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Group Theory: Most general scalar potential out of 2 doublet irreps of S3.
I'm taking a course on group theory in physics, but the teacher is really bad at making the bridge between the maths and the physics.
As homework I have to do the exercise below. I think I know how to do it but I'm also posting it to see if someone could please recommend a good reference book where this kind of questions are treated. A reference that clearly explains Young diagrams (not just Young tableau) is also something I can't find. I've consulted the following books: Georgi.H and Cornwell.
Symmetry group S3. Taking into account the direct product of the 2D irreps as follows:
[tex]\psi_{i}\otimes\psi^{}_{j} = \Psi_{1}+\Psi_{1}+\Psi_{2}[/tex]
where:
[tex]\Psi_{1} = \psi_1\psi^{'}_1 + \psi_2\psi^{'}_2\\[/tex]
[tex]\Psi_{1'} = \psi_1\psi^{'}_2 + \psi_2\psi^{'}_1\\[/tex]
[tex]\Psi_{2} = (\psi_1\psi^{'}_2 + \psi_2\psi^{'}_1 , \psi_1\psi^{'}_1 - \psi_2\psi^{'}_2 )^T\\[/tex]
Write the most general scalar potential up to power four, made exclusivly with
two S3 doublets, namely [tex]\psi[/tex] and [tex]\chi[/tex].
Knowing that the product of the 2D irreps of S3 is 2⊗2=1+1'+2, and knowing that a scalar invariant potential can only be formed by spaces of trivial representation. We only need to form all possible products of [tex]\psi[/tex] and [tex]\chi[/tex] up to power 4 and at the end only take the resulting 1 irrep (trivial one) terms.
Thanks in advance
PS - If this should be in another forum section, please let me know.
I'm taking a course on group theory in physics, but the teacher is really bad at making the bridge between the maths and the physics.
As homework I have to do the exercise below. I think I know how to do it but I'm also posting it to see if someone could please recommend a good reference book where this kind of questions are treated. A reference that clearly explains Young diagrams (not just Young tableau) is also something I can't find. I've consulted the following books: Georgi.H and Cornwell.
Homework Statement
Symmetry group S3. Taking into account the direct product of the 2D irreps as follows:
[tex]\psi_{i}\otimes\psi^{}_{j} = \Psi_{1}+\Psi_{1}+\Psi_{2}[/tex]
where:
[tex]\Psi_{1} = \psi_1\psi^{'}_1 + \psi_2\psi^{'}_2\\[/tex]
[tex]\Psi_{1'} = \psi_1\psi^{'}_2 + \psi_2\psi^{'}_1\\[/tex]
[tex]\Psi_{2} = (\psi_1\psi^{'}_2 + \psi_2\psi^{'}_1 , \psi_1\psi^{'}_1 - \psi_2\psi^{'}_2 )^T\\[/tex]
Write the most general scalar potential up to power four, made exclusivly with
two S3 doublets, namely [tex]\psi[/tex] and [tex]\chi[/tex].
The Attempt at a Solution
Knowing that the product of the 2D irreps of S3 is 2⊗2=1+1'+2, and knowing that a scalar invariant potential can only be formed by spaces of trivial representation. We only need to form all possible products of [tex]\psi[/tex] and [tex]\chi[/tex] up to power 4 and at the end only take the resulting 1 irrep (trivial one) terms.
Thanks in advance
PS - If this should be in another forum section, please let me know.
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