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1501.02490
Neil Russell
Neil Russell
Finsler-like structures from Lorentz-breaking classical particles
18 pages, latex. To appear in Physical Review D
Physical Review D 91, 045008 (2015)
10.1103/PhysRevD.91.045008
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
A method is presented for deducing classical point-particle Lagrange functions corresponding to a class of quartic dispersion relations. Applying this to particles violating Lorentz symmetry in the minimal Standard-Model Extension leads to a variety of novel lagrangians in flat spacetime. Morphisms in these classical systems are studied that echo invariance under field redefinitions in the quantized theory. The Lagrange functions found offer new possibilities for understanding Lorentz-breaking effects by exploring parallels with Finsler-like geometries.
[ { "created": "Sun, 11 Jan 2015 20:02:20 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-09-25
[ [ "Russell", "Neil", "" ] ]
A method is presented for deducing classical point-particle Lagrange functions corresponding to a class of quartic dispersion relations. Applying this to particles violating Lorentz symmetry in the minimal Standard-Model Extension leads to a variety of novel lagrangians in flat spacetime. Morphisms in these classical systems are studied that echo invariance under field redefinitions in the quantized theory. The Lagrange functions found offer new possibilities for understanding Lorentz-breaking effects by exploring parallels with Finsler-like geometries.
hep-th/9809002
Yosef Verbin
Y. Verbin
Cosmic Strings in the Abelian Higgs Model with Conformal Coupling to Gravity
22 pages, 10 figures; to appear in Phys. Rev. D
Phys.Rev. D59 (1999) 105015
10.1103/PhysRevD.59.105015
null
hep-th gr-qc
null
Cosmic string solutions of the abelian Higgs model with conformal coupling to gravity are shown to exist. The main characteristics of the solutions are presented and the differences with respect to the minimally coupled case are studied. An important difference is the absence of Bogomolnyi cosmic string solutions for conformal coupling. Several new features of the abelian Higgs cosmic strings of both types are discussed. The most interesting is perhaps a relation between the angular deficit and the central magnetic field which is bounded by a critical value.
[ { "created": "Tue, 1 Sep 1998 14:55:45 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 9 Feb 1999 15:59:21 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-10-31
[ [ "Verbin", "Y.", "" ] ]
Cosmic string solutions of the abelian Higgs model with conformal coupling to gravity are shown to exist. The main characteristics of the solutions are presented and the differences with respect to the minimally coupled case are studied. An important difference is the absence of Bogomolnyi cosmic string solutions for conformal coupling. Several new features of the abelian Higgs cosmic strings of both types are discussed. The most interesting is perhaps a relation between the angular deficit and the central magnetic field which is bounded by a critical value.
hep-th/0610326
Pavel Mnev
Pavel Mnev (PDMI Ras)
Notes on simplicial BF theory
null
null
null
null
hep-th math.AT math.QA
null
In this work we discuss the construction of "simplicial BF theory", the field theory with finite-dimensional space of fields, associated to a triangulated manifold, that is in a sense equivalent to topological BF theory on the manifold (with infinite-dimensional space of fields). This is done in framework of simplicial program - program of constructing discrete topological field theories. We also discuss the relation of these constructions to homotopy algebra.
[ { "created": "Tue, 31 Oct 2006 20:05:30 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 31 Oct 2006 23:25:59 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Thu, 10 May 2007 18:53:17 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Mnev", "Pavel", "", "PDMI Ras" ] ]
In this work we discuss the construction of "simplicial BF theory", the field theory with finite-dimensional space of fields, associated to a triangulated manifold, that is in a sense equivalent to topological BF theory on the manifold (with infinite-dimensional space of fields). This is done in framework of simplicial program - program of constructing discrete topological field theories. We also discuss the relation of these constructions to homotopy algebra.
hep-th/9303178
null
T.H. Hansson (Stockholm) and I. Zahed (Stony Brook)
Two-Dimensional QCD at Infinite N and Finite T
Latex 5p (4 figs. on request), USITP-93-5
Phys.Lett. B309 (1993) 385-388
10.1016/0370-2693(93)90949-I
null
hep-th
null
We analyze two-dimensional large $N_c$ QCD at finite temperature and show explicitly that the free energy has the correct $N_c$ dependence.
[ { "created": "Wed, 31 Mar 1993 18:09:00 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-10-22
[ [ "Hansson", "T. H.", "", "Stockholm" ], [ "Zahed", "I.", "", "Stony Brook" ] ]
We analyze two-dimensional large $N_c$ QCD at finite temperature and show explicitly that the free energy has the correct $N_c$ dependence.
1507.01623
Hagen Triendl
Jan Louis, Hagen Triendl and Marco Zagermann
N=4 Supersymmetric AdS5 Vacua and their Moduli Spaces
29 pages; v2: published version
JHEP 1510 (2015) 083
10.1007/JHEP10(2015)083
CERN-PH-TH/2015-121; ITP-UH-13/15; ZMP-HH/15-13
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We classify the N=4 supersymmetric AdS5 backgrounds that arise as solutions of five-dimensional N=4 gauged supergravity. We express our results in terms of the allowed embedding tensor components and identify the structure of the associated gauge groups. We show that the moduli space of these AdS vacua is of the form SU(1,m)/(U(1)x SU(m)) and discuss our results regarding holographically dual N=2 SCFTs and their conformal manifolds.
[ { "created": "Mon, 6 Jul 2015 20:57:37 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 4 Nov 2015 12:13:45 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2015-11-05
[ [ "Louis", "Jan", "" ], [ "Triendl", "Hagen", "" ], [ "Zagermann", "Marco", "" ] ]
We classify the N=4 supersymmetric AdS5 backgrounds that arise as solutions of five-dimensional N=4 gauged supergravity. We express our results in terms of the allowed embedding tensor components and identify the structure of the associated gauge groups. We show that the moduli space of these AdS vacua is of the form SU(1,m)/(U(1)x SU(m)) and discuss our results regarding holographically dual N=2 SCFTs and their conformal manifolds.
1707.08578
Horatiu Stefan Nastase
Daniel W.F. Alves, Carlos Hoyos, Horatiu Nastase and Jacob Sonnenschein
Knotted solutions, from electromagnetism to fluid dynamics
36 pages, 3 figures
null
10.1142/S0217751X17502001
null
hep-th math-ph math.MP nlin.PS physics.flu-dyn physics.optics
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Knotted solutions to electromagnetism and fluid dynamics are investigated, based on relations we find between the two subjects. We can write fluid dynamics in electromagnetism language, but only on an initial surface, or for linear perturbations, and we use this map to find knotted fluid solutions, as well as new electromagnetic solutions. We find that knotted solutions of Maxwell electromagnetism are also solutions of more general nonlinear theories, like Born-Infeld, and including ones which contain quantum corrections from couplings with other modes, like Euler-Heisenberg and string theory DBI. Null configurations in electromagnetism can be described as a null pressureless fluid, and from this map we can find null fluid knotted solutions. A type of nonrelativistic reduction of the relativistic fluid equations is described, which allows us to find also solutions of the (nonrelativistic) Euler's equations.
[ { "created": "Wed, 26 Jul 2017 18:00:04 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2018-01-17
[ [ "Alves", "Daniel W. F.", "" ], [ "Hoyos", "Carlos", "" ], [ "Nastase", "Horatiu", "" ], [ "Sonnenschein", "Jacob", "" ] ]
Knotted solutions to electromagnetism and fluid dynamics are investigated, based on relations we find between the two subjects. We can write fluid dynamics in electromagnetism language, but only on an initial surface, or for linear perturbations, and we use this map to find knotted fluid solutions, as well as new electromagnetic solutions. We find that knotted solutions of Maxwell electromagnetism are also solutions of more general nonlinear theories, like Born-Infeld, and including ones which contain quantum corrections from couplings with other modes, like Euler-Heisenberg and string theory DBI. Null configurations in electromagnetism can be described as a null pressureless fluid, and from this map we can find null fluid knotted solutions. A type of nonrelativistic reduction of the relativistic fluid equations is described, which allows us to find also solutions of the (nonrelativistic) Euler's equations.
1601.03109
Daniel Blaschke
Daniel N. Blaschke
Aspects of perturbative quantum field theory on non-commutative spaces
19 pages, 4 figures; invited talk presented at the "Workshop on Noncommutative Field Theory and Gravity" in Corfu, Greece, 21-27 September 2015, to appear in the proceedings of the Corfu Summer Institute 2015 "School and Workshops on Elementary Particle Physics and Gravity"
PoS CORFU2015:104, 2016
10.22323/1.263.0104
LA-UR-16-20147
hep-th gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In this contribution to the proceedings of the Corfu Summer Institute 2015, I give an overview over quantum field theories on non-commutative Moyal space and renormalization. In particular, I review the new features and challenges one faces when constructing various scalar, fermionic and gauge field theories on Moyal space, and especially how the UV/IR mixing problem was solved for certain models. Finally, I outline more recent progress in constructing a renormalizable gauge field model on non-commutative space, and how one might attempt to prove renormalizability of such a model using a generalized renormalization scheme adapted to the non-commutative (and hence non-local) setting.
[ { "created": "Wed, 13 Jan 2016 01:06:46 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2018-09-06
[ [ "Blaschke", "Daniel N.", "" ] ]
In this contribution to the proceedings of the Corfu Summer Institute 2015, I give an overview over quantum field theories on non-commutative Moyal space and renormalization. In particular, I review the new features and challenges one faces when constructing various scalar, fermionic and gauge field theories on Moyal space, and especially how the UV/IR mixing problem was solved for certain models. Finally, I outline more recent progress in constructing a renormalizable gauge field model on non-commutative space, and how one might attempt to prove renormalizability of such a model using a generalized renormalization scheme adapted to the non-commutative (and hence non-local) setting.
hep-th/0501064
Grigorii Pivovarov
G. B. Pivovarov
Zero Modes in Light-Front $\phi^4_{1+1}$
3 pp
null
null
null
hep-th
null
Within a scheme of light front quantization of $\phi^4_{1+1}$, it is demonstrated that dynamics of zero modes implies phase transition, and that the critical value of the coupling coincides with the one of the equal time quantization.
[ { "created": "Mon, 10 Jan 2005 12:04:13 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Pivovarov", "G. B.", "" ] ]
Within a scheme of light front quantization of $\phi^4_{1+1}$, it is demonstrated that dynamics of zero modes implies phase transition, and that the critical value of the coupling coincides with the one of the equal time quantization.
hep-th/0403135
Silvio Paolo Sorella
R.F. Sobreiro, S.P. Sorella, D. Dudal, H. Verschelde
Gribov horizon in the presence of dynamical mass generation in Euclidean Yang-Mills theories in the Landau gauge
10 pages, final version to appear in Phys. Lett. B
Phys.Lett. B590 (2004) 265-272
10.1016/j.physletb.2004.03.084
null
hep-th
null
The infrared behavior of the gluon and ghost propagators is analyzed in Yang-Mills theories in the presence of dynamical mass generation in the Landau gauge. By restricting the domain of integration in the path-integral to the Gribov region $\Omega $, the gauge propagator is found to be suppressed in the infrared, while the ghost propagator is enhanced.
[ { "created": "Fri, 12 Mar 2004 13:04:50 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 31 Mar 2004 13:47:51 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-11-10
[ [ "Sobreiro", "R. F.", "" ], [ "Sorella", "S. P.", "" ], [ "Dudal", "D.", "" ], [ "Verschelde", "H.", "" ] ]
The infrared behavior of the gluon and ghost propagators is analyzed in Yang-Mills theories in the presence of dynamical mass generation in the Landau gauge. By restricting the domain of integration in the path-integral to the Gribov region $\Omega $, the gauge propagator is found to be suppressed in the infrared, while the ghost propagator is enhanced.
2110.14603
Marco Stefano Bianchi
Marco S. Bianchi
Three twist-two, two spins, two loops
null
null
10.1103/PhysRevD.105.086007
null
hep-th
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
I consider three-point functions of twist-two operators in N=4 SYM, two of which endowed with spin. I supply perturbative data up to twelve units of spins and second perturbative order at weak coupling.
[ { "created": "Wed, 27 Oct 2021 17:24:29 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2023-06-13
[ [ "Bianchi", "Marco S.", "" ] ]
I consider three-point functions of twist-two operators in N=4 SYM, two of which endowed with spin. I supply perturbative data up to twelve units of spins and second perturbative order at weak coupling.
hep-th/0104136
Michael Gutperle
Michael Gutperle (Harvard) and Andrew Strominger (Harvard)
Fluxbranes in String Theory
29 pages, harvmac(b), no figures
JHEP 0106:035,2001
10.1088/1126-6708/2001/06/035
HUTP-01/A018
hep-th
null
A flux p-brane in D dimensions has (p+1)-dimensional Poincare invariance and a nonzero rank (D-p-1) field strength tangent to the transverse dimensions. We find a family of such solutions in string theory and M-theory and investigate their properties.
[ { "created": "Mon, 16 Apr 2001 19:28:44 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-11-07
[ [ "Gutperle", "Michael", "", "Harvard" ], [ "Strominger", "Andrew", "", "Harvard" ] ]
A flux p-brane in D dimensions has (p+1)-dimensional Poincare invariance and a nonzero rank (D-p-1) field strength tangent to the transverse dimensions. We find a family of such solutions in string theory and M-theory and investigate their properties.
hep-th/9805011
Chi-Sing Lam
C.S. Lam (McGill University)
Time-Ordered Products and Exponentials
7 pages with 2 postscript figures composed in Latex. Contribution to the Second Jagna International Workshop on Mathematical Methods of Quantum Physics, January 4-8, 1998, at Jagna, Bohol, Philippines, in honour of Prof. Hiroshi Ezawa on the occasion of his 65th birthday
null
null
null
hep-th
null
I discuss a formula decomposing the integral of time-ordered products of operators into sums of products of integrals of time-ordered commutators. The resulting factorization enables summation of an infinite series to be carried out to yield an explicit formula for the time-ordered exponentials. The Campbell-Baker-Hausdorff formula and the nonabelian eikonal formula obtained previously are both special cases of this result.
[ { "created": "Sun, 3 May 1998 17:21:10 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Lam", "C. S.", "", "McGill University" ] ]
I discuss a formula decomposing the integral of time-ordered products of operators into sums of products of integrals of time-ordered commutators. The resulting factorization enables summation of an infinite series to be carried out to yield an explicit formula for the time-ordered exponentials. The Campbell-Baker-Hausdorff formula and the nonabelian eikonal formula obtained previously are both special cases of this result.
hep-th/9707096
Hongsu Kim
Hongsu Kim, Sung Ku Kim (Ewha Women's Univ., Korea)
Classical and Quantum Instantons in Yang-Mills Theory in the Background of de Sitter Spacetime
39 pages, Revtex
Nuovo Cim. B114 (1999) 207-233
null
null
hep-th
null
Instantons and their quantisation in pure Yang-Mills theory formulated in the background of de Sitter spacetime represented by spatially-closed ($k = 1$) Friedmann-Robertson-Walker metric are discussed. As for the classical treatment of the instanton physics, first, explicit instanton solutions are found and next, quantities like Pontryagin index and the semiclassical approximation to the inter-vacua tunnelling amplitude are evaluated. The Atiyah-Patodi-Singer index theorem is checked as well by constructing explicitly the normalizable fermion zero modes in this de Sitter spacetime instanton background. Finally, following the kink quantisation scheme originally proposed by Dashen, Hasslacher and Neveu, the quantisation of our instanton is performed. Of particular interest is the estimate of the lowest quantum correction to the inter-vacua tunnelling amplitude arising from the quantisation of the instanton. It turns out that the inter-vacua tunnelling amplitude gets enhanced upon quantising the instanton.
[ { "created": "Thu, 10 Jul 1997 10:43:15 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 20 Feb 1998 05:03:28 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2008-02-03
[ [ "Kim", "Hongsu", "", "Ewha Women's Univ., Korea" ], [ "Kim", "Sung Ku", "", "Ewha Women's Univ., Korea" ] ]
Instantons and their quantisation in pure Yang-Mills theory formulated in the background of de Sitter spacetime represented by spatially-closed ($k = 1$) Friedmann-Robertson-Walker metric are discussed. As for the classical treatment of the instanton physics, first, explicit instanton solutions are found and next, quantities like Pontryagin index and the semiclassical approximation to the inter-vacua tunnelling amplitude are evaluated. The Atiyah-Patodi-Singer index theorem is checked as well by constructing explicitly the normalizable fermion zero modes in this de Sitter spacetime instanton background. Finally, following the kink quantisation scheme originally proposed by Dashen, Hasslacher and Neveu, the quantisation of our instanton is performed. Of particular interest is the estimate of the lowest quantum correction to the inter-vacua tunnelling amplitude arising from the quantisation of the instanton. It turns out that the inter-vacua tunnelling amplitude gets enhanced upon quantising the instanton.
1709.08532
Mojtaba Taslimi Tehrani
Mojtaba Taslimi Tehrani
Self-consistency of Conformally Coupled ABJM Theory at the Quantum Level
null
JHEP 11/2017 (2017)153
10.1007/JHEP11(2017)153
null
hep-th gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We study the $\mathcal{N}=6$ superconformal Chern-Simons matter field theory (the ABJM theory) conformally coupled to a Lorentzian, curved background spacetime. To support rigid supersymmetry, such backgrounds have to admit twistor spinors. At the classical level, the symmetry of the theory can be described by a conformal symmetry superalgebra. We show that the full $\mathcal{N}=6$ superconformal algebra persists at the quantum level using the BV-BRST method.
[ { "created": "Mon, 25 Sep 2017 15:00:12 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2017-11-27
[ [ "Tehrani", "Mojtaba Taslimi", "" ] ]
We study the $\mathcal{N}=6$ superconformal Chern-Simons matter field theory (the ABJM theory) conformally coupled to a Lorentzian, curved background spacetime. To support rigid supersymmetry, such backgrounds have to admit twistor spinors. At the classical level, the symmetry of the theory can be described by a conformal symmetry superalgebra. We show that the full $\mathcal{N}=6$ superconformal algebra persists at the quantum level using the BV-BRST method.
hep-th/0212128
M. Tierz
Miguel Tierz
Soft matrix models and Chern-Simons partition functions
13 pages, 3 figures
Mod.Phys.Lett. A19 (2004) 1365-1378
10.1142/S0217732304014100
null
hep-th math-ph math.MP
null
We study the properties of matrix models with soft confining potentials. Their precise mathematical characterization is that their weight function is not determined by its moments. We mainly rely on simple considerations based on orthogonal polynomials and the moment problem. In addition, some of these models are equivalent, by a simple mapping, to matrix models that appear in Chern-Simons theory. The models can be solved with q deformed orthogonal polynomials (Stieltjes-Wigert polynomials), and the deformation parameter turns out to be the usual $q$ parameter in Chern-Simons theory. In this way, we give a matrix model computation of the Chern-Simons partition function on $S^{3}$ and show that there are infinitely many matrix models with this partition function.
[ { "created": "Wed, 11 Dec 2002 14:55:11 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 12 May 2004 22:39:59 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-11-07
[ [ "Tierz", "Miguel", "" ] ]
We study the properties of matrix models with soft confining potentials. Their precise mathematical characterization is that their weight function is not determined by its moments. We mainly rely on simple considerations based on orthogonal polynomials and the moment problem. In addition, some of these models are equivalent, by a simple mapping, to matrix models that appear in Chern-Simons theory. The models can be solved with q deformed orthogonal polynomials (Stieltjes-Wigert polynomials), and the deformation parameter turns out to be the usual $q$ parameter in Chern-Simons theory. In this way, we give a matrix model computation of the Chern-Simons partition function on $S^{3}$ and show that there are infinitely many matrix models with this partition function.
hep-th/9607172
Binetruy
P. Binetruy and E.A. Dudas
Gaugino condensation and the anomalous $U(1)$
13 pages
Phys.Lett. B389 (1996) 503-509
10.1016/S0370-2693(96)01305-6
LPTHE-ORSAY 96/60, Saclay T96/075
hep-th
null
We study gaugino condensation in presence of an anomalous $U(1)$ gauge group and find that global supersymmetry is dynamically broken. An example of particular interest is provided by effective string models with 4-dimensional Green-Schwarz anomaly cancellation mechanism. The structure of the hidden sector is constrained by the anomaly cancellation conditions and the scale of gaugino condensation is shifted compared with the usual case. We explicitly compute the resulting soft supersymmetry breaking terms.
[ { "created": "Mon, 22 Jul 1996 17:49:33 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-10-30
[ [ "Binetruy", "P.", "" ], [ "Dudas", "E. A.", "" ] ]
We study gaugino condensation in presence of an anomalous $U(1)$ gauge group and find that global supersymmetry is dynamically broken. An example of particular interest is provided by effective string models with 4-dimensional Green-Schwarz anomaly cancellation mechanism. The structure of the hidden sector is constrained by the anomaly cancellation conditions and the scale of gaugino condensation is shifted compared with the usual case. We explicitly compute the resulting soft supersymmetry breaking terms.
hep-th/0106073
Matthias Arnsdorf
Matthias Arnsdorf, Lee Smolin
The Maldacena Conjecture and Rehren Duality
14 pages, 1 figure
null
null
null
hep-th
null
We analyse the implications of the fact that there are two claims for a dual to \N=4 superconformal SU(N) Yang-Mills theory (SCYM), the Maldacena conjecture and the theorem of Rehren. While the Maldacena dual is conjectured to be a non-perturbative string theory for large string coupling $g_s$ and small $N$, the Rehren dual is an ordinary quantum field theory on $AdS_5$ for all values of the parameters. We argue that as a result, if we accept the Maldacena conjecture, one of the following statements must be true: 1) SCYM does not satisfy the axioms of algebraic quantum field theory for finite $N$ because its observables do not obey the causal structure of conformal Minkowski space;. 2) String theory on $AdS_5 \times S^5$ is not a quantum theory of gravity in 10 dimensions because it is dual to an ordinary quantum field theory on $AdS_5$ whose causal structure remains fixed for all values of its couplings; or 3) there is no consistent quantisation of string theory on $AdS_5 \times S^5$ for finite string scale $l_s$ and $g_s$. In evaluating the evidence for each of these conclusions we point out that many of the tests of the Maldacena conjecture can be explained by a weaker form of an $AdS/CFT$ correspondence.
