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2405.12364
Antonino Marciano
Chris Fields, James F. Glazebrook and Antonino Marciano
Communication protocols and QECC from the perspective of TQFT, Part II: QECCs as spacetimes
37 pages
null
null
null
hep-th gr-qc quant-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Topological quantum field theories (TQFTs) provide a general, minimal-assumption language for describing quantum-state preparation and measurement. They therefore provide a general language in which to express multi-agent communication protocols, e.g. local operations, classical communication (LOCC) protocols. In the accompanying Part I, we construct LOCC protocols using TQFT, and show that LOCC protocols induce quantum error-correcting codes (QECCs) on the agent-environment boundary. Such QECCs can be regarded as implementing or inducing the emergence of spacetimes on such boundaries. Here we investigate this connection between inter-agent communication and spacetime, exploiting different realizations of TQFT. We delve into TQFTs that support on their boundaries spin-networks as computational systems: these are known as topological quantum neural networks (TQNNs). TQNNs, which have a natural representation as tensor networks, implement QECC. We recognize into the HaPPY code a paradigmatic example. We then show how generic QECCs, as bulk-boundary codes, induce effective spacetimes. The effective spatial and temporal separations that take place in QECC enables LOCC protocols between spatially separated observers. We then consider the implementation of QECCs in BF and Chern-Simons theories, and show that QECC-induced spacetimes provide the classical redundancy required for LOCC. Finally, we consider topological M-theory as an implementation of QECC in higher spacetime dimensions.
[ { "created": "Mon, 18 Mar 2024 08:03:52 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2024-05-22
[ [ "Fields", "Chris", "" ], [ "Glazebrook", "James F.", "" ], [ "Marciano", "Antonino", "" ] ]
Topological quantum field theories (TQFTs) provide a general, minimal-assumption language for describing quantum-state preparation and measurement. They therefore provide a general language in which to express multi-agent communication protocols, e.g. local operations, classical communication (LOCC) protocols. In the accompanying Part I, we construct LOCC protocols using TQFT, and show that LOCC protocols induce quantum error-correcting codes (QECCs) on the agent-environment boundary. Such QECCs can be regarded as implementing or inducing the emergence of spacetimes on such boundaries. Here we investigate this connection between inter-agent communication and spacetime, exploiting different realizations of TQFT. We delve into TQFTs that support on their boundaries spin-networks as computational systems: these are known as topological quantum neural networks (TQNNs). TQNNs, which have a natural representation as tensor networks, implement QECC. We recognize into the HaPPY code a paradigmatic example. We then show how generic QECCs, as bulk-boundary codes, induce effective spacetimes. The effective spatial and temporal separations that take place in QECC enables LOCC protocols between spatially separated observers. We then consider the implementation of QECCs in BF and Chern-Simons theories, and show that QECC-induced spacetimes provide the classical redundancy required for LOCC. Finally, we consider topological M-theory as an implementation of QECC in higher spacetime dimensions.
2302.12830
Bin Zhu
Tomasz R. Taylor, Bin Zhu
Celestial Supersymmetry
null
null
10.1007/JHEP06(2023)210
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We discuss supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory coupled to dilatons in the framework of celestial holography. We show that in the presence of point-like dilaton sources, the CCFT operators associated with the gauge supermultiplet acquire a simple, factorized form. They factorize into the holomorphic (super)current part and the exponential "light" operators of Liouville theory, in the infinite central charge limit. The current sector exhibits (1,0) supersymmetry, thus implementing spacetime supersymmetry in CCFT.
[ { "created": "Fri, 24 Feb 2023 18:59:56 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 12 May 2023 16:43:42 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2023-07-26
[ [ "Taylor", "Tomasz R.", "" ], [ "Zhu", "Bin", "" ] ]
We discuss supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory coupled to dilatons in the framework of celestial holography. We show that in the presence of point-like dilaton sources, the CCFT operators associated with the gauge supermultiplet acquire a simple, factorized form. They factorize into the holomorphic (super)current part and the exponential "light" operators of Liouville theory, in the infinite central charge limit. The current sector exhibits (1,0) supersymmetry, thus implementing spacetime supersymmetry in CCFT.
1207.4751
Dimitri Polyakov Prof
Dimitri Polyakov
Higher Spin Holography and AdS String Sigma-Model
Invited contribution to the J. Phys. A special volume on Higher Spin Theories 33 pages; typos corrected, references added, remarks added on the normalization of the correlation functions
null
10.1088/1751-8113/46/21/214012
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We analyze cubic spin 3 interaction in AdS space using the higher spin extension of string-theoretic sigma-model constructed in our previous work, which low energy limit is described by AdS vacuum. We find that, in the leading order of the cosmological constant, the spin 3 correlator on the AdS4 string theory side reproduces the structure of 3 point function of composite operators, quadratic in free fields, in the dual vector model. The cancellation of terms violating higher spin holography is related to the value of the Liouville background charge in four dimensions.
[ { "created": "Thu, 19 Jul 2012 18:28:54 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sat, 1 Dec 2012 09:35:46 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Tue, 18 Dec 2012 15:49:55 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2015-06-05
[ [ "Polyakov", "Dimitri", "" ] ]
We analyze cubic spin 3 interaction in AdS space using the higher spin extension of string-theoretic sigma-model constructed in our previous work, which low energy limit is described by AdS vacuum. We find that, in the leading order of the cosmological constant, the spin 3 correlator on the AdS4 string theory side reproduces the structure of 3 point function of composite operators, quadratic in free fields, in the dual vector model. The cancellation of terms violating higher spin holography is related to the value of the Liouville background charge in four dimensions.
2005.05145
Lei Yin
Lei Yin, Jialin Gao
A Holographic Static Transverse Polarization At Non-zero Temperatures
16 pages, 4 figures
null
10.1016/j.physletb.2020.135471
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The analytical structure of a static transverse component of polarization tensor in complex momentum plane is numerically studied, which is holographically determined by a Einstein-Maxwell theory in asymptotically $D=3+1$ dimensional Anti-de Sitter spacetime. This strongly-coupled transverse polarization shows a pair of conjugate simple poles on the imaginary-axis at low temperature, which is different with the longitudinal component of the corresponding polarization and the counterpart in its weakly-coupled version.
[ { "created": "Mon, 11 May 2020 14:36:46 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2020-06-24
[ [ "Yin", "Lei", "" ], [ "Gao", "Jialin", "" ] ]
The analytical structure of a static transverse component of polarization tensor in complex momentum plane is numerically studied, which is holographically determined by a Einstein-Maxwell theory in asymptotically $D=3+1$ dimensional Anti-de Sitter spacetime. This strongly-coupled transverse polarization shows a pair of conjugate simple poles on the imaginary-axis at low temperature, which is different with the longitudinal component of the corresponding polarization and the counterpart in its weakly-coupled version.
2004.09278
Julien Roussillon
Jonatan Lenells and Julien Roussillon
Confluent Conformal Blocks of the Second Kind
30 pages
null
10.1007/JHEP06(2020)133
null
hep-th math-ph math.MP
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We construct confluent conformal blocks of the second kind of the Virasoro algebra. We also construct the Stokes transformations which map such blocks in one Stokes sector to another. In the BPZ limit, we verify explicitly that the constructed blocks and the associated Stokes transformations reduce to solutions of the confluent BPZ equation and its Stokes matrices, respectively. Both the confluent conformal blocks and the Stokes transformations are constructed by taking suitable confluent limits of the crossing transformations of the four-point Virasoro conformal blocks.
[ { "created": "Mon, 20 Apr 2020 13:34:31 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2020-07-15
[ [ "Lenells", "Jonatan", "" ], [ "Roussillon", "Julien", "" ] ]
We construct confluent conformal blocks of the second kind of the Virasoro algebra. We also construct the Stokes transformations which map such blocks in one Stokes sector to another. In the BPZ limit, we verify explicitly that the constructed blocks and the associated Stokes transformations reduce to solutions of the confluent BPZ equation and its Stokes matrices, respectively. Both the confluent conformal blocks and the Stokes transformations are constructed by taking suitable confluent limits of the crossing transformations of the four-point Virasoro conformal blocks.
1903.01379
Iber\^e Kuntz
Xavier Calmet, James Edholm, Iber\^e Kuntz
Imprints of Quantum Gravity in the Cosmic Microwave Background
null
null
10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-6756-x
null
hep-th gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
It has been shown that the spectrum of quantum gravity contains at least two new modes in addition to the massless graviton: a massive spin-0 and a massive spin-2. We calculate their power spectrum during inflation and we argue that they could leave an imprint in the cosmic microwave background should their masses be below the inflationary scale.
[ { "created": "Mon, 4 Mar 2019 17:19:05 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2019-03-27
[ [ "Calmet", "Xavier", "" ], [ "Edholm", "James", "" ], [ "Kuntz", "Iberê", "" ] ]
It has been shown that the spectrum of quantum gravity contains at least two new modes in addition to the massless graviton: a massive spin-0 and a massive spin-2. We calculate their power spectrum during inflation and we argue that they could leave an imprint in the cosmic microwave background should their masses be below the inflationary scale.
hep-th/9709018
Hiroshi Suzuki
Hiroshi Suzuki and Hirofumi Yasuta (Ibaraki University)
Observing Quantum Tunneling in Perturbation Series
5 pages, LaTeX with espcrc2 macro. Talk given at the 7th Asia Pacific Physics Conference, August 19--23, 1997, Peking, China
null
null
IU-MSTP-24
hep-th
null
It is well-known that the quantum tunneling makes conventional perturbation series non-Borel summable. We use this fact reversely and attempt to extract the decay width of the false-vacuum from the actual perturbation series of the vacuum energy density (vacuum bubble diagrams). It is confirmed that, at least in quantum mechanical examples, our proposal provides a complementary approach to the conventional instanton calculus in the strong coupling region.
[ { "created": "Tue, 2 Sep 1997 09:23:17 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Suzuki", "Hiroshi", "", "Ibaraki University" ], [ "Yasuta", "Hirofumi", "", "Ibaraki University" ] ]
It is well-known that the quantum tunneling makes conventional perturbation series non-Borel summable. We use this fact reversely and attempt to extract the decay width of the false-vacuum from the actual perturbation series of the vacuum energy density (vacuum bubble diagrams). It is confirmed that, at least in quantum mechanical examples, our proposal provides a complementary approach to the conventional instanton calculus in the strong coupling region.
2212.02524
Davide Bonomi
Lorenzo Bianchi, Davide Bonomi, Elia de Sabbata
Analytic bootstrap for the localized magnetic field
41 pages
null
10.1007/JHEP04(2023)069
null
hep-th cond-mat.stat-mech
http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
We study the two-point function of local operators in the critical O(N) model in the presence of a magnetic field localized on a line. We use a recently developed conformal dispersion relation to compute the correlator at first order in the $\epsilon$-expansion and we extract the full set of defect and bulk CFT data using the Lorentzian inversion formulae. The only input for the computation of the connected correlator is its discontinuity at first order in perturbation theory, which is determined by the anomalous dimension of a single bulk operator. We discuss possible low-spin ambiguities and perform several diagrammatic checks of our results.
[ { "created": "Mon, 5 Dec 2022 19:00:04 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2023-05-03
[ [ "Bianchi", "Lorenzo", "" ], [ "Bonomi", "Davide", "" ], [ "de Sabbata", "Elia", "" ] ]
We study the two-point function of local operators in the critical O(N) model in the presence of a magnetic field localized on a line. We use a recently developed conformal dispersion relation to compute the correlator at first order in the $\epsilon$-expansion and we extract the full set of defect and bulk CFT data using the Lorentzian inversion formulae. The only input for the computation of the connected correlator is its discontinuity at first order in perturbation theory, which is determined by the anomalous dimension of a single bulk operator. We discuss possible low-spin ambiguities and perform several diagrammatic checks of our results.
2301.03108
Poula Tadros
Poula Tadros
Fields and strings on non commutative q-deformed spaces
null
null
null
null
hep-th math-ph math.MP
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
We study scalar field and string theory on non commutative q-deformed spaces. We define a product of functions on a non commutative algebra of functions resulting from the q-deformation analogue to the Moyal product for canonically non commutative spaces. We then give the general procedure to define scalar field and classical string theories on the mentioned spaces, we argue that the resulting theories will have enlarged sets of both spacetime and internal symmetries which can be used to study gravitational effects due to the q-deformation.
[ { "created": "Sun, 8 Jan 2023 21:12:48 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2023-01-10
[ [ "Tadros", "Poula", "" ] ]
We study scalar field and string theory on non commutative q-deformed spaces. We define a product of functions on a non commutative algebra of functions resulting from the q-deformation analogue to the Moyal product for canonically non commutative spaces. We then give the general procedure to define scalar field and classical string theories on the mentioned spaces, we argue that the resulting theories will have enlarged sets of both spacetime and internal symmetries which can be used to study gravitational effects due to the q-deformation.
0711.1971
Justin David R
Justin R. David
On the dyon partition function in N=2 theories
48 pages
JHEP0802:025,2008
10.1088/1126-6708/2008/02/025
null
hep-th
null
We study the entropy function of two N =2 string compactifications obtained as freely acting orbifolds of N=4 theories : the STU model and the FHSV model. The Gauss-Bonnet term for these compactifications is known precisely. We apply the entropy function formalism including the contribution of this four derivative term and evaluate the entropy of dyons to the first subleading order in charges for these models. We then propose a partition function involving the product of three Siegel modular forms of weight zero which reproduces the degeneracy of dyonic black holes in the STU model to the first subleading order in charges. The proposal is invariant under all the duality symmetries of the STU model. For the FHSV model we write down an approximate partition function involving a Siegel modular form of weight four which captures the entropy of dyons in the FHSV model in the limit when electric charges are much larger than magnetic charges.
[ { "created": "Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:02:17 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "David", "Justin R.", "" ] ]
We study the entropy function of two N =2 string compactifications obtained as freely acting orbifolds of N=4 theories : the STU model and the FHSV model. The Gauss-Bonnet term for these compactifications is known precisely. We apply the entropy function formalism including the contribution of this four derivative term and evaluate the entropy of dyons to the first subleading order in charges for these models. We then propose a partition function involving the product of three Siegel modular forms of weight zero which reproduces the degeneracy of dyonic black holes in the STU model to the first subleading order in charges. The proposal is invariant under all the duality symmetries of the STU model. For the FHSV model we write down an approximate partition function involving a Siegel modular form of weight four which captures the entropy of dyons in the FHSV model in the limit when electric charges are much larger than magnetic charges.
2205.02233
Vincent S. H. Lee
Sergei Gukov, Vincent S. H. Lee, Kathryn M. Zurek
Near-Horizon Quantum Dynamics of 4-d Einstein Gravity from 2-d JT Gravity
25 pages, 5 figures
Phys.Rev.D 107 (2023) 016004
10.1103/PhysRevD.107.016004
CALT-TH-2022-016
hep-th gr-qc hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We study quantum fluctuations in the lightcone metric of the 4-d Einstein-Hilbert action via dimensional reduction to Jackiw-Teitelboim (JT) gravity. In particular, we show that, in Einstein gravity, the causal development of a region in flat Minkowski spacetime, near a horizon defined by light sheets, can be described by an effective two-dimensional dilaton theory. This enables us to make use of known solutions of the JT action, where the spacetime position of a horizon has quantum uncertainty due to metric fluctuations. This quantum uncertainty can be then directly related to the original 4-d light cone coordinates, allowing us to compute the uncertainty in the time of a photon to travel from tip-to-tip of a causal diamond in flat 4-d Minkowski space. We find that both Planck and infrared scales (with the latter set by the size of the causal diamond) enter the uncertainty in photon travel time, such that the quantum fluctuation in the arrival time may be observably large.
[ { "created": "Wed, 4 May 2022 18:00:00 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 12 Jan 2023 19:54:32 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2023-01-16
[ [ "Gukov", "Sergei", "" ], [ "Lee", "Vincent S. H.", "" ], [ "Zurek", "Kathryn M.", "" ] ]
We study quantum fluctuations in the lightcone metric of the 4-d Einstein-Hilbert action via dimensional reduction to Jackiw-Teitelboim (JT) gravity. In particular, we show that, in Einstein gravity, the causal development of a region in flat Minkowski spacetime, near a horizon defined by light sheets, can be described by an effective two-dimensional dilaton theory. This enables us to make use of known solutions of the JT action, where the spacetime position of a horizon has quantum uncertainty due to metric fluctuations. This quantum uncertainty can be then directly related to the original 4-d light cone coordinates, allowing us to compute the uncertainty in the time of a photon to travel from tip-to-tip of a causal diamond in flat 4-d Minkowski space. We find that both Planck and infrared scales (with the latter set by the size of the causal diamond) enter the uncertainty in photon travel time, such that the quantum fluctuation in the arrival time may be observably large.
2212.09259
Leonardo de la Cruz
Francesco Comberiati, Leonardo de la Cruz
Classical off-shell currents
28 pages, v2: clarifications in Sec.2, references added, typos fixed, matches published version
null
10.1007/JHEP03(2023)068
null
hep-th gr-qc
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
We consider tree-level off-shell currents of two massive particles and $n$ massless bosons in the classical limit, which can be fused into the classical limit of $n+2$ scattering amplitudes. We show that dressing up the current with coherent wave-functions associated with the massive particles leads to the recently proposed Worldline Quantum Field Theory (WQFT) path integral. The currents thus constructed encode solutions of classical equations of motion so they can be applied to contexts where the classical limit is relevant, including hard thermal loops. We give several examples of these currents in scalar, gauge and gravitational theories.
[ { "created": "Mon, 19 Dec 2022 06:06:28 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 13 Mar 2023 21:27:57 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2023-03-29
[ [ "Comberiati", "Francesco", "" ], [ "de la Cruz", "Leonardo", "" ] ]
We consider tree-level off-shell currents of two massive particles and $n$ massless bosons in the classical limit, which can be fused into the classical limit of $n+2$ scattering amplitudes. We show that dressing up the current with coherent wave-functions associated with the massive particles leads to the recently proposed Worldline Quantum Field Theory (WQFT) path integral. The currents thus constructed encode solutions of classical equations of motion so they can be applied to contexts where the classical limit is relevant, including hard thermal loops. We give several examples of these currents in scalar, gauge and gravitational theories.
2405.20695
Weican Yang
Wei-Can Yang, Makoto Tsubota, Muneto Nitta and Hua-Bi Zeng
Macroscopic Efimov effect of quantized vortex
7 pages, 4figures
null
null
null
hep-th cond-mat.quant-gas cond-mat.stat-mech
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The three-body problem, from the chaotic motions of celestial bodies to complex microscopic particle interactions, has always been one of the most foundational yet intricate challenges in physics since its establishment. A key breakthrough in this domain is the Efimov effect, which represents a significant stride in what is now known as Efimov physics. Our study uncovers a macroscopic Efimov effect in a three-component Bose-Einstein Condensate (BEC) system. Through theoretical analysis and numerical simulation, it is verified that under certain conditions, three vortices form a bound state, while removing one vortex causes the others to unbind, demonstrating topological characteristics similar to the Borromean rings, hence termed the `vortex Efimov effect', signifying a novel topological phase transition. We propose several experimental approaches to realize this macroscopic Efimov effect, paving new paths not only in many-body physics but also in exploring quantum phase transitions and applications in quantum information.
[ { "created": "Fri, 31 May 2024 08:40:02 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2024-06-03
[ [ "Yang", "Wei-Can", "" ], [ "Tsubota", "Makoto", "" ], [ "Nitta", "Muneto", "" ], [ "Zeng", "Hua-Bi", "" ] ]
The three-body problem, from the chaotic motions of celestial bodies to complex microscopic particle interactions, has always been one of the most foundational yet intricate challenges in physics since its establishment. A key breakthrough in this domain is the Efimov effect, which represents a significant stride in what is now known as Efimov physics. Our study uncovers a macroscopic Efimov effect in a three-component Bose-Einstein Condensate (BEC) system. Through theoretical analysis and numerical simulation, it is verified that under certain conditions, three vortices form a bound state, while removing one vortex causes the others to unbind, demonstrating topological characteristics similar to the Borromean rings, hence termed the `vortex Efimov effect', signifying a novel topological phase transition. We propose several experimental approaches to realize this macroscopic Efimov effect, paving new paths not only in many-body physics but also in exploring quantum phase transitions and applications in quantum information.
