Este trabalho aborda a formulação geométrica das teorias clássicas de calibre, ou Yang-Mills, considerando-as como uma importante classe de modelos que deve ser incluída em qualquer tentativa de estabelecer um formalismo matemático geral para a teoria clássica dos campos. Tal formulação deve vir em (pelo menos) duas variantes: a versão hamiltoniana, que passou por uma fase de desenvolvimento rápido durante os últimos 10-15 anos, levando ao que hoje é conhecido como o ``formalismo multissimplético\'\', e a mais tradicional versão lagrangiana utilizada nesta tese. O motivo principal justificando tal investigação é que teorias de calibre constituem os mais importantes exemplos de sistemas dinâmicos que são altamente relevantes na Física e onde a equivalência entre a versão lagrangiana e a versão hamiltoniana, que no caso de sistemas não-singulares é estabelecida pela transformação de Legendre, deixa de ser óbvia, pois teorias de calibre são sistemas degenerados do ponto de vista lagrangiano e são sistemas vinculados do ponto de vista hamiltoniano. Esta propriedade característica das teorias de calibre é uma consequência direta do seu alto grau de simetria, isto é, da sua invariância de calibre. No entanto, numa formulação plenamente geométrica da teoria clássica dos campos, capaz de incorporar situações topologicamente não-triviais, a invariância sob transformações de calibre locais (transformações de calibre de segunda espécie) e, surpreendentemente, até mesmo a invariância sob as transformações de simetria globais correspondentes (transformações de calibre de primeira espécie) não podem ser adequadamente descritas em termos de grupos de Lie e suas ações em variedades, mas requerem a introdução e o uso sistemático de um novo conceito, a saber, fibrados de grupos de Lie e suas ações em fibrados (sobre a mesma variedade base). A meta principal da presente tese é tomar os primeiros passos no desenvolvimento de ferramentas matemáticas adequadas para lidar com este novo conceito de simetria e, como uma primeira aplicação, dar uma definição clara e simples do procedimento de ``acoplamento mínimo\'\' e uma demonstração simples do teorema de Utiyama, segundo o qual lagrangianas para potenciais de calibre (conexões) de primeira ordem (i.e., que dependem apenas dos próprios potenciais de calibre e de suas derivadas parciais até primeira ordem) que são invariantes sob transformações de calibre são necessariamente funções dos campos de calibre (i.e., do tensor de curvatura) invariantes sob as transformações de simetria globais correspondentes. / This thesis deals with the geometric formulation of classical gauge theories, or Yang-Mills theories, regarded as an important class of models that must be included in any attempt to establish a general mathematical framework for classical field theory. Such a formulation must come in (at least) two variants: the hamiltonian version which has gone through a phase of rapid development during the last 10-15 years, leading to what is now known as the ``multisymplectic formalism\'\', and the more traditional lagrangian version studied in this thesis. The main motivation justifying this kind of investigation is that gauge theories constitute the most important examples of dynamical systems that are highly relevant in physics and where the equivalence between the lagrangian and the hamiltonian version, which for non-singular systems is established through the Legendre trans% formation, is far from obvious, since gauge theories are degenerate systems from the lagrangian point of view and are constrained systems from the hamiltonian point of view. This characteristic property of gauge theories is a direct consequence of their high degree of symmetry, that is, of gauge invariance. However, in a fully geometric formulation of classical field theory, capable of incorporating topologically non-trivial situations, invariance under local gauge transformations (gauge transformations of the second kind) and, surprisingly, even invariance under the corresponding global symmetry transformations (gauge transformations of the first kind) cannot be described adequately in terms of Lie groups and their actions on manifolds but requires the introduction and systematic use of a new concept, namely Lie group bundles and their actions on fiber bundles (over the same base manifold). The main goal of the present thesis is to take the first steps in developing adequate mathematical tools for handling this new concept of symmetry and, as a first application, give a simple clear-cut definition for the prescription of ``minimal coupling\'\' and a simple proof of Utiyama´s theorem, according to which lagrangians for gauge potentials (connections) that are gauge invariant and of first order, i.e., dependent only on the gauge potentials themselves and on their partial derivatives up to first order, are necessarily functions of the gauge field strengths (i.e., the curvature tensor) invariant under the corresponding global symmetry transformations.

