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Physlib.Particles.StandardModel.Fermions.DownSinglet

Down-type singlets

i. Overview

The Standard Model down-type singlet is a right-handed Weyl spinor in the `(3, 1)_{-2}` representation. Here charges are normalized as `6Y`, so `-2` is the usual hypercharge `Y = -1/3`.

`DownSinglet` is the target vector space of one down-type quark multiplet. Its Weyl factor carries the Lorentz index and its three-dimensional factor carries the colour index. The absence of a weak factor makes it an `SU(2)` singlet.

The Lorentz and gauge actions are first defined separately. The gauge action is then computed on a basis, used to identify its kernel, and descended to each supported global form of the Standard Model gauge group.

ii. Key results

  • `DownSinglet` : the target space of the `(3, 1)_{-2}` multiplet.
  • `repLorentzGroup` : the right-handed Lorentz action.
  • `repGaugeGroupI` : the action of the unquotiented gauge group.
  • `repGaugeGroupI_tmul_basis_eq_sum` : the gauge action in a tensor-product basis.
  • `mem_repGaugeGroupI_ker_iff_eq` : the kernel of the full-group action.
  • `gaugeGroup_subgroup_ℤ₆_le_ker_repGaugeGroupI` : triviality of the central `ℤ₆`.
  • `repGaugeGroup` : the action descended to every supported gauge-group quotient.

iii. Table of contents

  • A. The down-singlet space
  • B. Linear structure
  • C. Lorentz action
  • D. Gauge action
  • E. Kernel of the gauge action
  • F. Descent to quotient gauge groups

A. The down-singlet space

The Weyl factor carries the right-handed Lorentz index, while `EuclideanSpace ℂ (Fin 3)` carries the colour index.

B. Linear structure

`DownSinglet` wraps its tensor-product carrier as a distinct type. The equivalences below identify the two types and transport the additive and complex module structures to `DownSinglet`.

C. Lorentz action

The Lorentz group acts on the right-handed Weyl factor and leaves the colour index fixed.

D. Gauge action

The `SU(3)` component acts on the colour index, while the `SU(2)` component acts trivially. The `U(1)` action is `star z ^ 2`; since `z` is unitary, `star z = z⁻¹`, so this represents charge `-2`.

The tensor and basis formulas below expose the coefficients used to compare actions and compute the kernel.

E. Kernel of the gauge action

An element acts trivially when its colour action is scalar and that scalar cancels its `U(1)` phase. Its weak component is unrestricted because the down-type singlet is an `SU(2)` singlet.

F. Descent to quotient gauge groups

A representation descends through a quotient when the quotient subgroup lies in its kernel. For the central `ℤ₆`, the colour phase is `x²` while the charge `-2` phase is `(star x)² = x⁻²`, so their product is one.

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definition

DownSinglet\text{DownSinglet} is equivalent to RightHandedWeylCC3\text{RightHandedWeyl} \otimes_{\mathbb{C}} \mathbb{C}^3

The equivalence DownSingletRightHandedWeylCC3\text{DownSinglet} \simeq \text{RightHandedWeyl} \otimes_{\mathbb{C}} \mathbb{C}^3 identifies the down-type singlet multiplet with its underlying representation as the tensor product of a right-handed Weyl spinor and a three-dimensional complex Euclidean space representing the color index. It provides the maps to wrap a tensor product into a `DownSinglet` and to extract the underlying tensor value from a `DownSinglet`.

instance

DownSinglet\text{DownSinglet} forms an additive commutative group

The space DownSinglet\text{DownSinglet}, representing the target vector space of a down-type quark singlet multiplet in the Standard Model, is equipped with an additive commutative group structure. This structure is inherited from its underlying representation as the tensor product of right-handed Weyl fermions and the three-dimensional complex color space, RightHandedWeylCC3\text{RightHandedWeyl} \otimes_{\mathbb{C}} \mathbb{C}^3, via the equivalence `valEquiv`.

instance

Complex module structure of DownSinglet\text{DownSinglet}

The space DownSinglet\text{DownSinglet}, representing the target vector space of a down-type quark singlet multiplet in the Standard Model, is equipped with a complex module structure. This defines DownSinglet\text{DownSinglet} as a vector space over the field of complex numbers C\mathbb{C}. The structure is inherited from its underlying representation as the tensor product of right-handed Weyl spinors and the three-dimensional complex color space, RightHandedWeylCC3\text{RightHandedWeyl} \otimes_{\mathbb{C}} \mathbb{C}^3, via the equivalence `valEquiv`.