0812.5097
Frank Wilczek
Frank Wilczek
New Kinds of Quantum Statistics
Talk at Seminaire Poincare (Bourbaphy), Paris, December 2007. To be published in the Proceedings. 6 pages, 4 figures. v2: Minor typos corrected, figures redrawn. v3: 2 more minor typos. Argh
null
10.1007/978-3-7643-8799-0_2
MIT-CTP 3997
hep-th cond-mat.str-el quant-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
I review the quantum kinematics of identical particles, which suggests new possibilities, beyond bosons and fermions, in 2+1 dimensions; and how simple flux-charge constructions embody the new possibilities, leading to both abelian and nonabelian anyons. I briefly allude to experimental realizations, and also advertise a spinor construction of nonabelian statistics, that has a 3+1 dimensional extension.
[ { "created": "Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:51:13 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:39:04 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:45:56 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2015-05-13
[ [ "Wilczek", "Frank", "" ] ]
I review the quantum kinematics of identical particles, which suggests new possibilities, beyond bosons and fermions, in 2+1 dimensions; and how simple flux-charge constructions embody the new possibilities, leading to both abelian and nonabelian anyons. I briefly allude to experimental realizations, and also advertise a spinor construction of nonabelian statistics, that has a 3+1 dimensional extension.
2312.09712
Sinya Aoki
Sinya Aoki, Yoshimasa Hidaka, Kiyoharu Kawana, and Kengo Shimada
Geometric conservation in curved spacetime and entropy
6 pages, 1 figure, references added, more general parametrization for the "3+1" decomposition employed
null
null
YITP-23-162, KEK-TH-2581, J-PARC-TH-0299, RIKEN-iTHEMS-Report-23
hep-th gr-qc physics.flu-dyn
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We provide an improved definition of new conserved quantities derived from the energy-momentum tensor in curved spacetime by introducing an additional scalar function. We find that the conserved current and the associated conserved charge become geometric under a certain initial condition of the scalar function, and show that such a conserved geometric current generally exists in curved spacetime. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the geometric conserved current agrees with the entropy current for the perfect fluid, thus the conserved charge is the total entropy of the system. While the geometric charge can be regarded as the entropy for non-dissipative fluid, its physical meaning should be investigated for more general cases.
[ { "created": "Fri, 15 Dec 2023 11:38:00 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 27 Dec 2023 08:48:58 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Mon, 8 Jul 2024 15:13:17 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2024-07-09
[ [ "Aoki", "Sinya", "" ], [ "Hidaka", "Yoshimasa", "" ], [ "Kawana", "Kiyoharu", "" ], [ "Shimada", "Kengo", "" ] ]
We provide an improved definition of new conserved quantities derived from the energy-momentum tensor in curved spacetime by introducing an additional scalar function. We find that the conserved current and the associated conserved charge become geometric under a certain initial condition of the scalar function, and show that such a conserved geometric current generally exists in curved spacetime. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the geometric conserved current agrees with the entropy current for the perfect fluid, thus the conserved charge is the total entropy of the system. While the geometric charge can be regarded as the entropy for non-dissipative fluid, its physical meaning should be investigated for more general cases.
1912.06157
Sylvain Lacroix
Cristian Bassi and Sylvain Lacroix
Integrable deformations of coupled sigma-models
49 pages ; references added, some changes in the presentation ; published version
J. High Energ. Phys. 2020, 59
10.1007/JHEP05(2020)059
ZMP-HH/19-26
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We construct integrability-preserving deformations of the integrable $\sigma$-model coupling together $N$ copies of the Principal Chiral Model. These deformed theories are obtained using the formalism of affine Gaudin models, by applying various combinations of Yang-Baxter and $\lambda$-deformations to the different copies of the undeformed model. We describe these models both in the Hamiltonian and Lagrangian formulation and give explicit expressions of their action and Lax pair. In particular, we recover through this construction various integrable $\lambda$-deformed models previously introduced in the literature. Finally, we discuss the relation of the present work with the semi-homolomorphic four-dimensional Chern-Simons theory.
[ { "created": "Thu, 12 Dec 2019 19:02:17 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sat, 16 May 2020 14:05:29 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2020-05-19
[ [ "Bassi", "Cristian", "" ], [ "Lacroix", "Sylvain", "" ] ]
We construct integrability-preserving deformations of the integrable $\sigma$-model coupling together $N$ copies of the Principal Chiral Model. These deformed theories are obtained using the formalism of affine Gaudin models, by applying various combinations of Yang-Baxter and $\lambda$-deformations to the different copies of the undeformed model. We describe these models both in the Hamiltonian and Lagrangian formulation and give explicit expressions of their action and Lax pair. In particular, we recover through this construction various integrable $\lambda$-deformed models previously introduced in the literature. Finally, we discuss the relation of the present work with the semi-homolomorphic four-dimensional Chern-Simons theory.
hep-th/9312108
Adel Bilal
Adel Bilal
Non Abelian Toda Theory : A Completely Integrable Model for Strings on a Black Hole Background
41 pages, PUPT-1434
Nucl.Phys. B422 (1994) 258-290
10.1016/0550-3213(94)00149-9
null
hep-th
null
The present paper studies a completely integrable conformally invariant model in 1+1 dimensions that corresponds to string propagation on the two-dimensional black hole background (semi-ininite cigar). Besides the two space-time string fields there is a third (internal) field with a very specific Liouville-type interaction leading to the complete integrability. This system is known as non-abelian Toda theory. I give the general explicit classical solution. It realizes a rather involved transformation expressing the interacting string fields in terms of (three) functions $\varphi_j(u)$ and $\bar\varphi_j(v)$ of one light-cone variable only. The latter are shown to lead to standard harmonic oscillator (free field) Poisson brackets thus paving the way towards quantization. There are three left-moving and three right-moving conserved quantities. The right (left)-moving conserved quantities form a new closed non-linear, non-local Poisson bracket algebra. This algebra is a Virasoro algebra extended by two conformal dimension-two primaries.
[ { "created": "Mon, 13 Dec 1993 19:42:01 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-10-22
[ [ "Bilal", "Adel", "" ] ]
The present paper studies a completely integrable conformally invariant model in 1+1 dimensions that corresponds to string propagation on the two-dimensional black hole background (semi-ininite cigar). Besides the two space-time string fields there is a third (internal) field with a very specific Liouville-type interaction leading to the complete integrability. This system is known as non-abelian Toda theory. I give the general explicit classical solution. It realizes a rather involved transformation expressing the interacting string fields in terms of (three) functions $\varphi_j(u)$ and $\bar\varphi_j(v)$ of one light-cone variable only. The latter are shown to lead to standard harmonic oscillator (free field) Poisson brackets thus paving the way towards quantization. There are three left-moving and three right-moving conserved quantities. The right (left)-moving conserved quantities form a new closed non-linear, non-local Poisson bracket algebra. This algebra is a Virasoro algebra extended by two conformal dimension-two primaries.
0907.1246
Bruno Goncalves
Bruno Goncalves
Some Aspects of the Exact Foldy-Wouthuysen Transformation for a Dirac Fermion
null
Int.J.Mod.Phys.A24:1717-1720,2009
10.1142/S0217751X09045297
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The Foldy-Wouthuysen transformation (FWT) is used to separate distinct components of relativistic spinor field, e.g. electron and positron. Usually, the FWT is perturbative, but in some cases there is an involution operator and the transformation can be done exactly. We consider some aspects of an exact FWT and show that, even if the theory does not admit an involution operator, one can use the technique of exact FWT to obtain the conventional perturbative result. Several particular cases can be elaborated as examples.
[ { "created": "Tue, 7 Jul 2009 16:02:50 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-08-27
[ [ "Goncalves", "Bruno", "" ] ]
The Foldy-Wouthuysen transformation (FWT) is used to separate distinct components of relativistic spinor field, e.g. electron and positron. Usually, the FWT is perturbative, but in some cases there is an involution operator and the transformation can be done exactly. We consider some aspects of an exact FWT and show that, even if the theory does not admit an involution operator, one can use the technique of exact FWT to obtain the conventional perturbative result. Several particular cases can be elaborated as examples.
1406.7659
Pavel Krtous
Pavel Krtous, Andrei Zelnikov
Minimal surfaces and entanglement entropy in anti-de Sitter space
36 pages, 21 figures, for version with high-resolution figures see http://utf.mff.cuni.cz/~krtous/papers/
JHEP 1410:077,2014
10.1007/JHEP10(2014)077
Alberta Thy 11-14
hep-th gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
According to Ryu and Takayanagi, the entanglement entropy in conformal field theory (CFT) is related through the AdS/CFT correspondence to the area of a minimal surface in the bulk. We study this holographic geometrical method of calculating the entanglement entropy in the vacuum case of a CFT which is holographically dual to empty anti-de Sitter (AdS) spacetime. Namely, we investigate the minimal surfaces spanned on boundaries of spherical domains at infinity of hyperbolic space, which represents a time-slice of AdS spacetime. We consider a generic position of two spherical domains: two disjoint domains, overlapping domains, and touching domains. In all these cases we find the explicit expressions for the minimal surfaces and the renormalized expression for the area. We study also the embedding of the minimal surfaces into full AdS spacetime and we find that for a proper choice of the static Killing vector we can model a dynamical situation of "tearing" of the minimal surface when the domains on which it is spanned are moved away from each other.
[ { "created": "Mon, 30 Jun 2014 10:37:41 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2018-07-18
[ [ "Krtous", "Pavel", "" ], [ "Zelnikov", "Andrei", "" ] ]
According to Ryu and Takayanagi, the entanglement entropy in conformal field theory (CFT) is related through the AdS/CFT correspondence to the area of a minimal surface in the bulk. We study this holographic geometrical method of calculating the entanglement entropy in the vacuum case of a CFT which is holographically dual to empty anti-de Sitter (AdS) spacetime. Namely, we investigate the minimal surfaces spanned on boundaries of spherical domains at infinity of hyperbolic space, which represents a time-slice of AdS spacetime. We consider a generic position of two spherical domains: two disjoint domains, overlapping domains, and touching domains. In all these cases we find the explicit expressions for the minimal surfaces and the renormalized expression for the area. We study also the embedding of the minimal surfaces into full AdS spacetime and we find that for a proper choice of the static Killing vector we can model a dynamical situation of "tearing" of the minimal surface when the domains on which it is spanned are moved away from each other.
hep-th/9708133
Pawel Mazur
Pawel O. Mazur
Gravitation as a Many Body Problem
RevteX file, 7 pp., Talk given at the Confernce ``Beyond the Standard Model V'', April 29-May 4, 1997, Balholm, Norway
AIP Conference Proceedings 415, 299-305 (1997), edited by G. Eigen, P. Osland, and B. Stugu, Woodbury, AIP, 1997 (5th International Conference on Physics Beyond the Standard Model)
10.1063/1.54455
null
hep-th astro-ph gr-qc
null
The idea of viewing gravitation as a many body phenomenon is put forward here. Physical arguments supporting this idea are briefly reviewed. The basic mathematical object of the new gravitational mechanics is a matrix of operators. Striking similarity of the method of R-matrix (QISM) to the mathematical formulation of the new gravitational mechanics is pointed out. The s-wave difference Schrodinger equation describing a process of emission of radiation by a gravitating particle is shown to be analogous to the Baxter equation of the QISM.
[ { "created": "Mon, 25 Aug 1997 18:17:53 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-10-30
[ [ "Mazur", "Pawel O.", "" ] ]
The idea of viewing gravitation as a many body phenomenon is put forward here. Physical arguments supporting this idea are briefly reviewed. The basic mathematical object of the new gravitational mechanics is a matrix of operators. Striking similarity of the method of R-matrix (QISM) to the mathematical formulation of the new gravitational mechanics is pointed out. The s-wave difference Schrodinger equation describing a process of emission of radiation by a gravitating particle is shown to be analogous to the Baxter equation of the QISM.
hep-th/9509049
Ti-Ming Chiang
Ti-ming Chiang and Brian R. Greene
Phases of mirror symmetry
24 pages, tex, harvmac, vanilla.sty, 6 figures
null
null
CLNS-95/1361
hep-th
null
We review the geometrical framework required for understanding the moduli space of $(2,2)$ superconformal-field theories, highlighting various aspects of its phase structure. In particular, we indicate the types of phase diagrams that emerge for ``generic'' Calabi-Yau theories and review an efficient method for their determination. We then focus on some special types of phase diagrams that have bearing on the issues of rigid manifolds, mirror symmetry and geometrical duality.
[ { "created": "Sat, 9 Sep 1995 02:16:31 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 11 Sep 1995 01:52:09 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2008-02-03
[ [ "Chiang", "Ti-ming", "" ], [ "Greene", "Brian R.", "" ] ]
We review the geometrical framework required for understanding the moduli space of $(2,2)$ superconformal-field theories, highlighting various aspects of its phase structure. In particular, we indicate the types of phase diagrams that emerge for ``generic'' Calabi-Yau theories and review an efficient method for their determination. We then focus on some special types of phase diagrams that have bearing on the issues of rigid manifolds, mirror symmetry and geometrical duality.
1512.04915
Philip D. Mannheim
Philip D. Mannheim
Antilinearity Rather than Hermiticity as a Guiding Principle for Quantum Theory
41 pages. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1506.08432. Majorana spinor quantization scheme constructed in which all spin zero fermion multilinears are real. Charge conjugation and the C operator of PT theory are compared and contrasted. Discussion on causality included. Text rewritten, with no change in physics
null
null
null
hep-th hep-ph quant-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Currently there is much interest in Hamiltonians that are not Hermitian but instead possess an antilinear $PT$ symmetry, since such Hamiltonians can still lead to the time-independent evolution of scalar products, and can still have an entirely real energy spectrum. However, such theories can also admit of energy spectra in which energies come in complex conjugate pairs, and can even admit of Hamiltonians that cannot be diagonalized at all. Hermiticity is just a particular realization of $PT$ symmetry, with $PT$ symmetry being the more general. These $PT$ theories are themselves part of an even broader class of theories, theories that can be characterized by possessing some general antilinear symmetry, as that requirement alone is a both necessary and sufficient condition for the time-independent evolution of scalar products, with all the different realizations of the $PT$ symmetry program then being obtained. Use of complex Lorentz invariance allows us to show that the antilinear symmetry is uniquely specified to be $CPT$, with the $CPT$ theorem thus being extended to the non-Hermitian case. For theories that are separately charge conjugation invariant, the results of the $PT$-symmetry program then follow. We show that in order to construct the correct classical action needed for a path integral quantization one must impose $CPT$ symmetry on each classical path, a requirement that has no counterpart in any Hermiticity condition since Hermiticity of a Hamiltonian is only definable after the quantization has been performed and the quantum Hilbert space has been constructed. We show that whether or not a $CPT$-invariant Hamiltonian is Hermitian is a property of the solutions to the theory and not of the Hamiltonian itself. Thus Hermiticity never needs to be postulated at all.
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2017-05-12
[ [ "Mannheim", "Philip D.", "" ] ]
Currently there is much interest in Hamiltonians that are not Hermitian but instead possess an antilinear $PT$ symmetry, since such Hamiltonians can still lead to the time-independent evolution of scalar products, and can still have an entirely real energy spectrum. However, such theories can also admit of energy spectra in which energies come in complex conjugate pairs, and can even admit of Hamiltonians that cannot be diagonalized at all. Hermiticity is just a particular realization of $PT$ symmetry, with $PT$ symmetry being the more general. These $PT$ theories are themselves part of an even broader class of theories, theories that can be characterized by possessing some general antilinear symmetry, as that requirement alone is a both necessary and sufficient condition for the time-independent evolution of scalar products, with all the different realizations of the $PT$ symmetry program then being obtained. Use of complex Lorentz invariance allows us to show that the antilinear symmetry is uniquely specified to be $CPT$, with the $CPT$ theorem thus being extended to the non-Hermitian case. For theories that are separately charge conjugation invariant, the results of the $PT$-symmetry program then follow. We show that in order to construct the correct classical action needed for a path integral quantization one must impose $CPT$ symmetry on each classical path, a requirement that has no counterpart in any Hermiticity condition since Hermiticity of a Hamiltonian is only definable after the quantization has been performed and the quantum Hilbert space has been constructed. We show that whether or not a $CPT$-invariant Hamiltonian is Hermitian is a property of the solutions to the theory and not of the Hamiltonian itself. Thus Hermiticity never needs to be postulated at all.
hep-th/0201187
Per Berglund
P. Berglund, T. Hubsch, D. Minic
Relating the Cosmological Constant and Supersymmetry Breaking in Warped Compactifications of IIB String Theory
7 pages, LaTeX, references added and minor changes made, (v3) map between deSitter and global cosmic brane solutions clarified, supersymmetry breaking discussion improved and references added
Phys.Rev.D67:041901,2003
10.1103/PhysRevD.67.041901
null
hep-th
null
It has been suggested that the observed value of the cosmological constant is related to the supersymmetry breaking scale M_{susy} through the formula Lambda \sim M_p^4 (M_{susy}/M_p)^8. We point out that a similar relation naturally arises in the codimension two solutions of warped space-time varying compactifications of string theory in which non-isotropic stringy moduli induce a small but positive cosmological constant.
[ { "created": "Thu, 24 Jan 2002 07:15:46 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 11 Mar 2002 17:45:37 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Mon, 28 Oct 2002 19:48:30 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Berglund", "P.", "" ], [ "Hubsch", "T.", "" ], [ "Minic", "D.", "" ] ]
It has been suggested that the observed value of the cosmological constant is related to the supersymmetry breaking scale M_{susy} through the formula Lambda \sim M_p^4 (M_{susy}/M_p)^8. We point out that a similar relation naturally arises in the codimension two solutions of warped space-time varying compactifications of string theory in which non-isotropic stringy moduli induce a small but positive cosmological constant.
1904.05689
Yutaka Sakamura
Yutaka Sakamura
Spinning vortex braneworld
34 pages, 4 figures, matches published version in PTEP
Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Volume 2019, Issue 12, December 2019, 123B05
10.1093/ptep/ptz130
KEK-TH-2120
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
A spinning vortex is considered in the context of the braneworld. We numerically analyze the profiles of a stationary solution in a six-dimensional U(1) gauge theory, and clarify their dependence on the angular velocity in the field space $\omega$. We find that there is an upper limit on $\omega$, and the vortex configuration should be parameterized by the angular momentum rather than $\omega$. We also discuss matter modes localized on the vortex. We show that the vortex spin mixes the KK masses and induces nonvanishing masses to the zero-modes. It also resolves the degeneracy in the KK spectrum that the static vortex had.
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2020-02-24
[ [ "Sakamura", "Yutaka", "" ] ]
A spinning vortex is considered in the context of the braneworld. We numerically analyze the profiles of a stationary solution in a six-dimensional U(1) gauge theory, and clarify their dependence on the angular velocity in the field space $\omega$. We find that there is an upper limit on $\omega$, and the vortex configuration should be parameterized by the angular momentum rather than $\omega$. We also discuss matter modes localized on the vortex. We show that the vortex spin mixes the KK masses and induces nonvanishing masses to the zero-modes. It also resolves the degeneracy in the KK spectrum that the static vortex had.
hep-th/9910169
C. Cartier
C. Cartier, E.J. Copeland and R. Madden
The graceful exit in pre-big bang string cosmology
14 pages, 6 figures, JHEP class. Added new section on the classical correction and references
JHEP0001:035,2000
10.1088/1126-6708/2000/01/035
SUSX-TH-99-018
hep-th
null
We re-examine the graceful exit problem in the pre-big bang scenario of string cosmology, by considering the most general time-dependent classical correction to the Lagrangian with up to four derivatives. By including possible forms for quantum loop corrections we examine the allowed region of parameter space for the coupling constants which enable our solutions to link smoothly the two asymptotic low-energy branches of the pre-big bang scenario, and observe that these solutions can satisfy recently proposed entropic bounds on viable singularity free cosmologies.