Yangian symmetric correlators provide a tool to investigate integrability features of QCD at high energies. We discuss the kernel of the equation of perturbative Regge asymptotics, the kernels of the evolution equation of parton distributions, Born scattering amplitudes and coupling renormalization.

The Swampland program is way of sorting effective field theories based on conjectures of how an effective field theory consistent with quantum gravity should look like. In this thesis we take a closer look at the No Global Symmetries Conjecture, the Weak Gravity Conjecture, the de Sitter Conjecture and the Trans-Planckian Censorship Conjecture. The Weak Gravity Conjecture generalized to arbitrary dimensions and p-forms is tested under dimensional reduction and its sharpened version is used to discuss how under this conjecture non-supersymmetric AdS geometries are unstable. The de Sitter Conjecture and the Trans-Planckian Censorship Conjecture are compared to show that they give similar predictions based on different assumptions. Lastly we provide an example of a theory emerging from the swampland that utilizes the instability of AdS geometries to model our universe as the boundary of a higher dimensional expanding bubble. / Swampland-programmet är ett sätt att sortera effektiva fältteorier baserat på antaganden om hur en effektiv fältteori förenlig med kvantgravitation bör se ut. I den här avhandlingen tittar vi närmare på No Global Symmetries-antagandet, Weak Gravity-antagandet, de Sitter-antagandet och Trans-Planckian Censorship-antagandet. Weak gravity-antagandet generaliserat till godtyckliga dimensioner och p-former testas under dimensionsreduktion och dess skärpta version används för att diskutera hur man via detta antagande finner en instabilitet i icke-supersymmetriska AdS-geometrier. De sitter-antagandet och Trans-Planckian Censorship-antagandet jämförs för att visa att de ger liknande förutsägelser baserat på olika frågeställningar. Slutligen ger vi ett exempel på en teori som växer fram ur programmet som använder instabiliteten hos AdS-geometrier genom att modellera vårt universum som randen på en expanderande bubbla i högre dimensioner.

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The vast majority of experiments in particle physics can be described by the Standard Model of particle physics (SM). However, there are indications for physics beyond it. The only experimentally demonstrated problem of the model is the difficulty to describe neutrino masses and leptonic mixing. There is a plethora of models that try to describe these phenomena and this thesis investigates several possibilities for new models, both full theories and effective frameworks.   The values of the parameters in a model are dependent on the energy scale and we say that the parameters run. The exact behavior of the running depends on the model and it provides a signature of the model. For a model defined at high energies it is necessary to run the parameters down to the electroweak scale in order to perform a comparison to the known values of observed quantities. In this thesis, we discuss renormalization group running in the context of extra dimensions and we provide an upper limit on the cutoff scale. We perform renormalization group running in two versions of a non-supersymmetric SO(10) model and we show that the SM parameters can be accommodated in both versions. In addition, we perform the running for the gauge couplings in a large set of radiative neutrino mass models and conclude that unification is possible in some of them.   The Higgs boson provides new possibilities to study physics beyond the SM. Its properties have to be tested with extremely high precision before it could be established whether the particle is truly the SM Higgs boson or not. In this thesis, we perform Bayesian parameter inference and model comparison. For models where the magnitude of the Higgs couplings is varied, we show that the SM is favored in comparison to all other models. Furthermore, we discuss lepton flavor violating processes in the context of the Zee model. We find that these can be sizeable and close to the experimental limits. / <p>QC 20170221</p>

Esta tese tem por base três artigos publicados pelo autor e colaboradores. O primeiro artigo trata do problema da quantização de modelos pseudoclássicos de partículas escalares em campos de fundo não-abelianos, cujo foco é a dedução desses modelos pseudo-clássicos usando métodos de integral de trajetória. O segundo artigo investiga a possibilidade de realizar modelos de gravitação dilatônica em variedades não-comutativas em duas dimensões. Para tanto, vale-se de um método de análise de vínculos e simetrias especialmente desenvolvido para gravitação não-comutativa em duas dimensões. O terceiro artigo discute modelos renormalizáveis em espaços-tempo não-comutativos com parâmetro de não-comutatividade bifermiônico em quatro dimensões. / This thesis is based on three published papers by the author and co-authors. The rst article treats the quantization problem of pseudoclassical models of scalar particles in non-Abelian backgrounds, which aims at deriving these models using path-integral methods. The second article examines the possibility of realizing dilaton gravity models in noncommutative two-dimensional manifolds. It relies upon a method of analysis of constraints and symmetries especially developed for non-commutative dilaton gravities in two dimensions. The third article discusses renormalizable models in noncommutative spacetime with bifermionic noncommutative parameter in four dimensions.