[ { "created": "Fri, 8 Jun 2001 14:39:46 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Arnsdorf", "Matthias", "" ], [ "Smolin", "Lee", "" ] ]
We analyse the implications of the fact that there are two claims for a dual to \N=4 superconformal SU(N) Yang-Mills theory (SCYM), the Maldacena conjecture and the theorem of Rehren. While the Maldacena dual is conjectured to be a non-perturbative string theory for large string coupling $g_s$ and small $N$, the Rehren dual is an ordinary quantum field theory on $AdS_5$ for all values of the parameters. We argue that as a result, if we accept the Maldacena conjecture, one of the following statements must be true: 1) SCYM does not satisfy the axioms of algebraic quantum field theory for finite $N$ because its observables do not obey the causal structure of conformal Minkowski space;. 2) String theory on $AdS_5 \times S^5$ is not a quantum theory of gravity in 10 dimensions because it is dual to an ordinary quantum field theory on $AdS_5$ whose causal structure remains fixed for all values of its couplings; or 3) there is no consistent quantisation of string theory on $AdS_5 \times S^5$ for finite string scale $l_s$ and $g_s$. In evaluating the evidence for each of these conclusions we point out that many of the tests of the Maldacena conjecture can be explained by a weaker form of an $AdS/CFT$ correspondence.
hep-th/0412049
M. Hossein Dehghani
M. H. Dehghani and N. Farhangkhah
Charged Rotating Dilaton Black Strings
14 pages, no figure, references added, the version to appear in Phys. Rev. D
Phys.Rev. D71 (2005) 044008
10.1103/PhysRevD.71.044008
null
hep-th
null
In this paper we, first, present a class of charged rotating solutions in four-dimensional Einstein-Maxwell-dilaton gravity with zero and Liouville-type potentials. We find that these solutions can present a black hole/string with two regular horizons, an extreme black hole or a naked singularity provided the parameters of the solutions are chosen suitable. We also compute the conserved and thermodynamic quantities, and show that they satisfy the first law of thermodynamics. Second, we obtain the ($n+1$%)-dimensional rotating solutions in Einstein-dilaton gravity with Liouville-type potential. We find that these solutions can present black branes, naked singularities or spacetimes with cosmological horizon if one chooses the parameters of the solutions correctly. Again, we find that the thermodynamic quantities of these solutions satisfy the first law of thermodynamics.
[ { "created": "Mon, 6 Dec 2004 12:45:56 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 10 Feb 2005 04:56:55 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-11-10
[ [ "Dehghani", "M. H.", "" ], [ "Farhangkhah", "N.", "" ] ]
In this paper we, first, present a class of charged rotating solutions in four-dimensional Einstein-Maxwell-dilaton gravity with zero and Liouville-type potentials. We find that these solutions can present a black hole/string with two regular horizons, an extreme black hole or a naked singularity provided the parameters of the solutions are chosen suitable. We also compute the conserved and thermodynamic quantities, and show that they satisfy the first law of thermodynamics. Second, we obtain the ($n+1$%)-dimensional rotating solutions in Einstein-dilaton gravity with Liouville-type potential. We find that these solutions can present black branes, naked singularities or spacetimes with cosmological horizon if one chooses the parameters of the solutions correctly. Again, we find that the thermodynamic quantities of these solutions satisfy the first law of thermodynamics.
1505.00472
Willy Fischler
Tom Banks and Willy Fischler
CP Violation and Baryogenesis in the Presence of Black Holes
11 pages, references added
null
null
null
hep-th gr-qc hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In a recent paper[1] Kundu and one of the present authors showed that there were transient but observable CP violating effects in the decay of classical currents on the horizon of a black hole, if the Lagrangian of the Maxwell field contained a CP violating angle {\theta}. In this paper we demonstrate that a similar effect can be seen in the quantum mechanics of QED: a non-trivial Berry phase in the QED wave function is produced by in-falling electric charges. We also investigate whether CP violation, of this or any other type, might be used to produce the baryon asymmetry of the universe, in models where primordial black hole decay contributes to the matter content of the present universe. This can happen both in a variety of hybrid inflation models, and in the Holographic Space-time (HST) model of inflation[2].
[ { "created": "Sun, 3 May 2015 20:49:36 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sat, 16 May 2015 13:43:22 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2015-05-19
[ [ "Banks", "Tom", "" ], [ "Fischler", "Willy", "" ] ]
In a recent paper[1] Kundu and one of the present authors showed that there were transient but observable CP violating effects in the decay of classical currents on the horizon of a black hole, if the Lagrangian of the Maxwell field contained a CP violating angle {\theta}. In this paper we demonstrate that a similar effect can be seen in the quantum mechanics of QED: a non-trivial Berry phase in the QED wave function is produced by in-falling electric charges. We also investigate whether CP violation, of this or any other type, might be used to produce the baryon asymmetry of the universe, in models where primordial black hole decay contributes to the matter content of the present universe. This can happen both in a variety of hybrid inflation models, and in the Holographic Space-time (HST) model of inflation[2].
1308.2706
Aleksandr N. Pinzul
A. Mamiya and A. Pinzul
Heat kernel for flat generalized Laplacians with anisotropic scaling
14 pages, 1 figure
null
10.1063/1.4882157
null
hep-th gr-qc math-ph math.MP
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We calculate the closed analytic form of the solution of heat kernel equation for the anisotropic generalizations of flat Laplacian. We consider a UV as well as UV/IR interpolating generalizations. In all cases, the result can be expressed in terms of Fox-Wright psi-functions. We perform different consistency checks, analytically reproducing some of the previous numerical or qualitative results, such as spectral dimension flow. Our study should be considered as a first step towards the construction of a heat kernel for curved Ho\v{r}ava-Lifshitz geometries, which is an essential ingredient in the spectral action approach to the construction of the Ho\v{r}ava-Lifshitz gravity.
[ { "created": "Mon, 12 Aug 2013 21:53:58 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-06-16
[ [ "Mamiya", "A.", "" ], [ "Pinzul", "A.", "" ] ]
We calculate the closed analytic form of the solution of heat kernel equation for the anisotropic generalizations of flat Laplacian. We consider a UV as well as UV/IR interpolating generalizations. In all cases, the result can be expressed in terms of Fox-Wright psi-functions. We perform different consistency checks, analytically reproducing some of the previous numerical or qualitative results, such as spectral dimension flow. Our study should be considered as a first step towards the construction of a heat kernel for curved Ho\v{r}ava-Lifshitz geometries, which is an essential ingredient in the spectral action approach to the construction of the Ho\v{r}ava-Lifshitz gravity.
1107.5308
Gianluca Calcagni
Michele Arzano, Gianluca Calcagni, Daniele Oriti, Marco Scalisi
Fractional and noncommutative spacetimes
15 pages. v2: typos corrected
Phys. Rev. D 84, 125002 (2011)
10.1103/PhysRevD.84.125002
AEI-2011-089
hep-th gr-qc math-ph math.MP
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We establish a mapping between fractional and noncommutative spacetimes in configuration space. Depending on the scale at which the relation is considered, there arise two possibilities. For a fractional spacetime with log-oscillatory measure, the effective measure near the fundamental scale determining the log-period coincides with the non-rotation-invariant but cyclicity-preserving measure of \kappa-Minkowski. At scales larger than the log-period, the fractional measure is averaged and becomes a power-law with real exponent. This can be also regarded as the cyclicity-inducing measure in a noncommutative spacetime defined by a certain nonlinear algebra of the coordinates, which interpolates between \kappa-Minkowski and canonical spacetime. These results are based upon a braiding formula valid for any nonlinear algebra which can be mapped onto the Heisenberg algebra.
[ { "created": "Tue, 26 Jul 2011 20:00:03 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 2 Dec 2011 15:25:35 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2011-12-05
[ [ "Arzano", "Michele", "" ], [ "Calcagni", "Gianluca", "" ], [ "Oriti", "Daniele", "" ], [ "Scalisi", "Marco", "" ] ]
We establish a mapping between fractional and noncommutative spacetimes in configuration space. Depending on the scale at which the relation is considered, there arise two possibilities. For a fractional spacetime with log-oscillatory measure, the effective measure near the fundamental scale determining the log-period coincides with the non-rotation-invariant but cyclicity-preserving measure of \kappa-Minkowski. At scales larger than the log-period, the fractional measure is averaged and becomes a power-law with real exponent. This can be also regarded as the cyclicity-inducing measure in a noncommutative spacetime defined by a certain nonlinear algebra of the coordinates, which interpolates between \kappa-Minkowski and canonical spacetime. These results are based upon a braiding formula valid for any nonlinear algebra which can be mapped onto the Heisenberg algebra.
1010.5509
Keshav Dasgupta
Fang Chen, Keshav Dasgupta, Paul Franche, Radu Tatar
Toward the Gravity Dual of Heterotic Small Instantons
47 pages, 3 eps figures, LaTex, JHEP3 file; v2: Another consistency check added, typos corrected and a reference added; v3: Text expanded a bit, minor typos corrected and a few references updated. Final version to appear in Phys. Rev. D
Phys.Rev.D83:046006,2011
10.1103/PhysRevD.83.046006
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The question of what happens when the heterotic SO(32) instanton becomes small was answered sometime back by Witten. The heterotic theory develops an enhanced Sp(2k) gauge symmetry for k small instantons, besides the allowed SO(32) gauge symmetry. An interesting question now is to ask what happens when we take the large k limit. In this paper we argue that in some special cases, where Gauss' law allows the large k limit, the dynamics of the large k small instantons can be captured by a dual gravitational description. For the cases that we elaborate in this paper, the gravity duals are non-Kahler manifolds although in general they could be non-geometric. These small instantons are heterotic five-branes and the duality allows us to study the strongly coupled field theories on these five-branes. We review and elaborate on some of the recent observations pointing towards this duality, and argue that in certain cases the gauge/gravity duality may be understood as small instanton transitions under which the instantons smoothen out and consequently lose the Sp(2k) gauge symmetry. This may explain how branes disappear on the dual side and are replaced by fluxes. We analyse the torsion classes before and after the transitions, and discuss briefly how the ADHM sigma model and related vector bundles could be studied for these scenarios.
[ { "created": "Tue, 26 Oct 2010 20:10:21 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 2 Nov 2010 20:11:48 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:31:21 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2015-03-17
[ [ "Chen", "Fang", "" ], [ "Dasgupta", "Keshav", "" ], [ "Franche", "Paul", "" ], [ "Tatar", "Radu", "" ] ]
The question of what happens when the heterotic SO(32) instanton becomes small was answered sometime back by Witten. The heterotic theory develops an enhanced Sp(2k) gauge symmetry for k small instantons, besides the allowed SO(32) gauge symmetry. An interesting question now is to ask what happens when we take the large k limit. In this paper we argue that in some special cases, where Gauss' law allows the large k limit, the dynamics of the large k small instantons can be captured by a dual gravitational description. For the cases that we elaborate in this paper, the gravity duals are non-Kahler manifolds although in general they could be non-geometric. These small instantons are heterotic five-branes and the duality allows us to study the strongly coupled field theories on these five-branes. We review and elaborate on some of the recent observations pointing towards this duality, and argue that in certain cases the gauge/gravity duality may be understood as small instanton transitions under which the instantons smoothen out and consequently lose the Sp(2k) gauge symmetry. This may explain how branes disappear on the dual side and are replaced by fluxes. We analyse the torsion classes before and after the transitions, and discuss briefly how the ADHM sigma model and related vector bundles could be studied for these scenarios.
1204.0542
Robert Wimmer
Henning Samtleben, Ergin Sezgin, Robert Wimmer, Linus Wulff
New superconformal models in six dimensions: Gauge group and representation structure
18 pages, 12pt
null
null
MIFPA-12-13, YITP-SB-12-08
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We review recent progress in the construction and classification of six-dimensional (1,0) superconformal models with non-abelian tensor fields. Here we solve the generalized Jacobi identities which are required for consistency of the non-abelian vector/tensor gauge system and we present a large class of explicit examples.
[ { "created": "Mon, 2 Apr 2012 21:32:55 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2012-04-04
[ [ "Samtleben", "Henning", "" ], [ "Sezgin", "Ergin", "" ], [ "Wimmer", "Robert", "" ], [ "Wulff", "Linus", "" ] ]
We review recent progress in the construction and classification of six-dimensional (1,0) superconformal models with non-abelian tensor fields. Here we solve the generalized Jacobi identities which are required for consistency of the non-abelian vector/tensor gauge system and we present a large class of explicit examples.
hep-th/9910269
Irina Aref'eva
I.Ya.Aref'eva
High Energy Scattering in the Brane-World and Black Hole Production
11 pages, 7 figures
Part.Nucl. 31 (2000) 169-180
null
SMI-25-99
hep-th
null
Black hole production in the collision of ultra-relativistic particles in the brane-world approach is considered. In particular, stability of the brane under collision with ultra-relativistic particles is discussed. As a toy model we consider the 3 dimensional version of the Randall and Sundrum solution and show that stability of the brane depends on a choice of continuation of the solution across the horizon. In the unstable case black holes can be produced in the collision of a particle with the brane.
[ { "created": "Mon, 1 Nov 1999 23:50:12 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Aref'eva", "I. Ya.", "" ] ]
Black hole production in the collision of ultra-relativistic particles in the brane-world approach is considered. In particular, stability of the brane under collision with ultra-relativistic particles is discussed. As a toy model we consider the 3 dimensional version of the Randall and Sundrum solution and show that stability of the brane depends on a choice of continuation of the solution across the horizon. In the unstable case black holes can be produced in the collision of a particle with the brane.
hep-th/9712173
Sebastian Jaimungal
C. R. Gattringer, S. Jaimungal and G. W. Semenoff
Topology and Duality in Abelian Lattice Theories
11 pages, LateX, 1 epsf figure; minor typos corrected and references updated
Phys.Lett.B425:282-290,1998
10.1016/S0370-2693(98)00254-8
null
hep-th hep-lat
null
We show how to obtain the dual of any lattice model with inhomogeneous local interactions based on an arbitrary Abelian group in any dimension and on lattices with arbitrary topology. It is shown that in general the dual theory contains disorder loops on the generators of the cohomology group of a particular dimension. An explicit construction for altering the statistical sum to obtain a self-dual theory, when these obstructions exist, is also given. We discuss some applications of these results, particularly the existence of non-trivial self-dual 2-dimensional Z_N theories on the torus. In addition we explicitly construct the n-point functions of plaquette variables for the U(1) gauge theory on the 2-dimensional g-tori.
[ { "created": "Thu, 18 Dec 1997 01:10:55 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 26 Feb 1998 07:23:35 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Gattringer", "C. R.", "" ], [ "Jaimungal", "S.", "" ], [ "Semenoff", "G. W.", "" ] ]
We show how to obtain the dual of any lattice model with inhomogeneous local interactions based on an arbitrary Abelian group in any dimension and on lattices with arbitrary topology. It is shown that in general the dual theory contains disorder loops on the generators of the cohomology group of a particular dimension. An explicit construction for altering the statistical sum to obtain a self-dual theory, when these obstructions exist, is also given. We discuss some applications of these results, particularly the existence of non-trivial self-dual 2-dimensional Z_N theories on the torus. In addition we explicitly construct the n-point functions of plaquette variables for the U(1) gauge theory on the 2-dimensional g-tori.
hep-th/0411140
Cliff Burgess
C.P. Burgess
Towards a Natural Theory of Dark Energy: Supersymmetric Large Extra Dimensions
33 pages
AIP Conf.Proc.743:417-449,2005
10.1063/1.1848343
null
hep-th
null
The first part of this article summarizes the evidence for Dark Energy and Dark Matter, as well as the naturalness issues which plague current theories of Dark Energy. The main point of this part is to argue why these naturalness issues should provide the central theoretical guidance for the search for a successful theory. The second part of the article describes the present status of what I regard as being the best mechanism yet proposed for addressing this issue: Six-dimensional Supergravity with submillimetre-sized Extra Dimensions (Supersymmetric Large Extra Dimensions, or SLED for short). Besides summarizing the SLED proposal itself, this section also describes the tests which this model has passed, the main criticisms which have been raised, and the remaining challenges which remain to be checked. The bottom line is that the proposal survives the tests which have been completed to date, and predicts several distinctive experimental signatures for cosmology, tests of gravity and for accelerator-based particle physics.
[ { "created": "Mon, 15 Nov 2004 13:51:12 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-07-10
[ [ "Burgess", "C. P.", "" ] ]
The first part of this article summarizes the evidence for Dark Energy and Dark Matter, as well as the naturalness issues which plague current theories of Dark Energy. The main point of this part is to argue why these naturalness issues should provide the central theoretical guidance for the search for a successful theory. The second part of the article describes the present status of what I regard as being the best mechanism yet proposed for addressing this issue: Six-dimensional Supergravity with submillimetre-sized Extra Dimensions (Supersymmetric Large Extra Dimensions, or SLED for short). Besides summarizing the SLED proposal itself, this section also describes the tests which this model has passed, the main criticisms which have been raised, and the remaining challenges which remain to be checked. The bottom line is that the proposal survives the tests which have been completed to date, and predicts several distinctive experimental signatures for cosmology, tests of gravity and for accelerator-based particle physics.
1912.04283
Marco Scalisi
Marco Scalisi
Inflation, Higher Spins and the Swampland
12 pages, 2 figures. v2: minor clarifications and refs added. PLB version
Physics Letters B 808 (2020) 135683
10.1016/j.physletb.2020.135683
null
hep-th astro-ph.CO gr-qc hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We study the implications on inflation of an infinite tower of higher-spin states with masses falling exponentially at large field distances, as dictated by the Swampland Distance Conjecture. We show that the Higuchi lower bound on the mass of the tower automatically translates into an upper bound on the inflaton excursion. Strikingly, the mere existence of all spins in the tower forbids any scalar displacement whatsoever, at arbitrarily small Hubble scales, and it turns out therefore incompatible with inflation. A certain field excursion is allowed only if the tower has a cut-off in spin. Finally, we show that this issue is circumvented in the case of a tower of string excitations precisely because of the existence of such a cut-off, which decreases fast enough in field space.
[ { "created": "Mon, 9 Dec 2019 19:00:00 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 5 Aug 2020 12:38:07 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2020-08-17
[ [ "Scalisi", "Marco", "" ] ]
We study the implications on inflation of an infinite tower of higher-spin states with masses falling exponentially at large field distances, as dictated by the Swampland Distance Conjecture. We show that the Higuchi lower bound on the mass of the tower automatically translates into an upper bound on the inflaton excursion. Strikingly, the mere existence of all spins in the tower forbids any scalar displacement whatsoever, at arbitrarily small Hubble scales, and it turns out therefore incompatible with inflation. A certain field excursion is allowed only if the tower has a cut-off in spin. Finally, we show that this issue is circumvented in the case of a tower of string excitations precisely because of the existence of such a cut-off, which decreases fast enough in field space.
1107.0973
Lotte Hollands
Lotte Hollands, Christoph A. Keller, Jaewon Song
Towards a 4d/2d correspondence for Sicilian quivers
39 pages, 11 figures
null
10.1007/JHEP10(2011)100
CALT-68-2843
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We study the 4d/2d AGT correspondence between four-dimensional instanton counting and two-dimensional conformal blocks for generalized SU(2) quiver gauge theories coming from punctured Gaiotto curves of arbitrary genus. We propose a conformal block description that corresponds to the elementary SU(2) trifundamental half-hypermultiplet, and check it against Sp(1)-SO(4) instanton counting.
[ { "created": "Tue, 5 Jul 2011 20:00:04 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-05-28
[ [ "Hollands", "Lotte", "" ], [ "Keller", "Christoph A.", "" ], [ "Song", "Jaewon", "" ] ]
We study the 4d/2d AGT correspondence between four-dimensional instanton counting and two-dimensional conformal blocks for generalized SU(2) quiver gauge theories coming from punctured Gaiotto curves of arbitrary genus. We propose a conformal block description that corresponds to the elementary SU(2) trifundamental half-hypermultiplet, and check it against Sp(1)-SO(4) instanton counting.
hep-th/0207148
Alessandro Torrielli
Alessandro Torrielli
Cutting rules and perturbative unitarity of noncommutative electric-type field theories from string theory
18 pages, no figures, version accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. D
Phys.Rev. D67 (2003) 086010
10.1103/PhysRevD.67.086010
DFPD 02/TH 18
hep-th
null
We discuss the breakdown of perturbative unitarity of noncommutative quantum field theories in electric-type background in the light of string theory. We consider the analytic structure of string loop two-point functions using a suitable off-shell continuation and then study the zero slope limit of Seiberg and Witten. In this way we pick up how the unphysical tachyonic branch cut appears in the noncommutative field theory. We briefly discuss discontinuities and cutting rules for the full string theory amplitude and relate them to the noncommutative field theoretical results, and also discuss the insight one gains into the magnetic case too.
[ { "created": "Tue, 16 Jul 2002 07:29:49 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 17 Jul 2002 10:30:41 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Tue, 23 Jul 2002 12:14:26 GMT", "version": "v3" }, { "created": "Tue, 15 Oct 2002 15:25:43 GMT", "version": "v4" }, { "created": "Mon, 18 Nov 2002 14:46:15 GMT", "version": "v5" }, { "created": "Mon, 13 Jan 2003 17:47:16 GMT", "version": "v6" }, { "created": "Wed, 9 Apr 2003 16:19:34 GMT", "version": "v7" } ]
2009-11-07
[ [ "Torrielli", "Alessandro", "" ] ]
We discuss the breakdown of perturbative unitarity of noncommutative quantum field theories in electric-type background in the light of string theory. We consider the analytic structure of string loop two-point functions using a suitable off-shell continuation and then study the zero slope limit of Seiberg and Witten. In this way we pick up how the unphysical tachyonic branch cut appears in the noncommutative field theory. We briefly discuss discontinuities and cutting rules for the full string theory amplitude and relate them to the noncommutative field theoretical results, and also discuss the insight one gains into the magnetic case too.
hep-th/0602274
Yoshinori Matsuo
Masafumi Fukuma, Hirotaka Irie and Yoshinori Matsuo
Notes on the algebraic curves in (p,q) minimal string theory
61 pages, 1 figure, section 2.5 and Appendix B added, references added, final version to appear in JHEP
JHEP0609:075,2006
10.1088/1126-6708/2006/09/075
KUNS-2010
hep-th
null
Loop amplitudes in (p,q) minimal string theory are studied in terms of the continuum string field theory based on the free fermion realization of the KP hierarchy. We derive the Schwinger-Dyson equations for FZZT disk amplitudes directly from the W_{1+\infty} constraints in the string field formulation and give explicitly the algebraic curves of disk amplitudes for general backgrounds. We further give annulus amplitudes of FZZT-FZZT, FZZT-ZZ and ZZ-ZZ branes, generalizing our previous D-instanton calculus from the minimal unitary series (p,p+1) to general (p,q) series. We also give a detailed explanation on the equivalence between the Douglas equation and the string field theory based on the KP hierarchy under the W_{1+\infty} constraints.