definition

Linear equivalence DownSingletRightHandedWeylCC3\text{DownSinglet} \cong \text{RightHandedWeyl} \otimes_{\mathbb{C}} \mathbb{C}^3

This definition establishes the linear equivalence over the complex numbers C\mathbb{C} between the space of down-type quark singlets DownSinglet\text{DownSinglet} and its underlying representation as the tensor product RightHandedWeylCC3\text{RightHandedWeyl} \otimes_{\mathbb{C}} \mathbb{C}^3. Here, RightHandedWeyl\text{RightHandedWeyl} represents the space of right-handed Weyl spinors (carrying the Lorentz index) and C3\mathbb{C}^3 (represented as `EuclideanSpace ℂ (Fin 3)`) represents the three-dimensional color space.

theorem

valLinEquiv(d)=d.val\text{valLinEquiv}(d) = d.\text{val} for DownSinglet\text{DownSinglet}

For any element dd in the DownSinglet\text{DownSinglet} space, the linear equivalence valLinEquiv\text{valLinEquiv} applied to dd is equal to its underlying representation d.vald.\text{val} in the tensor product space RightHandedWeylCC3\text{RightHandedWeyl} \otimes_{\mathbb{C}} \mathbb{C}^3, where RightHandedWeyl\text{RightHandedWeyl} is the space of right-handed Weyl spinors and C3\mathbb{C}^3 is the three-dimensional color space.

theorem

valLinEquiv1(m)=m\text{valLinEquiv}^{-1}(m) = \langle m \rangle for DownSinglet\text{DownSinglet}

Let DownSinglet\text{DownSinglet} be the complex vector space representing the down-type quark singlet multiplet in the Standard Model. This space is defined as a wrapper around the tensor product RightHandedWeylCC3\text{RightHandedWeyl} \otimes_{\mathbb{C}} \mathbb{C}^3, where RightHandedWeyl\text{RightHandedWeyl} is the space of right-handed Weyl spinors and C3\mathbb{C}^3 (represented as EuclideanSpace C(Fin 3)\text{EuclideanSpace } \mathbb{C} (\text{Fin } 3)) is the color space. Given the linear equivalence valLinEquiv:DownSingletRightHandedWeylCC3\text{valLinEquiv}: \text{DownSinglet} \cong \text{RightHandedWeyl} \otimes_{\mathbb{C}} \mathbb{C}^3, for any element mm in the tensor product space, the inverse mapping valLinEquiv1\text{valLinEquiv}^{-1} is given by: valLinEquiv1(m)=m\text{valLinEquiv}^{-1}(m) = \langle m \rangle where m\langle m \rangle denotes the element mm as an inhabitant of the DownSinglet\text{DownSinglet} type.

theorem

(d1+d2).val=d1.val+d2.val(d_1 + d_2).\text{val} = d_1.\text{val} + d_2.\text{val} for DownSinglet\text{DownSinglet}

For any two elements d1,d2d_1, d_2 in the DownSinglet\text{DownSinglet} space, the underlying value of their sum is the sum of their individual values: (d1+d2).val=d1.val+d2.val(d_1 + d_2).\text{val} = d_1.\text{val} + d_2.\text{val} where DownSinglet\text{DownSinglet} is the vector space representing the down-type quark singlet multiplet, and the `.val` operation extracts the element's representation in the underlying tensor product space RightHandedWeylCC3\text{RightHandedWeyl} \otimes_{\mathbb{C}} \mathbb{C}^3.

theorem

(rd).val=rd.val(r \cdot d).\text{val} = r \cdot d.\text{val} for DownSinglet\text{DownSinglet}

For any complex scalar rCr \in \mathbb{C} and any element dd in the DownSinglet\text{DownSinglet} space, the underlying value of their scalar multiplication is equal to the scalar multiplication applied to the value of dd: (rd).val=rd.val(r \cdot d).\text{val} = r \cdot d.\text{val} where DownSinglet\text{DownSinglet} is the vector space representing the down-type quark singlet multiplet, and the `.val` operation extracts the element's representation in the underlying tensor product space RightHandedWeylCC3\text{RightHandedWeyl} \otimes_{\mathbb{C}} \mathbb{C}^3.

definition

Lorentz representation of SL(2,C)SL(2, \mathbb{C}) on DownSinglet\text{DownSinglet}

