Speaker: |
Xiaochuan Lu (University of California, San Diego) |
Title: |
Geometric Pictures of the Amplitudes |
Date (JST): |
Wed, Apr 05, 2023, 13:30 - 15:00 |
Place: |
Seminar Room A |
Abstract: |
The Lagrangian formulation of quantum field theories has field parameterization redundancies --- generic field redefinitions will change the Lagrangian but leave physical amplitudes invariant. This naturally fits into a geometric picture, where different field parameterizations are different choices of coordinates on the field space manifold, while the amplitudes are geometric invariants. In this talk, I will review the well-established field space geometry picture for amplitudes, as well as a number of its applications. I will then introduce a generalization of it to accommodate field redefinitions with derivatives. |