[ { "created": "Mon, 27 Feb 2006 19:21:31 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 23 Mar 2006 17:31:36 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Mon, 6 Nov 2006 19:31:31 GMT", "version": "v3" }, { "created": "Mon, 13 Nov 2006 13:10:25 GMT", "version": "v4" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Fukuma", "Masafumi", "" ], [ "Irie", "Hirotaka", "" ], [ "Matsuo", "Yoshinori", "" ] ]
Loop amplitudes in (p,q) minimal string theory are studied in terms of the continuum string field theory based on the free fermion realization of the KP hierarchy. We derive the Schwinger-Dyson equations for FZZT disk amplitudes directly from the W_{1+\infty} constraints in the string field formulation and give explicitly the algebraic curves of disk amplitudes for general backgrounds. We further give annulus amplitudes of FZZT-FZZT, FZZT-ZZ and ZZ-ZZ branes, generalizing our previous D-instanton calculus from the minimal unitary series (p,p+1) to general (p,q) series. We also give a detailed explanation on the equivalence between the Douglas equation and the string field theory based on the KP hierarchy under the W_{1+\infty} constraints.
1903.06189
Pablo Pais
Stephen L. Adler and Pablo Pais
Chiral Anomaly Calculation in the Extended Coupled Rarita-Schwinger Mode
18 pages, 2 figures
Phys. Rev. D 99, 095037 (2019)
10.1103/PhysRevD.99.095037
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We recalculate the chiral anomaly in the Abelian gauge model in which a spin-$\frac{1}{2}$ field is directly coupled to a Rarita-Schwinger spin-$\frac{3}{2}$ field, using the extended theory in which there is an exact fermionic gauge invariance. Since the standard gauge fixing and ghost analysis applies to this theory, the ghost contribution to the chiral anomaly is $-1$ times the standard chiral anomaly for spin-$\frac{1}{2}$. Calculation of the fermion loop Feynman diagrams contributing to the coupled model anomaly gives a result of $6$ times the standard anomaly, so the total anomaly is $5$ times the standard anomaly. This agrees with the result obtained from the unextended model taking the ghost contribution there as $0$, corresponding to a non-propagating ghost arising from exponentiating the second class constraint determinant, together with the fermion loop anomaly contribution in the unextended model of $5$ times the standard anomaly.
[ { "created": "Thu, 14 Mar 2019 18:02:32 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 1 Apr 2019 15:14:06 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2019-06-05
[ [ "Adler", "Stephen L.", "" ], [ "Pais", "Pablo", "" ] ]
We recalculate the chiral anomaly in the Abelian gauge model in which a spin-$\frac{1}{2}$ field is directly coupled to a Rarita-Schwinger spin-$\frac{3}{2}$ field, using the extended theory in which there is an exact fermionic gauge invariance. Since the standard gauge fixing and ghost analysis applies to this theory, the ghost contribution to the chiral anomaly is $-1$ times the standard chiral anomaly for spin-$\frac{1}{2}$. Calculation of the fermion loop Feynman diagrams contributing to the coupled model anomaly gives a result of $6$ times the standard anomaly, so the total anomaly is $5$ times the standard anomaly. This agrees with the result obtained from the unextended model taking the ghost contribution there as $0$, corresponding to a non-propagating ghost arising from exponentiating the second class constraint determinant, together with the fermion loop anomaly contribution in the unextended model of $5$ times the standard anomaly.
1502.02564
A. Yu. Petrov
D. Bazeia, A. Lobao, L. Losano, R. Menezes, A. Yu. Petrov
Note on the Gauss-Bonnet braneworld scenario
13 pages, to appear in PRD
Phys. Rev. D 92, 064010 (2015)
10.1103/PhysRevD.92.064010
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In this work we deal with the presence of braneworld solutions in a five-dimensional space-time with a single extra spatial dimension of infinite extent. The braneworld scenario is built under the presence of a single real scalar field, and we modify the gravity sector to include generic function of the Gauss-Bonnet term. We study several specific models, and we construct exact braneworld solutions, in particular for including the Gauss-Bonnet term at first and second order power. As an interesting result, we show that the brane tends to split for a specific modification in the gravity sector, in the presence of non constant Gauss-Bonnet term.
[ { "created": "Mon, 9 Feb 2015 17:00:28 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 25 Aug 2015 11:48:29 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2015-09-16
[ [ "Bazeia", "D.", "" ], [ "Lobao", "A.", "" ], [ "Losano", "L.", "" ], [ "Menezes", "R.", "" ], [ "Petrov", "A. Yu.", "" ] ]
In this work we deal with the presence of braneworld solutions in a five-dimensional space-time with a single extra spatial dimension of infinite extent. The braneworld scenario is built under the presence of a single real scalar field, and we modify the gravity sector to include generic function of the Gauss-Bonnet term. We study several specific models, and we construct exact braneworld solutions, in particular for including the Gauss-Bonnet term at first and second order power. As an interesting result, we show that the brane tends to split for a specific modification in the gravity sector, in the presence of non constant Gauss-Bonnet term.
1107.5788
Vyacheslav P. Spiridonov
V. P. Spiridonov, G. S. Vartanov
Elliptic hypergeometry of supersymmetric dualities II. Orthogonal groups, knots, and vortices
Latex, 58 pages; paper shortened, to appear in Commun. Math. Phys
Commun. Math. Phys. 325 (2014), 421-486
10.1007/s00220-013-1861-4
AEI-2011-049
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We consider Seiberg electric-magnetic dualities for 4d $\mathcal{N}=1$ SYM theories with SO(N) gauge group. For all such known theories we construct superconformal indices (SCIs) in terms of elliptic hypergeometric integrals. Equalities of these indices for dual theories lead both to proven earlier special function identities and new conjectural relations for integrals. In particular, we describe a number of new elliptic beta integrals associated with the s-confining theories with the spinor matter fields. Reductions of some dualities from SP(2N) to SO(2N) or SO(2N+1) gauge groups are described. Interrelation of SCIs and the Witten anomaly is briefly discussed. Possible applications of the elliptic hypergeometric integrals to a two-parameter deformation of 2d conformal field theory and related matrix models are indicated. Connections of the reduced SCIs with the state integrals of the knot theory, generalized AGT duality for (3+3)d theories, and a 2d vortex partition function are described.
[ { "created": "Thu, 28 Jul 2011 18:48:33 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:01:40 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Mon, 27 May 2013 16:01:13 GMT", "version": "v3" }, { "created": "Tue, 28 May 2013 10:27:19 GMT", "version": "v4" } ]
2015-05-30
[ [ "Spiridonov", "V. P.", "" ], [ "Vartanov", "G. S.", "" ] ]
We consider Seiberg electric-magnetic dualities for 4d $\mathcal{N}=1$ SYM theories with SO(N) gauge group. For all such known theories we construct superconformal indices (SCIs) in terms of elliptic hypergeometric integrals. Equalities of these indices for dual theories lead both to proven earlier special function identities and new conjectural relations for integrals. In particular, we describe a number of new elliptic beta integrals associated with the s-confining theories with the spinor matter fields. Reductions of some dualities from SP(2N) to SO(2N) or SO(2N+1) gauge groups are described. Interrelation of SCIs and the Witten anomaly is briefly discussed. Possible applications of the elliptic hypergeometric integrals to a two-parameter deformation of 2d conformal field theory and related matrix models are indicated. Connections of the reduced SCIs with the state integrals of the knot theory, generalized AGT duality for (3+3)d theories, and a 2d vortex partition function are described.
1112.6216
Franz Himpsel
F. J. Himpsel
Quantum Electrodynamics with Anharmonic Waves
22 pages, 7 figures
null
null
null
hep-th quant-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
This is the second step of a program to use anharmonic plane waves as basis set in non-perturbative quantum field theory. The general framework developed previously is applied to quantum electrodynamics. To test the compatibility with standard quantum electrodynamics, the Feynman rules are generalized to anharmonic waves by expanding the field operators into anharmonic plane waves. A sum rule for the Fourier coefficients of anharmonic waves ensures that the generalized Feynman rules are equivalent to the standard rules after summing over all harmonics. It is possible to construct diagrams for the generation of harmonics. They are of O(alpha^2) for photons and of O(alpha) for electrons. To tackle intrinsically non-perturbative phenomena it is proposed to insert anharmonic field operators into the Dyson-Schwinger equations while retaining only the lowest harmonics.
[ { "created": "Thu, 29 Dec 2011 02:08:49 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2011-12-30
[ [ "Himpsel", "F. J.", "" ] ]
This is the second step of a program to use anharmonic plane waves as basis set in non-perturbative quantum field theory. The general framework developed previously is applied to quantum electrodynamics. To test the compatibility with standard quantum electrodynamics, the Feynman rules are generalized to anharmonic waves by expanding the field operators into anharmonic plane waves. A sum rule for the Fourier coefficients of anharmonic waves ensures that the generalized Feynman rules are equivalent to the standard rules after summing over all harmonics. It is possible to construct diagrams for the generation of harmonics. They are of O(alpha^2) for photons and of O(alpha) for electrons. To tackle intrinsically non-perturbative phenomena it is proposed to insert anharmonic field operators into the Dyson-Schwinger equations while retaining only the lowest harmonics.
hep-th/0608174
Daniel Cremades
Daniel Cremades, Ernesto Lozano-Tellechea
Holography, The Second Law and a C-Function in Higher Curvature Gravity
28 pages. v4: Published version with minor changes
JHEP 0701:045,2007
10.1088/1126-6708/2007/01/045
DAMTP-2006-66. WIS/12/06-AG-DPP
hep-th gr-qc
null
We analyze the Second Law of black hole mechanics and the generalization of the holographic bound for general theories of gravity. We argue that both the possibility of defining a holographic bound and the existence of a Second Law seem to imply each other via the existence of a certain "c-function" (i.e. a never-decreasing function along outgoing null geodesic flow). We are able to define such a "c-function", that we call \tilde{C}, for general theories of gravity. It has the nontrivial property of being well defined on general spacelike surfaces, rather than just on a spatial cross-section of a black hole horizon. We argue that \tilde{C} is a suitable generalization of the notion of "area" in any extension of the holographic bound for general theories of gravity. Such a function is provided by an algorithm which is similar (although not identical) to that used by Iyer and Wald to define the entropy of a dynamical black hole. In a class of higher curvature gravity theories that we analyze in detail, we are able to prove the monotonicity of \tilde{C} if several physical requirements are satisfied. Apart from the usual ones, these include the cancellation of ghosts in the spectrum of the gravitational Lagrangian. Finally, we point out that our \tilde{C}-function, when evaluated on a black hole horizon, constitutes by itself an alternative candidate for defining the entropy of a dynamical black hole.
[ { "created": "Thu, 24 Aug 2006 19:08:27 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 24 Aug 2006 22:40:08 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Wed, 6 Sep 2006 18:17:45 GMT", "version": "v3" }, { "created": "Wed, 10 Jan 2007 18:05:42 GMT", "version": "v4" } ]
2010-10-27
[ [ "Cremades", "Daniel", "" ], [ "Lozano-Tellechea", "Ernesto", "" ] ]
We analyze the Second Law of black hole mechanics and the generalization of the holographic bound for general theories of gravity. We argue that both the possibility of defining a holographic bound and the existence of a Second Law seem to imply each other via the existence of a certain "c-function" (i.e. a never-decreasing function along outgoing null geodesic flow). We are able to define such a "c-function", that we call \tilde{C}, for general theories of gravity. It has the nontrivial property of being well defined on general spacelike surfaces, rather than just on a spatial cross-section of a black hole horizon. We argue that \tilde{C} is a suitable generalization of the notion of "area" in any extension of the holographic bound for general theories of gravity. Such a function is provided by an algorithm which is similar (although not identical) to that used by Iyer and Wald to define the entropy of a dynamical black hole. In a class of higher curvature gravity theories that we analyze in detail, we are able to prove the monotonicity of \tilde{C} if several physical requirements are satisfied. Apart from the usual ones, these include the cancellation of ghosts in the spectrum of the gravitational Lagrangian. Finally, we point out that our \tilde{C}-function, when evaluated on a black hole horizon, constitutes by itself an alternative candidate for defining the entropy of a dynamical black hole.
hep-th/9708043
null
S. Bronoff, G.Dvali, K. Farakos and C.P. Korthals Altes
Wilson line in high temperature particle physics
Talk given at Eotvos Conference in Science: Strong and Electroweak Matter (SEWM 97), Eger, Hungary, 21-25 May 1997, 21 pages including figures, revised version, LaTeX, uses epsfig and sprocl
null
null
null
hep-th
null
The physics of the Wilson line leads to new developments in high temperature particle physics. The main tool is the effective action for a given fixed value of the phase of the Wilson line. It furnishes a gauge invariant infrared cut off, and yields for small values of the phases a systematic procedure for obtaining a power series in the coupling g and glog(1/g). It breaks the centergroup symmetry of the gauge group only at high temperature so leads to domain walls disappearing at low temperatures. It shows long lived metastable states in the standard model, SU(5), SO(10) and its SUSY partners, with possibilities for CP violation and thermal inflation.
[ { "created": "Thu, 7 Aug 1997 17:05:32 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 15 Aug 1997 17:16:27 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-09-25
[ [ "Bronoff", "S.", "" ], [ "Dvali", "G.", "" ], [ "Farakos", "K.", "" ], [ "Altes", "C. P. Korthals", "" ] ]
The physics of the Wilson line leads to new developments in high temperature particle physics. The main tool is the effective action for a given fixed value of the phase of the Wilson line. It furnishes a gauge invariant infrared cut off, and yields for small values of the phases a systematic procedure for obtaining a power series in the coupling g and glog(1/g). It breaks the centergroup symmetry of the gauge group only at high temperature so leads to domain walls disappearing at low temperatures. It shows long lived metastable states in the standard model, SU(5), SO(10) and its SUSY partners, with possibilities for CP violation and thermal inflation.
2106.16248
Juven C. Wang
Juven Wang, Yi-Zhuang You
Gauge Enhanced Quantum Criticality Beyond the Standard Model
65 pages. Primers: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ultra+unification+quantum+crticiality+deformation+standard+model. Dedicate to Subir Sachdev (60), Xiao-Gang Wen (60), Edward Witten (70), Shing-Tung Yau (72). v3: Add more figures, motivations, comments on proton decay, non-perturbative effects on perturbatively irrelevant deformations. Sequel: arXiv:2111.10369, arXiv:2112.14765
Phys. Rev. D 106, 025013 (2022)
10.1103/PhysRevD.106.025013
null
hep-th cond-mat.str-el hep-lat hep-ph
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Standard lore views our 4d quantum vacuum governed by one of the candidate Standard Models (SMs), while lifting towards some Grand Unification-like structure (GUT) at higher energy scales. In contrast, in our work, we introduce an alternative view that the SM arises from various neighbor vacua competition in a quantum phase diagram. In general, we regard the SM arising near the gapless quantum criticality (either critical points or critical regions) between the competing neighbor vacua. In particular, we demonstrate how the $su(3)\times su(2)\times u(1)$ SM with 16n Weyl fermions arises near the quantum criticality between the GUT competition of Georgi-Glashow (GG) $su(5)$ and Pati-Salam (PS) $su(4)\times su(2)\times su(2)$. We propose two enveloping toy models. Model I is a conventional $so(10)$ GUT with a Spin(10) gauge group plus GUT-Higgs potential inducing various Higgs transitions. Model II modifies Model I plus a 4d discrete torsion Wess-Zumino-Witten-like term built from GUT-Higgs field (that matches a nonperturbative global mixed gauge-gravity anomaly captured by a 5d invertible topological field theory $w_2w_3$), which manifests a Beyond-Landau-Ginzburg criticality between GG and PS models, with extra Beyond-the-Standard-Model (BSM) excitations emerging near a quantum critical region. If the internal symmetries were treated as global symmetries, we show a gapless 4d deconfined quantum criticality with new BSM fractionalized fragmentary excitations of Color-Flavor separation, and gauge enhancement including a Dark Gauge force sector, altogether requiring a double fermionic Spin structure named DSpin. If the internal symmetries are dynamically gauged, we show a 4d boundary criticality such that only appropriately gauge enhanced dynamical GUT gauge fields propagate into an extra-dimensional 5d bulk. The phenomena may be regarded as SM deformation or morphogenesis.
[ { "created": "Wed, 30 Jun 2021 17:59:55 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 29 Oct 2021 14:00:01 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Tue, 22 Feb 2022 22:22:22 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2022-07-22
[ [ "Wang", "Juven", "" ], [ "You", "Yi-Zhuang", "" ] ]
Standard lore views our 4d quantum vacuum governed by one of the candidate Standard Models (SMs), while lifting towards some Grand Unification-like structure (GUT) at higher energy scales. In contrast, in our work, we introduce an alternative view that the SM arises from various neighbor vacua competition in a quantum phase diagram. In general, we regard the SM arising near the gapless quantum criticality (either critical points or critical regions) between the competing neighbor vacua. In particular, we demonstrate how the $su(3)\times su(2)\times u(1)$ SM with 16n Weyl fermions arises near the quantum criticality between the GUT competition of Georgi-Glashow (GG) $su(5)$ and Pati-Salam (PS) $su(4)\times su(2)\times su(2)$. We propose two enveloping toy models. Model I is a conventional $so(10)$ GUT with a Spin(10) gauge group plus GUT-Higgs potential inducing various Higgs transitions. Model II modifies Model I plus a 4d discrete torsion Wess-Zumino-Witten-like term built from GUT-Higgs field (that matches a nonperturbative global mixed gauge-gravity anomaly captured by a 5d invertible topological field theory $w_2w_3$), which manifests a Beyond-Landau-Ginzburg criticality between GG and PS models, with extra Beyond-the-Standard-Model (BSM) excitations emerging near a quantum critical region. If the internal symmetries were treated as global symmetries, we show a gapless 4d deconfined quantum criticality with new BSM fractionalized fragmentary excitations of Color-Flavor separation, and gauge enhancement including a Dark Gauge force sector, altogether requiring a double fermionic Spin structure named DSpin. If the internal symmetries are dynamically gauged, we show a 4d boundary criticality such that only appropriately gauge enhanced dynamical GUT gauge fields propagate into an extra-dimensional 5d bulk. The phenomena may be regarded as SM deformation or morphogenesis.
hep-th/9707148
Keith Dienes
Julie D. Blum and Keith R. Dienes (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton)
Duality without Supersymmetry: The Case of the SO(16)xSO(16) String
15 pages, LaTeX, 3 figures
Phys.Lett.B414:260-268,1997
10.1016/S0370-2693(97)01172-6
IASSNS-HEP-97/67 (July 1997)
hep-th hep-ph
null
We extend strong/weak coupling duality to string theories without spacetime supersymmetry, and focus on the case of the unique ten-dimensional, nonsupersymmetric, tachyon-free $SO(16)\times SO(16)$ heterotic string. We construct a tachyon-free heterotic string model that interpolates smoothly between this string and the ten-dimensional supersymmetric $SO(32)$ heterotic string, and we construct a dual for this interpolating model. We find that the perturbative massless states of our dual theories precisely match within a certain range of the interpolation. Further evidence for this proposed duality comes from a calculation of the one-loop cosmological constant in both theories, as well as the presence of a soliton in the dual theory. This is therefore the first known duality relation between nonsupersymmetric tachyon-free string theories. Using this duality, we then investigate the perturbative and nonperturbative stability of the $SO(16)\times SO(16)$ string, and present a conjecture concerning its ultimate fate.
[ { "created": "Wed, 16 Jul 1997 23:32:23 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-08-18
[ [ "Blum", "Julie D.", "", "Institute for Advanced Study,\n Princeton" ], [ "Dienes", "Keith R.", "", "Institute for Advanced Study,\n Princeton" ] ]
We extend strong/weak coupling duality to string theories without spacetime supersymmetry, and focus on the case of the unique ten-dimensional, nonsupersymmetric, tachyon-free $SO(16)\times SO(16)$ heterotic string. We construct a tachyon-free heterotic string model that interpolates smoothly between this string and the ten-dimensional supersymmetric $SO(32)$ heterotic string, and we construct a dual for this interpolating model. We find that the perturbative massless states of our dual theories precisely match within a certain range of the interpolation. Further evidence for this proposed duality comes from a calculation of the one-loop cosmological constant in both theories, as well as the presence of a soliton in the dual theory. This is therefore the first known duality relation between nonsupersymmetric tachyon-free string theories. Using this duality, we then investigate the perturbative and nonperturbative stability of the $SO(16)\times SO(16)$ string, and present a conjecture concerning its ultimate fate.
hep-th/0103178
Pierre Mathieu
P. Desrosiers, L. Lapointe and P. Mathieu
Supersymmetric Calogero-Moser-Sutherland models and Jack superpolynomials
Minor corrections in tables; 30 pages
Nucl.Phys. B606 (2001) 547-582
10.1016/S0550-3213(01)00208-5
null
hep-th cond-mat math-ph math.MP math.QA nlin.SI
null
A new generalization of the Jack polynomials that incorporates fermionic variables is presented. These Jack superpolynomials are constructed as those eigenfunctions of the supersymmetric extension of the trigonometric Calogero-Moser-Sutherland (CMS) model that decomposes triangularly in terms of the symmetric monomial superfunctions. Many explicit examples are displayed. Furthermore, various new results have been obtained for the supersymmetric version of the CMS models: the Lax formulation, the construction of the Dunkl operators and the explicit expressions for the conserved charges. The reformulation of the models in terms of the exchange-operator formalism is a crucial aspect of our analysis.
[ { "created": "Wed, 21 Mar 2001 19:02:11 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 13 May 2003 18:09:50 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-11-07
[ [ "Desrosiers", "P.", "" ], [ "Lapointe", "L.", "" ], [ "Mathieu", "P.", "" ] ]
A new generalization of the Jack polynomials that incorporates fermionic variables is presented. These Jack superpolynomials are constructed as those eigenfunctions of the supersymmetric extension of the trigonometric Calogero-Moser-Sutherland (CMS) model that decomposes triangularly in terms of the symmetric monomial superfunctions. Many explicit examples are displayed. Furthermore, various new results have been obtained for the supersymmetric version of the CMS models: the Lax formulation, the construction of the Dunkl operators and the explicit expressions for the conserved charges. The reformulation of the models in terms of the exchange-operator formalism is a crucial aspect of our analysis.