[ { "created": "Thu, 21 Oct 1999 14:33:11 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 25 Oct 1999 14:46:14 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Wed, 9 Feb 2000 16:04:53 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2009-10-31
[ [ "Cartier", "C.", "" ], [ "Copeland", "E. J.", "" ], [ "Madden", "R.", "" ] ]
We re-examine the graceful exit problem in the pre-big bang scenario of string cosmology, by considering the most general time-dependent classical correction to the Lagrangian with up to four derivatives. By including possible forms for quantum loop corrections we examine the allowed region of parameter space for the coupling constants which enable our solutions to link smoothly the two asymptotic low-energy branches of the pre-big bang scenario, and observe that these solutions can satisfy recently proposed entropic bounds on viable singularity free cosmologies.
1403.0434
Nugaev Emin
E. Nugaev
Henon-Heiles potential as a bridge between nontopological solitons of different types
6 pages,2 figures. Revised version accepted for a publication in Commun.Nonlinear Sci.Numer.Simul
Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation 20 (2015), pp. 443-446
10.1016/j.cnsns.2014.06.016
INR-TH-2014-008
hep-th math-ph math.MP nlin.SI
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We apply the Hubbard-Stratanovich transformation to the Lagrangian for nontopological solitons of the Coleman type in a two-dimensional theory. The resulted theory with an extra real scalar field can be supplemented with a cubic term to obtain a model with exact analytical solution.
[ { "created": "Mon, 3 Mar 2014 13:59:35 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 7 Jul 2014 14:28:30 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2014-09-09
[ [ "Nugaev", "E.", "" ] ]
We apply the Hubbard-Stratanovich transformation to the Lagrangian for nontopological solitons of the Coleman type in a two-dimensional theory. The resulted theory with an extra real scalar field can be supplemented with a cubic term to obtain a model with exact analytical solution.
1607.01240
A. Yu. Petrov
M. Gomes, T. Mariz, J. R. Nascimento, A. Yu. Petrov, A. J. da Silva
On the radiative corrections in the Horava-Lifshitz z=2 QED
10 pages, minor corrections
Phys. Lett. B764, 277 (2017)
10.1016/j.physletb.2016.11.042
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We calculate one-loop contributions to the two and three point spinor-vector functions in z=2 Horava-Lifshitz QED. This allows us to obtain the anomalous magnetic moment.
[ { "created": "Tue, 5 Jul 2016 13:16:19 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 19 Oct 2016 17:21:25 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2016-12-05
[ [ "Gomes", "M.", "" ], [ "Mariz", "T.", "" ], [ "Nascimento", "J. R.", "" ], [ "Petrov", "A. Yu.", "" ], [ "da Silva", "A. J.", "" ] ]
We calculate one-loop contributions to the two and three point spinor-vector functions in z=2 Horava-Lifshitz QED. This allows us to obtain the anomalous magnetic moment.
hep-th/0303264
Holger Gies
Holger Gies (Heidelberg U, CERN), Kurt Langfeld (Tubingen U), Laurent Moyaerts (Tubingen U)
Casimir Effect on the Worldline
27 pages, 10 figures, Sect. 2.1 more self-contained, improved data for Fig. 6, minor corrections, new Refs, version to be published in JHEP
JHEP0306:018,2003
10.1088/1126-6708/2003/06/018
CERN-TH/2003-060, UNITU-THEP-05/03, HD-THEP-03-16
hep-th hep-lat hep-ph
null
We develop a method to compute the Casimir effect for arbitrary geometries. The method is based on the string-inspired worldline approach to quantum field theory and its numerical realization with Monte-Carlo techniques. Concentrating on Casimir forces between rigid bodies induced by a fluctuating scalar field, we test our method with the parallel-plate configuration. For the experimentally relevant sphere-plate configuration, we study curvature effects quantitatively and perform a comparison with the ``proximity force approximation'', which is the standard approximation technique. Sizable curvature effects are found for a distance-to-curvature-radius ratio of a/R >~ 0.02. Our method is embedded in renormalizable quantum field theory with a controlled treatment of the UV divergencies. As a technical by-product, we develop various efficient algorithms for generating closed-loop ensembles with Gaussian distribution.
[ { "created": "Mon, 31 Mar 2003 17:23:27 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 13 Jun 2003 17:13:12 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-11-10
[ [ "Gies", "Holger", "", "Heidelberg U, CERN" ], [ "Langfeld", "Kurt", "", "Tubingen U" ], [ "Moyaerts", "Laurent", "", "Tubingen U" ] ]
We develop a method to compute the Casimir effect for arbitrary geometries. The method is based on the string-inspired worldline approach to quantum field theory and its numerical realization with Monte-Carlo techniques. Concentrating on Casimir forces between rigid bodies induced by a fluctuating scalar field, we test our method with the parallel-plate configuration. For the experimentally relevant sphere-plate configuration, we study curvature effects quantitatively and perform a comparison with the ``proximity force approximation'', which is the standard approximation technique. Sizable curvature effects are found for a distance-to-curvature-radius ratio of a/R >~ 0.02. Our method is embedded in renormalizable quantum field theory with a controlled treatment of the UV divergencies. As a technical by-product, we develop various efficient algorithms for generating closed-loop ensembles with Gaussian distribution.
hep-th/0612096
Adam Barrett
Adam B. Barrett
M-Theory on Manifolds with G_2 Holonomy
149 pages, latex, doctoral thesis
DPhil Thesis, University of Oxford (2006)
null
null
hep-th
null
We study M-theory on G_2 holonomy spaces that are constructed by dividing a seven-torus by some discrete symmetry group. We classify possible group elements that may be used in this construction and use them to find a set of possible orbifold groups that lead to co-dimension four singularities. We describe how to blow up such singularities, and then derive the moduli Kaehler potential for M-theory on the resulting class of G_2 manifolds. To consider the singular limit it is necessary to derive the supergravity action for M-theory on the orbifold C^2/Z_N. We do this by coupling 11-dimensional supergravity to a seven-dimensional Yang-Mills theory located on the orbifold fixed plane. We show that the resulting action is supersymmetric to leading non-trivial order in the 11-dimensional Newton constant. Obtaining this action enables us to then reduce M-theory on a toroidal G_2 orbifold with co-dimension four singularities, taking explicitly into account the additional gauge fields at the singularities. The four-dimensional effective theory has N=1 supersymmetry with non-Abelian N=4 gauge theory sub-sectors. We present explicit formulae for the Kaehler potential, gauge-kinetic function and superpotential. In the four-dimensional theory, blowing-up of the orbifold is described by continuation along D-flat directions. Using this interpretation, we demonstrate consistency of our results for singular G_2 spaces with corresponding ones obtained for smooth G_2 spaces. In addition, we consider the effects of switching on flux and Wilson lines on singular loci of the G_2 space, and we discuss the relation to N=4 SYM theory.
[ { "created": "Mon, 11 Dec 2006 18:36:24 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Barrett", "Adam B.", "" ] ]
We study M-theory on G_2 holonomy spaces that are constructed by dividing a seven-torus by some discrete symmetry group. We classify possible group elements that may be used in this construction and use them to find a set of possible orbifold groups that lead to co-dimension four singularities. We describe how to blow up such singularities, and then derive the moduli Kaehler potential for M-theory on the resulting class of G_2 manifolds. To consider the singular limit it is necessary to derive the supergravity action for M-theory on the orbifold C^2/Z_N. We do this by coupling 11-dimensional supergravity to a seven-dimensional Yang-Mills theory located on the orbifold fixed plane. We show that the resulting action is supersymmetric to leading non-trivial order in the 11-dimensional Newton constant. Obtaining this action enables us to then reduce M-theory on a toroidal G_2 orbifold with co-dimension four singularities, taking explicitly into account the additional gauge fields at the singularities. The four-dimensional effective theory has N=1 supersymmetry with non-Abelian N=4 gauge theory sub-sectors. We present explicit formulae for the Kaehler potential, gauge-kinetic function and superpotential. In the four-dimensional theory, blowing-up of the orbifold is described by continuation along D-flat directions. Using this interpretation, we demonstrate consistency of our results for singular G_2 spaces with corresponding ones obtained for smooth G_2 spaces. In addition, we consider the effects of switching on flux and Wilson lines on singular loci of the G_2 space, and we discuss the relation to N=4 SYM theory.
1802.02319
Slava Rychkov
Simao Meneses, Joao Penedones, Slava Rychkov, J. M. Viana Parente Lopes, Pierre Yvernay
A structural test for the conformal invariance of the critical 3d Ising model
v2: 27pp; many explanations and some corrections added; Monte Carlo measurement reinterpreted as a lower bound; conclusions unchanged; v3: misprint in Eq. (2.5) corrected; v4: Eqs (1.4,1.5) and appendix B added, version to appear in JHEP; v5: Ref. [4] to 3d SAW conformal invariance added
null
10.1007/JHEP04(2019)115
null
hep-th cond-mat.stat-mech hep-lat
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
How can a renormalization group fixed point be scale invariant without being conformal? Polchinski (1988) showed that this may happen if the theory contains a virial current -- a non-conserved vector operator of dimension exactly $(d-1)$, whose divergence expresses the trace of the stress tensor. We point out that this scenario can be probed via lattice Monte Carlo simulations, using the critical 3d Ising model as an example. Our results put a lower bound $\Delta_V>5.0$ on the scaling dimension of the lowest virial current candidate $V$, well above 2 expected for the true virial current. This implies that the critical 3d Ising model has no virial current, providing a structural explanation for the conformal invariance of the model.
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2021-01-19
[ [ "Meneses", "Simao", "" ], [ "Penedones", "Joao", "" ], [ "Rychkov", "Slava", "" ], [ "Lopes", "J. M. Viana Parente", "" ], [ "Yvernay", "Pierre", "" ] ]
How can a renormalization group fixed point be scale invariant without being conformal? Polchinski (1988) showed that this may happen if the theory contains a virial current -- a non-conserved vector operator of dimension exactly $(d-1)$, whose divergence expresses the trace of the stress tensor. We point out that this scenario can be probed via lattice Monte Carlo simulations, using the critical 3d Ising model as an example. Our results put a lower bound $\Delta_V>5.0$ on the scaling dimension of the lowest virial current candidate $V$, well above 2 expected for the true virial current. This implies that the critical 3d Ising model has no virial current, providing a structural explanation for the conformal invariance of the model.
hep-th/0204111
K. Lee
Yoonbai Kim (SKKU) and Kimyeong Lee (KIAS)
First and Second Order Vortex Dynamics
a rev tex file, 22 pages, no figure
Phys.Rev. D66 (2002) 045016
10.1103/PhysRevD.66.045016
KIAS-P2010
hep-th
null
The low energy dynamics of vortices in selfdual Abelian Higgs theory is of second order in vortex velocity and characterized by the moduli space metric. When Chern-Simons term with small coefficient is added to the theory, we show that a term linear in vortex velocity appears and can be consistently added to the second order expression. We provides an additional check of the first and second order terms by studying the angular momentum in the field theory. We briefly explore other first order term due to small background electric charge density and also the harmonic potential well for vortices given by the moment of inertia.
[ { "created": "Sat, 13 Apr 2002 14:27:21 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-11-07
[ [ "Kim", "Yoonbai", "", "SKKU" ], [ "Lee", "Kimyeong", "", "KIAS" ] ]
The low energy dynamics of vortices in selfdual Abelian Higgs theory is of second order in vortex velocity and characterized by the moduli space metric. When Chern-Simons term with small coefficient is added to the theory, we show that a term linear in vortex velocity appears and can be consistently added to the second order expression. We provides an additional check of the first and second order terms by studying the angular momentum in the field theory. We briefly explore other first order term due to small background electric charge density and also the harmonic potential well for vortices given by the moment of inertia.
1206.4943
Carl Bender
Carl M. Bender, Moshe Moshe, and Sarben Sarkar
PT-symmetric interpretation of double-scaling
11 pages, 2 figures
null
10.1088/1751-8113/46/10/102002
KCL-PH-TH-2012-22
hep-th math-ph math.MP quant-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The conventional double-scaling limit of an O(N)-symmetric quartic quantum field theory is inconsistent because the critical coupling constant is negative. Thus, at the critical coupling the Lagrangian defines a quantum theory with an upside-down potential whose energy appears to be unbounded below. Worse yet, the integral representation of the partition function of the theory does not exist. It is shown that one can avoid these difficulties if one replaces the original theory by its PT-symmetric analog. For a zero-dimensional O(N)-symmetric quartic vector model the partition function of the PT-symmetric analog is calculated explicitly in the double-scaling limit.
[ { "created": "Thu, 21 Jun 2012 16:59:25 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sat, 16 Feb 2013 22:14:20 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2015-06-05
[ [ "Bender", "Carl M.", "" ], [ "Moshe", "Moshe", "" ], [ "Sarkar", "Sarben", "" ] ]
The conventional double-scaling limit of an O(N)-symmetric quartic quantum field theory is inconsistent because the critical coupling constant is negative. Thus, at the critical coupling the Lagrangian defines a quantum theory with an upside-down potential whose energy appears to be unbounded below. Worse yet, the integral representation of the partition function of the theory does not exist. It is shown that one can avoid these difficulties if one replaces the original theory by its PT-symmetric analog. For a zero-dimensional O(N)-symmetric quartic vector model the partition function of the PT-symmetric analog is calculated explicitly in the double-scaling limit.
2112.04514
Nam Nguyen
Nam Nguyen, Vasilis Niarchos
On matched asymptotic expansions of backreacting metastable anti-branes
42 pages, 3 figures. Version 2 changes: a new illustrative figure added, some further explanations added, and presentation changed to match the published version
JHEP 06 (2022) 055
10.1007/JHEP06(2022)055
null
hep-th
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
We construct analytically a perturbative supergravity solution that captures the backreaction of a metastable state of anti-branes in the background of a particular modification of the Klebanov-Strassler throat in a long-wavelength approximation. Our solution, which has no unphysical singularities, describes how non-supersymmetric spherical NS5-branes with dissolved anti-D3 brane charge backreact in a fluxed throat geometry. It supports previous claims that there is a well-behaved supergravity description of the metastable state of wrapped NS5-branes proposed years ago by Kachru, Pearson, and Verlinde.
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2022-06-22
[ [ "Nguyen", "Nam", "" ], [ "Niarchos", "Vasilis", "" ] ]
We construct analytically a perturbative supergravity solution that captures the backreaction of a metastable state of anti-branes in the background of a particular modification of the Klebanov-Strassler throat in a long-wavelength approximation. Our solution, which has no unphysical singularities, describes how non-supersymmetric spherical NS5-branes with dissolved anti-D3 brane charge backreact in a fluxed throat geometry. It supports previous claims that there is a well-behaved supergravity description of the metastable state of wrapped NS5-branes proposed years ago by Kachru, Pearson, and Verlinde.
1010.1125
Igor Bandos A.
Igor A. Bandos
M(atrix) model interaction with 11D supergravity
6 pages, no figures, contribution to PASCOS 2010
J.Phys.Conf.Ser.259:012036,2010
10.1088/1742-6596/259/1/012036
null
hep-th gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We present the equations of motion for multiple M0-brane (mM0) system in an arbitrary curved supergravity superspace which generalizes the M(atrix) model equations for the case of arbitrary supergravity background. Although these were obtained in the frame of superembedding approach to mM0, we do not make a review of this approach in this contribution but concentrate discussion on the structure of the equations.
[ { "created": "Wed, 6 Oct 2010 11:23:17 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2011-01-13
[ [ "Bandos", "Igor A.", "" ] ]
We present the equations of motion for multiple M0-brane (mM0) system in an arbitrary curved supergravity superspace which generalizes the M(atrix) model equations for the case of arbitrary supergravity background. Although these were obtained in the frame of superembedding approach to mM0, we do not make a review of this approach in this contribution but concentrate discussion on the structure of the equations.
1407.3814
Sabrina Pasterski
Vyacheslav Lysov, Sabrina Pasterski and Andrew Strominger
Low's Subleading Soft Theorem as a Symmetry of QED
11 pages
Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 111601 (2014)
10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.111601
null
hep-th hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
It was shown by F. Low in the 1950s that the subleading terms of soft photon S-matrix elements obey a universal linear relation. In this paper we give a new interpretation to this old relation, for the case of massless QED, as an infinitesimal symmetry of the S-matrix. The symmetry is shown to be locally generated by a vector field on the conformal sphere at null infinity. Explicit expressions are constructed for the associated charges as integrals over null infinity and shown to generate the symmetry. These charges are local generalizations of electric and magnetic dipole charges.
[ { "created": "Mon, 14 Jul 2014 20:56:37 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2014-09-17
[ [ "Lysov", "Vyacheslav", "" ], [ "Pasterski", "Sabrina", "" ], [ "Strominger", "Andrew", "" ] ]
It was shown by F. Low in the 1950s that the subleading terms of soft photon S-matrix elements obey a universal linear relation. In this paper we give a new interpretation to this old relation, for the case of massless QED, as an infinitesimal symmetry of the S-matrix. The symmetry is shown to be locally generated by a vector field on the conformal sphere at null infinity. Explicit expressions are constructed for the associated charges as integrals over null infinity and shown to generate the symmetry. These charges are local generalizations of electric and magnetic dipole charges.
1802.08650
Amadeo Jimenez-Alba
Martin Ammon, Matteo Baggioli, Amadeo Jim\'enez-Alba, Sebastian Moeckel
A smeared quantum phase transition in disordered holography
28 Pages, 13 Figures
Journal of High Energy Physics volume 2018, Article number: 68 (2018)
10.1007/JHEP04(2018)068
CCTP-2018-2, ITCP-IPP 2017/21
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We study the effects of quenched one-dimensional disorder on the holographic Weyl semimetal quantum phase transition (QPT), with a particular focus on the quantum critical region. We observe the smearing of the sharp QPT linked to the appearance of rare regions at the horizon where locally the order parameter is non-zero. We discuss the role of the disorder correlation and we compare our results to expectations from condensed matter theory at weak coupling. We analyze also the interplay of finite temperature and disorder. Within the quantum critical region we find indications for the presence of log-oscillatory structures in the order parameter hinting at the existence of an IR fixed point with discrete scale invariance.
[ { "created": "Fri, 23 Feb 2018 17:29:13 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2020-03-06
[ [ "Ammon", "Martin", "" ], [ "Baggioli", "Matteo", "" ], [ "Jiménez-Alba", "Amadeo", "" ], [ "Moeckel", "Sebastian", "" ] ]
We study the effects of quenched one-dimensional disorder on the holographic Weyl semimetal quantum phase transition (QPT), with a particular focus on the quantum critical region. We observe the smearing of the sharp QPT linked to the appearance of rare regions at the horizon where locally the order parameter is non-zero. We discuss the role of the disorder correlation and we compare our results to expectations from condensed matter theory at weak coupling. We analyze also the interplay of finite temperature and disorder. Within the quantum critical region we find indications for the presence of log-oscillatory structures in the order parameter hinting at the existence of an IR fixed point with discrete scale invariance.
0910.1601
Vasilis Niarchos
Roberto Emparan, Troels Harmark, Vasilis Niarchos, Niels A. Obers
Essentials of Blackfold Dynamics
37 pages, v2 minor comments and a reference added
JHEP 1003:063,2010
10.1007/JHEP03(2010)063
null
hep-th gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We develop and significantly generalize the effective worldvolume theory for higher-dimensional black holes recently proposed by the authors. The theory, which regards the black hole as a black brane curved into a submanifold of a background spacetime -a blackfold-, can be formulated in terms of an effective fluid that lives on a dynamical worldvolume. Thus the blackfold equations split into intrinsic (fluid-dynamical) equations, and extrinsic (generalized geodesic embedding) equations. The intrinsic equations can be easily solved for equilibrium configurations, thus providing an efficient formalism for the approximate construction of novel stationary black holes. Furthermore, it is possible to study time evolution. In particular, the long-wavelength component of the Gregory-Laflamme instability of black branes is obtained as a sound-mode instability of the effective fluid. We also discuss action principles, connections to black hole thermodynamics, and other consequences and possible extensions of the approach. Finally, we outline how the fluid/AdS-gravity correspondence is related to this formalism.
