TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kegeles, Alexander
A1  - Oriti, Daniele
T1  - Generalized conservation laws in non-local field theories
JF  - Journal of physics : A, Mathematical and theoretical
N2  - We propose a geometrical treatment of symmetries in non-local field theories, where the non-locality is due to a lack of identification of field arguments in the action. We show that the existence of a symmetry of the action leads to a generalized conservation law, in which the usual conserved current acquires an additional non-local correction term, obtaining a generalization of the standard Noether theorem. We illustrate the general formalism by discussing the specific physical example of complex scalar field theory of the type describing the hydrodynamic approximation of Bose-Einstein condensates. We expect our analysis and results to be of particular interest for the group field theory formulation of quantum gravity.
KW  - conservation laws
KW  - non-local field theory
KW  - Noether theorem
KW  - group field theory
Y1  - 2016
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1088/1751-8113/49/13/135401
SN  - 1751-8113
SN  - 1751-8121
VL  - 49
SP  - 119
EP  - 134
PB  - IOP Publ. Ltd.
CY  - Bristol
ER  -