1007.4075
Jan Rosseel
Eric A. Bergshoeff, Olaf Hohm, Jan Rosseel, Paul K. Townsend
On Maximal Massive 3D Supergravity
33 pages
Class.Quant.Grav.27:235012,2010
10.1088/0264-9381/27/23/235012
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We construct, at the linearized level, the three-dimensional (3D) N = 4 supersymmetric "general massive supergravity" and the maximally supersymmetric N = 8 "new massive supergravity". We also construct the maximally supersymmetric linearized N = 7 topologically massive supergravity, although we expect N = 6 to be maximal at the non-linear level.
[ { "created": "Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:02:35 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2011-03-28
[ [ "Bergshoeff", "Eric A.", "" ], [ "Hohm", "Olaf", "" ], [ "Rosseel", "Jan", "" ], [ "Townsend", "Paul K.", "" ] ]
We construct, at the linearized level, the three-dimensional (3D) N = 4 supersymmetric "general massive supergravity" and the maximally supersymmetric N = 8 "new massive supergravity". We also construct the maximally supersymmetric linearized N = 7 topologically massive supergravity, although we expect N = 6 to be maximal at the non-linear level.
2103.05626
Ronaldo Thibes
Vipul Kumar Pandey and Ronaldo Thibes
BFFT Nonlinear Constraints Abelianization of a Prototypical Second-Class System
null
null
null
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We apply the BFFT formalism to a prototypical second-class system, aiming to convert its constraints from second- to first-class. The proposed system admits a consistent initial set of second-class constraints and an open potential function providing room for applications to mechanical models as well as field theory such as the non-linear sigma model. The constraints can be arbitralily non-linear, broadly generalizing previously known cases. We obtain a sufficient condition for which a simple closed expression for the Abelian converted constraints and modified involutive Hamiltonian can be achieved. As explicit examples, we discuss a particle on a torus and a spontaneous Lorentz symmetry breaking vector model, obtaining in both situations the full first-class abelianized constraints in closed form and the corresponding involutive Hamiltonian.
[ { "created": "Tue, 9 Mar 2021 18:53:57 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2021-03-10
[ [ "Pandey", "Vipul Kumar", "" ], [ "Thibes", "Ronaldo", "" ] ]
We apply the BFFT formalism to a prototypical second-class system, aiming to convert its constraints from second- to first-class. The proposed system admits a consistent initial set of second-class constraints and an open potential function providing room for applications to mechanical models as well as field theory such as the non-linear sigma model. The constraints can be arbitralily non-linear, broadly generalizing previously known cases. We obtain a sufficient condition for which a simple closed expression for the Abelian converted constraints and modified involutive Hamiltonian can be achieved. As explicit examples, we discuss a particle on a torus and a spontaneous Lorentz symmetry breaking vector model, obtaining in both situations the full first-class abelianized constraints in closed form and the corresponding involutive Hamiltonian.
hep-th/9904191
Hirosi Ooguri
Nadav Drukker, David J. Gross, and Hirosi Ooguri
Wilson Loops and Minimal Surfaces
51 pages, 7 figures
Phys.Rev.D60:125006,1999
10.1103/PhysRevD.60.125006
UCB-PTH-99/11, LBNL-43079, NSF-ITP-99-22
hep-th
null
The AdS/CFT correspondence suggests that the Wilson loop of the large N gauge theory with N=4 supersymmetry in 4 dimensions is described by a minimal surface in AdS_5 x S^5. We examine various aspects of this proposal, comparing gauge theory expectations with computations of minimal surfaces. There is a distinguished class of loops, which we call BPS loops, whose expectation values are free from ultra-violet divergence. We formulate the loop equation for such loops. To the extent that we have checked, the minimal surface in AdS_5 x S^5 gives a solution of the equation. We also discuss the zig-zag symmetry of the loop operator. In the N=4 gauge theory, we expect the zig-zag symmetry to hold when the loop does not couple the scalar fields in the supermultiplet. We will show how this is realized for the minimal surface.
[ { "created": "Tue, 27 Apr 1999 19:24:34 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-09-17
[ [ "Drukker", "Nadav", "" ], [ "Gross", "David J.", "" ], [ "Ooguri", "Hirosi", "" ] ]
The AdS/CFT correspondence suggests that the Wilson loop of the large N gauge theory with N=4 supersymmetry in 4 dimensions is described by a minimal surface in AdS_5 x S^5. We examine various aspects of this proposal, comparing gauge theory expectations with computations of minimal surfaces. There is a distinguished class of loops, which we call BPS loops, whose expectation values are free from ultra-violet divergence. We formulate the loop equation for such loops. To the extent that we have checked, the minimal surface in AdS_5 x S^5 gives a solution of the equation. We also discuss the zig-zag symmetry of the loop operator. In the N=4 gauge theory, we expect the zig-zag symmetry to hold when the loop does not couple the scalar fields in the supermultiplet. We will show how this is realized for the minimal surface.
2408.01485
Temple He
Temple He, Ana-Maria Raclariu, Kathryn M. Zurek
An Infrared On-Shell Action and its Implications for Soft Charge Fluctuations in Asymptotically Flat Spacetimes
38 pages
null
null
CALT-TH 2024-028
hep-th gr-qc hep-ph
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
We study the infrared on-shell action of Einstein gravity in asymptotically flat spacetimes, obtaining an effective, gauge-invariant boundary action for memory and shockwave spacetimes. We show that the phase space is in both cases parameterized by the leading soft variables in asymptotically flat spacetimes, thereby extending the equivalence between shockwave and soft commutators to spacetimes with non-vanishing Bondi mass. We then demonstrate that our on-shell action is equal to three quantities studied separately in the literature: $(i)$ the soft supertranslation charge; $(ii)$ the shockwave effective action, or equivalently the modular Hamiltonian; and $(iii)$ the soft effective action. Finally, we compute the quantum fluctuations in the soft supertranslation charge and, assuming the supertranslation parameter may be promoted to an operator, we obtain an area law, consistent with earlier results showing that the modular Hamiltonian has such fluctuations.
[ { "created": "Fri, 2 Aug 2024 18:00:00 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2024-08-06
[ [ "He", "Temple", "" ], [ "Raclariu", "Ana-Maria", "" ], [ "Zurek", "Kathryn M.", "" ] ]
We study the infrared on-shell action of Einstein gravity in asymptotically flat spacetimes, obtaining an effective, gauge-invariant boundary action for memory and shockwave spacetimes. We show that the phase space is in both cases parameterized by the leading soft variables in asymptotically flat spacetimes, thereby extending the equivalence between shockwave and soft commutators to spacetimes with non-vanishing Bondi mass. We then demonstrate that our on-shell action is equal to three quantities studied separately in the literature: $(i)$ the soft supertranslation charge; $(ii)$ the shockwave effective action, or equivalently the modular Hamiltonian; and $(iii)$ the soft effective action. Finally, we compute the quantum fluctuations in the soft supertranslation charge and, assuming the supertranslation parameter may be promoted to an operator, we obtain an area law, consistent with earlier results showing that the modular Hamiltonian has such fluctuations.
1102.0074
Yan-Gang Miao
Yan-Gang Miao, Zhao Xue, Shao-Jun Zhang
Quantum tunneling and spectroscopy of noncommutative inspired Kerr black hole
14 pages, no figures; v2: clarifications and references added; v3: 15 pages, clarifications and references added; v4: minor corrections, final version to appear in Int. J. Mod. Phys. D
Int. J. Mod. Phys. D 21 (2012) 1250018
10.1142/S0218271812500186
CAS-KITPC/ITP-279
hep-th gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We discuss the thermodynamics of the noncommutative inspired Kerr black hole by means of a reformulated Hamilton-Jacobi method and a dimensional reduction technique. In order to investigate the effect of the angular momentum of the tunneling particle, we calculate the wave function to the first order of the WKB ansatz. Then, using a density matrix technique we derive the radiation spectrum from which the radiation temperature can be read out. Our results show that the radiation of this noncommutative inspired black hole corresponds to a modified temperature which involves the effect of noncommutativity. However, the angular momentum of the tunneling particle has no influence on the radiation temperature. Moreover, we analyze the entropy spectrum and verify that its quantization is modified neither by the noncommutativity of spacetime nor by the quantum correction of wave functions.
[ { "created": "Tue, 1 Feb 2011 04:10:44 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:14:44 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:22:05 GMT", "version": "v3" }, { "created": "Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:18:57 GMT", "version": "v4" } ]
2012-03-02
[ [ "Miao", "Yan-Gang", "" ], [ "Xue", "Zhao", "" ], [ "Zhang", "Shao-Jun", "" ] ]
We discuss the thermodynamics of the noncommutative inspired Kerr black hole by means of a reformulated Hamilton-Jacobi method and a dimensional reduction technique. In order to investigate the effect of the angular momentum of the tunneling particle, we calculate the wave function to the first order of the WKB ansatz. Then, using a density matrix technique we derive the radiation spectrum from which the radiation temperature can be read out. Our results show that the radiation of this noncommutative inspired black hole corresponds to a modified temperature which involves the effect of noncommutativity. However, the angular momentum of the tunneling particle has no influence on the radiation temperature. Moreover, we analyze the entropy spectrum and verify that its quantization is modified neither by the noncommutativity of spacetime nor by the quantum correction of wave functions.
hep-th/0703204
Cesar Fosco
C. D. Fosco, A. P. C. Malbouisson and I. Roditi
A new path integral representation for the thermal partition function
16 pages, no figures
null
null
null
hep-th
null
The boundary conditions corresponding to the Matsubara formalism for the $T > 0$ partition function may be introduced as {\em constraints} in the path integral for the vacuum amplitude. We implement those constraints with time-independent Lagrange multipliers and, by integrating out the original fields, we obtain an alternative representation for the partition function, in terms of the Lagrange multipliers as dynamical fields. The resulting functional integral has the appealing property of involving only $d$-dimensional, {\em time independent} fields, and looks like a nonlocal version of the classical partition function. We develop this formalism within the context of the scalar and Dirac fields.
[ { "created": "Fri, 23 Mar 2007 01:28:46 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Fosco", "C. D.", "" ], [ "Malbouisson", "A. P. C.", "" ], [ "Roditi", "I.", "" ] ]
The boundary conditions corresponding to the Matsubara formalism for the $T > 0$ partition function may be introduced as {\em constraints} in the path integral for the vacuum amplitude. We implement those constraints with time-independent Lagrange multipliers and, by integrating out the original fields, we obtain an alternative representation for the partition function, in terms of the Lagrange multipliers as dynamical fields. The resulting functional integral has the appealing property of involving only $d$-dimensional, {\em time independent} fields, and looks like a nonlocal version of the classical partition function. We develop this formalism within the context of the scalar and Dirac fields.
1001.0222
Shoichi Ichinose
Shoichi Ichinose
Casimir Energy of the Universe and New Regularization of Higher Dimensional Quantum Field Theories
13 paes, 8 figures, proceedings of 1st Mediterranean Conf. on CQG
J.Phys.Conf.Ser.222:012048,2010
10.1088/1742-6596/222/1/012048
US-10-01
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Casimir energy is calculated for the 5D electromagnetism and 5D scalar theory in the {\it warped} geometry. It is compared with the flat case. A new regularization, called {\it sphere lattice regularization}, is taken. In the integration over the 5D space, we introduce two boundary curves (IR-surface and UV-surface) based on the {\it minimal area principle}. It is a {\it direct} realization of the geometrical approach to the {\it renormalization group}. The regularized configuration is {\it closed-string like}. We do {\it not} take the KK-expansion approach. Instead, the position/momentum propagator is exploited, combined with the {\it heat-kernel method}. All expressions are closed-form (not KK-expanded form). The {\it generalized} P/M propagators are introduced. We numerically evaluate $\La$(4D UV-cutoff), $\om$(5D bulk curvature, warp parameter) and $T$(extra space IR parameter) dependence of the Casimir energy. We present two {\it new ideas} in order to define the 5D QFT: 1) the summation (integral) region over the 5D space is {\it restricted} by two minimal surfaces (IR-surface, UV-surface) ; or 2) we introduce a {\it weight function} and require the dominant contribution, in the summation, is given by the {\it minimal surface}. Based on these, 5D Casimir energy is {\it finitely} obtained after the {\it proper renormalization procedure.} The {\it warp parameter} $\om$ suffers from the {\it renormalization effect}. The IR parameter $T$ does not. We examine the meaning of the weight function and finally reach a {\it new definition} of the Casimir energy where {\it the 4D momenta(or coordinates) are quantized} with the extra coordinate as the Euclidean time (inverse temperature). We examine the cosmological constant problem and present an answer at the end. Dirac's large number naturally appears.
[ { "created": "Fri, 1 Jan 2010 10:35:18 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2014-11-20
[ [ "Ichinose", "Shoichi", "" ] ]
Casimir energy is calculated for the 5D electromagnetism and 5D scalar theory in the {\it warped} geometry. It is compared with the flat case. A new regularization, called {\it sphere lattice regularization}, is taken. In the integration over the 5D space, we introduce two boundary curves (IR-surface and UV-surface) based on the {\it minimal area principle}. It is a {\it direct} realization of the geometrical approach to the {\it renormalization group}. The regularized configuration is {\it closed-string like}. We do {\it not} take the KK-expansion approach. Instead, the position/momentum propagator is exploited, combined with the {\it heat-kernel method}. All expressions are closed-form (not KK-expanded form). The {\it generalized} P/M propagators are introduced. We numerically evaluate $\La$(4D UV-cutoff), $\om$(5D bulk curvature, warp parameter) and $T$(extra space IR parameter) dependence of the Casimir energy. We present two {\it new ideas} in order to define the 5D QFT: 1) the summation (integral) region over the 5D space is {\it restricted} by two minimal surfaces (IR-surface, UV-surface) ; or 2) we introduce a {\it weight function} and require the dominant contribution, in the summation, is given by the {\it minimal surface}. Based on these, 5D Casimir energy is {\it finitely} obtained after the {\it proper renormalization procedure.} The {\it warp parameter} $\om$ suffers from the {\it renormalization effect}. The IR parameter $T$ does not. We examine the meaning of the weight function and finally reach a {\it new definition} of the Casimir energy where {\it the 4D momenta(or coordinates) are quantized} with the extra coordinate as the Euclidean time (inverse temperature). We examine the cosmological constant problem and present an answer at the end. Dirac's large number naturally appears.
1303.4534
Moritz McGarrie
Moritz McGarrie
5D Maximally Supersymmetric Yang-Mills in 4D Superspace: Applications
21pages, no figures
JHEP 1304 (2013) 161
10.1007/JHEP04(2013)161
DESY 13-048
hep-th hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We reformulate 5D maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills in 4D Superspace, for a manifold with boundaries. We emphasise certain features and conventions necessary to allow for supersymmetric model building applications. Finally we apply the holographic interpretation of a slice of AdS and show how to generate Dirac soft masses between external source fields, as well as kinetic mixing, as a boundary effective action.
[ { "created": "Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:12:57 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 15 Jul 2013 10:53:53 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2013-07-16
[ [ "McGarrie", "Moritz", "" ] ]
We reformulate 5D maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills in 4D Superspace, for a manifold with boundaries. We emphasise certain features and conventions necessary to allow for supersymmetric model building applications. Finally we apply the holographic interpretation of a slice of AdS and show how to generate Dirac soft masses between external source fields, as well as kinetic mixing, as a boundary effective action.
hep-th/9112073
Toshiya Kawai
Toshiya Kawai, Taku Uchino and Sun-Kil Yang
Higher-Rank Supersymmetry and Topological Field Theory
10 pages
Prog.Theor.Phys.Suppl.110:1-8,1992
10.1143/PTPS.110.1
null
hep-th
null
The $N=2$ minimal superconformal model can be twisted yielding an example of topological conformal field theory. In this article we investigate a Lie theoretic extension of this process.
[ { "created": "Wed, 25 Dec 1991 06:52:17 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-06-26
[ [ "Kawai", "Toshiya", "" ], [ "Uchino", "Taku", "" ], [ "Yang", "Sun-Kil", "" ] ]
The $N=2$ minimal superconformal model can be twisted yielding an example of topological conformal field theory. In this article we investigate a Lie theoretic extension of this process.
1904.10200
Marika Taylor
Joan Garcia i Tormo and Marika Taylor
One point functions for black hole microstates
74 pages
null
null
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We compute one point functions of chiral primary operators in the D1-D5 orbifold CFT, in classes of states corresponding to microstates of two and three charge black holes. Black hole microstates describable by supergravity solutions correspond to coherent superpositions of states in the orbifold theory and we develop methods for approximating one point functions in such superpositions in the large N limit. We show that microstates built from long strings (large twist operators) have one point functions that are suppressed by powers of N. Accordingly, even when these microstates admit supergravity descriptions, the characteristic scales in these solutions are comparable to higher derivative corrections to supergravity.
[ { "created": "Tue, 23 Apr 2019 08:38:52 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2019-04-24
[ [ "Tormo", "Joan Garcia i", "" ], [ "Taylor", "Marika", "" ] ]
We compute one point functions of chiral primary operators in the D1-D5 orbifold CFT, in classes of states corresponding to microstates of two and three charge black holes. Black hole microstates describable by supergravity solutions correspond to coherent superpositions of states in the orbifold theory and we develop methods for approximating one point functions in such superpositions in the large N limit. We show that microstates built from long strings (large twist operators) have one point functions that are suppressed by powers of N. Accordingly, even when these microstates admit supergravity descriptions, the characteristic scales in these solutions are comparable to higher derivative corrections to supergravity.
0905.1968
Martijn Wijnholt
Tony Pantev and Martijn Wijnholt
Hitchin's Equations and M-Theory Phenomenology
48p, 8 figs, LaTeX
J.Geom.Phys.61:1223-1247,2011
10.1016/j.geomphys.2011.02.014
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Phenomenological compactifications of M-theory involve 7-manifolds with G_2 holonomy and various singularities. Here we study local geometries with such singularities, by thinking of them as compactifications of 7d supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory on a three-manifold Q_3. We give a general discussion of compactifications of 7d Yang-Mills theory in terms of Higgs bundles on Q_3. We show they can be constructed using spectral covers, which are Lagrangian branes with a flat connection in the cotangent bundle T^*Q_3. We explain the dictionary with ALE fibrations over Q_3 and conjecture that these configurations have G_2 holonomy. We further develop tools to study the low energy effective theory of such a model. We show that the naive massless spectrum is corrected by instanton effects. Taking the instanton effects into account, we find that the massless spectrum and many of the interactions can be computed with Morse theoretic methods.
[ { "created": "Wed, 13 May 2009 19:39:42 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2011-04-20
[ [ "Pantev", "Tony", "" ], [ "Wijnholt", "Martijn", "" ] ]
Phenomenological compactifications of M-theory involve 7-manifolds with G_2 holonomy and various singularities. Here we study local geometries with such singularities, by thinking of them as compactifications of 7d supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory on a three-manifold Q_3. We give a general discussion of compactifications of 7d Yang-Mills theory in terms of Higgs bundles on Q_3. We show they can be constructed using spectral covers, which are Lagrangian branes with a flat connection in the cotangent bundle T^*Q_3. We explain the dictionary with ALE fibrations over Q_3 and conjecture that these configurations have G_2 holonomy. We further develop tools to study the low energy effective theory of such a model. We show that the naive massless spectrum is corrected by instanton effects. Taking the instanton effects into account, we find that the massless spectrum and many of the interactions can be computed with Morse theoretic methods.
hep-th/0411257
Steven Gubser
Steven S. Gubser
The Gregory-Laflamme instability for the D2-D0 bound state
19 pages, Latex2e. v2: two refs added. v3: clearer exposition in section 4
JHEP0502:040,2005
10.1088/1126-6708/2005/02/040
PUPT-2144
hep-th
null
The D2-D0 bound state exhibits a Gregory-Laflamme instability when it is sufficiently non-extremal. If there are no D0-branes, the requisite non-extremality is finite. When most of the extremal mass comes from D0-branes, the requisite non-extremality is very small. The location of the threshhold for the instability is determined using a local thermodynamic analysis which is then checked against a numerical analysis of the linearized equations of motion. The thermodynamic analysis reveals an instability of non-commutative field theory at finite temperature, which may occur only at very long wavelengths as the decoupling limit is approached.
[ { "created": "Mon, 29 Nov 2004 01:47:50 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 8 Dec 2004 17:59:40 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Sat, 12 Feb 2005 19:18:47 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Gubser", "Steven S.", "" ] ]
The D2-D0 bound state exhibits a Gregory-Laflamme instability when it is sufficiently non-extremal. If there are no D0-branes, the requisite non-extremality is finite. When most of the extremal mass comes from D0-branes, the requisite non-extremality is very small. The location of the threshhold for the instability is determined using a local thermodynamic analysis which is then checked against a numerical analysis of the linearized equations of motion. The thermodynamic analysis reveals an instability of non-commutative field theory at finite temperature, which may occur only at very long wavelengths as the decoupling limit is approached.
hep-th/0012153
Laurent Hoffmann
L. Hoffmann, L. Mesref, W. Ruehl
Conformal partial wave analysis of AdS amplitudes for dilaton-axion four-point functions
27 pages, 1 graph, 12 figures, Corrections in eqns. (1.10), (1.11)
Nucl.Phys. B608 (2001) 177-202
10.1016/S0550-3213(01)00256-5
null
hep-th
null
Operator product expansions are applied to dilaton-axion four-point functions. In the expansions of the bilocal fields $\tilde{\Phi}\tilde{\Phi}$, $\tilde{C}\tilde{C}$ and $\tilde{\Phi}\tilde{C}$, the conformal fields which are symmetric traceless tensors of rank $l$ and have dimensions $\delta=2+l$ or $8+l+\eta(l)$ and $\eta(l)=\mathcal{O}(N^{-2})$ are identified. The unidentified fields have dimension $\delta=\lambda+l+\eta(l)$ with $\lambda\geq 10$. The anomalous dimensions $\eta(l)$ are calculated at order $\mathcal{O}(N^{-2})$ for both $2^{-{1/2}}(-\tilde{\Phi}\tilde{\Phi} + \tilde{C}\tilde{C})$ and $2^{-{1/2}}(\tilde{\Phi}\tilde{C} + \tilde{C}\tilde{\Phi})$ and are found to be the same, proving $U(1)_Y$ symmetry. The relevant coupling constants are given at order $\mathcal{O}(1)$.