Cette thèse a pour sujet une classe de théories des champs intégrables appelées modèles avec fonction twist. Les principaux exemples de tels modèles sont les modèles sigma non-linéaires intégrables, tel le Modèle Principal Chiral, et leurs déformations. Un premier résultat obtenu est la preuve que le modèle dit de Bi-Yang-Baxter, qui est une déformation à deux paramètres du Modèle Principal Chiral, est lui aussi un modèle avec fonction twist. Il est ensuite montré que les déformations de type Yang-Baxter modifient certaines symétries globales du modèle non déformé en symétries de Poisson-Lie. Un autre chapitre concerne la construction d'une infinité de charges locales en involution pour tous les modèles sigma intégrables et leurs déformations : ce résultat repose sur le formalisme général partagé par tous ces modèles en tant que théories des champs avec fonction twist.La seconde partie de la thèse a pour sujet les modèles de Gaudin. Ceux-ci sont des modèles intégrables associés à des algèbres de Lie. En particulier, les théories des champs avec fonction twist sont liées aux modèles de Gaudin associés à des algèbres de Lie affines. Une approche standard pour l'étude du spectre des modèles de Gaudin quantiques sur des algèbres finies est celle de Feigin-Frenkel-Reshetikhin. Dans cette thèse, des généralisations de cette approche sont conjecturées, motivées et testées. L'une d'elles concerne les modèles de Gaudin finis dits cyclotomiques. La seconde porte sur les modèles de Gaudin associés à des algèbres affines. / This thesis deals with a class of integrable field theories called models with twist function. The main examples of such models are integrable non-linear sigma models, such as the Principal Chiral Model, and their deformations. A first obtained result is the proof that the so-called Bi-Yang-Baxter model, which is a two-parameter deformation of the Principal Chiral Model, is also a model with twist function. It is then shown that Yang-Baxter type deformations modify certain global symmetries of the undeformed model into Poisson-Lie symmetries. Another chapter concerns the construction of an infinite number of local charges in involution for all integrable sigma models and their deformations: this result is based on the general formalism shared by all these models as field theories with twist function.The second part of the thesis concerns Gaudin models. These are integrable models associated with Lie algebras. In particular, field theories with twist function are related to Gaudin models associated with affine Lie algebras. A standard approach for studying the spectrum of quantum Gaudin models over finite algebras is the one of Feigin-Frenkel-Reshetikhin. In this thesis, generalisations of this approach are conjectured, motivated and tested. One of them deals with the so-called cyclotomic finite Gaudin models. The second one concerns the Gaudin models associated with affine Lie algebras.

