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 97(8) [10.1103/PhysRevD.97.085010].
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