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Aspects of Galileon non-renormalization

Journal of High Energy Physics volume 2016, Article number: 100 (2016) Cite this article

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We discuss non-renormalization theorems applying to galileon field theories and their generalizations. Galileon theories are similar in many respects to other derivatively coupled effective field theories, including general relativity and P (X) theories. In particular, these other theories also enjoy versions of non-renormalization theorems that protect certain operators against corrections from self-loops. However, we argue that the galileons are distinguished by the fact that they are not renormalized even by loops of other heavy fields whose couplings respect the galileon symmetry.

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  3. Enrico Fermi Institute and Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637, U.S.A.

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Goon, G., Hinterbichler, K., Joyce, A. et al. Aspects of Galileon non-renormalization. J. High Energ. Phys. 2016, 100 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2016)100

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  • Effective field theories
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