Non-relativistic fields from arbitrary contracting backgrounds

作者：Bergshoeff Eric; Rosseel Jan; Zojer Thomas

来源：Classical and Quantum Gravity, 2016, 33(17): 175010.

DOI：10.1088/0264-9381/33/17/175010

• Newton-Cartan gravity
• non-relativistic limit
• non-relativistic field theories

We discuss a non-relativistic contraction of massive and massless field theories minimally coupled to gravity. Using the non-relativistic limiting procedure introduced in our previous work, we (re-)derive non-relativistic field theories of massive and massless spins 0 to 3/2 coupled to torsionless Newton-Cartan backgrounds. We elucidate the relativistic origin of the Newton-Cartan central charge gauge field m(mu) and explain its relation to particle number conservation.

• 出版日期2016-9-8