arXiv Open Access 2024

Physical interpretation of large Lorentz violation via Weyl semimetals

Alan Kostelecky Ralf Lehnert Marco Schreck Babak Seradjeh
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The physical intepretation of effective field theories of fundamental interactions incorporating large Lorentz violation is a long-standing challenge, known as the concordance problem. In condensed-matter physics, certain Weyl semimetals with emergent Lorentz invariance exhibit large Lorentz violation, thereby offering prospective laboratory analogues for exploration of this issue. We take advantage of the mathematical equivalence between the descriptions of large Lorentz violation in fundamental and condensed-matter physics to investigate the primary aspects of the concordance problem, which arise when the coefficients for Lorentz violation are large or the observer frame is highly boosted. Using thermodynamic arguments, we present a physical solution to the concordance problem and explore some implications.

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Alan Kostelecky

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Ralf Lehnert

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Marco Schreck

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Babak Seradjeh

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Kostelecky, A., Lehnert, R., Schreck, M., Seradjeh, B. (2024). Physical interpretation of large Lorentz violation via Weyl semimetals. https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.18034

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