[ { "created": "Mon, 18 Dec 2000 14:49:22 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 8 Jan 2001 12:25:48 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Tue, 30 Jan 2001 09:40:31 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2009-10-31
[ [ "Hoffmann", "L.", "" ], [ "Mesref", "L.", "" ], [ "Ruehl", "W.", "" ] ]
Operator product expansions are applied to dilaton-axion four-point functions. In the expansions of the bilocal fields $\tilde{\Phi}\tilde{\Phi}$, $\tilde{C}\tilde{C}$ and $\tilde{\Phi}\tilde{C}$, the conformal fields which are symmetric traceless tensors of rank $l$ and have dimensions $\delta=2+l$ or $8+l+\eta(l)$ and $\eta(l)=\mathcal{O}(N^{-2})$ are identified. The unidentified fields have dimension $\delta=\lambda+l+\eta(l)$ with $\lambda\geq 10$. The anomalous dimensions $\eta(l)$ are calculated at order $\mathcal{O}(N^{-2})$ for both $2^{-{1/2}}(-\tilde{\Phi}\tilde{\Phi} + \tilde{C}\tilde{C})$ and $2^{-{1/2}}(\tilde{\Phi}\tilde{C} + \tilde{C}\tilde{\Phi})$ and are found to be the same, proving $U(1)_Y$ symmetry. The relevant coupling constants are given at order $\mathcal{O}(1)$.
2302.11863
Jose Alejandro Rosabal Rodriguez
J. A. Rosabal
JT Gravity on a Finite Lorentzian Strip: Time dependent Quantum Gravity Amplitudes
One more revision requested by SciPost Journal editor in charge, references added, 23 pages, one figure
null
null
null
hep-th gr-qc
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
We formulate JT quantum gravity on a finite Lorentzian strip. Due to the spatial boundaries of the strip, it is possible to define left and right proper times. With respect to these times we compute non-perturbatively the quantum gravity (QG) time dependent transition amplitude. Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations are presented. Special attention is paid to the four corner terms (Hayward terms) in the action that are needed in order to have a well defined variational problem. From a detailed analysis of the gravity boundary condition on the spatial boundary, we find that while the lapse and the shift functions are independent Lagrange multipliers on the bulk, on the spatial boundary, these two are related. This fact leads to an algebraic equation of motion for a particular degree of freedom that is conveniently introduced on the spatial boundaries whose solution can be plugged back into the action allowing to fully determine the time dependent transition amplitude. The final result suggests that time evolution is non-unitary for most of the boundary conditions. Interestingly enough, unitary could be recovered when spatial $\text{AdS}_2$ boundary conditions are imposed. Other wave functions for other topologies obtained from the strip by gluing its spatial boundaries are also presented. Remarkably these do not exhibit any non-unitary evolution behavior.
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2024-03-07
[ [ "Rosabal", "J. A.", "" ] ]
We formulate JT quantum gravity on a finite Lorentzian strip. Due to the spatial boundaries of the strip, it is possible to define left and right proper times. With respect to these times we compute non-perturbatively the quantum gravity (QG) time dependent transition amplitude. Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations are presented. Special attention is paid to the four corner terms (Hayward terms) in the action that are needed in order to have a well defined variational problem. From a detailed analysis of the gravity boundary condition on the spatial boundary, we find that while the lapse and the shift functions are independent Lagrange multipliers on the bulk, on the spatial boundary, these two are related. This fact leads to an algebraic equation of motion for a particular degree of freedom that is conveniently introduced on the spatial boundaries whose solution can be plugged back into the action allowing to fully determine the time dependent transition amplitude. The final result suggests that time evolution is non-unitary for most of the boundary conditions. Interestingly enough, unitary could be recovered when spatial $\text{AdS}_2$ boundary conditions are imposed. Other wave functions for other topologies obtained from the strip by gluing its spatial boundaries are also presented. Remarkably these do not exhibit any non-unitary evolution behavior.
1110.1657
Gerald V. Dunne
Cesim K. Dumlu and Gerald V. Dunne
Complex Worldline Instantons and Quantum Interference in Vacuum Pair Production
17 pages, 9 figures
Phys. Rev. D 84, 125023 (2011)
10.1103/PhysRevD.84.125023
null
hep-th math-ph math.MP quant-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We describe in detail a physical situation in which instantons are necessarily complex, not just Wick rotations of classical solutions to Euclidean spacetime. These complex instantons arise in the semiclassical evaluation of vacuum pair production rates, based on Feynman's worldline path integral formulation. Even though the path integral is a sum over all real closed trajectories in spacetime, the semiclassical description of non-perturbative pair production is dominated by closed classical trajectories that are generically complex. These closed trajectories contain segments associated with nonperturbative instanton suppression factors as well as segments producing phase factors that incorporate quantum interference effects. For a class of time-dependent electric fields we implement this procedure and demonstrate excellent quantitative agreement with alternative methods.
[ { "created": "Fri, 7 Oct 2011 21:12:09 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2012-05-15
[ [ "Dumlu", "Cesim K.", "" ], [ "Dunne", "Gerald V.", "" ] ]
We describe in detail a physical situation in which instantons are necessarily complex, not just Wick rotations of classical solutions to Euclidean spacetime. These complex instantons arise in the semiclassical evaluation of vacuum pair production rates, based on Feynman's worldline path integral formulation. Even though the path integral is a sum over all real closed trajectories in spacetime, the semiclassical description of non-perturbative pair production is dominated by closed classical trajectories that are generically complex. These closed trajectories contain segments associated with nonperturbative instanton suppression factors as well as segments producing phase factors that incorporate quantum interference effects. For a class of time-dependent electric fields we implement this procedure and demonstrate excellent quantitative agreement with alternative methods.
hep-th/9710163
Konstadinos Sfetsos
Konstadinos Sfetsos
Canonical equivalence of non-isometric sigma models and Poisson-Lie T-duality
19 pages, latex. Minor grammatical typos corrected. Version to appear in Nucl. Phys. B
Nucl.Phys. B517 (1998) 549-566
10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00823-7
CERN-TH/97-285
hep-th
null
We prove that a transformation, conjectured in our previous work, between phase-space variables in $\s$-models related by Poisson-Lie T-duality is indeed a canonical one. We do so by explicitly demonstrating the invariance of the classical Poisson brackets. This is the first example of a class of $\s$-models with no isometries related by canonical transformations. In addition we discuss generating functionals of canonical transformations in generally non-isometric, bosonic and supersymmetric $\s$-models and derive the complete set of conditions that determine them. We apply this general formalism to find the generating functional for Poisson-Lie T-duality. We also comment on the relevance of this work to D-brane physics and to quantum aspects of T-duality.
[ { "created": "Tue, 21 Oct 1997 11:39:47 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 24 Dec 1997 19:39:43 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-10-30
[ [ "Sfetsos", "Konstadinos", "" ] ]
We prove that a transformation, conjectured in our previous work, between phase-space variables in $\s$-models related by Poisson-Lie T-duality is indeed a canonical one. We do so by explicitly demonstrating the invariance of the classical Poisson brackets. This is the first example of a class of $\s$-models with no isometries related by canonical transformations. In addition we discuss generating functionals of canonical transformations in generally non-isometric, bosonic and supersymmetric $\s$-models and derive the complete set of conditions that determine them. We apply this general formalism to find the generating functional for Poisson-Lie T-duality. We also comment on the relevance of this work to D-brane physics and to quantum aspects of T-duality.
hep-th/0601207
Chen-Gang Zhou
Chen-gang Zhou
Loop Corrected D-branes Stability Conditions
14 pages
null
null
UK-06-01
hep-th
null
In type-II string theory compactifications on Calabi-Yau manifolds, topological string theory partition functions give a class of exact F-terms in the four-dimensional effective action. We point out that in the background of constant self-dual field strength, these terms deform the central charges for D-branes wrapping Calabi-Yau manifold to include string loop corrections. We study the corresponding loop corrected D-brane stability conditions, which for B-type branes at the large volume limit implies loop corrected Hermitian-Yang-Mills equation, and for A-type branes imply loop corrected special Lagrangian submanifold condition.
[ { "created": "Fri, 27 Jan 2006 20:16:20 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sun, 29 Jan 2006 20:51:27 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Zhou", "Chen-gang", "" ] ]
In type-II string theory compactifications on Calabi-Yau manifolds, topological string theory partition functions give a class of exact F-terms in the four-dimensional effective action. We point out that in the background of constant self-dual field strength, these terms deform the central charges for D-branes wrapping Calabi-Yau manifold to include string loop corrections. We study the corresponding loop corrected D-brane stability conditions, which for B-type branes at the large volume limit implies loop corrected Hermitian-Yang-Mills equation, and for A-type branes imply loop corrected special Lagrangian submanifold condition.
hep-th/9408096
Shogo Tanimura
Shogo Tanimura
Topology and quantization of abelian sigma model in (1+1) dimensions
Latex 13 pages, Nagoya University DPNU-94-35, Contributed to Yamada Conference (XXth International Colloquium on Group Theoretical Methods in Physics; July 1994 at Toyonaka in Japan)
Phys.Lett. B340 (1994) 57-62
10.1016/0370-2693(94)91297-1
null
hep-th
null
It is known that there exist an infinite number of inequivalent quantizations on a topologically nontrivial manifold even if it is a finite-dimensional manifold. In this paper we consider the abelian sigma model in (1+1) dimensions to explore a system having infinite degrees of freedom. The model has a field variable $ \phi : S^1 \to S^1 $. An algebra of the quantum field is defined respecting the topological aspect of this model. A central extension of the algebra is also introduced. It is shown that there exist an infinite number of unitary inequivalent representations, which are characterized by a central extension and a continuous parameter $ \alpha $ $ ( 0 \le \alpha < 1 ) $. When the central extension exists, the winding operator and the zero-mode momentum obey a nontrivial commutator.
[ { "created": "Wed, 17 Aug 1994 09:24:36 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-10-28
[ [ "Tanimura", "Shogo", "" ] ]
It is known that there exist an infinite number of inequivalent quantizations on a topologically nontrivial manifold even if it is a finite-dimensional manifold. In this paper we consider the abelian sigma model in (1+1) dimensions to explore a system having infinite degrees of freedom. The model has a field variable $ \phi : S^1 \to S^1 $. An algebra of the quantum field is defined respecting the topological aspect of this model. A central extension of the algebra is also introduced. It is shown that there exist an infinite number of unitary inequivalent representations, which are characterized by a central extension and a continuous parameter $ \alpha $ $ ( 0 \le \alpha < 1 ) $. When the central extension exists, the winding operator and the zero-mode momentum obey a nontrivial commutator.
1904.06603
Eric D'Hoker
Eric D'Hoker and M.B. Green
Absence of irreducible multiple zeta-values in melon modular graph functions
8 pages, various clarifications added in version 2
null
null
DAMTP-2019-16
hep-th math.NT
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The expansion of a modular graph function on a torus of modulus $\tau$ near the cusp is given by a Laurent polynomial in $y= \pi \Im (\tau)$ with coefficients that are rational multiples of single-valued multiple zeta-values, apart from the leading term whose coefficient is rational and exponentially suppressed terms. We prove that the coefficients of the non-leading terms in the Laurent polynomial of the modular graph function $D_N(\tau)$ associated with a melon graph is free of irreducible multiple zeta-values and can be written as a polynomial in odd zeta-values with rational coefficients for arbitrary $N \geq 0$. The proof proceeds by expressing a generating function for $D_N(\tau)$ in terms of an integral over the Virasoro-Shapiro closed-string tree amplitude.
[ { "created": "Sat, 13 Apr 2019 23:35:29 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 5 Feb 2020 17:54:37 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2020-02-06
[ [ "D'Hoker", "Eric", "" ], [ "Green", "M. B.", "" ] ]
The expansion of a modular graph function on a torus of modulus $\tau$ near the cusp is given by a Laurent polynomial in $y= \pi \Im (\tau)$ with coefficients that are rational multiples of single-valued multiple zeta-values, apart from the leading term whose coefficient is rational and exponentially suppressed terms. We prove that the coefficients of the non-leading terms in the Laurent polynomial of the modular graph function $D_N(\tau)$ associated with a melon graph is free of irreducible multiple zeta-values and can be written as a polynomial in odd zeta-values with rational coefficients for arbitrary $N \geq 0$. The proof proceeds by expressing a generating function for $D_N(\tau)$ in terms of an integral over the Virasoro-Shapiro closed-string tree amplitude.
hep-th/0505173
Luka Sustersic
Marijan Ribaric and Luka Sustersic
Perturbative S-matrices with non-provisional regularization
null
null
null
null
hep-th
null
Computing a perturbative S-matrix through Feynman series in quantum field theory, the regularization used does not affect the final result. We propose a new approach to construction of the perturbative S-matrices, so that they will depend on parameters of a realistic regularization--realistic in the sense of Pauli and Villars [Rev. Mod. Phys. 21, 434 (1949)]. We expect that these additional parameters may provide some new information about the physics of quantum scattering. There are such perturbative S-matrices also in the presence of non-renormalizable interaction terms with no counterterms.
[ { "created": "Thu, 19 May 2005 11:19:28 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 1 Aug 2005 06:51:04 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Ribaric", "Marijan", "" ], [ "Sustersic", "Luka", "" ] ]
Computing a perturbative S-matrix through Feynman series in quantum field theory, the regularization used does not affect the final result. We propose a new approach to construction of the perturbative S-matrices, so that they will depend on parameters of a realistic regularization--realistic in the sense of Pauli and Villars [Rev. Mod. Phys. 21, 434 (1949)]. We expect that these additional parameters may provide some new information about the physics of quantum scattering. There are such perturbative S-matrices also in the presence of non-renormalizable interaction terms with no counterterms.
hep-th/0501154
Zachary Guralnik
Zachary Guralnik, Stefano Kovacs, Bogdan Kulik
AdS/CFT Duality and the Higgs Branch of ${\cal N}=2$ SYM
8 pages. Talk given by Z.G. at 37th International Symposium Ahrenshoop on the Theory of Elementary Particles
Fortsch.Phys. 53 (2005) 480-485
10.1002/prop.200510207
null
hep-th
null
We construct the AdS description of the Higgs branch of the finite {\cal N}=2 Sp(N) gauge theory with one antisymmetric hypermultiplet and four fundamental hypermultiplets. Holography, combined with the non-renormalization of the metric on the Higgs branch, leads to novel constraints on unknown terms in the non-abelian Dirac-Born-Infeld action. These terms include non-minimal couplings of D-branes to bulk supergravity fields.
[ { "created": "Wed, 19 Jan 2005 20:22:16 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-06-26
[ [ "Guralnik", "Zachary", "" ], [ "Kovacs", "Stefano", "" ], [ "Kulik", "Bogdan", "" ] ]
We construct the AdS description of the Higgs branch of the finite {\cal N}=2 Sp(N) gauge theory with one antisymmetric hypermultiplet and four fundamental hypermultiplets. Holography, combined with the non-renormalization of the metric on the Higgs branch, leads to novel constraints on unknown terms in the non-abelian Dirac-Born-Infeld action. These terms include non-minimal couplings of D-branes to bulk supergravity fields.
1908.07177
Hiroyuki Hata
Hiroyuki Hata
Bernoulli Numbers and Multi-brane Solutions in Cubic String Field Theory
21 pages, no figures
null
null
KUNS-2769
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In a previous paper [arXiv:1901.01681], we presented an analytic construction of multi-brane solutions in cubic open string field theory (CSFT) for any integer brane number. Our $(N+1)$-brane solution is given in the pure-gauge form $\Psi=U Q_\textrm{B}U^{-1}$ in terms of a unitary string field $U$ which is specified by $[N/2]$ independent real parameters $\alpha_k$. We saw that, for various sample values of $N$ $(=2, 3, 4, 5,\cdots)$, $\alpha_k$ can be consistently determined by two requirements: The energy density from the action should reproduce that of $(N+1)$-branes, and the EOM of the solution against the solution itself should hold. In this paper, we complete our construction by determining $\alpha_k$ satisfying the two requirements for a generic $N$. We find that each $\alpha_k$ is given in a closed form by using the Bernoulli numbers. We also present some supplementary results on our solution; the energy density of the solutions determined from its gravitational coupling, and the unitary string field $U$ as an exponential function.
[ { "created": "Tue, 20 Aug 2019 06:05:24 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2019-08-21
[ [ "Hata", "Hiroyuki", "" ] ]
In a previous paper [arXiv:1901.01681], we presented an analytic construction of multi-brane solutions in cubic open string field theory (CSFT) for any integer brane number. Our $(N+1)$-brane solution is given in the pure-gauge form $\Psi=U Q_\textrm{B}U^{-1}$ in terms of a unitary string field $U$ which is specified by $[N/2]$ independent real parameters $\alpha_k$. We saw that, for various sample values of $N$ $(=2, 3, 4, 5,\cdots)$, $\alpha_k$ can be consistently determined by two requirements: The energy density from the action should reproduce that of $(N+1)$-branes, and the EOM of the solution against the solution itself should hold. In this paper, we complete our construction by determining $\alpha_k$ satisfying the two requirements for a generic $N$. We find that each $\alpha_k$ is given in a closed form by using the Bernoulli numbers. We also present some supplementary results on our solution; the energy density of the solutions determined from its gravitational coupling, and the unitary string field $U$ as an exponential function.
hep-th/9404147
null
Hiromichi Nakazato, Mikio Namiki, Saverio Pascazio
Exponential behavior of a quantum system in a macroscopic medium
8 pages, report BA-TH/94-170
Phys.Rev.Lett. 73 (1994) 1063-1066
10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.1063
null
hep-th
null
An exponential behavior at all times is derived for a solvable dynamical model in the weak-coupling, macroscopic limit. Some implications for the quantum measurement problem are discussed, in particular in connection with dissipation.
[ { "created": "Sat, 23 Apr 1994 11:17:00 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-10-28
[ [ "Nakazato", "Hiromichi", "" ], [ "Namiki", "Mikio", "" ], [ "Pascazio", "Saverio", "" ] ]
An exponential behavior at all times is derived for a solvable dynamical model in the weak-coupling, macroscopic limit. Some implications for the quantum measurement problem are discussed, in particular in connection with dissipation.
1010.4645
Alexander Tarakanov N
A. N. Tarakanov
Generalized Dynamics of the Mass Point with Internal Degrees of Freedom
Talk presented at 15-th International Conference and School "Foundation & Advances in Nonlinear Science", September 20-23, 2010 (Minsk, Belarus)
null
null
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
An equation of motion of the mass point with internal degrees of freedom in scalar potential $U$ depending on relative coordinates and time, velocity and accelerations is obtained both for non-relativistic and relativistic case. In non-relativistic case a generalization of the energy conservation law follows, if $\partial U / \partial t = 0$ fulfilled. A concept of work is generalized to relativistic case, leading to corresponding integral of motion, if $\partial U / \partial \tau = 0$ fulfilled, where $\tau$ is proper time of the point. In neglecting an internal degrees of freedom and absence of interaction this integral of motion gives standard Special Relativity.
[ { "created": "Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:57:59 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2010-10-25
[ [ "Tarakanov", "A. N.", "" ] ]
An equation of motion of the mass point with internal degrees of freedom in scalar potential $U$ depending on relative coordinates and time, velocity and accelerations is obtained both for non-relativistic and relativistic case. In non-relativistic case a generalization of the energy conservation law follows, if $\partial U / \partial t = 0$ fulfilled. A concept of work is generalized to relativistic case, leading to corresponding integral of motion, if $\partial U / \partial \tau = 0$ fulfilled, where $\tau$ is proper time of the point. In neglecting an internal degrees of freedom and absence of interaction this integral of motion gives standard Special Relativity.
hep-th/9602039
Sekretariat Phil. weg16
Christof Wetterich
Systematic Resummed Perturbation Theory
11 pages, LaTeX
Mod.Phys.Lett. A11 (1996) 2573-2584
10.1142/S0217732396002587
HD-THEP-96-2
hep-th
null
A systematic loop expansion is formulated in terms of full propagators and vertices. It is based on an expansion of the general solution of an exact non-perturbative flow equation.
[ { "created": "Thu, 8 Feb 1996 12:10:34 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-06-26
[ [ "Wetterich", "Christof", "" ] ]
A systematic loop expansion is formulated in terms of full propagators and vertices. It is based on an expansion of the general solution of an exact non-perturbative flow equation.
1307.3985
Gian Paolo Vacca
J. Bartels and G. P. Vacca
Generalized Bootstrap Equations and possible implications for the NLO Odderon
20 pages, latex, 11 figures, Comments added, To appear on EPJC
null
10.1140/epjc/s10052-013-2602-8
DESY-13-126
hep-th hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We formulate and discuss generalized bootstrap equations in nonabelian gauge theories. They are shown to hold in the leading logarithmic approximation. Since their validity is related to the self-consistency of the Steinmann relations for inelastic production amplitudes they can be expected to be valid also in NLO. Specializing to the N=4 SYM, we show that the validity in NLO of these generalized bootstrap equations allows to find the NLO Odderon solution with intercept exactly at one, a result which is valid also for the planar limit of QCD.
[ { "created": "Mon, 15 Jul 2013 15:11:22 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 1 Oct 2013 14:27:50 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2015-06-16
[ [ "Bartels", "J.", "" ], [ "Vacca", "G. P.", "" ] ]
We formulate and discuss generalized bootstrap equations in nonabelian gauge theories. They are shown to hold in the leading logarithmic approximation. Since their validity is related to the self-consistency of the Steinmann relations for inelastic production amplitudes they can be expected to be valid also in NLO. Specializing to the N=4 SYM, we show that the validity in NLO of these generalized bootstrap equations allows to find the NLO Odderon solution with intercept exactly at one, a result which is valid also for the planar limit of QCD.
2306.17232
Can Onur Akyuz
Can Onur Akyuz, Garrett Goon, Riccardo Penco
The Schwinger-Keldysh Coset Construction
38 pages, 1 figure, 1 table; v2: matches published version
null
null
null
hep-th cond-mat.other cond-mat.stat-mech cond-mat.str-el
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
The coset construction is a tool for systematically building low energy effective actions for Nambu-Goldstone modes. This technique is typically used to compute time-ordered correlators appropriate for $S$-matrix computations for systems in their ground state. In this paper, we extend this technique to the Schwinger-Keldysh formalism, which enables one to calculate a wider variety of correlators and applies also to systems in a mixed state. We focus our attention on internal symmetries and demonstrate that, after identifying the appropriate symmetry breaking pattern, Schwinger-Keldysh effective actions for Nambu-Goldstone modes can be constructed using the standard rules of the coset construction. Particular emphasis is placed on the thermal state and ensuring that correlators satisfy the KMS relation. We also discuss explicitly the power counting scheme underlying our effective actions. We comment on the similarities and differences between our approach and others that have previously appeared in the literature. In particular, our prescription does not require the introduction of additional ``diffusive'' symmetries and retains the full non-linear structure generated by the coset construction. We conclude with a series of explicit examples, including a computation of the finite-temperature two-point functions of conserved spin currents in non-relativistic paramagnets, antiferromagnets, and ferromagnets. Along the way, we also clarify the discrete symmetries that set antiferromagnets apart from ferromagnets, and point out that the dynamical KMS symmetry must be implemented in different ways in these two systems.
