The counting of Nambu–Goldstone bosons in a non-Hermitian field theory

Abstract

AbstractWe demonstrate that the number of Nambu–Goldstone bosons is always equal to the number of conserved currents inside the scenario of non-Hermitian field theories with spontaneous symmetry breaking. This eliminates the redundancies which normally appears in Hermitian field theories, specifically when the Lagrangian under analysis violates explicitly the Lorentz symmetry.