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2014-11-20
[ [ "Emparan", "Roberto", "" ], [ "Harmark", "Troels", "" ], [ "Niarchos", "Vasilis", "" ], [ "Obers", "Niels A.", "" ] ]
We develop and significantly generalize the effective worldvolume theory for higher-dimensional black holes recently proposed by the authors. The theory, which regards the black hole as a black brane curved into a submanifold of a background spacetime -a blackfold-, can be formulated in terms of an effective fluid that lives on a dynamical worldvolume. Thus the blackfold equations split into intrinsic (fluid-dynamical) equations, and extrinsic (generalized geodesic embedding) equations. The intrinsic equations can be easily solved for equilibrium configurations, thus providing an efficient formalism for the approximate construction of novel stationary black holes. Furthermore, it is possible to study time evolution. In particular, the long-wavelength component of the Gregory-Laflamme instability of black branes is obtained as a sound-mode instability of the effective fluid. We also discuss action principles, connections to black hole thermodynamics, and other consequences and possible extensions of the approach. Finally, we outline how the fluid/AdS-gravity correspondence is related to this formalism.
hep-th/9403154
null
A. P. Isaev
Interrelations between Quantum Groups and Reflection Equation (Braided) Algebras
8 pages, LaTeX
Lett.Math.Phys.34:333-341,1995
10.1007/BF00750065
Dubna preprint E5-94-102 (1994)
hep-th alg-geom math.QA
null
We show that the differential complex $\Omega_{B}$ over the braided matrix algebra $BM_{q}(N)$ represents a covariant comodule with respect to the coaction of the Hopf algebra $\Omega_{A}$ which is a differential extension of $GL_{q}(N)$. On the other hand, the algebra $\Omega_{A}$ is a covariant braided comodule with respect to the coaction of the braided Hopf algebra $\Omega_{B}$. Geometrical aspects of these results are discussed.
[ { "created": "Fri, 25 Mar 1994 08:44:43 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2011-07-08
[ [ "Isaev", "A. P.", "" ] ]
We show that the differential complex $\Omega_{B}$ over the braided matrix algebra $BM_{q}(N)$ represents a covariant comodule with respect to the coaction of the Hopf algebra $\Omega_{A}$ which is a differential extension of $GL_{q}(N)$. On the other hand, the algebra $\Omega_{A}$ is a covariant braided comodule with respect to the coaction of the braided Hopf algebra $\Omega_{B}$. Geometrical aspects of these results are discussed.
1608.00349
Mehmet Ozkan
Mehmet Ozkan
Off-Shell N=2 Linear Multiplets in Five Dimensions
21 pages, v2: Typos Corrected, References Added, Version appeared in JHEP
null
10.1007/JHEP11(2016)157
null
hep-th gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We present a superconformal tensor calculus for an arbitrary number of five dimensional N=2 linear multiplets. We also demonstrate how to construct higher derivative invariants and higher order supersymmetric off-diagonal models. Finally, we show the procedure required for the derivation of the supersymmetric completion of the non-Abelian $F^4$ action.
[ { "created": "Mon, 1 Aug 2016 08:32:01 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sat, 26 Nov 2016 16:57:51 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2016-11-29
[ [ "Ozkan", "Mehmet", "" ] ]
We present a superconformal tensor calculus for an arbitrary number of five dimensional N=2 linear multiplets. We also demonstrate how to construct higher derivative invariants and higher order supersymmetric off-diagonal models. Finally, we show the procedure required for the derivation of the supersymmetric completion of the non-Abelian $F^4$ action.
hep-th/9306103
null
C. Ahn, G. Delfino and G. Mussardo
Mapping between the Sinh-Gordon and Ising Models
10 pages, LATEX file, (two figures not included in the text, to be requested separately) IC/93/143, ISAS/EP/93/89
Phys.Lett. B317 (1993) 573-580
10.1016/0370-2693(93)91375-W
null
hep-th
null
The $S$-matrix of the Ising Model can be obtained as particular limit of the roaming trajectories associated to of the $S$-matrix of the Sinh-Gordon model. Using the form factors of the Sinh-Gordon, we analyse the correspondence between the operators of the two theories.
[ { "created": "Mon, 21 Jun 1993 14:31:25 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-10-22
[ [ "Ahn", "C.", "" ], [ "Delfino", "G.", "" ], [ "Mussardo", "G.", "" ] ]
The $S$-matrix of the Ising Model can be obtained as particular limit of the roaming trajectories associated to of the $S$-matrix of the Sinh-Gordon model. Using the form factors of the Sinh-Gordon, we analyse the correspondence between the operators of the two theories.
0905.0255
Bin Hu
Rong-Gen Cai, Bin Hu, Hong-Bo Zhang
Dynamical Scalar Degree of Freedom in Horava-Lifshitz Gravity
5pages, no figures, references added, version to appear in PRD(R)
Phys.Rev.D80:041501,2009
10.1103/PhysRevD.80.041501
null
hep-th astro-ph.CO gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We investigate the linear cosmological perturbations of Ho\v{r}ava-Lifshitz gravity in a FRW universe without any matter. Our results show that a new gauge invariant dynamical scalar mode emerges, due to the gauge transformation under the "foliation-preserving" diffeomorphism and "projectability condition", and it can produce a scale invariant power spectrum. In the infrared regime with $\lambda=1$, the dynamical scalar degree of freedom turns to be a non-dynamical one at the linear order level.
[ { "created": "Mon, 4 May 2009 06:25:18 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 12 May 2009 15:38:29 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:16:21 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2009-09-02
[ [ "Cai", "Rong-Gen", "" ], [ "Hu", "Bin", "" ], [ "Zhang", "Hong-Bo", "" ] ]
We investigate the linear cosmological perturbations of Ho\v{r}ava-Lifshitz gravity in a FRW universe without any matter. Our results show that a new gauge invariant dynamical scalar mode emerges, due to the gauge transformation under the "foliation-preserving" diffeomorphism and "projectability condition", and it can produce a scale invariant power spectrum. In the infrared regime with $\lambda=1$, the dynamical scalar degree of freedom turns to be a non-dynamical one at the linear order level.
hep-th/0607045
Jarah Evslin
Jarah Evslin and Hisham Sati
Can D-Branes Wrap Nonrepresentable Cycles?
11 pages, no figures
JHEP0610:050,2006
10.1088/1126-6708/2006/10/050
null
hep-th
null
Sometimes a homology cycle of a nonsingular compactification manifold cannot be represented by a nonsingular submanifold. We want to know whether such nonrepresentable cycles can be wrapped by D-branes. A brane wrapping a representable cycle carries a K-theory charge if and only if its Freed-Witten anomaly vanishes. However some K-theory charges are only carried by branes that wrap nonrepresentable cycles. We provide two examples of Freed-Witten anomaly-free D6-branes wrapping nonrepresentable cycles in the presence of a trivial NS 3-form flux. The first occurs in type IIA string theory compactified on the Sp(2) group manifold and the second in IIA on a product of lens spaces. We find that the first D6-brane carries a K-theory charge while the second does not.
[ { "created": "Thu, 6 Jul 2006 23:05:25 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-11-11
[ [ "Evslin", "Jarah", "" ], [ "Sati", "Hisham", "" ] ]
Sometimes a homology cycle of a nonsingular compactification manifold cannot be represented by a nonsingular submanifold. We want to know whether such nonrepresentable cycles can be wrapped by D-branes. A brane wrapping a representable cycle carries a K-theory charge if and only if its Freed-Witten anomaly vanishes. However some K-theory charges are only carried by branes that wrap nonrepresentable cycles. We provide two examples of Freed-Witten anomaly-free D6-branes wrapping nonrepresentable cycles in the presence of a trivial NS 3-form flux. The first occurs in type IIA string theory compactified on the Sp(2) group manifold and the second in IIA on a product of lens spaces. We find that the first D6-brane carries a K-theory charge while the second does not.
1108.5632
Yuji Tachikawa
Yuji Tachikawa
A strange relationship between 2d CFT and 4d gauge theory
38 pages, 19 figures. Based on lectures given at the "Summer School on Mathematical Physics 2011" at Komaba, August 2011
null
null
IPMU11-0147
hep-th math-ph math.MP
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
A relationship between 4d gauge theory and 2d CFT will be reviewed from the very basics. We will first cover the introductory material on the 2d CFT and on the instantons of 4d gauge theory. Next we will explicitly calculate and check the agreement of the norm of a coherent state on the 2d side and the instanton partition function on the 4d side. We will then see how this agreement can be understood from the perspective of string and M theory.
[ { "created": "Mon, 29 Aug 2011 16:24:25 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2011-08-30
[ [ "Tachikawa", "Yuji", "" ] ]
A relationship between 4d gauge theory and 2d CFT will be reviewed from the very basics. We will first cover the introductory material on the 2d CFT and on the instantons of 4d gauge theory. Next we will explicitly calculate and check the agreement of the norm of a coherent state on the 2d side and the instanton partition function on the 4d side. We will then see how this agreement can be understood from the perspective of string and M theory.
hep-th/0305198
P. M. Sutcliffe
Paul Sutcliffe
Domain wall networks on solitons
16 pages, including figures. v2 includes a discussion of Archimedean networks
Phys.Rev.D68:085004,2003
10.1103/PhysRevD.68.085004
null
hep-th
null
Domain wall networks on the surface of a soliton are studied in a simple theory. It consists of two complex scalar fields, in (3+1)-dimensions, with a global U(1) x Z_n symmetry, where n>2. Solutions are computed numerically in which one of the fields forms a Q-ball and the other field forms a network of domain walls localized on the surface of the Q-ball. Examples are presented in which the domain walls lie along the edges of a spherical polyhedron, forming junctions at its vertices. It is explained why only a small restricted class of polyhedra can arise as domain wall networks.
[ { "created": "Thu, 22 May 2003 08:15:51 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 3 Jun 2003 13:27:25 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2014-11-18
[ [ "Sutcliffe", "Paul", "" ] ]
Domain wall networks on the surface of a soliton are studied in a simple theory. It consists of two complex scalar fields, in (3+1)-dimensions, with a global U(1) x Z_n symmetry, where n>2. Solutions are computed numerically in which one of the fields forms a Q-ball and the other field forms a network of domain walls localized on the surface of the Q-ball. Examples are presented in which the domain walls lie along the edges of a spherical polyhedron, forming junctions at its vertices. It is explained why only a small restricted class of polyhedra can arise as domain wall networks.
hep-th/9503073
Yoav Peleg
Joshua Feinberg (Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin) and Yoav Peleg (Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee)
Self-Adjoint Wheeler-DeWitt Operators, the Problem of Time and the Wave Function of the Universe
31 pages, LATEX
Phys.Rev. D52 (1995) 1988-2000
10.1103/PhysRevD.52.1988
UTTG-5-95, WISC-MILW-95-TH-12
hep-th astro-ph gr-qc
null
We discuss minisuperspace aspects a non empty Robertson-Walker universe containing scalar matter field. The requirement that the Wheeler-DeWitt (WDW) operator be self adjoint is a key ingredient in constructing the physical Hilbert space and has non-trivial cosmological implications since it is related with the problem of time in quantum cosmology. Namely, if time is parametrized by matter fields we find two types of domains for the self adjoint WDW operator: a non trivial domain is comprised of zero current (Hartle-Hawking type) wave functions and is parametrized by two new parameters, whereas the domain of a self adjoint WDW operator acting on tunneling (Vilenkin type) wave functions is a {\em single} ray. On the other hand, if time is parametrized by the scale factor both types of wave functions give rise to non trivial domains for the self adjoint WDW operators, and no new parameters appear in them.
[ { "created": "Fri, 10 Mar 1995 22:00:49 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 31 Mar 1995 22:53:28 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-10-28
[ [ "Feinberg", "Joshua", "", "Department of Physics, The University of Texas at\n Austin" ], [ "Peleg", "Yoav", "", "Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin at\n Milwaukee" ] ]
We discuss minisuperspace aspects a non empty Robertson-Walker universe containing scalar matter field. The requirement that the Wheeler-DeWitt (WDW) operator be self adjoint is a key ingredient in constructing the physical Hilbert space and has non-trivial cosmological implications since it is related with the problem of time in quantum cosmology. Namely, if time is parametrized by matter fields we find two types of domains for the self adjoint WDW operator: a non trivial domain is comprised of zero current (Hartle-Hawking type) wave functions and is parametrized by two new parameters, whereas the domain of a self adjoint WDW operator acting on tunneling (Vilenkin type) wave functions is a {\em single} ray. On the other hand, if time is parametrized by the scale factor both types of wave functions give rise to non trivial domains for the self adjoint WDW operators, and no new parameters appear in them.
1204.3262
Andrei Barvinsky
A. O. Barvinsky and D. V. Nesterov
Zero modes, gauge fixing, monodromies, $\zeta$-functions and all that
17 pages, to appear in J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1111.4474
null
10.1088/1751-8113/45/37/374001
null
hep-th gr-qc math-ph math.MP
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We discuss various issues associated with the calculation of the reduced functional determinant of a special second order differential operator $\boldmath${F}$ =-d^2/d\tau^2+\ddot g/g$, $\ddot g\equiv d^2g/d\tau^2$, with a generic function $g(\tau)$, subject to periodic and Dirichlet boundary conditions. These issues include the gauge-fixed path integral representation of this determinant, the monodromy method of its calculation and the combination of the heat kernel and zeta-function technique for the derivation of its period dependence. Motivations for this particular problem, coming from applications in quantum cosmology, are also briefly discussed. They include the problem of microcanonical initial conditions in cosmology driven by a conformal field theory, cosmological constant and cosmic microwave background problems.
[ { "created": "Sun, 15 Apr 2012 12:19:50 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-06-04
[ [ "Barvinsky", "A. O.", "" ], [ "Nesterov", "D. V.", "" ] ]
We discuss various issues associated with the calculation of the reduced functional determinant of a special second order differential operator $\boldmath${F}$ =-d^2/d\tau^2+\ddot g/g$, $\ddot g\equiv d^2g/d\tau^2$, with a generic function $g(\tau)$, subject to periodic and Dirichlet boundary conditions. These issues include the gauge-fixed path integral representation of this determinant, the monodromy method of its calculation and the combination of the heat kernel and zeta-function technique for the derivation of its period dependence. Motivations for this particular problem, coming from applications in quantum cosmology, are also briefly discussed. They include the problem of microcanonical initial conditions in cosmology driven by a conformal field theory, cosmological constant and cosmic microwave background problems.
hep-th/9608074
Bertrand Le Roy
Bertrand Le Roy
Z_n^3-graded colored supersymmetry
8 pages, 2 eps figures
Czech.J.Phys. 47 (1997) 47
10.1023/A:1021491927893
null
hep-th
null
We build generalizations of the Grassmann algebras from a few simple assumptions which are that they are graded, maximally symmetric and contain an ordinary Grassmann algebra as a subalgebra. These algebras are graded by Z_{n}^{3} and display surprising properties that indicate their possible application to the modelization of quark fields. We build the generalized supersymmetry generators based on these algebras and their derivation operators. These generators are cubic roots of the usual supersymmetry generators.
[ { "created": "Mon, 12 Aug 1996 16:11:14 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 21 Aug 1996 14:36:58 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Mon, 26 Aug 1996 09:53:17 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2009-10-30
[ [ "Roy", "Bertrand Le", "" ] ]
We build generalizations of the Grassmann algebras from a few simple assumptions which are that they are graded, maximally symmetric and contain an ordinary Grassmann algebra as a subalgebra. These algebras are graded by Z_{n}^{3} and display surprising properties that indicate their possible application to the modelization of quark fields. We build the generalized supersymmetry generators based on these algebras and their derivation operators. These generators are cubic roots of the usual supersymmetry generators.
1904.12962
George Zahariade
Jan Olle, Oriol Pujolas, Tanmay Vachaspati, George Zahariade
Quantum Evaporation of Classical Breathers
8 pages, 10 figures. Published version
Phys. Rev. D 100, 045011 (2019)
10.1103/PhysRevD.100.045011
null
hep-th cond-mat.other hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We apply the recently discovered classical-quantum correspondence (CQC) to study the quantum evaporation of breathers in an extended sine-Gordon model. We present numerical results for the decay rate of the breather as a function of the coupling strength in the model. This is a complete treatment of the backreaction of quantum radiation on the classical dynamics of oscillons.
[ { "created": "Mon, 29 Apr 2019 21:46:39 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 27 Aug 2019 03:28:12 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2019-08-28
[ [ "Olle", "Jan", "" ], [ "Pujolas", "Oriol", "" ], [ "Vachaspati", "Tanmay", "" ], [ "Zahariade", "George", "" ] ]
We apply the recently discovered classical-quantum correspondence (CQC) to study the quantum evaporation of breathers in an extended sine-Gordon model. We present numerical results for the decay rate of the breather as a function of the coupling strength in the model. This is a complete treatment of the backreaction of quantum radiation on the classical dynamics of oscillons.
hep-th/9912226
Peter West
O. Baerwald and P. West
Brane Rotating Symmetries and the Fivebrane Equations of Motion
15 pages, latex
Phys.Lett. B476 (2000) 157-164
10.1016/S0370-2693(00)00107-6
KCL-MTH-99-49
hep-th
null
We show that the fully covariant equations of motion for the M-theory fivebrane can be interpreted as charge conservation equations. The associated charges induce `shift'-symmetries of the scalar, spinor and gauge-fields of the fivebrane, so allowing an interpretation of all these fields as Goldstone fields. We also find that the fivebrane possesses a new symmetry that is part of the GL(32) automorphism group of the eleven dimensional supersymmetry algebra.
[ { "created": "Wed, 22 Dec 1999 16:16:11 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-10-31
[ [ "Baerwald", "O.", "" ], [ "West", "P.", "" ] ]
We show that the fully covariant equations of motion for the M-theory fivebrane can be interpreted as charge conservation equations. The associated charges induce `shift'-symmetries of the scalar, spinor and gauge-fields of the fivebrane, so allowing an interpretation of all these fields as Goldstone fields. We also find that the fivebrane possesses a new symmetry that is part of the GL(32) automorphism group of the eleven dimensional supersymmetry algebra.
hep-th/9605135
null
Alexander Gorsky
Peierls model and vacuum structure in N=2 supersymmetric gauge theories
10 pages,Latex
Mod.Phys.Lett. A12 (1997) 719-727
null
ITEP/TH-14/96
hep-th
null
We suggest the quasiparticle picture behind the integrable structure of N=2 SYM theory,which arises if the Lax operator is considered as a Hamiltonian for the fermionic system. We compare the meaning of BPS states with the one coming from the D-brane interpretation and give some evidence for the compositeness of the selfdual strings. The temperature phase transition with the disappearance of the mass gap is conjectured.
[ { "created": "Mon, 20 May 1996 16:34:46 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Gorsky", "Alexander", "" ] ]
We suggest the quasiparticle picture behind the integrable structure of N=2 SYM theory,which arises if the Lax operator is considered as a Hamiltonian for the fermionic system. We compare the meaning of BPS states with the one coming from the D-brane interpretation and give some evidence for the compositeness of the selfdual strings. The temperature phase transition with the disappearance of the mass gap is conjectured.
2001.09574
Shuntaro Aoki
Yermek Aldabergenov, Shuntaro Aoki, and Sergei V. Ketov
Minimal Starobinsky supergravity coupled to dilaton-axion superfield
24 pages, v2: references added. v3: Appendix C and some comments in section5 added. The equation (35) has been amended
Phys. Rev. D 101, 075012 (2020)
10.1103/PhysRevD.101.075012
IPMU20-0007, WU-HEP-20-01
hep-th gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The minimal Starobinsky supergravity with the inflaton (scalaron) and the goldstino in a massive vector supermultiplet is coupled to the dilaton-axion chiral superfield with the no-scale K\"ahler potential and a superpotential. The Kachru-Kallosh-Linde-Trivedi (KKLT)-type mechanism in the presence of a constant term in the superpotential is applied to stabilize the dilaton/axion during inflation, and it is shown to lead to an instability. The instability is cured by adding the alternative Fayet-Iliopoulos (FI) term that does not lead to the gauged $R$-symmetry. Other stabilization mechanisms, based on the Wess-Zumino (WZ)-type superpotential, are also studied in the presence of the FI term. A possible connection to a D3-brane is briefly discussed too.