[ { "created": "Thu, 29 Jun 2023 18:01:08 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 31 May 2024 19:09:00 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2024-06-04
[ [ "Akyuz", "Can Onur", "" ], [ "Goon", "Garrett", "" ], [ "Penco", "Riccardo", "" ] ]
The coset construction is a tool for systematically building low energy effective actions for Nambu-Goldstone modes. This technique is typically used to compute time-ordered correlators appropriate for $S$-matrix computations for systems in their ground state. In this paper, we extend this technique to the Schwinger-Keldysh formalism, which enables one to calculate a wider variety of correlators and applies also to systems in a mixed state. We focus our attention on internal symmetries and demonstrate that, after identifying the appropriate symmetry breaking pattern, Schwinger-Keldysh effective actions for Nambu-Goldstone modes can be constructed using the standard rules of the coset construction. Particular emphasis is placed on the thermal state and ensuring that correlators satisfy the KMS relation. We also discuss explicitly the power counting scheme underlying our effective actions. We comment on the similarities and differences between our approach and others that have previously appeared in the literature. In particular, our prescription does not require the introduction of additional ``diffusive'' symmetries and retains the full non-linear structure generated by the coset construction. We conclude with a series of explicit examples, including a computation of the finite-temperature two-point functions of conserved spin currents in non-relativistic paramagnets, antiferromagnets, and ferromagnets. Along the way, we also clarify the discrete symmetries that set antiferromagnets apart from ferromagnets, and point out that the dynamical KMS symmetry must be implemented in different ways in these two systems.
2002.02083
Roberto Emparan
Roberto Emparan, Marija Toma\v{s}evi\'c
Strong cosmic censorship in the BTZ black hole
9 pages. v2: minor changes. Matches published version
JHEP 06 (2020) 038
10.1007/JHEP06(2020)038
null
hep-th gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Recently it has been shown that quantum fields can be regular on the inner, Cauchy horizon of a rotating BTZ black hole, which appears to indicate a failure of strong cosmic censorship. We argue that, instead, what these results imply is that the inner horizon remains non-singular when leading-order backreaction of the quantum fields is computed, but, after next-order backreaction is accounted for, it will become singular. Then, strong cosmic censorship will be enforced in the BTZ black hole. We support our claims using a four-dimensional holographic dual of the system, which connects the instability of the inner horizon of the BTZ black hole to that of Kerr-type black holes.
[ { "created": "Thu, 6 Feb 2020 03:20:23 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 8 Jun 2020 20:56:13 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2022-03-07
[ [ "Emparan", "Roberto", "" ], [ "Tomašević", "Marija", "" ] ]
Recently it has been shown that quantum fields can be regular on the inner, Cauchy horizon of a rotating BTZ black hole, which appears to indicate a failure of strong cosmic censorship. We argue that, instead, what these results imply is that the inner horizon remains non-singular when leading-order backreaction of the quantum fields is computed, but, after next-order backreaction is accounted for, it will become singular. Then, strong cosmic censorship will be enforced in the BTZ black hole. We support our claims using a four-dimensional holographic dual of the system, which connects the instability of the inner horizon of the BTZ black hole to that of Kerr-type black holes.
hep-th/9304022
null
Mihai Visinescu (Department of Theoretical Physics, Institute of Atomic Physics, P.O.Box MG-6, Magurele,Bucharest,Romania)
The Geodesic Motion on Generalized Taub-Nut Gravitational Instantons
12 pages, PLAIN-TEX
Z.Phys. C60 (1993) 337-342
10.1007/BF01474631
null
hep-th gr-qc
null
A class of generalized Taub-NUT gravitational instantons is reported in five - dimensional Einstein gravity coupled to a non-linear sigma model. The geodesic dynamics of a spinless particle of unit mass on these static gravitational instantons is studied. This is accomplished by finding a generalized Runge-Lenz vector. Unlike the Kepler problem, or, the dynamics of a spinless particle on the familiar Taub-NUT gravitational instantons, the orbits are not conic sections.
[ { "created": "Wed, 7 Apr 1993 08:22:00 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-10-22
[ [ "Visinescu", "Mihai", "", "Department of Theoretical Physics, Institute of\n Atomic Physics, P.O.Box MG-6, Magurele,Bucharest,Romania" ] ]
A class of generalized Taub-NUT gravitational instantons is reported in five - dimensional Einstein gravity coupled to a non-linear sigma model. The geodesic dynamics of a spinless particle of unit mass on these static gravitational instantons is studied. This is accomplished by finding a generalized Runge-Lenz vector. Unlike the Kepler problem, or, the dynamics of a spinless particle on the familiar Taub-NUT gravitational instantons, the orbits are not conic sections.
2203.00700
Andrew Svesko
Andrew Svesko, Evita Verheijden, Erik P. Verlinde, and Manus R. Visser
Quasi-local energy and microcanonical entropy in two-dimensional nearly de Sitter gravity
48 pages + 4 appendices, 13 figures; minor comments added v2, JHEP version
null
10.1007/JHEP08(2022)075
null
hep-th gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We study the semi-classical thermodynamics of two-dimensional de Sitter space ($\text{dS}_{2}$) in Jackiw-Teitelboim (JT) gravity coupled to conformal matter. We extend the quasi-local formalism of Brown and York to $\text{dS}_{2}$, where a timelike boundary is introduced in the static patch to uniquely define conserved charges, including quasi-local energy. The boundary divides the static patch into two systems, a cosmological system and a black hole system, the former being unstable under thermal fluctuations while the latter is stable. A semi-classical quasi-local first law is derived, where the Gibbons--Hawking entropy is replaced by the generalized entropy. In the microcanonical ensemble the generalized entropy is stationary. Further, we show the on-shell Euclidean microcanonical action of a causal diamond in semi-classical JT gravity equals minus the generalized entropy of the diamond, hence extremization of the entropy follows from minimizing the action. Thus, we provide a first principles derivation of the island rule for $U(1)$ symmetric $\text{dS}_{2}$ backgrounds, without invoking the replica trick. We discuss the implications of our findings for static patch de Sitter holography.
[ { "created": "Tue, 1 Mar 2022 19:00:03 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sun, 10 Jul 2022 12:19:50 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Tue, 12 Jul 2022 09:29:54 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2022-08-24
[ [ "Svesko", "Andrew", "" ], [ "Verheijden", "Evita", "" ], [ "Verlinde", "Erik P.", "" ], [ "Visser", "Manus R.", "" ] ]
We study the semi-classical thermodynamics of two-dimensional de Sitter space ($\text{dS}_{2}$) in Jackiw-Teitelboim (JT) gravity coupled to conformal matter. We extend the quasi-local formalism of Brown and York to $\text{dS}_{2}$, where a timelike boundary is introduced in the static patch to uniquely define conserved charges, including quasi-local energy. The boundary divides the static patch into two systems, a cosmological system and a black hole system, the former being unstable under thermal fluctuations while the latter is stable. A semi-classical quasi-local first law is derived, where the Gibbons--Hawking entropy is replaced by the generalized entropy. In the microcanonical ensemble the generalized entropy is stationary. Further, we show the on-shell Euclidean microcanonical action of a causal diamond in semi-classical JT gravity equals minus the generalized entropy of the diamond, hence extremization of the entropy follows from minimizing the action. Thus, we provide a first principles derivation of the island rule for $U(1)$ symmetric $\text{dS}_{2}$ backgrounds, without invoking the replica trick. We discuss the implications of our findings for static patch de Sitter holography.
2303.08534
Keith R. Dienes
Steven Abel, Keith R. Dienes, Luca A. Nutricati
On the Running of Gauge Couplings in String Theory
37 pages, LaTeX, 5 figures
null
10.1103/PhysRevD.107.126019
CERN-TH-2023-044, IPPP/23/16
hep-th hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In this paper we conduct a general, model-independent analysis of the running of gauge couplings within closed string theories. Unlike previous discussions in the literature, our calculations fully respect the underlying modular invariance of the string and include the contributions from the infinite towers of string states which are ultimately responsible for many of the properties for which string theory is famous, including an enhanced degree of finiteness and UV/IR mixing. In order to perform our calculations, we adopt a formalism that was recently developed for calculations of the Higgs mass within such theories, and demonstrate that this formalism can also be applied to calculations of gauge couplings. In general, this formalism gives rise to an ``on-shell'' effective field theory (EFT) description in which the final results are expressed in terms of supertraces over the physical string states, and in which these quantities exhibit an EFT-like ``running'' as a function of an effective spacetime mass scale. We find, however, that the calculation of the gauge couplings differs in one deep way from that of the Higgs mass: while the latter results depend on purely on-shell supertraces, the former results have a different modular structure which causes them to depend on off-shell supertraces as well. In some regions of parameter space, our results demonstrate how certain expected field-theoretic behaviors can emerge from the highly UV/IR-mixed environment. In other situations, by contrast, our results give rise to a number of intrinsically stringy behaviors that transcend what might be expected within an effective field theory approach.
[ { "created": "Wed, 15 Mar 2023 11:27:01 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2023-07-05
[ [ "Abel", "Steven", "" ], [ "Dienes", "Keith R.", "" ], [ "Nutricati", "Luca A.", "" ] ]
In this paper we conduct a general, model-independent analysis of the running of gauge couplings within closed string theories. Unlike previous discussions in the literature, our calculations fully respect the underlying modular invariance of the string and include the contributions from the infinite towers of string states which are ultimately responsible for many of the properties for which string theory is famous, including an enhanced degree of finiteness and UV/IR mixing. In order to perform our calculations, we adopt a formalism that was recently developed for calculations of the Higgs mass within such theories, and demonstrate that this formalism can also be applied to calculations of gauge couplings. In general, this formalism gives rise to an ``on-shell'' effective field theory (EFT) description in which the final results are expressed in terms of supertraces over the physical string states, and in which these quantities exhibit an EFT-like ``running'' as a function of an effective spacetime mass scale. We find, however, that the calculation of the gauge couplings differs in one deep way from that of the Higgs mass: while the latter results depend on purely on-shell supertraces, the former results have a different modular structure which causes them to depend on off-shell supertraces as well. In some regions of parameter space, our results demonstrate how certain expected field-theoretic behaviors can emerge from the highly UV/IR-mixed environment. In other situations, by contrast, our results give rise to a number of intrinsically stringy behaviors that transcend what might be expected within an effective field theory approach.
2312.02286
Dimitrios Toulikas
Iosif Bena, Anthony Houppe, Dimitrios Toulikas, Nicholas P. Warner
Maze Topiary in Supergravity
45 pages, 1 figure
null
null
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We show that the supergravity solutions for 1/4-BPS intersecting systems of M2 and M5 branes are completely characterized by a single ``maze'' function that satisfies a non-linear ``maze'' equation similar to the Monge-Amp\`ere equation. We also show that the near-brane limit of certain intersections are $AdS_3 \times S^3 \times S^3$ solutions warped over a Riemann surface, $\Sigma$. There is an extensive literature on these subjects and we construct mappings between various approaches and use brane probes to elucidate the relationships between the M2-M5 and AdS systems. We also use dualities to map our results onto other systems of intersecting branes. This work is motivated by the recent realization that adding momentum to M2-M5 intersections gives a supermaze that can reproduce the black-hole entropy without ever developing an event horizon. We take a step in this direction by adding a certain type of momentum charges that blackens the M2-M5 intersecting branes. The near-brane limit of these solutions is a BTZ$^{extremal} \times S^3 \times S^3 \times \Sigma$ geometry in which the BTZ momentum is a function of the Riemann surface coordinates.
[ { "created": "Mon, 4 Dec 2023 19:04:31 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2023-12-06
[ [ "Bena", "Iosif", "" ], [ "Houppe", "Anthony", "" ], [ "Toulikas", "Dimitrios", "" ], [ "Warner", "Nicholas P.", "" ] ]
We show that the supergravity solutions for 1/4-BPS intersecting systems of M2 and M5 branes are completely characterized by a single ``maze'' function that satisfies a non-linear ``maze'' equation similar to the Monge-Amp\`ere equation. We also show that the near-brane limit of certain intersections are $AdS_3 \times S^3 \times S^3$ solutions warped over a Riemann surface, $\Sigma$. There is an extensive literature on these subjects and we construct mappings between various approaches and use brane probes to elucidate the relationships between the M2-M5 and AdS systems. We also use dualities to map our results onto other systems of intersecting branes. This work is motivated by the recent realization that adding momentum to M2-M5 intersections gives a supermaze that can reproduce the black-hole entropy without ever developing an event horizon. We take a step in this direction by adding a certain type of momentum charges that blackens the M2-M5 intersecting branes. The near-brane limit of these solutions is a BTZ$^{extremal} \times S^3 \times S^3 \times \Sigma$ geometry in which the BTZ momentum is a function of the Riemann surface coordinates.
1110.5325
Gonzalo Torroba
Sarah Harrison, Shamit Kachru, Gonzalo Torroba
A maximally supersymmetric Kondo model
46 pages, 2 figures. Minor typos corrected
null
10.1088/0264-9381/29/19/194005
SU-ITP-11/49; SLAC-PUB-14648
hep-th cond-mat.str-el
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We study the maximally supersymmetric Kondo model obtained by adding a fermionic impurity to N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. While the original Kondo problem describes a defect interacting with a free Fermi liquid of itinerant electrons, here the ambient theory is an interacting CFT, and this introduces qualitatively new features into the system. The model arises in string theory by considering the intersection of a stack of M D5-branes with a stack of N D3-branes, at a point in the D3 worldvolume. We analyze the theory holographically, and propose a dictionary between the Kondo problem and antisymmetric Wilson loops in N=4 SYM. We perform an explicit calculation of the D5 fluctuations in the D3 geometry and determine the spectrum of defect operators. This establishes the stability of the Kondo fixed point together with its basic thermodynamic properties. Known supergravity solutions for Wilson loops allow us to go beyond the probe approximation: the D5s disappear and are replaced by three-form flux piercing a new topologically non-trivial three-sphere in the corrected geometry. This describes the Kondo model in terms of a geometric transition. A dual matrix model reflects the basic properties of the corrected gravity solution in its eigenvalue distribution.
[ { "created": "Mon, 24 Oct 2011 20:00:00 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:42:36 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2015-05-30
[ [ "Harrison", "Sarah", "" ], [ "Kachru", "Shamit", "" ], [ "Torroba", "Gonzalo", "" ] ]
We study the maximally supersymmetric Kondo model obtained by adding a fermionic impurity to N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. While the original Kondo problem describes a defect interacting with a free Fermi liquid of itinerant electrons, here the ambient theory is an interacting CFT, and this introduces qualitatively new features into the system. The model arises in string theory by considering the intersection of a stack of M D5-branes with a stack of N D3-branes, at a point in the D3 worldvolume. We analyze the theory holographically, and propose a dictionary between the Kondo problem and antisymmetric Wilson loops in N=4 SYM. We perform an explicit calculation of the D5 fluctuations in the D3 geometry and determine the spectrum of defect operators. This establishes the stability of the Kondo fixed point together with its basic thermodynamic properties. Known supergravity solutions for Wilson loops allow us to go beyond the probe approximation: the D5s disappear and are replaced by three-form flux piercing a new topologically non-trivial three-sphere in the corrected geometry. This describes the Kondo model in terms of a geometric transition. A dual matrix model reflects the basic properties of the corrected gravity solution in its eigenvalue distribution.
1608.05128
Keshav Dasgupta
Keshav Dasgupta, Veronica Errasti Diez, P. Ramadevi, Radu Tatar
Knot Invariants and M-Theory I: Hitchin Equations, Chern-Simons Actions, and the Surface Operators
153 pages, 15 pdf figures, LaTex. v2: Minor corrections to section 2.2; v3: Some typos corrected, references updated and a new section added. Final version to appear in Physical Review D
Phys. Rev. D 95, 026010 (2017)
10.1103/PhysRevD.95.026010
null
hep-th math-ph math.MP
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Recently Witten introduced a type IIB brane construction with certain boundary conditions to study knot invariants and Khovanov homology. The essential ingredients used in his work are the topologically twisted N = 4 Yang-Mills theory, localization equations and surface operators. In this paper we extend his construction in two possible ways. On one hand we show that a slight modification of Witten's brane construction could lead, using certain well defined duality transformations, to the model used by Ooguri-Vafa to study knot invariants using gravity duals. On the other hand, we argue that both these constructions, of Witten and of Ooguri-Vafa, lead to two different seven-dimensional manifolds in M-theory from where the topological theories may appear from certain twisting of the G-flux action. The non-abelian nature of the topological action may also be studied if we take the wrapped M2-brane states in the theory. We discuss explicit constructions of the seven-dimensional manifolds in M-theory, and show that both the localization equations and surface operators appear naturally from the Hamiltonian formalism of the theories. Knots and link invariants are then constructed using M2-brane states in both the models.
[ { "created": "Wed, 17 Aug 2016 23:32:05 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sat, 20 Aug 2016 02:05:31 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Wed, 14 Dec 2016 06:35:35 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2017-01-18
[ [ "Dasgupta", "Keshav", "" ], [ "Diez", "Veronica Errasti", "" ], [ "Ramadevi", "P.", "" ], [ "Tatar", "Radu", "" ] ]
Recently Witten introduced a type IIB brane construction with certain boundary conditions to study knot invariants and Khovanov homology. The essential ingredients used in his work are the topologically twisted N = 4 Yang-Mills theory, localization equations and surface operators. In this paper we extend his construction in two possible ways. On one hand we show that a slight modification of Witten's brane construction could lead, using certain well defined duality transformations, to the model used by Ooguri-Vafa to study knot invariants using gravity duals. On the other hand, we argue that both these constructions, of Witten and of Ooguri-Vafa, lead to two different seven-dimensional manifolds in M-theory from where the topological theories may appear from certain twisting of the G-flux action. The non-abelian nature of the topological action may also be studied if we take the wrapped M2-brane states in the theory. We discuss explicit constructions of the seven-dimensional manifolds in M-theory, and show that both the localization equations and surface operators appear naturally from the Hamiltonian formalism of the theories. Knots and link invariants are then constructed using M2-brane states in both the models.
1810.12674
Michal Pazderka
Klaus Bering and Michal Pazderka
6D dual superconformal algebra
26 pages, LaTeX. v2, v3, v4, v5, v6: Minor corrections, references added, section VIII added; v7: published version
J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 53 (2020) 275402
10.1088/1751-8121/ab8ff6
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We construct and study the 6D dual superconformal algebra. Our construction is inspired by the dual superconformal symmetry of massless 4D $\mathcal{N}=4$ SYM and extends the previous construction of the enhanced dual conformal algebra for 6D $\mathcal{N}=(1,1)$ SYM to the full 6D dual superconformal algebra for chiral theories. We formulate constraints in 6D spinor helicity formalism and find all generators of the 6D dual superconformal algebra. Next we check that they agree with the dual superconformal generators of known 3D and 4D theories. We show that it is possible to significantly simplify the form of generators and compactly write the dual superconformal algebra using superindices. Finally, we work out some examples of algebra invariants.
[ { "created": "Tue, 30 Oct 2018 11:34:37 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 6 Nov 2018 17:13:19 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Mon, 10 Dec 2018 12:48:14 GMT", "version": "v3" }, { "created": "Wed, 13 Feb 2019 13:46:22 GMT", "version": "v4" }, { "created": "Thu, 14 Mar 2019 06:41:21 GMT", "version": "v5" }, { "created": "Fri, 29 Nov 2019 10:18:24 GMT", "version": "v6" }, { "created": "Mon, 22 Jun 2020 12:56:36 GMT", "version": "v7" } ]
2020-06-23
[ [ "Bering", "Klaus", "" ], [ "Pazderka", "Michal", "" ] ]
We construct and study the 6D dual superconformal algebra. Our construction is inspired by the dual superconformal symmetry of massless 4D $\mathcal{N}=4$ SYM and extends the previous construction of the enhanced dual conformal algebra for 6D $\mathcal{N}=(1,1)$ SYM to the full 6D dual superconformal algebra for chiral theories. We formulate constraints in 6D spinor helicity formalism and find all generators of the 6D dual superconformal algebra. Next we check that they agree with the dual superconformal generators of known 3D and 4D theories. We show that it is possible to significantly simplify the form of generators and compactly write the dual superconformal algebra using superindices. Finally, we work out some examples of algebra invariants.
hep-th/9905058
Sheng Li
Sheng Li
The Topological Structure of Nieh-Yan Form and Chiral Anomaly in Spaces with Torsion
Revtex, 12 pages
J.Phys.A32:7153-7162,1999
10.1088/0305-4470/32/41/309
null
hep-th
null
The topological structure of the Nieh-Yan form in 4-dimensional manifold is given by making use of the decomposition of spin connection. The case of the generalized Nieh-Yan form on $2^d$-dimensional manifold is discussed with an example of 8-dimensional case studied in detail. The chiral anomaly with nonvanishing torsion is studied also. The further contributions from torsional part to chiral anomaly are found coming from the zeroes of some fields under pure gauge condition.
[ { "created": "Sun, 9 May 1999 11:18:09 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 11 May 1999 11:00:46 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Wed, 20 Oct 1999 03:06:33 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Li", "Sheng", "" ] ]
The topological structure of the Nieh-Yan form in 4-dimensional manifold is given by making use of the decomposition of spin connection. The case of the generalized Nieh-Yan form on $2^d$-dimensional manifold is discussed with an example of 8-dimensional case studied in detail. The chiral anomaly with nonvanishing torsion is studied also. The further contributions from torsional part to chiral anomaly are found coming from the zeroes of some fields under pure gauge condition.
hep-th/0310300
Burkhard Kleihaus
B. Kleihaus, J. Kunz and K. Myklevoll
Platonic Sphalerons
10 pages, including 2 figures, LaTex format
Phys.Lett. B582 (2004) 187-195
10.1016/j.physletb.2003.12.036
null
hep-th hep-ph
null
We construct sphaleron solutions in Weinberg-Salam theory, which possess only discrete symmetries. Related to rational maps of degree N, these sphalerons carry baryon number Q_B=N/2. The energy density of these sphalerons reflects their discrete symmetries. We present an N=3 sphaleron with tetrahedral energy density, an N=4 sphaleron with cubic energy density, and an N=5 sphaleron with octahedral energy density.