The representation of the special linear group SL(2,C)SL(2, \mathbb{C}) on the space DownSinglet\text{DownSinglet}, which represents the target vector space of a down-type quark singlet multiplet. This action is defined such that for any ΛSL(2,C)\Lambda \in SL(2, \mathbb{C}), the group acts via the right-handed Weyl representation on the spinor factor and acts trivially on the three-dimensional color space C3\mathbb{C}^3, based on the linear isomorphism DownSingletRightHandedWeylCC3\text{DownSinglet} \cong \text{RightHandedWeyl} \otimes_{\mathbb{C}} \mathbb{C}^3.

definition

The (3,1)2(3, 1)_{-2} gauge representation of DownSinglet\text{DownSinglet}

This definition defines the group representation of the unquotiented Standard Model gauge group G=SU(3)×SU(2)×U(1)\mathcal{G} = SU(3) \times SU(2) \times U(1) on the space of down-type quark singlets DownSinglet\text{DownSinglet}. The space DownSinglet\text{DownSinglet} is linearly equivalent to the tensor product WRC3W_R \otimes \mathbb{C}^3, where WRW_R is the space of right-handed Weyl spinors and C3\mathbb{C}^3 is the three-dimensional complex color space. For an element g=(g3,g2,z)SU(3)×SU(2)×U(1)g = (g_3, g_2, z) \in SU(3) \times SU(2) \times U(1), the representation ρ(g)\rho(g) acts on a state ψvWRC3\psi \otimes v \in W_R \otimes \mathbb{C}^3 as: ρ(g)(ψv)=zˉ2(ψg3v)\rho(g)(\psi \otimes v) = \bar{z}^2 (\psi \otimes g_3 v) where g3SU(3)g_3 \in SU(3) acts on the color index, zˉ=z1\bar{z} = z^{-1} is the complex conjugate of the U(1)U(1) phase zz (representing a hypercharge normalized to 6Y=26Y = -2), and the SU(2)SU(2) component g2g_2 acts trivially.

theorem

Gauge action on pure tensors ψv\psi \otimes v in DownSinglet\text{DownSinglet}

Let DownSinglet\text{DownSinglet} be the representation space for down-type quark singlets, which is isomorphic to the tensor product WRCC3W_R \otimes_{\mathbb{C}} \mathbb{C}^3 of right-handed Weyl spinors WRW_R and the three-dimensional complex color space C3\mathbb{C}^3. For any element gg in the unquotiented Standard Model gauge group SU(3)×SU(2)×U(1)SU(3) \times SU(2) \times U(1), let zU(1)z \in U(1) be its U(1)U(1) component and g3SU(3)g_3 \in SU(3) be its SU(3)SU(3) component. For any spinor ψWR\psi \in W_R and color vector vC3v \in \mathbb{C}^3, the gauge representation ρ(g)\rho(g) acts on the pure tensor ψv\psi \otimes v as: ρ(g)(ψv)=(zˉ2ψ)(g3v)\rho(g)(\psi \otimes v) = (\bar{z}^2 \psi) \otimes (g_3 v) where zˉ\bar{z} denotes the complex conjugate of the U(1)U(1) phase zz.

theorem

Expansion of the gauge action on the down-type singlet basis as a sum over color indices

Let ρ\rho be the representation of the unquotiented Standard Model gauge group G=SU(3)×SU(2)×U(1)\mathcal{G} = SU(3) \times SU(2) \times U(1) on the space of down-type quark singlets DownSingletWRC3\text{DownSinglet} \cong W_R \otimes \mathbb{C}^3. Let {ψk}k{0,1}\{\psi_k\}_{k \in \{0, 1\}} be the basis for right-handed Weyl fermions and {ei}i{0,1,2}\{e_i\}_{i \in \{0, 1, 2\}} be the standard basis for the complex color space. For any gauge group element gGg \in \mathcal{G}, the action of ρ(g)\rho(g) on the tensor basis element ψkei\psi_k \otimes e_i is given by: ρ(g)(ψkei)=i{0,1,2}(zˉ2(g3)ii)(ψkei)\rho(g)(\psi_k \otimes e_i) = \sum_{i' \in \{0, 1, 2\}} (\bar{z}^2 (g_3)_{i'i}) (\psi_k \otimes e_{i'}) where g3SU(3)g_3 \in SU(3) and zU(1)z \in U(1) are the respective components of gg, (g3)ii(g_3)_{i'i} denotes the matrix entry of g3g_3 at row ii' and column ii, and zˉ\bar{z} denotes the complex conjugate of the phase zz.

