Resilience of DBI screened objects and their ladder symmetries

Abstract Scalar field theories with a shift symmetry come equipped with the K-mouflage (or kinetic screening) mechanism that suppresses the scalar interaction between massive objects below a certain distance, the screening radius. In this work, we study the linear response of the scalar field distri...

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Main Authors: Jose Beltrán Jiménez, Dario Bettoni, Philippe Brax
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Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2024-10-01
Series:Journal of High Energy Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2024)108
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description Abstract Scalar field theories with a shift symmetry come equipped with the K-mouflage (or kinetic screening) mechanism that suppresses the scalar interaction between massive objects below a certain distance, the screening radius. In this work, we study the linear response of the scalar field distribution around a screened (point-like) object subject to a long range external scalar field perturbation for the Dirac-Born-Infeld theory. We find that, for regular boundary conditions at the position of the particle, some multipoles have vanishing response for a lacunar series of the multipole order ℓ for any dimension. Some multipoles also exhibit a logarithmic running when the number of spatial dimensions is even. We construct a ladder operator structure, with its associated ladder symmetries, formed by two sets of ladders that are related to the properties of the linear response and the existence of conserved charges. Our results exhibit a remarkable resemblance with the Love numbers properties of black holes in General Relativity, although some intriguing differences subsist.
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spelling doaj-art-10f9a9684b984adab7153ca7c26844f02025-08-20T02:30:51ZengSpringerOpenJournal of High Energy Physics1029-84792024-10-0120241013410.1007/JHEP10(2024)108Resilience of DBI screened objects and their ladder symmetriesJose Beltrán Jiménez0Dario Bettoni1Philippe Brax2Departamento de Física Fundamental and IUFFyM, Universidad de SalamancaDepartamento de Física Fundamental and IUFFyM, Universidad de SalamancaInstitut de Physique Théorique, Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRSAbstract Scalar field theories with a shift symmetry come equipped with the K-mouflage (or kinetic screening) mechanism that suppresses the scalar interaction between massive objects below a certain distance, the screening radius. In this work, we study the linear response of the scalar field distribution around a screened (point-like) object subject to a long range external scalar field perturbation for the Dirac-Born-Infeld theory. We find that, for regular boundary conditions at the position of the particle, some multipoles have vanishing response for a lacunar series of the multipole order ℓ for any dimension. Some multipoles also exhibit a logarithmic running when the number of spatial dimensions is even. We construct a ladder operator structure, with its associated ladder symmetries, formed by two sets of ladders that are related to the properties of the linear response and the existence of conserved charges. Our results exhibit a remarkable resemblance with the Love numbers properties of black holes in General Relativity, although some intriguing differences subsist.https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2024)108Classical Theories of GravityCosmological modelsGlobal SymmetriesBlack Holes
spellingShingle Jose Beltrán Jiménez
Dario Bettoni
Philippe Brax
Resilience of DBI screened objects and their ladder symmetries
Journal of High Energy Physics
Classical Theories of Gravity
Cosmological models
Global Symmetries
Black Holes
title Resilience of DBI screened objects and their ladder symmetries
title_full Resilience of DBI screened objects and their ladder symmetries
title_fullStr Resilience of DBI screened objects and their ladder symmetries
title_full_unstemmed Resilience of DBI screened objects and their ladder symmetries
title_short Resilience of DBI screened objects and their ladder symmetries
title_sort resilience of dbi screened objects and their ladder symmetries
topic Classical Theories of Gravity
Cosmological models
Global Symmetries
Black Holes
url https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2024)108
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