[ { "created": "Fri, 31 Oct 2003 17:42:53 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-11-10
[ [ "Kleihaus", "B.", "" ], [ "Kunz", "J.", "" ], [ "Myklevoll", "K.", "" ] ]
We construct sphaleron solutions in Weinberg-Salam theory, which possess only discrete symmetries. Related to rational maps of degree N, these sphalerons carry baryon number Q_B=N/2. The energy density of these sphalerons reflects their discrete symmetries. We present an N=3 sphaleron with tetrahedral energy density, an N=4 sphaleron with cubic energy density, and an N=5 sphaleron with octahedral energy density.
2002.10807
Shan Hu
Shan Hu
S-duality and loop operators in canonical formalism
48 pages, published version
Phys. Rev. D 103, 045010 (2021)
10.1103/PhysRevD.103.045010
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We study the gauge invariant 't Hooft operator in canonical formalism for Yang-Mills theory as well as the $\mathcal{N} =4 $ super-Yang-Mills theory with the gauge group $ U(N) $. It is shown that the spectrum of the 't Hooft operator labeled by the arbitrary irreducible representation of the gauge group is the same as the spectrum of the Wilson operator labeled by the same representation. So it is possible to construct a unitary operator $ S $ making the two kinds of loop operators transformed into each other. S-duality transformation could be realized by the operator $ S $. We compute the supersymmetry variations of the loop operators with the fermionic couplings turned off. The result is consistent with the expectation that the action of $ S $ should make supercharges transform with a $ U(1)_{Y} $ phase.
[ { "created": "Tue, 25 Feb 2020 11:52:39 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 18 Jun 2020 13:20:31 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Tue, 16 Feb 2021 08:49:07 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2021-02-17
[ [ "Hu", "Shan", "" ] ]
We study the gauge invariant 't Hooft operator in canonical formalism for Yang-Mills theory as well as the $\mathcal{N} =4 $ super-Yang-Mills theory with the gauge group $ U(N) $. It is shown that the spectrum of the 't Hooft operator labeled by the arbitrary irreducible representation of the gauge group is the same as the spectrum of the Wilson operator labeled by the same representation. So it is possible to construct a unitary operator $ S $ making the two kinds of loop operators transformed into each other. S-duality transformation could be realized by the operator $ S $. We compute the supersymmetry variations of the loop operators with the fermionic couplings turned off. The result is consistent with the expectation that the action of $ S $ should make supercharges transform with a $ U(1)_{Y} $ phase.
2211.00877
Yoshiharu Kawamura
Yoshiharu Kawamura, Eiji Kodaira, Kentaro Kojima, Toshifumi Yamashita
On representation matrices of boundary conditions in $SU(n)$ gauge theories compactified on two-dimensional orbifolds
58 pages, major parts of derivations are moved into the appendices
null
10.1007/JHEP04(2023)113
null
hep-th hep-ph
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
We study the existence of diagonal representatives in each equivalence class of representation matrices of boundary conditions in $SU(n)$ or $U(n)$ gauge theories compactified on the orbifolds $T^2/{\mathbb Z}_N$ ($N = 2, 3, 4, 6$). We suppose that the theory has a global $G' = U(n)$ symmetry. Using constraints, unitary transformations and gauge transformations, we examine whether the representation matrices can simultaneously become diagonal or not. We show that at least one diagonal representative necessarily exists in each equivalence class on $T^2/{\mathbb Z}_2$ and $T^2/{\mathbb Z}_3$, but the representation matrices on $T^2/{\mathbb Z}_4$ and $T^2/{\mathbb Z}_6$ can contain not only diagonal matrices but also non-diagonal $2 \times 2$ ones and non-diagonal $3 \times 3$ and $2 \times 2$ ones, respectively, as members of block-diagonal submatrices. These non-diagonal matrices have discrete parameters, which means that the rank-reducing symmetry breaking can be caused by the discrete Wilson line phases.
[ { "created": "Wed, 2 Nov 2022 04:54:36 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 25 Apr 2023 05:42:01 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2023-05-10
[ [ "Kawamura", "Yoshiharu", "" ], [ "Kodaira", "Eiji", "" ], [ "Kojima", "Kentaro", "" ], [ "Yamashita", "Toshifumi", "" ] ]
We study the existence of diagonal representatives in each equivalence class of representation matrices of boundary conditions in $SU(n)$ or $U(n)$ gauge theories compactified on the orbifolds $T^2/{\mathbb Z}_N$ ($N = 2, 3, 4, 6$). We suppose that the theory has a global $G' = U(n)$ symmetry. Using constraints, unitary transformations and gauge transformations, we examine whether the representation matrices can simultaneously become diagonal or not. We show that at least one diagonal representative necessarily exists in each equivalence class on $T^2/{\mathbb Z}_2$ and $T^2/{\mathbb Z}_3$, but the representation matrices on $T^2/{\mathbb Z}_4$ and $T^2/{\mathbb Z}_6$ can contain not only diagonal matrices but also non-diagonal $2 \times 2$ ones and non-diagonal $3 \times 3$ and $2 \times 2$ ones, respectively, as members of block-diagonal submatrices. These non-diagonal matrices have discrete parameters, which means that the rank-reducing symmetry breaking can be caused by the discrete Wilson line phases.
1603.06218
Michael Thies
Michael Thies
Solving the ${\rm U(2)}_L \times {\rm U(2)}_R$ symmetric Nambu--Jona-Lasinio model in 1+1 dimensions
15 pages, no figure; v2: Typos corrected, Eqs. (48)-(50) corrected, 1 figure added, 1 reference added, 16 pages; v3: minor changes, references added, v4: typos in Eqs. 16,73,111 corrected, computations and results unchanged
null
null
null
hep-th cond-mat.supr-con hep-lat
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
A less well known variant of the Nambu--Jona-Lasinio model with Nc colors and U(2)L X U(2)R chiral symmetry is studied in 1+1 dimensions. Using semi-classical methods appropriate for the large Nc limit, we determine the vacuum manifold, the meson spectrum, massless and massive multi-fermion bound states and the phase diagram as a function of temperature, chemical potential and isospin chemical potential. An important tool to understand soliton dynamics is the generalization of the time-dependent Hartree-Fock approach to two flavors along the lines recently developed by Takahashi in the context of unconventional fermionic superfluids and superconductors.
[ { "created": "Sun, 20 Mar 2016 14:22:35 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 5 Apr 2016 09:01:32 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Mon, 15 Aug 2016 07:33:03 GMT", "version": "v3" }, { "created": "Sat, 13 Feb 2021 16:12:37 GMT", "version": "v4" } ]
2021-02-16
[ [ "Thies", "Michael", "" ] ]
A less well known variant of the Nambu--Jona-Lasinio model with Nc colors and U(2)L X U(2)R chiral symmetry is studied in 1+1 dimensions. Using semi-classical methods appropriate for the large Nc limit, we determine the vacuum manifold, the meson spectrum, massless and massive multi-fermion bound states and the phase diagram as a function of temperature, chemical potential and isospin chemical potential. An important tool to understand soliton dynamics is the generalization of the time-dependent Hartree-Fock approach to two flavors along the lines recently developed by Takahashi in the context of unconventional fermionic superfluids and superconductors.
1507.01911
Lev Spodyneiko
Alexander Belavin, Lev Spodyneiko
N = 2 superconformal algebra in NSR string and Gepner approach to space-time supersymmetry in ten dimensions
20 pages
null
null
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The fermionic NSR string possesses a hidden N = 2 superconformal algebra on the world-sheet. In this work, we show how to use an isomorphism of this algebra, the so-called spectral flow, for construction of a subspace of physical states of the string, on which space-time supersymmetry acts. This construction is an alternative to the GSO-projection in string theory.
[ { "created": "Tue, 7 Jul 2015 18:32:29 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-07-08
[ [ "Belavin", "Alexander", "" ], [ "Spodyneiko", "Lev", "" ] ]
The fermionic NSR string possesses a hidden N = 2 superconformal algebra on the world-sheet. In this work, we show how to use an isomorphism of this algebra, the so-called spectral flow, for construction of a subspace of physical states of the string, on which space-time supersymmetry acts. This construction is an alternative to the GSO-projection in string theory.
hep-th/9409065
Ovsienko
C.Duval and V.Ovsienko
Space of second order linear differential operators as a module over the Lie algebra of vector fields
20 pages, CPT-preprint Marseille
null
null
null
hep-th
null
The space of linear differential operators on a smooth manifold $M$ has a natural one-parameter family of $Diff(M)$ (and $Vect(M)$)-module structures, defined by their action on the space of tensor-densities. It is shown that, in the case of second order differential operators, the $Vect(M)$-module structures are equivalent for any degree of tensor-densities except for three critical values: $\{0,{1\over 2},1\}$. Second order analogue of the Lie derivative appears as an intertwining operator between the spaces of second order differential operators on tensor-densities.
[ { "created": "Mon, 12 Sep 1994 16:27:29 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Duval", "C.", "" ], [ "Ovsienko", "V.", "" ] ]
The space of linear differential operators on a smooth manifold $M$ has a natural one-parameter family of $Diff(M)$ (and $Vect(M)$)-module structures, defined by their action on the space of tensor-densities. It is shown that, in the case of second order differential operators, the $Vect(M)$-module structures are equivalent for any degree of tensor-densities except for three critical values: $\{0,{1\over 2},1\}$. Second order analogue of the Lie derivative appears as an intertwining operator between the spaces of second order differential operators on tensor-densities.
0902.2204
Yu Nakayama
Yu Nakayama, Makoto Sakaguchi and Kentaroh Yoshida
Non-Relativistic M2-brane Gauge Theory and New Superconformal Algebra
25 pages, v2: reference added
JHEP 0904:096,2009
10.1088/1126-6708/2009/04/096
UCB-PTH-09/06, OIQP-09-02, NSF-KITP-09-16
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We study non-relativistic limits of the N=6 Chern-Simons-Matter theory that arises as a low-energy limit of the M2-brane gauge theory with background flux. The model admits several different non-relativistic limits and we find that the maximal supersymmetry we construct has 14 components of supercharges, which is a novel example of non-relativistic superconformal algebra in (1+2) dimension. We also investigate the other limits that realize less supersymmetries.
[ { "created": "Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:58:06 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:48:57 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-05-01
[ [ "Nakayama", "Yu", "" ], [ "Sakaguchi", "Makoto", "" ], [ "Yoshida", "Kentaroh", "" ] ]
We study non-relativistic limits of the N=6 Chern-Simons-Matter theory that arises as a low-energy limit of the M2-brane gauge theory with background flux. The model admits several different non-relativistic limits and we find that the maximal supersymmetry we construct has 14 components of supercharges, which is a novel example of non-relativistic superconformal algebra in (1+2) dimension. We also investigate the other limits that realize less supersymmetries.
1504.07744
Khadijeh Jafarzade
Kh. Jafarzade, J. Sadeghi
The Thermodynamic Efficiency in Static and Dynamic Black Holes
null
null
10.1007/s10773-017-3501-9
null
hep-th
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
We note that, in extended phase space the cosmological constant is a thermodynamic variable. In this paper, this cosmological constant lead us to consider a black hole as a heat engine. So, here we take advantage from holographic heat engine and study two kind of different black holes. We first investigate a static black hole (Dyonic BH) and consider the necessary condition to have high efficiency. Also we continue our investigation for dynamic black hole (rotating charged black hole) and study the effect of rotating parameter on the thermodynamic efficiency of holographic heat engine. We show that the rotating parameter has a more effective role than electric charge in thermodynamic efficiency.
[ { "created": "Wed, 29 Apr 2015 07:34:25 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 12 May 2015 12:01:36 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Sun, 31 May 2015 11:51:38 GMT", "version": "v3" }, { "created": "Tue, 23 Jun 2015 05:11:39 GMT", "version": "v4" }, { "created": "Sun, 28 Feb 2016 07:09:34 GMT", "version": "v5" }, { "created": "Mon, 30 Oct 2017 12:30:42 GMT", "version": "v6" } ]
2017-10-31
[ [ "Jafarzade", "Kh.", "" ], [ "Sadeghi", "J.", "" ] ]
We note that, in extended phase space the cosmological constant is a thermodynamic variable. In this paper, this cosmological constant lead us to consider a black hole as a heat engine. So, here we take advantage from holographic heat engine and study two kind of different black holes. We first investigate a static black hole (Dyonic BH) and consider the necessary condition to have high efficiency. Also we continue our investigation for dynamic black hole (rotating charged black hole) and study the effect of rotating parameter on the thermodynamic efficiency of holographic heat engine. We show that the rotating parameter has a more effective role than electric charge in thermodynamic efficiency.
hep-th/0008141
Ehud Schreiber
Y. Kinar, A. Loewy, E. Schreiber, J. Sonnenschein, S. Yankielowicz
Supergravity and Worldvolume Physics in the Dual Description of $\N=1^*$ Theory
latex, 1+24 pages. v2: references added, some remarks added. v3: final version
JHEP 0103:013,2001
10.1088/1126-6708/2001/03/013
TAUP-2633-00
hep-th
null
We look at the string theory dual of the $\N=1^*$ theory, involving 5--branes, which was recently proposed by Polchinski and Strassler \cite{PolStr}. We argue that SUGRA alone is not enough in order to obtain the correct screening and confinement behaviour of the various massive field theory vacua, but that appropriate worldvolume phenomena of the 5--branes must be included. We therefore work within the SUGRA approximation, also taking into account the brane dynamics, and classify all the SUGRA configurations. In this level of analysis, we find multiple valid configurations for every given vacuum. We discuss some possible resolutions of this perplexing result. We also consider the spectrum of asymptotic states, and discuss the global symmetries of the SUGRA solution of the $\N=1^*$ theory and of the $\N=0^*$ theory obtained from it by explicit supersymmetry breaking.
[ { "created": "Thu, 17 Aug 2000 16:32:38 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 18 Sep 2000 14:52:25 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Wed, 2 May 2001 15:21:30 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2010-02-03
[ [ "Kinar", "Y.", "" ], [ "Loewy", "A.", "" ], [ "Schreiber", "E.", "" ], [ "Sonnenschein", "J.", "" ], [ "Yankielowicz", "S.", "" ] ]
We look at the string theory dual of the $\N=1^*$ theory, involving 5--branes, which was recently proposed by Polchinski and Strassler \cite{PolStr}. We argue that SUGRA alone is not enough in order to obtain the correct screening and confinement behaviour of the various massive field theory vacua, but that appropriate worldvolume phenomena of the 5--branes must be included. We therefore work within the SUGRA approximation, also taking into account the brane dynamics, and classify all the SUGRA configurations. In this level of analysis, we find multiple valid configurations for every given vacuum. We discuss some possible resolutions of this perplexing result. We also consider the spectrum of asymptotic states, and discuss the global symmetries of the SUGRA solution of the $\N=1^*$ theory and of the $\N=0^*$ theory obtained from it by explicit supersymmetry breaking.
2203.03644
Ling Lin
Mirjam Cvetic, Markus Dierigl, Ling Lin, Hao Y. Zhang
One Loop to Rule Them All: Eight and Nine Dimensional String Vacua from Junctions
47 pages + appendices, 8 figures, long table in Appendix C
null
10.1103/PhysRevD.106.026007
CERN-TH-2022-032, LMU-ASC 10/22, UPR-1316-T
hep-th
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
String and 5-brane junctions are shown to succinctly classify all known 8d ${\cal N}$=1 string vacua. This requires an extension of the description for ordinary $[p,q]$-7-branes to consistently include O7$^+$-planes, which then naturally encodes the dynamics of $\mathfrak{sp}_n$ gauge algebras, including their higher-form center symmetries. Central to this analysis are loop junctions, i.e., strings/5-branes which encircle stacks of 7-branes and O7$^+$'s. Loop junctions further signal the appearance of affine symmetries of emergent 9d descriptions at the 8d moduli space's boundaries. Such limits reproduce all 9d string vacua, including the two disconnected rank (1,1) moduli components.
[ { "created": "Mon, 7 Mar 2022 19:00:00 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2022-07-25
[ [ "Cvetic", "Mirjam", "" ], [ "Dierigl", "Markus", "" ], [ "Lin", "Ling", "" ], [ "Zhang", "Hao Y.", "" ] ]
String and 5-brane junctions are shown to succinctly classify all known 8d ${\cal N}$=1 string vacua. This requires an extension of the description for ordinary $[p,q]$-7-branes to consistently include O7$^+$-planes, which then naturally encodes the dynamics of $\mathfrak{sp}_n$ gauge algebras, including their higher-form center symmetries. Central to this analysis are loop junctions, i.e., strings/5-branes which encircle stacks of 7-branes and O7$^+$'s. Loop junctions further signal the appearance of affine symmetries of emergent 9d descriptions at the 8d moduli space's boundaries. Such limits reproduce all 9d string vacua, including the two disconnected rank (1,1) moduli components.
1012.0323
Christoph Adam
C. Adam, J.M. Queiruga, J. Sanchez-Guillen
A simple supersymmetric extension of K field theories
latex, 14 pages
null
null
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We continue the investigation of supersymmetric extensions of field theories with a non-standard kinetic term (K field theories) resumed recently. Concretely, for K field theories which allow for kink or compacton solutions in 1+1 dimensions, i.e., for domain walls in a higher-dimensional context, we find a simple supersymmetric extension such that the boson field still has the kink solution, and the field equation for the fermion in the kink background is linear and is solved by the first spatial derivative of the kink, as is the case in the corresponding standard supersymmetric theories. This supersymmetric extension, nevertheless, is peculiar in several aspects. The bosonic part of the supersymmetric Lagrangian is not equal to the original bosonic K field Lagrangian, but the bosonic field equations coincide. Further, the field equation for the bosonic field is produced by the variation of the auxiliary field and vice versa. This observation may be of some independent interest. Finally, the presence of kink solutions does not lead to a central extension in the SUSY algebra, in contrast to the standard case.
[ { "created": "Wed, 1 Dec 2010 21:10:05 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2010-12-03
[ [ "Adam", "C.", "" ], [ "Queiruga", "J. M.", "" ], [ "Sanchez-Guillen", "J.", "" ] ]
We continue the investigation of supersymmetric extensions of field theories with a non-standard kinetic term (K field theories) resumed recently. Concretely, for K field theories which allow for kink or compacton solutions in 1+1 dimensions, i.e., for domain walls in a higher-dimensional context, we find a simple supersymmetric extension such that the boson field still has the kink solution, and the field equation for the fermion in the kink background is linear and is solved by the first spatial derivative of the kink, as is the case in the corresponding standard supersymmetric theories. This supersymmetric extension, nevertheless, is peculiar in several aspects. The bosonic part of the supersymmetric Lagrangian is not equal to the original bosonic K field Lagrangian, but the bosonic field equations coincide. Further, the field equation for the bosonic field is produced by the variation of the auxiliary field and vice versa. This observation may be of some independent interest. Finally, the presence of kink solutions does not lead to a central extension in the SUSY algebra, in contrast to the standard case.
hep-th/9602078
David Adams
David H. Adams
Perturbative expansion in gauge theories on compact manifolds
47 pages, latex. Typo's in the Feynman diagrams corrected, 5 references added, some clarifying comments added (mainly in the introduction)
null
null
TCD-05-96
hep-th gr-qc
null
A geometric formal method for perturbatively expanding functional integrals arising in quantum gauge theories is described when the spacetime is a compact riemannian manifold without boundary. This involves a refined version of the Faddeev-Popov procedure using the covariant background field gauge-fixing condition with background gauge field chosen to be a general critical point for the action functional (i.e. a classical solution). The refinement takes into account the gauge-fixing ambiguities coming from gauge transformations which leave the critical point unchanged, resulting in the absence of infrared divergences when the critical point is isolated modulo gauge transformations. The procedure can be carried out using only the subgroup of gauge transformations which are topologically trivial, possibly avoiding the usual problems which arise due to gauge-fixing ambiguities. For Chern-Simons gauge theory the method enables the partition function to be perturbatively expanded for a number of simple spacetime manifolds such as $S^3$ and lens spaces, and the expansions are shown to be formally independent of the metric used in the gauge-fixing.
[ { "created": "Wed, 14 Feb 1996 23:46:31 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 19 Feb 1996 00:00:10 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-09-25
[ [ "Adams", "David H.", "" ] ]
A geometric formal method for perturbatively expanding functional integrals arising in quantum gauge theories is described when the spacetime is a compact riemannian manifold without boundary. This involves a refined version of the Faddeev-Popov procedure using the covariant background field gauge-fixing condition with background gauge field chosen to be a general critical point for the action functional (i.e. a classical solution). The refinement takes into account the gauge-fixing ambiguities coming from gauge transformations which leave the critical point unchanged, resulting in the absence of infrared divergences when the critical point is isolated modulo gauge transformations. The procedure can be carried out using only the subgroup of gauge transformations which are topologically trivial, possibly avoiding the usual problems which arise due to gauge-fixing ambiguities. For Chern-Simons gauge theory the method enables the partition function to be perturbatively expanded for a number of simple spacetime manifolds such as $S^3$ and lens spaces, and the expansions are shown to be formally independent of the metric used in the gauge-fixing.
hep-th/0612104
Massimo Giovannini
Massimo Giovannini
Gravitating multidefects from higher dimensions
27 pages, 5 included figures
Phys.Rev.D75:064023,2007
10.1103/PhysRevD.75.064023
CERN-PH-TH/2006-253
hep-th gr-qc hep-ph
null
Warped configurations admitting pairs of gravitating defects are analyzed. After devising a general method for the construction of multidefects, specific examples are presented in the case of higher-dimensional Einstein-Hilbert gravity. The obtained profiles describe diverse physical situations such as (topological) kink-antikink systems, pairs of non-topological solitons and bound configurations of a kink and of a non-topological soliton. In all the mentioned cases the geometry is always well behaved (all relevant curvature invariants are regular) and tends to five-dimensional anti-de Sitter space-time for large asymptotic values of the bulk coordinate. Particular classes of solutions can be generalized to the framework where the gravity part of the action includes, as a correction, the Euler-Gauss-Bonnet combination. After scrutinizing the structure of the zero modes, the obtained results are compared with conventional gravitating configurations containing a single topological defect.