theorem

Equality of Down-Singlet Gauge Actions iff zˉ12M1=zˉ22M2\bar{z}_1^2 M_1 = \bar{z}_2^2 M_2

Let g1,g2g_1, g_2 be elements of the unquotiented Standard Model gauge group SU(3)×SU(2)×U(1)SU(3) \times SU(2) \times U(1). Let z1,z2U(1)Cz_1, z_2 \in U(1) \subset \mathbb{C} be their respective U(1)U(1) components and M1,M2M_1, M_2 be their respective SU(3)SU(3) matrices. The gauge representation ρ\rho on the down-type quark singlet space DownSinglet\text{DownSinglet} satisfies ρ(g1)=ρ(g2)\rho(g_1) = \rho(g_2) if and only if for all indices i,i{1,2,3}i, i' \in \{1, 2, 3\}, the hypercharge-weighted color matrix elements are equal: zˉ12(M1)ii=zˉ22(M2)ii\bar{z}_1^2 (M_1)_{i'i} = \bar{z}_2^2 (M_2)_{i'i} where zˉ\bar{z} denotes the complex conjugate of the U(1)U(1) phase zz (which represents the hypercharge contribution).

theorem

Characterization of the Down-Type Singlet Gauge Representation Kernel

Let g=(g3,g2,z)g = (g_3, g_2, z) be an element of the unquotiented Standard Model gauge group G=SU(3)×SU(2)×U(1)\mathcal{G} = SU(3) \times SU(2) \times U(1). The element gg belongs to the kernel of the gauge representation ρ\rho on the down-type singlet space if and only if there exists a complex scalar aCa \in \mathbb{C} such that the SU(3)SU(3) component is a scalar matrix g3=aIg_3 = a \mathbb{I} and the U(1)U(1) component zz satisfies azˉ2=1a \bar{z}^2 = 1, where zˉ\bar{z} denotes the complex conjugate of zz.

theorem

The central Z6\mathbb{Z}_6 subgroup is contained in the kernel of the down-type singlet gauge representation

The central subgroup Z6\mathbb{Z}_6 of the unquotiented Standard Model gauge group SU(3)×SU(2)×U(1)SU(3) \times SU(2) \times U(1) is contained in the kernel of the gauge representation ρ\rho acting on the space of down-type quark singlets DownSinglet\text{DownSinglet}. This means that the Z6\mathbb{Z}_6 subgroup acts trivially on the (3,1)2(3, 1)_{-2} representation.

theorem

ΓQker(ρ)\Gamma_Q \subseteq \ker(\rho) for Down-Type Singlets

For any valid choice of a discrete quotient QGaugeGroupQuotQ \in \text{GaugeGroupQuot}, the associated central subgroup ΓQSU(3)×SU(2)×U(1)\Gamma_Q \subseteq SU(3) \times SU(2) \times U(1) is contained within the kernel of the representation ρ\rho of the unquotiented gauge group on the down-type quark singlet space DownSinglet\text{DownSinglet}. That is, ΓQker(ρ)\Gamma_Q \subseteq \ker(\rho).

definition

(3,1)2(3, 1)_{-2} gauge representation of DownSinglet\text{DownSinglet} for GaugeGroup(Q)\text{GaugeGroup}(Q)

For a given quotient parameter QGaugeGroupQuotQ \in \text{GaugeGroupQuot}, this definition provides the group representation of the global Standard Model gauge group GaugeGroup(Q)\text{GaugeGroup}(Q) on the space of down-type quark singlets DownSinglet\text{DownSinglet}. The space DownSinglet\text{DownSinglet} carries the (3,1)2(3, 1)_{-2} representation, where the indices denote the triplet representation of SU(3)SU(3), the singlet representation of SU(2)SU(2), and the U(1)U(1) hypercharge YY (normalized as 6Y=26Y = -2). This representation is obtained by descending (lifting) the representation of the un-quotiented group GI=SU(3)×SU(2)×U(1)G_I = SU(3) \times SU(2) \times U(1) to the quotient group GaugeGroup(Q)=GI/ΓQ\text{GaugeGroup}(Q) = G_I / \Gamma_Q, utilizing the fact that the discrete central subgroup ΓQ\Gamma_Q is contained in the kernel of the action on DownSinglet\text{DownSinglet}.