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Modeling scalar fields
consistent with positive mass
Tetsuya ShiromizuDepartment of Physics, Kyoto University
Yukawa Institute 7th Feb. 2014
Nozawa and Shiromizu, Physical Review D89, 023011(2014)
With Masato Nozawa(KEK)
Positive mass theorem
~ Positive mass theorem
Schoen&Yau 1981, Witten 1981, Gibbons et al 1983,…
M ≧ 0
M =0 ⇔ Minkowski/anti-deSitter
for GR, SUGRA, regular spacetimes, energy condition, …
The existence of ground state
Restriction on theories
Scalar potentials consistent with positive mass Boucher 1984, Townsend 1985
)()(2
1 2 URL
22
)(12)(
8)(
W
d
dWU
Cf) SUGRA ,W superpotential
Summary of our work
matterLXKRgxdS ),(24
gX2
1
The cases consistent with positive mass are
(i)
(ii)
22/1 )(12)()(
24
WX
d
dWK
22
)(12)(
8)(
W
d
dWXUXK
actionNozawa & Shiromizu 2014
No cosmological solution
Canonical form with “superpotential”
・strong restriction
・classical stability is automatically guaranteed
Positivity: essence
0 i
i
i
Si dSM
~
di
i )(
d 22||
dT 2
00
2 ||||~ 0
If the energy-momentum tensor satisfies the energy condition,
we can prove the positivity of mass.
spinor :
Precisely
iN :
VGiN 2
0 i
i
duNdSN
2
1
vector tonormalunit directed future : u
0 i
dVGTdSNGM i
0
2 8||22
18 0
iV :
≧0 (energy condition)
Model
matterLXKRgxdS 2),(24
gX2
1
action
KgKT X )(
)()( matterTTG
does not satisfy the (dominant) energy condition in general
Required condition
)(ˆˆ)(
)(2
ˆˆ2ˆ
AAiAAi
FFi
VGiN
)(2 ][][ AAAF
AA
We imposed
Otherwise, non-controllable terms appear
Strategy
spinor: 0ˆ ii
i
SidSM
ˆ~
di
i )ˆ(
dSTT matter 0)(
0000
2|ˆ|
KgKT X )(
2||
Einstein eq.
Look for the theory for scalar field to have the form for
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)(WA
22
22
2
)(12)(
8
W
d
dWfXfK
fKX
d
dWXfXf
)(),(4),(
2
1: 1
)(ˆ A
uSVGidGM ˆˆ28
222222
2
12)(8)(2
1
124
WWfffVi
WVWi
FiS
)(2 ][][ AAAF
VTiS )(
If
Then
22
22
2
)(12)(
8
W
d
dWfXfK
fKX
d
dWXfXf
)(),(4),(
2
1: 1
2
2
)(128
WK
WKXK
X
X
088
2
22
X
XX
X
XXK
WXK
K
WKXK
0)( XXKi
08
)(2
2
XK
WXii
22
)(12)(
8)(
W
d
dWXUXK
22/1 )(12)()(
24
WX
d
dWK
Case (ii)
22/1 )(12)()(
24
WX
d
dWK
For homogeneous-isotropic spacetimes,
)(t 02/2 X
not work does (ii) case the,)( offactor the toDue 2/1X
Summary
matterLXKRgxdS ),(24
gX2
1
(i)
(ii)
22/1 )(12)()(
24
WX
d
dWK
22
)(12)(
8)(
W
d
dWXUXK
actionNozawa & Shiromizu 2014
No cosmological solution
Canonical form with “superpotential”
Covariant derivative
ˆˆ
ˆˆ
4
1
ˆˆ
ˆˆ
4
1 ,
ˆˆ
ˆˆ
ˆˆ
ˆˆ
ˆˆ
4
1)(
Local Lorentz transformationˆˆ
ˆˆˆˆ
ˆ
ˆ
ˆˆ
ˆ
ˆ
ˆˆ
0:ˆ
ˆˆˆˆ
ˆ
ˆˆˆˆ
eeeeeeD
0 gD
Witten spinor
0 i
iD
],[)()(8
1 ,)( ˆˆ
ˆˆ)1()1(
klj
l
i
jk
i
n
i
n
ii eDeD
ji
l
j
k
ikl eeg ˆ̂ˆˆ )()(
S
cehypersurfa spacelike dim.-1)-(n :),( q
(Witten equation)
0 r
We have solutions which are asymptotically
approaches a constant spinor
Proof
2)1(22 ||4
1||||
2
1 RDDD n
i
i
2)1(22
0 ||4
1||.).(
2
1||8 RDccDdSM ni
iADM
0 0)1(
ADM
n MR
0],[ ],[ 0 0 )1( lk
ijkl
n
jiiADM RDDDM
∑ is flat space