[ { "created": "Mon, 27 Jan 2020 03:37:16 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sun, 2 Feb 2020 10:19:01 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Sun, 8 Mar 2020 07:12:13 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2020-04-10
[ [ "Aldabergenov", "Yermek", "" ], [ "Aoki", "Shuntaro", "" ], [ "Ketov", "Sergei V.", "" ] ]
The minimal Starobinsky supergravity with the inflaton (scalaron) and the goldstino in a massive vector supermultiplet is coupled to the dilaton-axion chiral superfield with the no-scale K\"ahler potential and a superpotential. The Kachru-Kallosh-Linde-Trivedi (KKLT)-type mechanism in the presence of a constant term in the superpotential is applied to stabilize the dilaton/axion during inflation, and it is shown to lead to an instability. The instability is cured by adding the alternative Fayet-Iliopoulos (FI) term that does not lead to the gauged $R$-symmetry. Other stabilization mechanisms, based on the Wess-Zumino (WZ)-type superpotential, are also studied in the presence of the FI term. A possible connection to a D3-brane is briefly discussed too.
hep-th/0212231
Changhyun Ahn
Changhyun Ahn and Soonkeon Nam
Supersymmetric SO(N_c) Gauge Theory and Matrix Model
9 pp:v2 Kept N_c for gauge theory and N for matrix model and modified the measure of matrix integral with the footnote and to appear in PLB
Phys.Lett. B562 (2003) 141-146
10.1016/S0370-2693(03)00554-9
null
hep-th
null
By applying the method of Dijkgraaf-Vafa, we study matrix model related to supersymmetric SO(N_c) gauge theory with N_f flavors of quarks in the vector representation found by Intriligator-Seiberg. By performing the matrix integral over tree level superpotential characterized by light meson fields (mass deformation) in electric theory, we reproduce the exact effective superpotential in the gauge theory side. Moreover, we do similar analysis in magnetic theory. It turns out the matrix descriptions of both electric and magnetic theories are the same: Seiberg duality in the gauge theory side.
[ { "created": "Thu, 19 Dec 2002 04:59:50 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 3 Apr 2003 03:43:19 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2010-04-05
[ [ "Ahn", "Changhyun", "" ], [ "Nam", "Soonkeon", "" ] ]
By applying the method of Dijkgraaf-Vafa, we study matrix model related to supersymmetric SO(N_c) gauge theory with N_f flavors of quarks in the vector representation found by Intriligator-Seiberg. By performing the matrix integral over tree level superpotential characterized by light meson fields (mass deformation) in electric theory, we reproduce the exact effective superpotential in the gauge theory side. Moreover, we do similar analysis in magnetic theory. It turns out the matrix descriptions of both electric and magnetic theories are the same: Seiberg duality in the gauge theory side.
0803.1988
Freddy Cachazo
Freddy Cachazo
Sharpening The Leading Singularity
34 pages, 14 figures
null
null
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We show how studying leading singularities of Feynman diagrams, when all momenta are complex, gives a simple way of writing multi-loop and multi-particle scattering amplitudes in N=4 super Yang-Mills. The simplicity of the method is equivalent to that of the quadruple cut technique introduced in hep-th/0412103 at one-loop. The new technique only involves the computation of residues and the solution of linear equations. In our technique both parity even and parity odd pieces of a coefficient are computed simultaneously and it is only at the end that a separation can be made if desired. We explain the procedure via examples. The main example, which we compute in detail, is the five-particle two-loop amplitude first given in hep-th/0604074. Another feature of our method is that the helicity structure of the amplitude only enters in the inhomogeneous part of the linear equations. In other words, the homogeneous part is universal. We illustrate this feature by presenting the linear equations which determine a large class of terms for MHV and next-to-MHV six-particle two-loop amplitudes.
[ { "created": "Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:08:15 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2008-03-14
[ [ "Cachazo", "Freddy", "" ] ]
We show how studying leading singularities of Feynman diagrams, when all momenta are complex, gives a simple way of writing multi-loop and multi-particle scattering amplitudes in N=4 super Yang-Mills. The simplicity of the method is equivalent to that of the quadruple cut technique introduced in hep-th/0412103 at one-loop. The new technique only involves the computation of residues and the solution of linear equations. In our technique both parity even and parity odd pieces of a coefficient are computed simultaneously and it is only at the end that a separation can be made if desired. We explain the procedure via examples. The main example, which we compute in detail, is the five-particle two-loop amplitude first given in hep-th/0604074. Another feature of our method is that the helicity structure of the amplitude only enters in the inhomogeneous part of the linear equations. In other words, the homogeneous part is universal. We illustrate this feature by presenting the linear equations which determine a large class of terms for MHV and next-to-MHV six-particle two-loop amplitudes.
1012.1864
Oliver DeWolfe
Oliver DeWolfe, Steven S. Gubser and Christopher Rosen
A holographic critical point
38 pages, 12 figures, LaTeX. v2: Typos corrected, references added
Phys.Rev.D83:086005,2011
10.1103/PhysRevD.83.086005
COLO-HEP-559, PUPT-2360
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We numerically construct a family of five-dimensional black holes exhibiting a line of first-order phase transitions terminating at a critical point at finite chemical potential and temperature. These black holes are constructed so that the equation of state and baryon susceptibilities approximately match QCD lattice data at vanishing chemical potential. The critical endpoint in the particular model we consider has temperature 143 MeV and chemical potential 783 MeV. Critical exponents are calculated, with results that are consistent with mean-field scaling relations.
[ { "created": "Wed, 8 Dec 2010 21:04:33 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 27 Dec 2010 19:58:57 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2011-04-22
[ [ "DeWolfe", "Oliver", "" ], [ "Gubser", "Steven S.", "" ], [ "Rosen", "Christopher", "" ] ]
We numerically construct a family of five-dimensional black holes exhibiting a line of first-order phase transitions terminating at a critical point at finite chemical potential and temperature. These black holes are constructed so that the equation of state and baryon susceptibilities approximately match QCD lattice data at vanishing chemical potential. The critical endpoint in the particular model we consider has temperature 143 MeV and chemical potential 783 MeV. Critical exponents are calculated, with results that are consistent with mean-field scaling relations.
1108.1798
Martin Ammon
Martin Ammon, Johanna Erdmenger, Shu Lin, Steffen Muller, Andy O'Bannon, and Jonathan P. Shock
On Stability and Transport of Cold Holographic Matter
40 pages, 7 figures
Journal of High Energy Physics Volume 2011, Number 9 (2011), 30
10.1007/JHEP09(2011)030
DAMTP-2011-60, MPP-2011-96
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We use gauge-gravity duality to study the stability of zero-temperature, finite baryon density states of N=4 supersymmetric SU(Nc) Yang-Mills theory coupled to a single massive fundamental-representation N=2 hypermultiplet in the large-Nc and large-coupling limits. In particular, we study the spectrum of mesons. The dual description is a probe D7-brane in anti-de Sitter space with a particular configuration of worldvolume fields. The meson spectrum is dual to the spectrum of fluctuations of worldvolume fields about that configuration. We use a combination of analytical and numerical techniques to compute the spectrum, including a special numerical technique designed to deal with singular points in the fluctuations' equations of motion. Despite circumstantial evidence that the system might be unstable, such as a finite entropy density at zero temperature and the existence of instabilities in similar theories, we find no evidence of any instabilities, at least for the ranges of frequency and momenta that we consider. We discover a pole on the imaginary frequency axis in a scalar meson two-point function, similar to the diffusive mode in the two-point function of a conserved charge.
[ { "created": "Mon, 8 Aug 2011 20:00:07 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2012-10-09
[ [ "Ammon", "Martin", "" ], [ "Erdmenger", "Johanna", "" ], [ "Lin", "Shu", "" ], [ "Muller", "Steffen", "" ], [ "O'Bannon", "Andy", "" ], [ "Shock", "Jonathan P.", "" ] ]
We use gauge-gravity duality to study the stability of zero-temperature, finite baryon density states of N=4 supersymmetric SU(Nc) Yang-Mills theory coupled to a single massive fundamental-representation N=2 hypermultiplet in the large-Nc and large-coupling limits. In particular, we study the spectrum of mesons. The dual description is a probe D7-brane in anti-de Sitter space with a particular configuration of worldvolume fields. The meson spectrum is dual to the spectrum of fluctuations of worldvolume fields about that configuration. We use a combination of analytical and numerical techniques to compute the spectrum, including a special numerical technique designed to deal with singular points in the fluctuations' equations of motion. Despite circumstantial evidence that the system might be unstable, such as a finite entropy density at zero temperature and the existence of instabilities in similar theories, we find no evidence of any instabilities, at least for the ranges of frequency and momenta that we consider. We discover a pole on the imaginary frequency axis in a scalar meson two-point function, similar to the diffusive mode in the two-point function of a conserved charge.
1706.05665
Ryutaro Matsudo
Ryutaro Matsudo and Kei-Ichi Kondo
Double-winding Wilson loops in the $SU(N)$ Yang-Mills theory
15 pages, 2 figures
Phys. Rev. D 96, 105011 (2017)
10.1103/PhysRevD.96.105011
CHIBA-EP-223, 2017
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We consider double-winding, triple-winding and multiple-winding Wilson loops in the $SU(N)$ Yang-Mills gauge theory. We examine how the area law falloff of the vacuum expectation value of a multiple-winding Wilson loop depends on the number of color $N$. In sharp contrast to the difference-of-areas law recently found for a double-winding $SU(2)$ Wilson loop average, we show irrespective of the spacetime dimensionality that a double-winding $SU(3)$ Wilson loop follows a novel area law which is neither difference-of-areas nor sum-of-areas law for the area law falloff and that the difference-of-areas law is excluded and the sum-of-areas law is allowed for $SU(N)$ ($N \ge 4$), provided that the string tension obeys the Casimir scaling for the higher representations. Moreover, we extend these results to arbitrary multi-winding Wilson loops. Finally, we argue that the area law follows a novel law, which is neither sum-of-areas nor difference-of-areas law when $N\ge 3$. In fact, such a behavior is exactly derived in the $SU(N)$ Yang-Mills theory in the two-dimensional spacetime.
[ { "created": "Sun, 18 Jun 2017 14:55:02 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2017-11-22
[ [ "Matsudo", "Ryutaro", "" ], [ "Kondo", "Kei-Ichi", "" ] ]
We consider double-winding, triple-winding and multiple-winding Wilson loops in the $SU(N)$ Yang-Mills gauge theory. We examine how the area law falloff of the vacuum expectation value of a multiple-winding Wilson loop depends on the number of color $N$. In sharp contrast to the difference-of-areas law recently found for a double-winding $SU(2)$ Wilson loop average, we show irrespective of the spacetime dimensionality that a double-winding $SU(3)$ Wilson loop follows a novel area law which is neither difference-of-areas nor sum-of-areas law for the area law falloff and that the difference-of-areas law is excluded and the sum-of-areas law is allowed for $SU(N)$ ($N \ge 4$), provided that the string tension obeys the Casimir scaling for the higher representations. Moreover, we extend these results to arbitrary multi-winding Wilson loops. Finally, we argue that the area law follows a novel law, which is neither sum-of-areas nor difference-of-areas law when $N\ge 3$. In fact, such a behavior is exactly derived in the $SU(N)$ Yang-Mills theory in the two-dimensional spacetime.
hep-th/9710007
Martin Cederwall
Martin Cederwall, Anders Westerberg
World-volume fields, SL(2;Z) and duality: The type IIB 3-brane
13 pp., plain tex
JHEP 9802 (1998) 004
10.1088/1126-6708/1998/02/004
Goteborg-ITP-97-14, DAMTP-97-107
hep-th
null
We propose a method for constructing super-brane actions where every background tensor potential corresponds to a world-volume field strength. The procedure provides a natural coupling to the background and automatically displays the SL(2;Z) symmetry of the IIB string theory. The Dirichlet 3-brane is used as a test ground for these ideas. A polynomial action consistent with non-linear self-duality is presented. Invariance of the action under kappa-symmetry is demonstrated for arbitrary on-shell type IIB supergravity backgrounds and is shown to require self-duality.
[ { "created": "Wed, 1 Oct 1997 20:49:00 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-10-30
[ [ "Cederwall", "Martin", "" ], [ "Westerberg", "Anders", "" ] ]
We propose a method for constructing super-brane actions where every background tensor potential corresponds to a world-volume field strength. The procedure provides a natural coupling to the background and automatically displays the SL(2;Z) symmetry of the IIB string theory. The Dirichlet 3-brane is used as a test ground for these ideas. A polynomial action consistent with non-linear self-duality is presented. Invariance of the action under kappa-symmetry is demonstrated for arbitrary on-shell type IIB supergravity backgrounds and is shown to require self-duality.
2112.09531
Matteo Sacchi
Emanuele Beratto and Noppadol Mekareeya and Matteo Sacchi
Zero-form and one-form symmetries of the ABJ and related theories
46 pages; v2: comments added
null
10.1007/JHEP04(2022)126
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The zero-form and one-form global symmetries of the Aharony-Bergman-Jafferis (ABJ) and related theories, with at least $\mathcal{N}=6$ supersymmetry in three dimensions, are examined in detail. Starting from well-known dualities between theories with orthogonal and symplectic gauge groups and those with unitary gauge groups, we gauge their one-form symmetries or their subgroups and obtain new dualities. One side of the latter involves theories with special orthogonal and symplectic gauge groups, and the other side involves theories with unitary gauge groups; there is a discrete quotient on one or both sides of the duality. We study the refined superconformal indices of such theories and map the symmetries across the dualities, with particular attention to their discrete part. As a generalisation, we also find a new duality between a circular quiver with a discrete quotient of alternating special orthogonal and symplectic gauge groups and a three-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=4$ circular (Kronheimer-Nakajima) quiver with unitary gauge groups, whose Higgs or Coulomb branch describes an instanton on a singular orbifold.
[ { "created": "Fri, 17 Dec 2021 14:30:46 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 3 Jan 2022 15:15:22 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2022-05-11
[ [ "Beratto", "Emanuele", "" ], [ "Mekareeya", "Noppadol", "" ], [ "Sacchi", "Matteo", "" ] ]
The zero-form and one-form global symmetries of the Aharony-Bergman-Jafferis (ABJ) and related theories, with at least $\mathcal{N}=6$ supersymmetry in three dimensions, are examined in detail. Starting from well-known dualities between theories with orthogonal and symplectic gauge groups and those with unitary gauge groups, we gauge their one-form symmetries or their subgroups and obtain new dualities. One side of the latter involves theories with special orthogonal and symplectic gauge groups, and the other side involves theories with unitary gauge groups; there is a discrete quotient on one or both sides of the duality. We study the refined superconformal indices of such theories and map the symmetries across the dualities, with particular attention to their discrete part. As a generalisation, we also find a new duality between a circular quiver with a discrete quotient of alternating special orthogonal and symplectic gauge groups and a three-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=4$ circular (Kronheimer-Nakajima) quiver with unitary gauge groups, whose Higgs or Coulomb branch describes an instanton on a singular orbifold.
1811.11942
Mikhail Plyushchay
Mikhail S. Plyushchay
Nonlinear supersymmetry as a hidden symmetry
27 pages, published in: "Integrability, Supersymmetry and Coherent States", A volume in honour of Professor V\'eronique Hussin. S. Kuru, J. Negro and L.M. Nieto (Eds.), Special volume of the CRM Series in Mathematical Physics (Berlin: Springer, 2019)
Integrability, Supersymmetry and Coherent States. \c{S}. Kuru, J. Negro and L.M. Nieto (eds). CRM Series in Mathematical Physics. Springer, Cham (2019) 163-186
10.1007/978-3-030-20087-9_6
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Nonlinear supersymmetry is characterized by supercharges to be higher order in bosonic momenta of a system, and thus has a nature of a hidden symmetry. We review some aspects of nonlinear supersymmetry and related to it exotic supersymmetry and nonlinear superconformal symmetry. Examples of reflectionless, finite-gap and perfectly invisible PT-symmetric zero-gap systems, as well as rational deformations of the quantum harmonic oscillator and conformal mechanics, are considered, in which such symmetries are realized.
[ { "created": "Thu, 29 Nov 2018 03:28:00 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sun, 17 Feb 2019 18:07:42 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Thu, 22 Aug 2019 04:18:53 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2019-08-23
[ [ "Plyushchay", "Mikhail S.", "" ] ]
Nonlinear supersymmetry is characterized by supercharges to be higher order in bosonic momenta of a system, and thus has a nature of a hidden symmetry. We review some aspects of nonlinear supersymmetry and related to it exotic supersymmetry and nonlinear superconformal symmetry. Examples of reflectionless, finite-gap and perfectly invisible PT-symmetric zero-gap systems, as well as rational deformations of the quantum harmonic oscillator and conformal mechanics, are considered, in which such symmetries are realized.
1005.5007
Sergey Yu. Vernov
Sergey Yu. Vernov
Exact Solutions for Nonlocal Nonlinear Field Equations in Cosmology
14 pages, v2: Section 5 added, accepted for publication in Theor. Math. Phys
Theor.Math.Phys.166:392-402,2011
10.1007/s11232-011-0031-0
null
hep-th astro-ph.CO gr-qc math-ph math.MP
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
A method for the search of exact solutions for equation of a nonlocal scalar field in a non-flat metric is considered. In the Friedmann-Robertson-Walker metric the proposed method can be used in the case of an arbitrary potential, with the exception of linear and quadratic potentials, and allows to get in quadratures solutions, which depend on two arbitrary parameters. Exact solutions have been found for an arbitrary cubic potential, which consideration is motivated by the string field theory, as well as for exponential, logarithmic and power potentials. It has been shown that one can add the k-essence field to the model to get exact solutions for all Einstein equations.
[ { "created": "Thu, 27 May 2010 09:11:29 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 27 Jan 2011 17:11:34 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2011-04-22
[ [ "Vernov", "Sergey Yu.", "" ] ]
A method for the search of exact solutions for equation of a nonlocal scalar field in a non-flat metric is considered. In the Friedmann-Robertson-Walker metric the proposed method can be used in the case of an arbitrary potential, with the exception of linear and quadratic potentials, and allows to get in quadratures solutions, which depend on two arbitrary parameters. Exact solutions have been found for an arbitrary cubic potential, which consideration is motivated by the string field theory, as well as for exponential, logarithmic and power potentials. It has been shown that one can add the k-essence field to the model to get exact solutions for all Einstein equations.
hep-th/9110019
null
Andrea Cappelli, conference proceedings
Classical Dynamics of Point Particles in 2+1 Gravity
16 pages, 4 figures not included, (replaced version with correct macros) Talk presented at the Workshop on Random Surfaces and 2-D Quantum Gravity, June 1991, Barcelona, to appear in Nucl. Phys. B (Proc. Suppl.), J.Ambjorn et al. eds
Nucl. Phys. Proc. Suppl. A25 (1992) 54
10.1016/S0920-5632(05)80007-6
preprint CERN-TH-6249/91
hep-th
null
The relation between Einstein gravity and the Chern-Simons gauge theory of the Poincare' group is discussed at the classical level.
[ { "created": "Mon, 7 Oct 1991 10:35:20 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sun, 13 Oct 1991 15:26:22 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-10-22
[ [ "Cappelli", "Andrea", "" ], [ "proceedings", "conference", "" ] ]
The relation between Einstein gravity and the Chern-Simons gauge theory of the Poincare' group is discussed at the classical level.