Esta tese tem por base três artigos publicados pelo autor e colaboradores. O primeiro artigo trata do problema da quantização de modelos pseudoclássicos de partículas escalares em campos de fundo não-abelianos, cujo foco é a dedução desses modelos pseudo-clássicos usando métodos de integral de trajetória. O segundo artigo investiga a possibilidade de realizar modelos de gravitação dilatônica em variedades não-comutativas em duas dimensões. Para tanto, vale-se de um método de análise de vínculos e simetrias especialmente desenvolvido para gravitação não-comutativa em duas dimensões. O terceiro artigo discute modelos renormalizáveis em espaços-tempo não-comutativos com parâmetro de não-comutatividade bifermiônico em quatro dimensões. / This thesis is based on three published papers by the author and co-authors. The rst article treats the quantization problem of pseudoclassical models of scalar particles in non-Abelian backgrounds, which aims at deriving these models using path-integral methods. The second article examines the possibility of realizing dilaton gravity models in noncommutative two-dimensional manifolds. It relies upon a method of analysis of constraints and symmetries especially developed for non-commutative dilaton gravities in two dimensions. The third article discusses renormalizable models in noncommutative spacetime with bifermionic noncommutative parameter in four dimensions.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-18T18:19:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Guillermo.pdf: 651641 bytes, checksum: adea66a9fd827c3d96930ebcc09f08b3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-04-30 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / We study the existence of Abrikosov-Nielsen-Olesen-like BPS vortices in the context of the Standard Model Extension (SME). Specifically, we analyze the Maxwell-Higgs model supplemented by Lorentz-violating (LV) terms in both sectors. The LV terms of the Higgs sector are CPT-even, on the other hand, the gauge sector includes CPT-even and CPT-odd LV terms. One important consequence is the effect of the LV coefficients of the Higgs sector on the magnetic flux, it now is fractional. Among other effects, the LV coefficients are accounted by the control of the amplitude and the spatial extension of the topological defects. The first model analyzed includes a Lorentz-violating CPT-odd or Carroll-Field-Jackiw term in the gauge sector. The BPS equations under appropriated coordinate rescaling and field redefinition are the ones of the Maxwell-Chern-Simons-Higgs (MCSH) model. However, the difference appears in Gauss s law which contains a parameter dependent on LV coefficients of the Higgs sector. Such parameter when fixed to be 1 reproduces the Gauss law of the MCSH model. The second model studied contains the LV CPT-even term in the electromagnetic sector. It provides a new class of BPS vórtices. Here the parity-odd coefficients couple the magnetic and electric sectors yet in stationary regimen. Then, with the appropriate BPS potential the model engenders electrically charged BPS vórtices. This new BPS vortex solutions also supports electric field inversion and localized magnetic flux reversion. / Estudamos a existência de vórtices BPS tipo Abrikosov-Nielsen-Olesen no contexto do Modelo Padrão Estendido (MPE). Especialmente, analisamos o modelo de Maxwell-Higgs suplementado por temos de violação de Lorentz (VL) em ambos os setores. Os termos de VL no setor de Higgs são CPT-par, por outro lado, o setor de gauge inclui termos de VL CPT-par e CPT-ímpar. Uma consequência importante do efeito dos coeficientes de VL do setor de Higgs é a fracionalização do fluxo magnético. Além de outros efeitos, os coeficientes de VL são responsáveis por controlar a amplitude e a extensão espacial dos defeitos topológicos. O primeiro modelo estudado inclui o termo CPT-ímpar de violação de Lorentz, ou termo de Carroll-Field-Jackiw no setor de gauge. As equações BPS, após uma transformação de escala nas coordenadas e uma redefinição apropriada dos campos, coincidem com as equações BPS para o modelo de Maxwell-Chern-Simons-Higgs. A diferen¸ca aparece na lei de Gauss, a qual contem um parâmetro dependendo dos coeficientes de VL do setor de Higgs. Quando este parâmetro é fixado no valor 1, reproduzimos a lei de Gauss do modelo de MCSH. O segundo modelo estudado contem o termo de viola¸c ao de Lorentz CPT-par no setor eletromagnético. Este termo provê uma nova classe de vórtices topológicos. Neste caso os coeficientes de paridade ímpar acoplam os setores elétrico e magnético ainda no regime estacionário. Com o potencial BPS apropriado o modelo fornece vórtices BPS eletricamente carregados. Estas novas soluções para vórtices BPS também suportam inversão de campo elétrico e reversão do fluxo magnético localizada.

