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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is equivalent to
The equivalence 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`.
forms an additive commutative group
The space , 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, , via the equivalence `valEquiv`.
Complex module structure of
The space , 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 as a vector space over the field of complex numbers . The structure is inherited from its underlying representation as the tensor product of right-handed Weyl spinors and the three-dimensional complex color space, , via the equivalence `valEquiv`.
Linear equivalence
This definition establishes the linear equivalence over the complex numbers between the space of down-type quark singlets and its underlying representation as the tensor product . Here, represents the space of right-handed Weyl spinors (carrying the Lorentz index) and (represented as `EuclideanSpace ℂ (Fin 3)`) represents the three-dimensional color space.
for
For any element in the space, the linear equivalence applied to is equal to its underlying representation in the tensor product space , where is the space of right-handed Weyl spinors and is the three-dimensional color space.
for
Let 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 , where is the space of right-handed Weyl spinors and (represented as ) is the color space. Given the linear equivalence , for any element in the tensor product space, the inverse mapping is given by: where denotes the element as an inhabitant of the type.
for
For any two elements in the space, the underlying value of their sum is the sum of their individual values: where 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 .
for
For any complex scalar and any element in the space, the underlying value of their scalar multiplication is equal to the scalar multiplication applied to the value of : where 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 .
Lorentz representation of on
The representation of the special linear group on the space , which represents the target vector space of a down-type quark singlet multiplet. This action is defined such that for any , the group acts via the right-handed Weyl representation on the spinor factor and acts trivially on the three-dimensional color space , based on the linear isomorphism .
The gauge representation of
This definition defines the group representation of the unquotiented Standard Model gauge group on the space of down-type quark singlets . The space is linearly equivalent to the tensor product , where is the space of right-handed Weyl spinors and is the three-dimensional complex color space. For an element , the representation acts on a state as: where acts on the color index, is the complex conjugate of the phase (representing a hypercharge normalized to ), and the component acts trivially.
Gauge action on pure tensors in
Let be the representation space for down-type quark singlets, which is isomorphic to the tensor product of right-handed Weyl spinors and the three-dimensional complex color space . For any element in the unquotiented Standard Model gauge group , let be its component and be its component. For any spinor and color vector , the gauge representation acts on the pure tensor as: where denotes the complex conjugate of the phase .
Expansion of the gauge action on the down-type singlet basis as a sum over color indices
Let be the representation of the unquotiented Standard Model gauge group on the space of down-type quark singlets . Let be the basis for right-handed Weyl fermions and be the standard basis for the complex color space. For any gauge group element , the action of on the tensor basis element is given by: where and are the respective components of , denotes the matrix entry of at row and column , and denotes the complex conjugate of the phase .
Equality of Down-Singlet Gauge Actions iff
Let be elements of the unquotiented Standard Model gauge group . Let be their respective components and be their respective matrices. The gauge representation on the down-type quark singlet space satisfies if and only if for all indices , the hypercharge-weighted color matrix elements are equal: where denotes the complex conjugate of the phase (which represents the hypercharge contribution).
Characterization of the Down-Type Singlet Gauge Representation Kernel
Let be an element of the unquotiented Standard Model gauge group . The element belongs to the kernel of the gauge representation on the down-type singlet space if and only if there exists a complex scalar such that the component is a scalar matrix and the component satisfies , where denotes the complex conjugate of .
The central subgroup is contained in the kernel of the down-type singlet gauge representation
The central subgroup of the unquotiented Standard Model gauge group is contained in the kernel of the gauge representation acting on the space of down-type quark singlets . This means that the subgroup acts trivially on the representation.
for Down-Type Singlets
For any valid choice of a discrete quotient , the associated central subgroup is contained within the kernel of the representation of the unquotiented gauge group on the down-type quark singlet space . That is, .
gauge representation of for
For a given quotient parameter , this definition provides the group representation of the global Standard Model gauge group on the space of down-type quark singlets . The space carries the representation, where the indices denote the triplet representation of , the singlet representation of , and the hypercharge (normalized as ). This representation is obtained by descending (lifting) the representation of the un-quotiented group to the quotient group , utilizing the fact that the discrete central subgroup is contained in the kernel of the action on .
