Physlib.Particles.StandardModel.Fermions.LeptonDoublet
Lepton doublets
i. Overview
The Standard Model lepton doublet is a left-handed Weyl spinor in the `(1, 2)_{-3}` representation. Here charges are normalized as `6Y`, so `-3` is the usual hypercharge `Y = -1/2`.
`LeptonDoublet` is the target vector space of one lepton multiplet. Its Weyl factor carries the Lorentz index and its two-dimensional factor carries the weak index. The absence of a colour factor makes it an `SU(3)` 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
- `LeptonDoublet` : the target space of the `(1, 2)_{-3}` multiplet.
- `repLorentzGroup` : the left-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 lepton-doublet space
- B. Linear structure
- C. Lorentz action
- D. Gauge action
- E. Kernel of the gauge action
- F. Descent to quotient gauge groups
A. The lepton-doublet space
The Weyl factor carries the left-handed Lorentz index, while `EuclideanSpace ℂ (Fin 2)` carries the weak index.
B. Linear structure
The wrapper distinguishes lepton doublets from other isomorphic vector spaces. The following equivalences transfer the linear structure of the tensor product and expose that model when defining representations.
C. Lorentz action
The Lorentz group acts on the left-handed Weyl factor and leaves the weak index fixed.
D. Gauge action
The colour factor acts trivially, while `SU(2)` acts on the weak index. The `U(1)` action is `star z ^ 3`; since `z` is unitary, `star z = z⁻¹`, so this represents charge `-3`.
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 weak action is scalar and that scalar cancels its `U(1)` phase. Its colour component is unrestricted because the lepton doublet is an `SU(3)` 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 weak central phase and charge `-3` phase combine to a sixth power and therefore act trivially.
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Isomorphism
The equivalence provides an isomorphism between the space of lepton doublets and the tensor product of left-handed Weyl spinors and the 2-dimensional complex weak isospin space. Mathematically, it identifies the type `LeptonDoublet` with the complex tensor product , where (represented by `Fermion.LeftHandedWeyl`) is the space of left-handed Weyl spinors carrying the Lorentz index, and (represented by `EuclideanSpace ℂ (Fin 2)`) is the space carrying the weak index.
Additive commutative group structure of `LeptonDoublet`
The space of lepton doublets, denoted by the type `LeptonDoublet`, is equipped with the structure of an additive commutative group. This structure is induced via the equivalence `valEquiv` from the tensor product , where (represented by `Fermion.LeftHandedWeyl`) is the space of left-handed Weyl spinors and (represented by `EuclideanSpace ℂ (Fin 2)`) is the 2-dimensional complex space carrying the weak isospin index. This allows for the addition of lepton doublets, the existence of a zero doublet, and the definition of additive inverses.
-module structure of the lepton doublet space
The space of lepton doublets is equipped with the structure of a module over the complex numbers , making it a complex vector space. This structure is inherited from the tensor product via the equivalence , where (represented by `Fermion.LeftHandedWeyl`) is the space of left-handed Weyl spinors carrying the Lorentz index and (represented by `EuclideanSpace ℂ (Fin 2)`) is the space carrying the weak isospin index.
Linear isomorphism
The space of lepton doublets is -linearly isomorphic to the tensor product , where (represented by `Fermion.LeftHandedWeyl`) is the space of left-handed Weyl spinors carrying the Lorentz index and (represented by `EuclideanSpace ℂ (Fin 2)`) is the complex vector space carrying the weak isospin index. This isomorphism provides the formal linear identification between the lepton doublet wrapper and its underlying tensor-product representation.
For any lepton doublet in the space , applying the linear isomorphism to yields its underlying value . This value resides in the tensor product space , where (represented by `Fermion.LeftHandedWeyl`) is the space of left-handed Weyl spinors and (represented by `EuclideanSpace ℂ (Fin 2)`) is the space carrying the weak isospin index.
Let be the space of left-handed Weyl spinors (represented by `Fermion.LeftHandedWeyl`) and be the complex vector space carrying the weak isospin index (represented by `EuclideanSpace ℂ (Fin 2)`). For any element in the tensor product space , the inverse of the linear isomorphism maps to the lepton doublet .
For any two lepton doublets and in the space , the underlying value of their sum is equal to the sum of their individual values: . Here, the addition on the left-hand side is the addition operation defined for lepton doublets, and the addition on the right-hand side is the addition in the underlying tensor product space .
for Lepton Doublets
For any complex scalar and any lepton doublet in the space , the underlying value of the scalar multiplication is equal to the scalar multiplication of with the underlying value of : . Here, the left-hand side uses the scalar multiplication defined for lepton doublets, while the right-hand side uses the scalar multiplication in the underlying tensor product space .
representation on lepton doublets
This definition establishes the complex linear representation of the group (the double cover of the restricted Lorentz group) on the space of lepton doublets. The space of lepton doublets is modeled as the tensor product , where is the vector space of left-handed Weyl spinors and represents the two-dimensional space of weak isospin. For any Lorentz transformation , the representation acts by applying the left-handed Weyl representation to the first factor of the tensor product while acting trivially (as the identity) on the second factor.
Gauge representation of lepton doublets
The representation of the unquotiented Standard Model gauge group on the space of lepton doublets , where is the space of left-handed Weyl spinors. For an element , the action on a tensor product (where and ) is given by: In this representation, the component acts trivially (as the lepton doublet is a singlet), the component acts on the weak isospin index , and the component acts via the hypercharge (normalized as ), represented by the scalar multiplication by .
Gauge action on lepton doublet pure tensors yields
Let be an element of the Standard Model gauge group with components . For any pure tensor in the lepton doublet space, where is a left-handed Weyl spinor and is a vector in weak isospin space, the gauge action of is given by: where is the complex conjugate of and acts linearly on .
Gauge action of lepton doublets in a tensor-product basis
Let be an element of the unquotiented Standard Model gauge group . Let be the basis for the space of left-handed Weyl spinors and be the standard basis for the weak isospin space . The gauge representation of acting on the basis element of the lepton doublet space is given by the expansion: where denotes the complex conjugate of the component , and denotes the entry in the -th row and -th column of the matrix component of .
iff combined and coefficients are equal
Let be elements of the Standard Model gauge group . Let be the representation of on the space of lepton doublets. The actions of these two elements are identical, , if and only if for all indices , the following equality of coefficients holds: where denotes the component, denotes the -th entry of the matrix component, and denotes complex conjugation.
An element of the Standard Model gauge group acts trivially on the lepton doublet space if and only if there exists a complex scalar such that the component is a scalar matrix (where is the identity matrix) and the component satisfies .
The central subgroup of the Standard Model gauge group acts trivially on lepton doublets ()
For the representation of the unquotiented Standard Model gauge group on the space of lepton doublets , the central subgroup is contained within the kernel of the representation . This implies that the central subgroup acts trivially on the lepton doublet space.
For any valid discrete quotient of the Standard Model gauge group , the associated central subgroup is contained in the kernel of the representation of on the space of lepton doublets. That is, every element in the subgroup used to define the quotient acts trivially on the lepton doublet space.
Standard Model gauge representation of lepton doublets for
Given a quotient parameter of type `GaugeGroupQuot`, this definition provides the representation of the corresponding global Standard Model gauge group on the complex vector space of lepton doublets . For the unquotiented case , the representation is the standard action of where the lepton doublet transforms in the representation. For the quotient cases , the representation is defined by lifting the unquotiented representation to the quotient group , utilizing the fact that the central subgroup lies within the kernel of .
