Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1853021 Physics Letters B 2014 6 Pages PDF
Abstract

We show that every Galileon theory admits a dual formulation as a Galileon theory with new operator coefficients. In n   dimensions a free scalar field in Minkowski spacetime is dual to a (n+1)(n+1)-th order Galileon theory which exhibits the Vainshtein mechanism when coupled to sources and superluminal propagation even on-shell. This demonstrates that superluminal propagation at low energies is compatible with an analytic S-matrix and causality. For point sources, the duality interchanges the strongly coupled Vainshtein regime with the weakly coupled asymptotic regime.

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