1701.03501
Alessandro Sfondrini
Marco Baggio, Olof Ohlsson Sax, Alessandro Sfondrini, Bogdan Stefanski and Alessandro Torrielli
Protected string spectrum in AdS3/CFT2 from worldsheet integrability
37 pages; v2: 40 pages, discussion of wrapping effects added (section 8), as accepted by JHEP
null
10.1007/JHEP04(2017)091
NORDITA-2017-5, DMUS-MP-17/01
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We derive the protected closed-string spectra of AdS3/CFT2 dual pairs with 16 supercharges at arbitrary values of the string tension and of the three-form fluxes. These follow immediately from the all-loop Bethe equations for the spectra of the integrable worldsheet theories. Further, representing the underlying integrable systems as spin chains, we find that their dynamics involves length-changing interactions and that protected states correspond to gapless excitations above the Berenstein-Maldacena-Nastase vacuum. In the case of AdS3 x S3 x T4 the degeneracies of such operators precisely match those of the dual CFT2 and the supergravity spectrum. On the other hand, we find that for AdS3 x S3 x S3 x S1 there are fewer protected states than previous supergravity calculations had suggested. In particular, protected states have the same su(2) charge with respect to the two three-spheres.
[ { "created": "Thu, 12 Jan 2017 20:49:27 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 10 Apr 2017 14:49:11 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2017-05-24
[ [ "Baggio", "Marco", "" ], [ "Sax", "Olof Ohlsson", "" ], [ "Sfondrini", "Alessandro", "" ], [ "Stefanski", "Bogdan", "" ], [ "Torrielli", "Alessandro", "" ] ]
We derive the protected closed-string spectra of AdS3/CFT2 dual pairs with 16 supercharges at arbitrary values of the string tension and of the three-form fluxes. These follow immediately from the all-loop Bethe equations for the spectra of the integrable worldsheet theories. Further, representing the underlying integrable systems as spin chains, we find that their dynamics involves length-changing interactions and that protected states correspond to gapless excitations above the Berenstein-Maldacena-Nastase vacuum. In the case of AdS3 x S3 x T4 the degeneracies of such operators precisely match those of the dual CFT2 and the supergravity spectrum. On the other hand, we find that for AdS3 x S3 x S3 x S1 there are fewer protected states than previous supergravity calculations had suggested. In particular, protected states have the same su(2) charge with respect to the two three-spheres.
hep-th/9411148
Paul Demkin
Paul Demkin
Some properties of the linearized model of the (super)$p$-brane
18 pages, LaTeX, UUITP 11/94
Phys.Scripta 53:133-138,1996
10.1088/0031-8949/53/2/002
null
hep-th
null
Some general properties of the relativistic $p$-dimensional surface imbedded into $D$-dimensional spacetime and its reduction to the sim\-plest case of the quadratic Lagrangian (the linearized model) are considered. The solutions of the equations of motion of the linearized model for the $p$-brane with arbitrary topology and massless eigenstates, as well as with critical dimension after quantization are presented. Some generalizations for the supermembrane are discussed.
[ { "created": "Sun, 20 Nov 1994 15:25:10 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2011-04-15
[ [ "Demkin", "Paul", "" ] ]
Some general properties of the relativistic $p$-dimensional surface imbedded into $D$-dimensional spacetime and its reduction to the sim\-plest case of the quadratic Lagrangian (the linearized model) are considered. The solutions of the equations of motion of the linearized model for the $p$-brane with arbitrary topology and massless eigenstates, as well as with critical dimension after quantization are presented. Some generalizations for the supermembrane are discussed.
hep-th/9810074
Constantin Rasinariu
A. Gangopadhyaya, J. V. Mallow, C. Rasinariu and U. P. Sukhatme
Exactly solvable models of supersymmetric quantum mechanics and connection to spectrum generating algebra
12 pages, 2 figures
null
10.1007/BF02557323
UICHEP-TH/98-11
hep-th
null
For nonrelativistic Hamiltonians which are shape invariant, analytic expressions for the eigenvalues and eigenvectors can be derived using the well known method of supersymmetric quantum mechanics. Most of these Hamiltonians also possess spectrum generating algebras and are hence solvable by an independent group theoretic method. In this paper, we demonstrate the equivalence of the two methods of solution by developing an algebraic framework for shape invariant Hamiltonians with a general change of parameters, which involves nonlinear extensions of Lie algebras.
[ { "created": "Mon, 12 Oct 1998 22:22:38 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-10-31
[ [ "Gangopadhyaya", "A.", "" ], [ "Mallow", "J. V.", "" ], [ "Rasinariu", "C.", "" ], [ "Sukhatme", "U. P.", "" ] ]
For nonrelativistic Hamiltonians which are shape invariant, analytic expressions for the eigenvalues and eigenvectors can be derived using the well known method of supersymmetric quantum mechanics. Most of these Hamiltonians also possess spectrum generating algebras and are hence solvable by an independent group theoretic method. In this paper, we demonstrate the equivalence of the two methods of solution by developing an algebraic framework for shape invariant Hamiltonians with a general change of parameters, which involves nonlinear extensions of Lie algebras.
2101.02513
Harvendra Singh
Harvendra Singh
Holography and quantum information exchange between systems
20 pp, 8 figures; V2: major corrections/changes in Section-3, a new figure. conclusion unchanged. typos corrected
null
10.1142/S0217751X21502183
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We estimate the net information exchange between adjacent quantum subsystems holographically living on the boundary of $AdS$ spacetime. The information exchange is a real time phenomenon and only after long time interval it may get saturated. Normally we prepare systems for small time intervals and measure the information exchange over finite interval only. We find that the information flow between entangled subsystems gets reduced if systems are in excited state whereas the ground state allows maximum information flow at any given time. Especially for $CFT_2$ we exactly show that a rise in the entropy is detrimental to the information exchange by a quantum dot and vice-versa. We next observe that there is a reduction in circuit (CV) complexity too in the presence of excitations for small times.
[ { "created": "Thu, 7 Jan 2021 12:25:01 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 8 Oct 2021 12:18:22 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2022-01-05
[ [ "Singh", "Harvendra", "" ] ]
We estimate the net information exchange between adjacent quantum subsystems holographically living on the boundary of $AdS$ spacetime. The information exchange is a real time phenomenon and only after long time interval it may get saturated. Normally we prepare systems for small time intervals and measure the information exchange over finite interval only. We find that the information flow between entangled subsystems gets reduced if systems are in excited state whereas the ground state allows maximum information flow at any given time. Especially for $CFT_2$ we exactly show that a rise in the entropy is detrimental to the information exchange by a quantum dot and vice-versa. We next observe that there is a reduction in circuit (CV) complexity too in the presence of excitations for small times.
2103.14850
Eugenio Megias
Juan L. Ma\~nes, Eugenio Megias, Manuel Valle, Miguel A. Vazquez-Mozo
Constitutive relations of a chiral hadronic fluid
15 pages. Talk given by E.Megias at the 9th International Conference on New Frontiers in Physics (ICNFP 2020), 4 Sep - 2 Oct 2020, Kolymbari, Crete, Greece
null
10.1142/S0217751X22400097
null
hep-th cond-mat.str-el hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We study the role of non-abelian anomalies in relativistic fluids. To this end, we compute the local functional that solves the anomaly equations, and obtain analytical expressions for the covariant currents and the Bardeen-Zumino terms. We particularize these results to a background with two flavors, and consider the cases of unbroken and broken chiral symmetry. Finally, we provide explicit results for the constitutive relations of chiral nuclear matter interacting with external electromagnetic fields and in presence of chiral imbalance. We emphasize the non-dissipative nature of the chiral electric effect.
[ { "created": "Sat, 27 Mar 2021 09:23:27 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2022-05-11
[ [ "Mañes", "Juan L.", "" ], [ "Megias", "Eugenio", "" ], [ "Valle", "Manuel", "" ], [ "Vazquez-Mozo", "Miguel A.", "" ] ]
We study the role of non-abelian anomalies in relativistic fluids. To this end, we compute the local functional that solves the anomaly equations, and obtain analytical expressions for the covariant currents and the Bardeen-Zumino terms. We particularize these results to a background with two flavors, and consider the cases of unbroken and broken chiral symmetry. Finally, we provide explicit results for the constitutive relations of chiral nuclear matter interacting with external electromagnetic fields and in presence of chiral imbalance. We emphasize the non-dissipative nature of the chiral electric effect.
0906.0595
Daniel Green
Daniel Green and Timo Weigand
Retrofitting and the mu Problem
26 pages, 2 figures
null
null
SU-ITP-09/23, SLAC-PUB-13655
hep-th hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
One of the challenges of supersymmetry (SUSY) breaking and mediation is generating a mu term consistent with the requirements of electro-weak symmetry breaking. The most common approach to the problem is to generate the mu term through a SUSY breaking F-term. Often these models produce unacceptably large B mu terms as a result. We will present an alternate approach, where the mu term is generated directly by non-perturtative effects. The same non-perturbative effect will also retrofit the model of SUSY breaking in such a way that mu is at the same scale as masses of the Standard Model superpartners. Because the mu term is not directly generated by SUSY breaking effects, there is no associated B mu problem. These results are demonstrated in a toy model where a stringy instanton generates mu.
[ { "created": "Tue, 2 Jun 2009 20:22:29 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-06-04
[ [ "Green", "Daniel", "" ], [ "Weigand", "Timo", "" ] ]
One of the challenges of supersymmetry (SUSY) breaking and mediation is generating a mu term consistent with the requirements of electro-weak symmetry breaking. The most common approach to the problem is to generate the mu term through a SUSY breaking F-term. Often these models produce unacceptably large B mu terms as a result. We will present an alternate approach, where the mu term is generated directly by non-perturtative effects. The same non-perturbative effect will also retrofit the model of SUSY breaking in such a way that mu is at the same scale as masses of the Standard Model superpartners. Because the mu term is not directly generated by SUSY breaking effects, there is no associated B mu problem. These results are demonstrated in a toy model where a stringy instanton generates mu.
1911.09585
Subramanya Hegde
Subramanya Hegde and Bindusar Sahoo
New higher derivative action for tensor multiplet in N=2 conformal supergravity in four dimensions
31 pages, References updated. Minor typos corrected
null
10.1007/JHEP01(2020)070
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We will use the covariant superform approach to develop a new density formula for $\mathcal{N}=2$ conformal supergravity which is based on a fermionic multiplet whose lowest component is a dimension-5/2 spinor. We will show that this density formula admits an embedding of the real scalar multiplet of [arXiv:1712.02309]. Upon using the embedding of the tensor multiplet into the real scalar multiplet, we will construct a new higher derivative action of the tensor multiplet in $\mathcal{N}=2$ conformal supergravity.
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2020-01-29
[ [ "Hegde", "Subramanya", "" ], [ "Sahoo", "Bindusar", "" ] ]
We will use the covariant superform approach to develop a new density formula for $\mathcal{N}=2$ conformal supergravity which is based on a fermionic multiplet whose lowest component is a dimension-5/2 spinor. We will show that this density formula admits an embedding of the real scalar multiplet of [arXiv:1712.02309]. Upon using the embedding of the tensor multiplet into the real scalar multiplet, we will construct a new higher derivative action of the tensor multiplet in $\mathcal{N}=2$ conformal supergravity.
2011.09250
Ioannis Tsiares Mr
Ioannis Tsiares
Universal Dynamics in Non-Orientable CFT$_2$
27 pages, 2 figures
null
null
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Two-dimensional conformal field theories (CFTs) defined on non-orientable Riemann surfaces obey consistency Cardy conditions analogous to those in the orientable case. We revisit those conditions for irrational theories with central charge $c>1$ in the context of two-point functions of primaries on the Real Projective plane $\mathbb{RP}^2$ and the partition function on the Klein bottle $\mathbb{K}^2$. Using the irrational versions of the Virasoro fusion and modular kernels we derive universal expressions for the non-orientable CFT data at large conformal dimension, assuming a gap in the spectrum of scalar primaries. In particular, we derive asymptotic formulas at finite central charge for the averaged Light-Light-Heavy product $C_{LLH}\times\Gamma_{H}$ of OPE coefficients with the $\mathbb{RP}^2$ one-point function normalizations, as well as for the parity-weighted density of heavy scalar primaries (or equivalently the density of heavy $\Gamma_H^2$). We discuss the gravitational interpretation of the results.
[ { "created": "Wed, 18 Nov 2020 12:53:09 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2020-11-19
[ [ "Tsiares", "Ioannis", "" ] ]
Two-dimensional conformal field theories (CFTs) defined on non-orientable Riemann surfaces obey consistency Cardy conditions analogous to those in the orientable case. We revisit those conditions for irrational theories with central charge $c>1$ in the context of two-point functions of primaries on the Real Projective plane $\mathbb{RP}^2$ and the partition function on the Klein bottle $\mathbb{K}^2$. Using the irrational versions of the Virasoro fusion and modular kernels we derive universal expressions for the non-orientable CFT data at large conformal dimension, assuming a gap in the spectrum of scalar primaries. In particular, we derive asymptotic formulas at finite central charge for the averaged Light-Light-Heavy product $C_{LLH}\times\Gamma_{H}$ of OPE coefficients with the $\mathbb{RP}^2$ one-point function normalizations, as well as for the parity-weighted density of heavy scalar primaries (or equivalently the density of heavy $\Gamma_H^2$). We discuss the gravitational interpretation of the results.
1908.09848
Oliver Schlotterer
Carlos R. Mafra and Oliver Schlotterer
All-order alpha'-expansion of one-loop open-string integrals
6 pages, 2 figures, v2: added explanations, removed the appendix, matches published version
Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 101603 (2020)
10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.101603
UUITP--34/19
hep-th math.NT
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We present a new method to evaluate the $\alpha'$-expansion of genus-one integrals over open-string punctures and unravel the structure of the elliptic multiple zeta values in its coefficients. This is done by obtaining a simple differential equation of Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov-Bernard-type satisfied by generating functions of such integrals, and solving it via Picard iteration. The initial condition involves the generating functions at the cusp $\tau\to i\infty$ and can be reduced to genus-zero integrals.
[ { "created": "Mon, 26 Aug 2019 18:00:04 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 17 Mar 2020 09:12:42 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2020-03-18
[ [ "Mafra", "Carlos R.", "" ], [ "Schlotterer", "Oliver", "" ] ]
We present a new method to evaluate the $\alpha'$-expansion of genus-one integrals over open-string punctures and unravel the structure of the elliptic multiple zeta values in its coefficients. This is done by obtaining a simple differential equation of Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov-Bernard-type satisfied by generating functions of such integrals, and solving it via Picard iteration. The initial condition involves the generating functions at the cusp $\tau\to i\infty$ and can be reduced to genus-zero integrals.
1009.3528
Erick Tuiran
M. Reuter and E. Tuiran
Quantum Gravity Effects in the Kerr Spacetime
57 pages, 30 figures
Phys.Rev.D83:044041,2011
10.1103/PhysRevD.83.044041
MZ-TH/10-32
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We analyze the impact of the leading quantum gravity effects on the properties of black holes with nonzero angular momentum by performing a suitable renormalization group improvement of the classical Kerr metric within Quantum Einstein Gravity (QEG). In particular we explore the structure of the horizons, the ergosphere, and the static limit surfaces as well as the phase space avilable for the Penrose process. The positivity properties of the effective vacuum energy momentum tensor are also discussed and the "dressing" of the black hole's mass and angular momentum are investigated by computing the corresponding Komar integrals. The pertinent Smarr formula turns out to retain its classical form. As for their thermodynamical properties, a modified first law of black hole thermodynamics is found to be satisfied by the improved black holes (to second order in the angular momentum); the corresponding Bekenstein-Hawking temperature is not proportional to the surface gravity.
[ { "created": "Sat, 18 Sep 2010 01:20:35 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2011-03-23
[ [ "Reuter", "M.", "" ], [ "Tuiran", "E.", "" ] ]
We analyze the impact of the leading quantum gravity effects on the properties of black holes with nonzero angular momentum by performing a suitable renormalization group improvement of the classical Kerr metric within Quantum Einstein Gravity (QEG). In particular we explore the structure of the horizons, the ergosphere, and the static limit surfaces as well as the phase space avilable for the Penrose process. The positivity properties of the effective vacuum energy momentum tensor are also discussed and the "dressing" of the black hole's mass and angular momentum are investigated by computing the corresponding Komar integrals. The pertinent Smarr formula turns out to retain its classical form. As for their thermodynamical properties, a modified first law of black hole thermodynamics is found to be satisfied by the improved black holes (to second order in the angular momentum); the corresponding Bekenstein-Hawking temperature is not proportional to the surface gravity.
1210.5334
Pouria Pedram
Pouria Pedram
A Higher Order GUP with Minimal Length Uncertainty and Maximal Momentum II: Applications
15 pages, 3 figures, second part of arXiv:1110.2999, to appear in Physics Letters B
Phys. Lett. B 718 (2012) 638
10.1016/j.physletb.2012.10.059
null
hep-th quant-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In a recent paper, we presented a nonperturbative higher order generalized uncertainty principle (GUP) that is consistent with various proposals of quantum gravity such as string theory, loop quantum gravity, doubly special relativity, and predicts both a minimal length uncertainty and a maximal observable momentum. In this Letter, we find exact maximally localized states and present a formally self-adjoint and naturally perturbative representation of this modified algebra. Then we extend this GUP to D dimensions that will be shown it is noncommutative and find invariant density of states. We show that the presence of the maximal momentum results in upper bounds on the energy spectrum of the free particle and the particle in box. Moreover, this form of GUP modifies blackbody radiation spectrum at high frequencies and predicts a finite cosmological constant. Although it does not solve the cosmological constant problem, it gives a better estimation with respect to the presence of just the minimal length.
[ { "created": "Fri, 19 Oct 2012 08:04:29 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2012-11-26
[ [ "Pedram", "Pouria", "" ] ]
In a recent paper, we presented a nonperturbative higher order generalized uncertainty principle (GUP) that is consistent with various proposals of quantum gravity such as string theory, loop quantum gravity, doubly special relativity, and predicts both a minimal length uncertainty and a maximal observable momentum. In this Letter, we find exact maximally localized states and present a formally self-adjoint and naturally perturbative representation of this modified algebra. Then we extend this GUP to D dimensions that will be shown it is noncommutative and find invariant density of states. We show that the presence of the maximal momentum results in upper bounds on the energy spectrum of the free particle and the particle in box. Moreover, this form of GUP modifies blackbody radiation spectrum at high frequencies and predicts a finite cosmological constant. Although it does not solve the cosmological constant problem, it gives a better estimation with respect to the presence of just the minimal length.
1809.04601
Christian Friedrich Steinwachs
Michael S. Ruf, Christian F. Steinwachs
Quantum effective action for degenerate vector field theories
6 pages, no figures; typos corrected, references added, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. D
Phys. Rev. D 98, 085014 (2018)
10.1103/PhysRevD.98.085014
FR-PHENO-2018-012
hep-th gr-qc math-ph math.MP
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We calculate the divergent part of the one-loop effective action in curved spacetime for a particular class of second-order vector field operators with a degenerate principal part. The principal symbol of these operators has the structure of a longitudinal projector. In this case, standard heat-kernel techniques are not directly applicable. We present a method which reduces the problem to a nondegenerate scalar operator for which standard heat-kernel techniques are available. Interestingly, this method leads to the identification of an effective metric structure in the longitudinal sector. The one-loop divergences are compactly expressed in terms of invariants constructed from this metric.
[ { "created": "Wed, 12 Sep 2018 18:00:01 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 15 Oct 2018 09:08:56 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2018-10-24
[ [ "Ruf", "Michael S.", "" ], [ "Steinwachs", "Christian F.", "" ] ]
We calculate the divergent part of the one-loop effective action in curved spacetime for a particular class of second-order vector field operators with a degenerate principal part. The principal symbol of these operators has the structure of a longitudinal projector. In this case, standard heat-kernel techniques are not directly applicable. We present a method which reduces the problem to a nondegenerate scalar operator for which standard heat-kernel techniques are available. Interestingly, this method leads to the identification of an effective metric structure in the longitudinal sector. The one-loop divergences are compactly expressed in terms of invariants constructed from this metric.