Die am LHC gewonnen Ergebnisse stimmen überwiegend mit den Vorhersagen des Standardmodells der Teilchenphysik (SM) überein, doch die Notwendigkeit von Physik jenseits des Standardmodells (BSM) bleibt. Allerdings führt kein klarer Weg zu einem Nachfolger des Standardmodells. In dieser Arbeit wird daher ein allgemeines theoretisches Werkzeug für die Erforschung der Grenzen des SM verwendet: die Effektiven Feldtheorien (EFTs). In dieser Arbeit wird die Standard Model Effective Field Theory (SMEFT) benutzt, um das Potential des zukünftigen Hadronenbeschleunigers FCC-hh zu beurteilen. Hierfür wird der Vh-Produktionsprozess untersucht. Die Sensitivität dieser Kanäle wird durch die Messung von doppelt differenziellen Wirkungsquerschnitten möglich. Die Abwesenheit von Eich-Anomalien ist nötig, um die Konsistenz einer Quantenfeldtheorie zu bewahren. Es wird gezeigt, dass die SMEFT bis zur Massendimension 6 für beliebige Werte seiner WCs frei von aus Dreiecks-Anomalien stammenden Eich-Anomalien ist. Die bosonischen EFT-Techniken werden auch benutzt, um die Beziehung zwischen gemischten globalen Eich-Anomalien und Axion-Kopplungen zu Vektorbosonen in Axion-EFTs zu analysieren. Es ergibt sich, dass diese in keiner Beziehung zueinander stehen, wenn schwere chirale Fermionen ausintegriert werden. Dieser Fakt verknüpft Axion-EFTs mit chiralen Erweiterungen des Standardmodells. Für nichtabelsche Eichbosonen werden IR-Summenregeln gefunden, deren Verletzung die Anwesenheit chiraler Felder im UV-Bereich anzeigen. Es wird eine minimale Erweiterung des Standardmodells als Beispiel studiert. Letztlich wird gezeigt, wie alte Formalismen zu neuen Einsichten führen können. Helizitäts-Spinoren und Streuamplituden werden eingeführt und es wird diskutiert, wie sie die Berechnung der Amplituden erleichtern und inwiefern sie eine Alternative zu EFTs darstellen. Die VVh- und VVhh-Amplituden werden studiert und ihre Hoch-Energie-Grenzwerte einschließlich verschiedener BSM-Beiträge berechnet. / The results obtained at the LHC agree well with the predictions of the Standard Model of particle physics (SM). However, the need for Beyond the Standard Model (BSM) physics remains. But there is no clear path towards a successor for the SM. Hence, we must prepare the tools needed to explore the frontiers of physics thoroughly. In this work, we study one of the main theoretical tools that can be used for such an exploration, Effective Field Theories (EFTs). We use the Standard Model Effective Field Theory (SMEFT) to study the Vh production process at FCC-hh, assessing the discovery potential of that future collider. The sensitivity to BSM effects is improved via the measurement of doubly-differential cross-sections. We also study the relation between EFTs and anomalies. The absence of gauge anomalies is required to preserve the consistency of a Quantum Field Theory. We prove that SMEFT at dimension 6 is free from gauge anomalies coming from triangle diagrams for any value of its WCs. Then, we analyse the relationship in axion EFTs between mixed global-gauge anomalies and axion couplings to vector bosons. They turn out to be unrelated when heavy chiral fermions are integrated out, linking axion EFTs to chiral extensions of the SM. We find IR sum rules whose violation indicate the presence of chiral fields in the UV. We show and study a minimal phenomenologically relevant model as an example. Finally, we explore how revisiting old formalisms can lead to new insights. We introduce the helicity spinor and scattering amplitudes formalisms and show how they facilitate the computation of cross sections and discuss how they constitute an alternative to EFTs as a parametrisation of BSM effects. We study the VVh and VVhh amplitudes, of which we compute the high-energy limit including different BSM contributions.