[ { "created": "Tue, 12 Dec 2006 14:22:10 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Giovannini", "Massimo", "" ] ]
Warped configurations admitting pairs of gravitating defects are analyzed. After devising a general method for the construction of multidefects, specific examples are presented in the case of higher-dimensional Einstein-Hilbert gravity. The obtained profiles describe diverse physical situations such as (topological) kink-antikink systems, pairs of non-topological solitons and bound configurations of a kink and of a non-topological soliton. In all the mentioned cases the geometry is always well behaved (all relevant curvature invariants are regular) and tends to five-dimensional anti-de Sitter space-time for large asymptotic values of the bulk coordinate. Particular classes of solutions can be generalized to the framework where the gravity part of the action includes, as a correction, the Euler-Gauss-Bonnet combination. After scrutinizing the structure of the zero modes, the obtained results are compared with conventional gravitating configurations containing a single topological defect.
hep-th/9404055
Dae Yup Song
Dae Yup Song
Large-$N$ nonlinear $\sigma$ models on $R^2\times S^1$
12 pages(LaTex)
Phys.Rev. D49 (1994) 6794-6798
10.1103/PhysRevD.49.6794
SCNU-TH-9
hep-th
null
The large-$N$ nonlinear $O(N)$, $CP^{N-1}$ $\sigma$ models are studied on $R^2 \times S^1$. The $N$-components scalar fields of the models are supposed to acquire a phase $e^{i2\pi\delta}$ $(0\leq \delta <1)$, along the circulation of the circle, $S^1$. We evaluate the effective potentials to the leading order of the $1/N$ expansion. It is shown that, on $R^2\times S^1$ the $O(N)$ model has rich phase structure while the phase of $CP^{N-1}$ model is just that of the model at finite temperature.
[ { "created": "Sun, 10 Apr 1994 21:59:48 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-10-28
[ [ "Song", "Dae Yup", "" ] ]
The large-$N$ nonlinear $O(N)$, $CP^{N-1}$ $\sigma$ models are studied on $R^2 \times S^1$. The $N$-components scalar fields of the models are supposed to acquire a phase $e^{i2\pi\delta}$ $(0\leq \delta <1)$, along the circulation of the circle, $S^1$. We evaluate the effective potentials to the leading order of the $1/N$ expansion. It is shown that, on $R^2\times S^1$ the $O(N)$ model has rich phase structure while the phase of $CP^{N-1}$ model is just that of the model at finite temperature.
hep-th/9609010
My Account
L.F. Urrutia (Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana-I, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico), N. Morales (Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana-I)
An extension of the Cayley-Hamilton theorem to the case of supermatrices
14 pages, plain TEX
Letters in Mathematical Physics, 32 (1994) 211-219
10.1007/BF00750663
null
hep-th
null
Starting from the expression for the superdeterminant of $ (xI-M)$, where $M$ is an arbitrary supermatrix , we propose a definition for the corresponding characteristic polynomial and we prove that each supermatrix satisfies its characteristic equation. Depending upon the factorization properties of the basic polynomials whose ratio defines the above mentioned superdeterminant we are able to construct polynomials of lower degree which are also shown to be annihilated by the supermatrix.
[ { "created": "Fri, 30 Aug 1996 19:22:19 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-06-26
[ [ "Urrutia", "L. F.", "", "Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana-I, Universidad\n Nacional Autonoma de Mexico" ], [ "Morales", "N.", "", "Universidad Autonoma\n Metropolitana-I" ] ]
Starting from the expression for the superdeterminant of $ (xI-M)$, where $M$ is an arbitrary supermatrix , we propose a definition for the corresponding characteristic polynomial and we prove that each supermatrix satisfies its characteristic equation. Depending upon the factorization properties of the basic polynomials whose ratio defines the above mentioned superdeterminant we are able to construct polynomials of lower degree which are also shown to be annihilated by the supermatrix.
2105.10507
Benjamin Lillard
Patrick Draper, Isabel Garcia Garcia, and Benjamin Lillard
de Sitter Decays to Infinity
52 pages, 16 figures, including three appendices. v2: Updated to match published manuscript, references added
null
10.1007/JHEP12(2021)154
null
hep-th gr-qc hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Bubbles of nothing are a class of vacuum decay processes present in some theories with compactified extra dimensions. We investigate the existence and properties of bubbles of nothing in models where the scalar pseudomoduli controlling the size of the extra dimensions are stabilized at positive vacuum energy, which is a necessary feature of any realistic model. We map the construction of bubbles of nothing to a four-dimensional Coleman-De Luccia problem and establish necessary conditions on the asymptotic behavior of the scalar potential for the existence of suitable solutions. We perform detailed analyses in the context of five-dimensional theories with metastable $\text{dS}_4 \times S^1$ vacua, using analytic approximations and numerical methods to calculate the decay rate. We find that bubbles of nothing sometimes exist in potentials with no ordinary Coleman-De Luccia decay process, and that in the examples we study, when both processes exist, the bubble of nothing decay rate is typically faster. Our methods can be generalized to other stabilizing potentials and internal manifolds.
[ { "created": "Fri, 21 May 2021 18:00:01 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 10 Mar 2022 03:47:32 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2022-03-11
[ [ "Draper", "Patrick", "" ], [ "Garcia", "Isabel Garcia", "" ], [ "Lillard", "Benjamin", "" ] ]
Bubbles of nothing are a class of vacuum decay processes present in some theories with compactified extra dimensions. We investigate the existence and properties of bubbles of nothing in models where the scalar pseudomoduli controlling the size of the extra dimensions are stabilized at positive vacuum energy, which is a necessary feature of any realistic model. We map the construction of bubbles of nothing to a four-dimensional Coleman-De Luccia problem and establish necessary conditions on the asymptotic behavior of the scalar potential for the existence of suitable solutions. We perform detailed analyses in the context of five-dimensional theories with metastable $\text{dS}_4 \times S^1$ vacua, using analytic approximations and numerical methods to calculate the decay rate. We find that bubbles of nothing sometimes exist in potentials with no ordinary Coleman-De Luccia decay process, and that in the examples we study, when both processes exist, the bubble of nothing decay rate is typically faster. Our methods can be generalized to other stabilizing potentials and internal manifolds.
1601.05703
Parinya Karndumri
Parinya Karndumri
Holographic RG flows in N=3 Chern-Simons-Matter theory from N=3 4D gauged supergravity
29 pages, no figures, typos corrected and more details and comments added
Phys. Rev. D 94, 045006 (2016)
10.1103/PhysRevD.94.045006
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We study various supersymmetric RG flows of $N=3$ Chern-Simons-Matter theory in three dimensions by using four-dimensional $N=3$ gauged supergravity coupled to eight vector multiplets with $SO(3)\times SU(3)$ gauge group. The $AdS_4$ critical point preserving the full $SO(3)\times SU(3)$ provides a gravity dual of $N=3$ superconformal field theory with flavor symmetry $SU(3)$. We study the scalar potential and identify a new supersymmetric $AdS_4$ critical point preserving the full $N=3$ supersymmetry and unbroken $SO(3)\times U(1)$ symmetry. An analytic RG flow solution interpolating between $SO(3)\times SU(3)$ and $SO(3)\times U(1)$ critical points is explicitly given. We then investigate possible RG flows from these $AdS_4$ critical points to non-conformal field theories in the IR. All of the singularities appearing in the IR turn out to be physically acceptable. Furthermore, we look for supersymmetric solutions of the form $AdS_2\times \Sigma_2$ with $\Sigma_2$ being a two-sphere or a two-dimensional hyperbolic space and find a number of $AdS_2$ geometries preserving four supercharges with $SO(2)\times SO(2)\times SO(2)$ and $SO(2)\times SO(2)$ symmetries.
[ { "created": "Thu, 21 Jan 2016 16:41:22 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 10 Feb 2016 15:31:10 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Sat, 4 Jun 2016 13:22:09 GMT", "version": "v3" }, { "created": "Sat, 30 Jul 2016 15:57:16 GMT", "version": "v4" } ]
2016-08-17
[ [ "Karndumri", "Parinya", "" ] ]
We study various supersymmetric RG flows of $N=3$ Chern-Simons-Matter theory in three dimensions by using four-dimensional $N=3$ gauged supergravity coupled to eight vector multiplets with $SO(3)\times SU(3)$ gauge group. The $AdS_4$ critical point preserving the full $SO(3)\times SU(3)$ provides a gravity dual of $N=3$ superconformal field theory with flavor symmetry $SU(3)$. We study the scalar potential and identify a new supersymmetric $AdS_4$ critical point preserving the full $N=3$ supersymmetry and unbroken $SO(3)\times U(1)$ symmetry. An analytic RG flow solution interpolating between $SO(3)\times SU(3)$ and $SO(3)\times U(1)$ critical points is explicitly given. We then investigate possible RG flows from these $AdS_4$ critical points to non-conformal field theories in the IR. All of the singularities appearing in the IR turn out to be physically acceptable. Furthermore, we look for supersymmetric solutions of the form $AdS_2\times \Sigma_2$ with $\Sigma_2$ being a two-sphere or a two-dimensional hyperbolic space and find a number of $AdS_2$ geometries preserving four supercharges with $SO(2)\times SO(2)\times SO(2)$ and $SO(2)\times SO(2)$ symmetries.
1307.8377
Jeong-Hyuck Park
Kanghoon Lee and Jeong-Hyuck Park
Covariant action for a string in doubled yet gauged spacetime
1+29 pages; v2) Refs added. minor changes. To appear in Nuclear Physics B
Nuclear Physics B 880 (2014) 134-154
10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2014.01.003
DAMTP-2014-4
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The section condition in double field theory has been shown to imply that a physical point should be one-to-one identified with a gauge orbit in the doubled coordinate space. Here we show the converse is also true, and continue to explore the idea of `spacetime being doubled yet gauged'. Introducing an appropriate gauge connection, we construct a string action, with an arbitrary generalized metric, which is completely covariant with respect to the coordinate gauge symmetry, generalized diffeomorphisms, world-sheet diffeomorphisms, world-sheet Weyl symmetry and O(D,D) T-duality. A topological term previously proposed in the literature naturally arises and a self-duality condition follows from the equations of motion. Further, the action may couple to a T-dual background where the Riemannian metric becomes everywhere singular.
[ { "created": "Wed, 31 Jul 2013 16:23:43 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 7 Jan 2014 10:55:02 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2014-01-22
[ [ "Lee", "Kanghoon", "" ], [ "Park", "Jeong-Hyuck", "" ] ]
The section condition in double field theory has been shown to imply that a physical point should be one-to-one identified with a gauge orbit in the doubled coordinate space. Here we show the converse is also true, and continue to explore the idea of `spacetime being doubled yet gauged'. Introducing an appropriate gauge connection, we construct a string action, with an arbitrary generalized metric, which is completely covariant with respect to the coordinate gauge symmetry, generalized diffeomorphisms, world-sheet diffeomorphisms, world-sheet Weyl symmetry and O(D,D) T-duality. A topological term previously proposed in the literature naturally arises and a self-duality condition follows from the equations of motion. Further, the action may couple to a T-dual background where the Riemannian metric becomes everywhere singular.
2007.14096
Guilherme Franzmann
Heliudson Bernardo, Robert Brandenberger and Guilherme Franzmann
Solution of the Size and Horizon Problems from Classical String Geometry
7 pages, 2 figures
null
10.1007/JHEP10(2020)155
null
hep-th astro-ph.CO gr-qc hep-ex
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In a recent paper we developed a string cosmology background from classical string geometry. Here, we show that this background yields a solution to the size and horizon problems of Standard Big Bang cosmology while remaining compatible with the Transplanckian Censorship Conjecture. We also take a first look at the evolution of cosmological perturbations in this model.
[ { "created": "Tue, 28 Jul 2020 10:01:21 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2020-12-02
[ [ "Bernardo", "Heliudson", "" ], [ "Brandenberger", "Robert", "" ], [ "Franzmann", "Guilherme", "" ] ]
In a recent paper we developed a string cosmology background from classical string geometry. Here, we show that this background yields a solution to the size and horizon problems of Standard Big Bang cosmology while remaining compatible with the Transplanckian Censorship Conjecture. We also take a first look at the evolution of cosmological perturbations in this model.
hep-th/9903003
Skenderis Kostas
Kostas Skenderis
Field theory limit of branes and gauged supergravities
4 pages. Talk delivered at the 32nd International Symposium Ahrenshoop in Buckow, Germany, to appear in the proceedings
Fortsch.Phys.48:205-208,2000
10.1002/(SICI)1521-3978(20001)48:1/3<205::AID-PROP205>3.0.CO;2-F
SPIN-1999/02
hep-th
null
We discuss the field theory limit of Dp-branes. In this limit, the black Dp-brane solution approaches a solution which is conformal to adS_{p+2} \times S^{8-p}. We argue that the frame in which the conformal factor is equal to one, the dual frame, is a `holographic' frame. The radial coordinate of adS_{p+2} provides a UV/IR connection as in the case of the D3 brane. The gravitational description involves gauged supergravities, typically with non-compact gauge groups. The near-horizon Dp-brane solution becomes a domain-wall solution of the latter.
[ { "created": "Sat, 27 Feb 1999 10:53:19 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2017-04-26
[ [ "Skenderis", "Kostas", "" ] ]
We discuss the field theory limit of Dp-branes. In this limit, the black Dp-brane solution approaches a solution which is conformal to adS_{p+2} \times S^{8-p}. We argue that the frame in which the conformal factor is equal to one, the dual frame, is a `holographic' frame. The radial coordinate of adS_{p+2} provides a UV/IR connection as in the case of the D3 brane. The gravitational description involves gauged supergravities, typically with non-compact gauge groups. The near-horizon Dp-brane solution becomes a domain-wall solution of the latter.
1102.4880
Volker Braun
Volker Braun
The 24-Cell and Calabi-Yau Threefolds with Hodge Numbers (1,1)
22 pages, 3 figures, 3 tables
null
10.1007/JHEP05(2012)101
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Calabi-Yau threefolds with h^11(X)=h^21(X)=1 are constructed as free quotients of a hypersurface in the ambient toric variety defined by the 24-cell. Their fundamental groups are SL(2,3), a semidirect product of Z_3 and Z_8, and Z_3 x Q_8.
[ { "created": "Wed, 23 Feb 2011 23:47:12 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-05-27
[ [ "Braun", "Volker", "" ] ]
Calabi-Yau threefolds with h^11(X)=h^21(X)=1 are constructed as free quotients of a hypersurface in the ambient toric variety defined by the 24-cell. Their fundamental groups are SL(2,3), a semidirect product of Z_3 and Z_8, and Z_3 x Q_8.
hep-th/0403273
Douglas A. Singleton
Douglas Singleton
Gravitational trapping potential with arbitrary extra dimensions
7 pages revtex. No figures. References added some discussions changed
Phys.Rev. D70 (2004) 065013
10.1103/PhysRevD.70.065013
null
hep-th
null
We extend a recently discovered, non-singular 6 dimensional brane, solution to D=4+n dimensions. As with the previous 6D solution the present solution provides a gravitational trapping mechanism for fields of spin 0, 1/2, 1 and 2. There is an important distinction between 2 extra dimensions and $n$ extra dimensions that makes this more than a trivial extension. In contrast to gravity in n >2 dimensions, gravity in n=2 dimensions is conformally flat. The stress-energy tensor required by this solution has reasonable physically properties, and for n=2 and n=3 can be made to asymptotically go to zero as one moves away from the brane.
[ { "created": "Sun, 28 Mar 2004 11:29:15 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 27 Jul 2004 21:08:03 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-11-10
[ [ "Singleton", "Douglas", "" ] ]
We extend a recently discovered, non-singular 6 dimensional brane, solution to D=4+n dimensions. As with the previous 6D solution the present solution provides a gravitational trapping mechanism for fields of spin 0, 1/2, 1 and 2. There is an important distinction between 2 extra dimensions and $n$ extra dimensions that makes this more than a trivial extension. In contrast to gravity in n >2 dimensions, gravity in n=2 dimensions is conformally flat. The stress-energy tensor required by this solution has reasonable physically properties, and for n=2 and n=3 can be made to asymptotically go to zero as one moves away from the brane.
2302.10951
Sebastian Franco
Sebasti\'an Franco, Rak-Kyeong Seong
Twin Theories, Polytope Mutations and Quivers for GTPs
51 pages, 42 figures. v2: typos corrected, references added
JHEP 2307:034,2023
10.1007/JHEP07(2023)034
UNIST-MTH-23-RS-01
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We propose a unified perspective on two sets of objects that usually arise in the study of bipartite field theories. Each of the sets consists of a polytope, or equivalently a toric Calabi-Yau, and a quiver theory. We refer to the two sets of objects as original and twin. In the simplest cases, the two sides of the correspondence are connected by the graph operation known as untwisting. The democratic treatment that we advocate raises new questions regarding the connections between these objects, some of which we explore. With this motivation in mind, we establish a correspondence between the mutations of the original polytope and the twin quiver. This leads us to propose that non-toric twin quivers are naturally associated to generalized toric polygons (GTPs) and we explore various aspects of this idea. Supporting evidence includes global symmetries, the ability of twin quivers to encode the generalized $s$-rule, and the connection between the mutations of polytopes and of configurations of webs of 5-branes suspended from 7-branes. We introduce three methods for constructing twin quivers for GTPs. We also investigate the connection between twin quivers obtained using different toric phases. Twin quivers provide a powerful new perspective on GTPs. The ideas presented in this paper may represent a step towards the generalization of brane tilings to GTPs.
[ { "created": "Tue, 21 Feb 2023 19:10:46 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 6 Mar 2023 21:23:35 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2023-07-07
[ [ "Franco", "Sebastián", "" ], [ "Seong", "Rak-Kyeong", "" ] ]
We propose a unified perspective on two sets of objects that usually arise in the study of bipartite field theories. Each of the sets consists of a polytope, or equivalently a toric Calabi-Yau, and a quiver theory. We refer to the two sets of objects as original and twin. In the simplest cases, the two sides of the correspondence are connected by the graph operation known as untwisting. The democratic treatment that we advocate raises new questions regarding the connections between these objects, some of which we explore. With this motivation in mind, we establish a correspondence between the mutations of the original polytope and the twin quiver. This leads us to propose that non-toric twin quivers are naturally associated to generalized toric polygons (GTPs) and we explore various aspects of this idea. Supporting evidence includes global symmetries, the ability of twin quivers to encode the generalized $s$-rule, and the connection between the mutations of polytopes and of configurations of webs of 5-branes suspended from 7-branes. We introduce three methods for constructing twin quivers for GTPs. We also investigate the connection between twin quivers obtained using different toric phases. Twin quivers provide a powerful new perspective on GTPs. The ideas presented in this paper may represent a step towards the generalization of brane tilings to GTPs.
1304.3382
Eduardo da Hora
R. Casana, M. M. Ferreira Jr., E. da Hora, C. dos Santos
Analytical self-dual solutions in a nonstandard Yang-Mills-Higgs scenario
6 pages, 4 figures. To be published in Physics Letters B
Phys. Lett. B 722 (2013) 193-197
10.1016/j.physletb.2013.04.023
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We have found analytical self-dual solutions within the generalized Yang-Mills-Higgs model introduced in Phys. Rev. D 86, 085034 (2012). Such solutions are magnetic monopoles satisfying Bogomol'nyi-Prasad-Sommerfield (BPS) equations and usual finite energy boundary conditions. Moreover, the new solutions are classified in two different types according to their capability of recovering (or not) the usual 't Hooft--Polyakov monopole. Finally, we compare the profiles of the solutions we found with the standard ones, from which we comment about the main features exhibited by the new configurations.
[ { "created": "Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:39:42 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2013-04-25
[ [ "Casana", "R.", "" ], [ "Ferreira", "M. M.", "Jr." ], [ "da Hora", "E.", "" ], [ "Santos", "C. dos", "" ] ]
We have found analytical self-dual solutions within the generalized Yang-Mills-Higgs model introduced in Phys. Rev. D 86, 085034 (2012). Such solutions are magnetic monopoles satisfying Bogomol'nyi-Prasad-Sommerfield (BPS) equations and usual finite energy boundary conditions. Moreover, the new solutions are classified in two different types according to their capability of recovering (or not) the usual 't Hooft--Polyakov monopole. Finally, we compare the profiles of the solutions we found with the standard ones, from which we comment about the main features exhibited by the new configurations.
2205.05081
Pablo Basteiro
Pablo Basteiro, Felix Dusel, Johanna Erdmenger, Dietmar Herdt, Haye Hinrichsen, Ren\'e Meyer, Manuel Schrauth
Breitenlohner-Freedman bound on hyperbolic tilings
11 pages, 9 figures, improved discussion and analysis, corrected typos
null
10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.091604
null
hep-th cond-mat.other gr-qc hep-lat
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We establish how the Breitenlohner-Freedman (BF) bound is realized on tilings of two-dimensional Euclidean Anti-de Sitter space. For the continuum, the BF bound states that on Anti-de Sitter spaces, fluctuation modes remain stable for small negative mass-squared $m^2$. This follows from a real and positive total energy of the gravitational system. For finite cutoff $\varepsilon$, we solve the Klein-Gordon equation numerically on regular hyperbolic tilings. When $\varepsilon\to0$, we find that the continuum BF bound is approached in a manner independent of the tiling. We confirm these results via simulations of a hyperbolic electric circuit. Moreover, we propose a novel circuit including active elements that allows to further scan values of $m^2$ above the BF bound.
[ { "created": "Tue, 10 May 2022 18:00:00 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 25 Oct 2022 16:03:36 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2023-03-15
[ [ "Basteiro", "Pablo", "" ], [ "Dusel", "Felix", "" ], [ "Erdmenger", "Johanna", "" ], [ "Herdt", "Dietmar", "" ], [ "Hinrichsen", "Haye", "" ], [ "Meyer", "René", "" ], [ "Schrauth", "Manuel", "" ] ]
We establish how the Breitenlohner-Freedman (BF) bound is realized on tilings of two-dimensional Euclidean Anti-de Sitter space. For the continuum, the BF bound states that on Anti-de Sitter spaces, fluctuation modes remain stable for small negative mass-squared $m^2$. This follows from a real and positive total energy of the gravitational system. For finite cutoff $\varepsilon$, we solve the Klein-Gordon equation numerically on regular hyperbolic tilings. When $\varepsilon\to0$, we find that the continuum BF bound is approached in a manner independent of the tiling. We confirm these results via simulations of a hyperbolic electric circuit. Moreover, we propose a novel circuit including active elements that allows to further scan values of $m^2$ above the BF bound.