0705.3947
Hilmar Forkel
Hilmar Forkel
Gauge-invariant soft modes in Yang-Mills theory
4 pages
Int.J.Mod.Phys.E16:2789-2793,2007
10.1142/S0218301307008410
null
hep-th
null
A gauge-invariant saddle point expansion for the Yang-Mills vacuum transition amplitude on the basis of the squeezed approximation to the vacuum wave functional is outlined. This framework allows the identification of gauge-invariant infrared degrees of freedom which arise as dominant sets of gauge field orbits and provide the principal input for an essentially analytical treatment of soft amplitudes. The analysis of the soft modes sheds new light on how vacuum fields organize themselves into collective excitations and yields a gauge-invariant representation of instanton and meron effects as well as a new physical interpretation for Faddeev-Niemi knots.
[ { "created": "Sun, 27 May 2007 12:11:27 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Forkel", "Hilmar", "" ] ]
A gauge-invariant saddle point expansion for the Yang-Mills vacuum transition amplitude on the basis of the squeezed approximation to the vacuum wave functional is outlined. This framework allows the identification of gauge-invariant infrared degrees of freedom which arise as dominant sets of gauge field orbits and provide the principal input for an essentially analytical treatment of soft amplitudes. The analysis of the soft modes sheds new light on how vacuum fields organize themselves into collective excitations and yields a gauge-invariant representation of instanton and meron effects as well as a new physical interpretation for Faddeev-Niemi knots.
1405.0734
Kazuya Yonekura
Kazuya Yonekura
Notes on natural inflation
12 pages. v2: Published version
null
10.1088/1475-7516/2014/10/054
null
hep-th astro-ph.CO hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In the so-called natural inflation, an axion-like inflaton is assumed to have a cosine-type periodic potential. This is not the case in a very simple model in which the axion-like inflaton is coupled to an SU(N) (or other) pure Yang-Mills, at least in the large N limit as pointed out by Witten. It has a multi-valued potential, which is effectively quadratic, i.e., there is only a mass term in the large N limit. Thanks to this property, chaotic inflation can be realized more naturally with the decay constant of the axion-like inflaton less than the Planck scale. We demonstrate these points explicitly by using softly broken ${\mathcal N}=1$ Super-Yang-Mills which allows us to treat finite N. This analysis also suggests that moderately large gauge groups such as $E_{8}$ are good enough with a Planck scale decay constant.
[ { "created": "Sun, 4 May 2014 19:50:41 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 17 Oct 2014 19:40:31 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2015-06-19
[ [ "Yonekura", "Kazuya", "" ] ]
In the so-called natural inflation, an axion-like inflaton is assumed to have a cosine-type periodic potential. This is not the case in a very simple model in which the axion-like inflaton is coupled to an SU(N) (or other) pure Yang-Mills, at least in the large N limit as pointed out by Witten. It has a multi-valued potential, which is effectively quadratic, i.e., there is only a mass term in the large N limit. Thanks to this property, chaotic inflation can be realized more naturally with the decay constant of the axion-like inflaton less than the Planck scale. We demonstrate these points explicitly by using softly broken ${\mathcal N}=1$ Super-Yang-Mills which allows us to treat finite N. This analysis also suggests that moderately large gauge groups such as $E_{8}$ are good enough with a Planck scale decay constant.
2211.15056
Ivan K. Kostov
Ivan Kostov
Light-cone limits of large rectangular fishnets
24 pages, 5 figures, references added
null
10.1007/JHEP03(2023)156
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Basso-Dixon integrals evaluate rectangular fishnets -- Feynman graphs with massless scalar propagators which form a $m\times n$ rectangular grid -- which arise in certain one-trace four-point correlators in the `fishnet' limit of $\mathcal{N}=4$ SYM. Recently, Basso {\it et al} explored the thermodynamical limit $m\to\infty$ with fixed aspect ratio $n/m$ of a rectangular fishnet and showed that in general the dependence on the coordinates of the four operators is erased, but it reappears in a scaling limit with two of the operators getting close in a controlled way. In this note I investigate the most general double scaling limit which describes the thermodynamics when one of two pairs of operators become nearly light-like. In this double scaling limit, the rectangular fishnet depends on both coordinate cross ratios. I show that all singular limits of the fishnet can be attained within the double scaling limit, including the null limit with the four points approaching the cusps of a null square. A direct evaluation of the fishnet in the null limit is presented any $m$ and $n$.
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2023-04-05
[ [ "Kostov", "Ivan", "" ] ]
Basso-Dixon integrals evaluate rectangular fishnets -- Feynman graphs with massless scalar propagators which form a $m\times n$ rectangular grid -- which arise in certain one-trace four-point correlators in the `fishnet' limit of $\mathcal{N}=4$ SYM. Recently, Basso {\it et al} explored the thermodynamical limit $m\to\infty$ with fixed aspect ratio $n/m$ of a rectangular fishnet and showed that in general the dependence on the coordinates of the four operators is erased, but it reappears in a scaling limit with two of the operators getting close in a controlled way. In this note I investigate the most general double scaling limit which describes the thermodynamics when one of two pairs of operators become nearly light-like. In this double scaling limit, the rectangular fishnet depends on both coordinate cross ratios. I show that all singular limits of the fishnet can be attained within the double scaling limit, including the null limit with the four points approaching the cusps of a null square. A direct evaluation of the fishnet in the null limit is presented any $m$ and $n$.
hep-th/9501032
Stephen Man Hoe Wong
S.M.H. Wong
Difficulties in Formulating an imaginary-time formalism of temporal axial gauge at finite T
18 pages (latex) + 1 page of figures appended at the end (tex, pictex macro needed), no major change from the previous version except the title
Z. Phys. C 69 (1996) 663-671
null
LPTHE-Orsay 94/114
hep-th
null
Following the successful construction of the finite T real-time formalism in temporal axial gauge, we attempt to further study the equivalent new imaginary-time formalism of James and Landshoff based on the same Hamiltonian approach in the hope that it will provide the answer to Debye screening in QCD. It turns out that, unlike in the real-time case, energy conservation does not hold because of the unusual representation of the longitudinal field forced upon by the Hamiltonian formulation.
[ { "created": "Tue, 10 Jan 1995 17:11:38 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 2 May 1995 09:09:35 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Mon, 16 Oct 1995 21:09:03 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2009-09-25
[ [ "Wong", "S. M. H.", "" ] ]
Following the successful construction of the finite T real-time formalism in temporal axial gauge, we attempt to further study the equivalent new imaginary-time formalism of James and Landshoff based on the same Hamiltonian approach in the hope that it will provide the answer to Debye screening in QCD. It turns out that, unlike in the real-time case, energy conservation does not hold because of the unusual representation of the longitudinal field forced upon by the Hamiltonian formulation.
hep-th/0610052
Nandinii Barbosa-Cendejas
Nandinii Barbosa-Cendejas and Alfredo Herrera-Aguilar
Localizing gravity on thick branes: a solution for massive KK modes of the Schroedinger equation
8 pages in latex. We corrected signs in the field equations, the expressions for the scalar field and the self-interacting potential. Due to the fact that no changes are introduced in the warp factor, the physics of the system remains the same
J.Phys.Conf.Ser.68:012021,2007
10.1088/1742-6596/68/1/012021
null
hep-th
null
We generate scalar thick brane configurations in a 5D Riemannian space time which describes gravity coupled to a self-interacting scalar field. We also show that 4D gravity can be localized on a thick brane which does not necessarily respect Z_2-symmetry, generalizing several previous models based on the Randall-Sundrum system and avoiding the restriction to orbifold geometries as well as the introduction of the branes in the action by hand. We begin by obtaining a smooth brane configuration that preserves 4D Poincar'e invariance and violates reflection symmetry along the fifth dimension. The extra dimension can have either compact or extended topology, depending on the values of the parameters of the solution. In the non-compact case, our field configuration represents a thick brane with positive energy density centered at y=c_2, whereas in the compact case we get pairs of thick branes. We recast as well the wave equations of the transverse traceless modes of the linear fluctuations of the classical solution into a Schroedinger's equation form with a volcano potential of finite bottom. We solve Schroedinger equation for the massless zero mode m^2=0 and obtain a single bound wave function which represents a stable 4D graviton and is free of tachyonic modes with m^2<0. We also get a continuum spectrum of Kaluza-Klein (KK) states with m^2>0 that are suppressed at y=c_2 and turn asymptotically into plane waves. We found a particular case in which the Schroedinger equation can be solved for all m^2>0, giving us the opportunity of studying analytically the massive modes of the spectrum of KK excitations, a rare fact when considering thick brane configurations.
[ { "created": "Wed, 4 Oct 2006 16:15:49 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 10 Jan 2008 04:34:20 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Barbosa-Cendejas", "Nandinii", "" ], [ "Herrera-Aguilar", "Alfredo", "" ] ]
We generate scalar thick brane configurations in a 5D Riemannian space time which describes gravity coupled to a self-interacting scalar field. We also show that 4D gravity can be localized on a thick brane which does not necessarily respect Z_2-symmetry, generalizing several previous models based on the Randall-Sundrum system and avoiding the restriction to orbifold geometries as well as the introduction of the branes in the action by hand. We begin by obtaining a smooth brane configuration that preserves 4D Poincar'e invariance and violates reflection symmetry along the fifth dimension. The extra dimension can have either compact or extended topology, depending on the values of the parameters of the solution. In the non-compact case, our field configuration represents a thick brane with positive energy density centered at y=c_2, whereas in the compact case we get pairs of thick branes. We recast as well the wave equations of the transverse traceless modes of the linear fluctuations of the classical solution into a Schroedinger's equation form with a volcano potential of finite bottom. We solve Schroedinger equation for the massless zero mode m^2=0 and obtain a single bound wave function which represents a stable 4D graviton and is free of tachyonic modes with m^2<0. We also get a continuum spectrum of Kaluza-Klein (KK) states with m^2>0 that are suppressed at y=c_2 and turn asymptotically into plane waves. We found a particular case in which the Schroedinger equation can be solved for all m^2>0, giving us the opportunity of studying analytically the massive modes of the spectrum of KK excitations, a rare fact when considering thick brane configurations.
hep-th/9502068
Denis Uglov
D.Uglov and I.Ivanov
sl(N) Onsager's Algebra and Integrability
null
null
10.1007/BF02189226
ITP-SB-95-02
hep-th
null
We define an $ sl(N) $ analog of Onsager's Algebra through a finite set of relations that generalize the Dolan Grady defining relations for the original Onsager's Algebra. This infinite-dimensional Lie Algebra is shown to be isomorphic to a fixed point subalgebra of $ sl(N) $ Loop Algebra with respect to a certain involution. As the consequence of the generalized Dolan Grady relations a Hamiltonian linear in the generators of $ sl(N) $ Onsager's Algebra is shown to posses an infinite number of mutually commuting integrals of motion.
[ { "created": "Sun, 12 Feb 1995 17:22:43 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2016-09-06
[ [ "Uglov", "D.", "" ], [ "Ivanov", "I.", "" ] ]
We define an $ sl(N) $ analog of Onsager's Algebra through a finite set of relations that generalize the Dolan Grady defining relations for the original Onsager's Algebra. This infinite-dimensional Lie Algebra is shown to be isomorphic to a fixed point subalgebra of $ sl(N) $ Loop Algebra with respect to a certain involution. As the consequence of the generalized Dolan Grady relations a Hamiltonian linear in the generators of $ sl(N) $ Onsager's Algebra is shown to posses an infinite number of mutually commuting integrals of motion.
hep-th/0501075
Jen-Chi Lee
Jen-Chi Lee
SO(2,C) Invariant Discrete Gauge States in Liouville Gravity Coupled to Minimal Conformal Matter
null
Eur.Phys.J.C1:739-741,1998
10.1007/s100520050120
null
hep-th
null
We contruct the general formula for a set of discrete gauge states (DGS) in c<1 Liouville theory. This formula reproduces the previously found c=1 DGS in the appropriate limiting case. We also demonstrate the SO(2,C) invariant structure of these DGS in the old covariant quantization of the theory. This is in analogy to the SO(2,C) invariant ring structure of BRST cohomology of the theory.
[ { "created": "Tue, 11 Jan 2005 12:22:33 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 26 Jan 2005 16:35:41 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2011-09-13
[ [ "Lee", "Jen-Chi", "" ] ]
We contruct the general formula for a set of discrete gauge states (DGS) in c<1 Liouville theory. This formula reproduces the previously found c=1 DGS in the appropriate limiting case. We also demonstrate the SO(2,C) invariant structure of these DGS in the old covariant quantization of the theory. This is in analogy to the SO(2,C) invariant ring structure of BRST cohomology of the theory.
hep-th/0406026
Ivan Avramidi
Ivan G. Avramidi
Gauged Gravity via Spectral Asymptotics of non-Laplace type Operators
Version accepted by J. High Energy Phys. Introduction and Discussion significantly expanded. References added and updated. (41 pages, LaTeX: JHEP3 class, no figures)
JHEP 0407 (2004) 030
10.1088/1126-6708/2004/07/030
null
hep-th gr-qc math-ph math.AP math.MP
null
We construct invariant differential operators acting on sections of vector bundles of densities over a smooth manifold without using a Riemannian metric. The spectral invariants of such operators are invariant under both the diffeomorphisms and the gauge transformations and can be used to induce a new theory of gravitation. It can be viewed as a matrix generalization of Einstein general relativity that reproduces the standard Einstein theory in the weak deformation limit. Relations with various mathematical constructions such as Finsler geometry and Hodge-de Rham theory are discussed.
[ { "created": "Wed, 2 Jun 2004 20:53:25 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 15 Jul 2004 13:53:30 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-11-10
[ [ "Avramidi", "Ivan G.", "" ] ]
We construct invariant differential operators acting on sections of vector bundles of densities over a smooth manifold without using a Riemannian metric. The spectral invariants of such operators are invariant under both the diffeomorphisms and the gauge transformations and can be used to induce a new theory of gravitation. It can be viewed as a matrix generalization of Einstein general relativity that reproduces the standard Einstein theory in the weak deformation limit. Relations with various mathematical constructions such as Finsler geometry and Hodge-de Rham theory are discussed.
1808.04470
Rafa{\l} R. Suszek
Rafa{\l} R. Suszek
Equivariant Cartan-Eilenberg supergerbes for the Green-Schwarz superbranes III. The wrapping anomaly and the super-${\rm AdS}_5\times\mathbb{S}^5$ background
50 pages (v. 2: constraints on the extension of the supersymmetry algebra on p. 15 relaxed and formulae on p. 16 adapted)
null
null
null
hep-th math-ph math.MP
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
This is a continuation of a programme, initiated in the work arXiv:1706.05682 [hep-th], of supersymmetry-equivariant geometrisation of the Green-Schwarz super-$(p+2)$-cocycles coupling to the topological charges carried by super-$p$-branes of the superstring theory on reductive homogeneous spaces of supersymmetry Lie supergroups. In the present part, the ideas and geometro-algebraic tools developed previously are substantially enhanced, adapted to and applied in the physically significant curved backround of Metsaev and Tseytlin, determining the propagation of the critical superstring in the super-${\rm AdS}_5\times\mathbb{S}^5$ geometry. The analysis brings to the fore the r\^ole, in the geometrisation scheme proposed, of the wrapping anomaly of the Poisson algebra of the Noether charges of the rigid symmetries of the relevant super-{\sigma}-model that lift the geometric symmetries of the supertarget. In particular, the significance of the charges quantifying the monodromy of the Grassmann-odd coordinates in the Kosteleck\'y-Rabin-type quotient of the supertarget is emphasised. A trivial super-1-gerbe is associated with the Metsaev-Tseytlin super-3-cocycle over the super-${\rm AdS}_5\times\mathbb{S}^5$ target. The issue of compatibility of the geometrisation with the \.In\"on\"u-Wigner contraction of the supersymmetry Lie superalgebra to its flat-superspace counterpart is investigated at some length, revealing the rigidity of the relevant Cartan-Eilenberg cohomology and signalling an attractive potential alternative to the non-contractible trivial super-1-gerbe constructed.
[ { "created": "Mon, 13 Aug 2018 21:13:17 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 2 Oct 2018 19:19:45 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2018-10-04
[ [ "Suszek", "Rafał R.", "" ] ]
This is a continuation of a programme, initiated in the work arXiv:1706.05682 [hep-th], of supersymmetry-equivariant geometrisation of the Green-Schwarz super-$(p+2)$-cocycles coupling to the topological charges carried by super-$p$-branes of the superstring theory on reductive homogeneous spaces of supersymmetry Lie supergroups. In the present part, the ideas and geometro-algebraic tools developed previously are substantially enhanced, adapted to and applied in the physically significant curved backround of Metsaev and Tseytlin, determining the propagation of the critical superstring in the super-${\rm AdS}_5\times\mathbb{S}^5$ geometry. The analysis brings to the fore the r\^ole, in the geometrisation scheme proposed, of the wrapping anomaly of the Poisson algebra of the Noether charges of the rigid symmetries of the relevant super-{\sigma}-model that lift the geometric symmetries of the supertarget. In particular, the significance of the charges quantifying the monodromy of the Grassmann-odd coordinates in the Kosteleck\'y-Rabin-type quotient of the supertarget is emphasised. A trivial super-1-gerbe is associated with the Metsaev-Tseytlin super-3-cocycle over the super-${\rm AdS}_5\times\mathbb{S}^5$ target. The issue of compatibility of the geometrisation with the \.In\"on\"u-Wigner contraction of the supersymmetry Lie superalgebra to its flat-superspace counterpart is investigated at some length, revealing the rigidity of the relevant Cartan-Eilenberg cohomology and signalling an attractive potential alternative to the non-contractible trivial super-1-gerbe constructed.
hep-th/0007149
A. V. Shurgaia
A. V. Shurgaia, H. J. W. Mueller-Kirsten, J.-Q. Liang and D. K. Park
Finite Temperature Tunneling and Phase Transitions in SU(2)-Gauge Theory
16 Pages, LaTex, 4 figures, minor changes, references updated, one figure removed
null
null
null
hep-th
null
A pure Yang-Mills theory extended by addition of a quartic term is considered in order to study the transition from the quantum tunneling regime to that of classical, i.e. thermal, behaviour. The periodic field configurations are found, which interpolate between the vacuum and sphaleron field configurations. It is shown by explicit calculation that only smooth second order transitions occur for all permissible values of the parameter $\L$ introduced with the quartic term. The theory is one of the rare cases which can be handled analytically.
[ { "created": "Wed, 19 Jul 2000 10:12:57 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 18 May 2006 20:44:11 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Shurgaia", "A. V.", "" ], [ "Mueller-Kirsten", "H. J. W.", "" ], [ "Liang", "J. -Q.", "" ], [ "Park", "D. K.", "" ] ]
A pure Yang-Mills theory extended by addition of a quartic term is considered in order to study the transition from the quantum tunneling regime to that of classical, i.e. thermal, behaviour. The periodic field configurations are found, which interpolate between the vacuum and sphaleron field configurations. It is shown by explicit calculation that only smooth second order transitions occur for all permissible values of the parameter $\L$ introduced with the quartic term. The theory is one of the rare cases which can be handled analytically.
hep-th/9801084
Akira Tokura
H. Itoyama and A. Tokura
USp(2k) Matrix Model: Nonperturbative Approach to Orientifolds
LaTeX, 29 pages, 3 figures. PostScript problems are fixed
Phys.Rev. D58 (1998) 026002
10.1103/PhysRevD.58.026002
OU-HET 287
hep-th
null
We discuss theoretical implications of the large k USp(2k) matrix model in zero dimension. The model appears as the matrix model of type IIB superstrings on a large $T^{6}/Z^{2}$ orientifold via the matrix twist operation. In the small volume limit, the model behaves four dimensional and its T dual is six-dimensional worldvolume theory of type I superstrings in ten spacetime dimensions. Several theoretical considerations including the analysis on planar diagrams, the commutativity of the projectors with supersymmetries and the cancellation of gauge anomalies are given, providing us with the rationales for the choice of the Lie algebra and the field content. A few classical solutions are constructed which correspond to Dirichlet p-branes and some fluctuations are evaluated. The particular scaling limit with matrix T duality transformation is discussed which derives the F theory compactification on an elliptic fibered K3.
