Showing the equivalence of lagrangians

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The discussion focuses on demonstrating the equivalence of two Lagrangians in the context of field theory. The first Lagrangian, denoted as \(\mathcal{L}_H\), is expressed in terms of the field \(\Phi\) and its covariant derivative \(D_\mu \Phi\). The second Lagrangian is presented in a more explicit form involving the kinetic terms and parameters such as weak isospin \(\mathbf{T}\) and hypercharge \(Y\). The user successfully verified the potential terms but seeks assistance in proving the equivalence of the kinetic parts of the Lagrangians.

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I have a lagrangian written as:

\mathcal{L}_H = \text{Tr}\left[\,(D_\mu \Phi)^\dagger D^\mu \Phi\right] - \mu^2 \text{Tr}\left[\,\Phi^\dagger \Phi\right] - \lambda (\text{Tr}\left[\,\Phi^\dagger \Phi\right])^2

Where the field is:

\Phi \equiv \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}(i \sigma_{2} \phi^*, \phi) = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \begin{pmatrix}\phi^{0*} & \phi^+ \\-\phi^- & \phi^0\end{pmatrix} \;,

and

D_\mu \Phi \equiv \partial_\mu \Phi + i g \frac{\sigma^{i}}{2} W^{i}_\mu \Phi - i \frac{g'}{2} B_\mu \Phi \sigma_3 \;.

And I need to show that that is the same as:

$\mathcal{L}_H = \left[(\partial_\mu+ig{\bf{T}\cdot W_\mu}+ig'\frac{Y}{2}B_\mu)\phi\right]^\dagger\left[(\partial_\mu+ig{\bf{T}\cdot W_\mu}+ig'\frac{Y}{2}B_\mu)\phi\right]-\mu^2(\phi^\dagger\phi)-\lambda(\phi^\dagger\phi)^2.

Now, I have easily shown that the potential part really is the same, by explicitly doing matrix multiplication, and showing that the expression with the trace is the same as the one without, but how to show the kinetic part? What to do here?

Any help is welcome :)
 
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You haven't specified the weak isospin \mathbf{T} and hypercharge operator Y, but I think you will find that they are precisely defined so that this equivalence follows.
 

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