[ { "created": "Tue, 13 Jan 1998 15:47:53 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 16 Jan 1998 12:55:55 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-10-31
[ [ "Itoyama", "H.", "" ], [ "Tokura", "A.", "" ] ]
We discuss theoretical implications of the large k USp(2k) matrix model in zero dimension. The model appears as the matrix model of type IIB superstrings on a large $T^{6}/Z^{2}$ orientifold via the matrix twist operation. In the small volume limit, the model behaves four dimensional and its T dual is six-dimensional worldvolume theory of type I superstrings in ten spacetime dimensions. Several theoretical considerations including the analysis on planar diagrams, the commutativity of the projectors with supersymmetries and the cancellation of gauge anomalies are given, providing us with the rationales for the choice of the Lie algebra and the field content. A few classical solutions are constructed which correspond to Dirichlet p-branes and some fluctuations are evaluated. The particular scaling limit with matrix T duality transformation is discussed which derives the F theory compactification on an elliptic fibered K3.
1712.08185
Marco Meineri
Madalena Lemos, Pedro Liendo, Marco Meineri, Sourav Sarkar
Universality at large transverse spin in defect CFT
45 pages, 6 figures, a few comments added to improve clarity of the exposition
null
10.1007/JHEP09(2018)091
DESY 17-239, HU-EP-17/31
hep-th
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
We study the spectrum of local operators living on a defect in a generic conformal field theory, and their coupling to the local bulk operators. We establish the existence of universal accumulation points in the spectrum at large $s$, $s$ being the charge of the operators under rotations in the space transverse to the defect. Our tools include a formula that inverts the bulk to defect OPE, analogous to the Caron-Huot formula for the four-point function. Analyticity of the formula in $s$ implies that the scaling dimensions of the defect operators are aligned in Regge trajectories $\widehat{\Delta}(s)$. These results require the correlator of two local operators and the defect to be bounded in a certain region, a condition that we do not prove in general. We check our conclusions against examples in perturbation theory and holography, and we make specific predictions concerning the spectrum of defect operators on Wilson lines. We also give an interpretation of the large $s$ spectrum in the spirit of the work of Alday and Maldacena.
[ { "created": "Thu, 21 Dec 2017 19:30:24 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 3 Aug 2018 01:03:07 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2018-10-17
[ [ "Lemos", "Madalena", "" ], [ "Liendo", "Pedro", "" ], [ "Meineri", "Marco", "" ], [ "Sarkar", "Sourav", "" ] ]
We study the spectrum of local operators living on a defect in a generic conformal field theory, and their coupling to the local bulk operators. We establish the existence of universal accumulation points in the spectrum at large $s$, $s$ being the charge of the operators under rotations in the space transverse to the defect. Our tools include a formula that inverts the bulk to defect OPE, analogous to the Caron-Huot formula for the four-point function. Analyticity of the formula in $s$ implies that the scaling dimensions of the defect operators are aligned in Regge trajectories $\widehat{\Delta}(s)$. These results require the correlator of two local operators and the defect to be bounded in a certain region, a condition that we do not prove in general. We check our conclusions against examples in perturbation theory and holography, and we make specific predictions concerning the spectrum of defect operators on Wilson lines. We also give an interpretation of the large $s$ spectrum in the spirit of the work of Alday and Maldacena.
2406.07458
Kuo-Wei Huang
Kuo-Wei Huang
Resummation of Multi-Stress Tensors in Higher Dimensions
39 pages, v2: notation improved
null
null
null
hep-th
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
In the context of holographic conformal field theories (CFTs), a system of linear partial differential equations was recently proposed to be the higher-dimensional analog of the null-state equations in $d=2$ CFTs at large central charge. Solving these equations in a near-lightcone expansion yields solutions that match the minimal-twist multi-stress tensor contributions to a heavy-light four-point correlator (or a thermal two-point correlator) computed using holography, the conformal bootstrap, and other methods. This note explores the exact solutions to these equations. We begin by observing that, in an expansion in terms of the ratio between the heavy operator's dimension and the central charge, the $d=2$ correlator involving the level-two degenerate scalars at each order can be represented as a Bessel function; the resummation yields the Virasoro vacuum block. We next observe a relation between the $d=2$ correlator and the $d=4$ near-lightcone correlator involving light scalars with the same conformal dimension. The resummed $d=4$ correlator takes a simple form in the complex frequency domain. Unlike the Virasoro vacuum block, the resummation in $d=4$ leads to essential singularities. Similar expressions are also obtained when the light scalar's dimension takes other finite values. These CFT results correspond to a holographic computation with a spherical black hole. In addition, using the differential equations, we demonstrate that the correlators can be reconstructed via certain modes. In $d=2$, these modes are related to the Virasoro algebra.
[ { "created": "Tue, 11 Jun 2024 17:02:37 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sun, 21 Jul 2024 16:43:38 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2024-07-23
[ [ "Huang", "Kuo-Wei", "" ] ]
In the context of holographic conformal field theories (CFTs), a system of linear partial differential equations was recently proposed to be the higher-dimensional analog of the null-state equations in $d=2$ CFTs at large central charge. Solving these equations in a near-lightcone expansion yields solutions that match the minimal-twist multi-stress tensor contributions to a heavy-light four-point correlator (or a thermal two-point correlator) computed using holography, the conformal bootstrap, and other methods. This note explores the exact solutions to these equations. We begin by observing that, in an expansion in terms of the ratio between the heavy operator's dimension and the central charge, the $d=2$ correlator involving the level-two degenerate scalars at each order can be represented as a Bessel function; the resummation yields the Virasoro vacuum block. We next observe a relation between the $d=2$ correlator and the $d=4$ near-lightcone correlator involving light scalars with the same conformal dimension. The resummed $d=4$ correlator takes a simple form in the complex frequency domain. Unlike the Virasoro vacuum block, the resummation in $d=4$ leads to essential singularities. Similar expressions are also obtained when the light scalar's dimension takes other finite values. These CFT results correspond to a holographic computation with a spherical black hole. In addition, using the differential equations, we demonstrate that the correlators can be reconstructed via certain modes. In $d=2$, these modes are related to the Virasoro algebra.
hep-th/9305075
Rohrlich
Y. Aharonov, S. Popescu, D. Rohrlich, and L. Vaidman
Measurements, errors, and negative kinetic energy
22 pp, TAUP 1850-90
null
10.1103/PhysRevA.48.4084
null
hep-th cond-mat
null
An analysis of errors in measurement yields new insight into the penetration of quantum particles into classically forbidden regions. In addition to ``physical" values, realistic measurements yield ``unphysical" values which, we show, can form a consistent pattern. An experiment to isolate a particle in a classically forbidden region obtains negative values for its kinetic energy. These values realize the concept of a {\it weak value}, discussed in previous works.
[ { "created": "Mon, 17 May 1993 18:04:44 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-10-22
[ [ "Aharonov", "Y.", "" ], [ "Popescu", "S.", "" ], [ "Rohrlich", "D.", "" ], [ "Vaidman", "L.", "" ] ]
An analysis of errors in measurement yields new insight into the penetration of quantum particles into classically forbidden regions. In addition to ``physical" values, realistic measurements yield ``unphysical" values which, we show, can form a consistent pattern. An experiment to isolate a particle in a classically forbidden region obtains negative values for its kinetic energy. These values realize the concept of a {\it weak value}, discussed in previous works.
hep-th/9408001
C. H. Oh
C. H. Oh and K. Singh
Realizations of the $q$-Heisenberg and $q$-Virasoro Algebras
9 pages
null
10.1088/0305-4470/27/10/020
NUS/HEP/94203
hep-th math.QA
null
We give field theoretic realizations of both the $q$-Heisenberg and the $q$-Virasoro algebra. In particular, we obtain the operator product expansions among the current and the energy momentum tensor obtained using the Sugawara construction.
[ { "created": "Mon, 1 Aug 1994 09:21:25 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-10-28
[ [ "Oh", "C. H.", "" ], [ "Singh", "K.", "" ] ]
We give field theoretic realizations of both the $q$-Heisenberg and the $q$-Virasoro algebra. In particular, we obtain the operator product expansions among the current and the energy momentum tensor obtained using the Sugawara construction.
hep-th/9512039
Bong Lian
Bong H. Lian and Gregg J. Zuckerman
From String Backgrounds to Topological Field Theories
21 pages, latex twice. minor changes and references added
null
null
Yale-007
hep-th
null
The BRST formalism has played a fundamental role in the construction of bosonic closed string backgrounds, ie. the stringy analogs of classical solutions to the field equations of general relativity. The concept of a string background has been extended to the notion of $W$-strings, where the BRST symmetry is still largely conjectural. More recently, the BRST formalism has entered the construction of two dimensional topological conformal quantum field theories, such as those that arise from Calabi-Yau varieties. In this lecture, we focus on common features of the BRST cohomology algebras of string backgrounds and topological field theories. In this context, we present some new evidence for a remarkable relationship that transports us from bosonic and $W$-string backgrounds to the B-model topological conformal field theories associated to certain noncompact Calabi-Yau varieties. This paper will appear in the proceedings of the {\it Symposium on BRS Symmetry} held at RIMS, September 18-22, 1995.
[ { "created": "Thu, 7 Dec 1995 01:27:24 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 15 Dec 1995 17:12:15 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2008-02-03
[ [ "Lian", "Bong H.", "" ], [ "Zuckerman", "Gregg J.", "" ] ]
The BRST formalism has played a fundamental role in the construction of bosonic closed string backgrounds, ie. the stringy analogs of classical solutions to the field equations of general relativity. The concept of a string background has been extended to the notion of $W$-strings, where the BRST symmetry is still largely conjectural. More recently, the BRST formalism has entered the construction of two dimensional topological conformal quantum field theories, such as those that arise from Calabi-Yau varieties. In this lecture, we focus on common features of the BRST cohomology algebras of string backgrounds and topological field theories. In this context, we present some new evidence for a remarkable relationship that transports us from bosonic and $W$-string backgrounds to the B-model topological conformal field theories associated to certain noncompact Calabi-Yau varieties. This paper will appear in the proceedings of the {\it Symposium on BRS Symmetry} held at RIMS, September 18-22, 1995.
2312.09283
Brett Oertel
Johan Henriksson, Petr Kravchuk, Brett Oertel
Missing local operators, zeros, and twist-4 trajectories
59 pages, 13 figures + appendices (with 9 more figures)
null
null
null
hep-th
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
The number of local operators in a CFT below a given twist grows with spin. Consistency with analyticity in spin then requires that at low spin, infinitely many Regge trajectories must decouple from local correlation functions, implying infinitely many vanishing conditions for OPE coefficients. In this paper we explain the mechanism behind this infinity of zeros. Specifically, the mechanism is related to the two-point function rather than the three-point function, explaining the vanishing of OPE coefficients in every correlator from a single condition. We illustrate our result by studying twist-4 Regge trajectories in the Wilson--Fisher CFT at one loop.
[ { "created": "Thu, 14 Dec 2023 19:00:03 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 13 May 2024 18:49:08 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2024-05-15
[ [ "Henriksson", "Johan", "" ], [ "Kravchuk", "Petr", "" ], [ "Oertel", "Brett", "" ] ]
The number of local operators in a CFT below a given twist grows with spin. Consistency with analyticity in spin then requires that at low spin, infinitely many Regge trajectories must decouple from local correlation functions, implying infinitely many vanishing conditions for OPE coefficients. In this paper we explain the mechanism behind this infinity of zeros. Specifically, the mechanism is related to the two-point function rather than the three-point function, explaining the vanishing of OPE coefficients in every correlator from a single condition. We illustrate our result by studying twist-4 Regge trajectories in the Wilson--Fisher CFT at one loop.
hep-th/9803146
Tatsuo Kobayashi
Masud Chaichian, Wen-Feng Chen and Tatsuo Kobayashi
Softly Broken N=1 Supersymmetric QCD
16 pages, latex, 2 figures
Phys.Lett. B432 (1998) 120-127
10.1016/S0370-2693(98)00626-1
HIP-1998-16/TH
hep-th hep-ph
null
We study softly broken N=1 supersymmetric QCD with the gauge group $SU(N_c)$ and $N_f$ flavours of quarks for $N_f > N_c+1$. We investigate the phase structure of its dual theory adding generic soft supersymmetry breking terms, i.e. soft scalar masses, trilinear coupling terms of scalar fields and gaugino masses. It is found that the trilinear coupling terms play an improtant role in determining the potential minima. Also we compare softly broken original and dual theories in the broken phase.
[ { "created": "Wed, 18 Mar 1998 14:34:52 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-10-31
[ [ "Chaichian", "Masud", "" ], [ "Chen", "Wen-Feng", "" ], [ "Kobayashi", "Tatsuo", "" ] ]
We study softly broken N=1 supersymmetric QCD with the gauge group $SU(N_c)$ and $N_f$ flavours of quarks for $N_f > N_c+1$. We investigate the phase structure of its dual theory adding generic soft supersymmetry breking terms, i.e. soft scalar masses, trilinear coupling terms of scalar fields and gaugino masses. It is found that the trilinear coupling terms play an improtant role in determining the potential minima. Also we compare softly broken original and dual theories in the broken phase.
1308.2276
Jeffrey Pennington
Lance J. Dixon, James M. Drummond, Matt von Hippel, Jeffrey Pennington
Hexagon functions and the three-loop remainder function
103 pages, 12 figures, 9 ancillary files. v2: typos corrected, references added
null
10.1007/JHEP12(2013)049
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We present the three-loop remainder function, which describes the scattering of six gluons in the maximally-helicity-violating configuration in planar N=4 super-Yang-Mills theory, as a function of the three dual conformal cross ratios. The result can be expressed in terms of multiple Goncharov polylogarithms. We also employ a more restricted class of "hexagon functions" which have the correct branch cuts and certain other restrictions on their symbols. We classify all the hexagon functions through transcendental weight five, using the coproduct for their Hopf algebra iteratively, which amounts to a set of first-order differential equations. The three-loop remainder function is a particular weight-six hexagon function, whose symbol was determined previously. The differential equations can be integrated numerically for generic values of the cross ratios, or analytically in certain kinematics limits, including the near-collinear and multi-Regge limits. These limits allow us to impose constraints from the operator product expansion and multi-Regge factorization directly at the function level, and thereby to fix uniquely a set of Riemann-zeta-valued constants that could not be fixed at the level of the symbol. The near-collinear limits agree precisely with recent predictions by Basso, Sever and Vieira based on integrability. The multi-Regge limits agree with the factorization formula of Fadin and Lipatov, and determine three constants entering the impact factor at this order. We plot the three-loop remainder function for various slices of the Euclidean region of positive cross ratios, and compare it to the two-loop one. For large ranges of the cross ratios, the ratio of the three-loop to the two-loop remainder function is relatively constant, and close to -7.
[ { "created": "Sat, 10 Aug 2013 04:58:44 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 5 Dec 2013 15:40:40 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2015-06-16
[ [ "Dixon", "Lance J.", "" ], [ "Drummond", "James M.", "" ], [ "von Hippel", "Matt", "" ], [ "Pennington", "Jeffrey", "" ] ]
We present the three-loop remainder function, which describes the scattering of six gluons in the maximally-helicity-violating configuration in planar N=4 super-Yang-Mills theory, as a function of the three dual conformal cross ratios. The result can be expressed in terms of multiple Goncharov polylogarithms. We also employ a more restricted class of "hexagon functions" which have the correct branch cuts and certain other restrictions on their symbols. We classify all the hexagon functions through transcendental weight five, using the coproduct for their Hopf algebra iteratively, which amounts to a set of first-order differential equations. The three-loop remainder function is a particular weight-six hexagon function, whose symbol was determined previously. The differential equations can be integrated numerically for generic values of the cross ratios, or analytically in certain kinematics limits, including the near-collinear and multi-Regge limits. These limits allow us to impose constraints from the operator product expansion and multi-Regge factorization directly at the function level, and thereby to fix uniquely a set of Riemann-zeta-valued constants that could not be fixed at the level of the symbol. The near-collinear limits agree precisely with recent predictions by Basso, Sever and Vieira based on integrability. The multi-Regge limits agree with the factorization formula of Fadin and Lipatov, and determine three constants entering the impact factor at this order. We plot the three-loop remainder function for various slices of the Euclidean region of positive cross ratios, and compare it to the two-loop one. For large ranges of the cross ratios, the ratio of the three-loop to the two-loop remainder function is relatively constant, and close to -7.
1506.02880
Yeuk-Kwan Edna Cheung
Baoyi Chen, Gang Chen, Yeuk-Kwan E. Cheung, Ruofei Xie, Yuan Xin
Top-forms of Leading Singularities in Nonplanar Multi-loop Amplitudes
This article has been merged with arXiv:1411.3889 and published in Eur.Phys.J. C. Thanks for the citations! and please cite "Eur.Phys.J. C77 (2017) no.2, 80" from now on
null
null
NITS-PHY-2015002
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Bipartite on-shell diagrams are the latest tool in constructing scattering amplitudes. In this paper we prove that a Britto-Cachazo-Feng-Witten (BCFW)-decomposable on-shell diagram process a rational top-form if and only if the algebraic ideal comprised of the geometrical constraints is shifted linearly during successive BCFW integrations. With a proper geometric interpretation of the constraints in the Grassmannian manifold, the rational top-form integration contours can thus be obtained, and understood, in a straightforward way. All rational top-form integrands of arbitrary higher loops leading singularities can therefore be derived recursively, as long as the corresponding on-shell diagram is BCFW-decomposable.
[ { "created": "Tue, 9 Jun 2015 12:21:31 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 19 Feb 2018 10:06:56 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2018-02-20
[ [ "Chen", "Baoyi", "" ], [ "Chen", "Gang", "" ], [ "Cheung", "Yeuk-Kwan E.", "" ], [ "Xie", "Ruofei", "" ], [ "Xin", "Yuan", "" ] ]
Bipartite on-shell diagrams are the latest tool in constructing scattering amplitudes. In this paper we prove that a Britto-Cachazo-Feng-Witten (BCFW)-decomposable on-shell diagram process a rational top-form if and only if the algebraic ideal comprised of the geometrical constraints is shifted linearly during successive BCFW integrations. With a proper geometric interpretation of the constraints in the Grassmannian manifold, the rational top-form integration contours can thus be obtained, and understood, in a straightforward way. All rational top-form integrands of arbitrary higher loops leading singularities can therefore be derived recursively, as long as the corresponding on-shell diagram is BCFW-decomposable.
hep-th/0107115
Richard J. Szabo
F. Lizzi, R.J. Szabo and A. Zampini
Geometry of the Gauge Algebra in Noncommutative Yang-Mills Theory
49 pages LaTeX; v2: References added; v3: Typos corrected and references added; final version published in JHEP
JHEP 0108 (2001) 032
10.1088/1126-6708/2001/08/032
DSF-19-01, HWM-01-25, EMPG-01-10
hep-th cond-mat.mes-hall gr-qc math-ph math.FA math.MP
null
A detailed description of the infinite-dimensional Lie algebra of star-gauge transformations in noncommutative Yang-Mills theory is presented. Various descriptions of this algebra are given in terms of inner automorphisms of the underlying deformed algebra of functions on spacetime, of deformed symplectic diffeomorphisms, of the infinite unitary Lie algebra, and of the algebra of compact operators on a quantum mechanical Hilbert space. The spacetime and string interpretations are also elucidated.
[ { "created": "Fri, 13 Jul 2001 00:07:25 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 31 Jul 2001 13:27:07 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Wed, 10 Oct 2001 10:14:14 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2009-11-07
[ [ "Lizzi", "F.", "" ], [ "Szabo", "R. J.", "" ], [ "Zampini", "A.", "" ] ]
A detailed description of the infinite-dimensional Lie algebra of star-gauge transformations in noncommutative Yang-Mills theory is presented. Various descriptions of this algebra are given in terms of inner automorphisms of the underlying deformed algebra of functions on spacetime, of deformed symplectic diffeomorphisms, of the infinite unitary Lie algebra, and of the algebra of compact operators on a quantum mechanical Hilbert space. The spacetime and string interpretations are also elucidated.
2004.13300
Ho Tat Lam
Pranay Gorantla and Ho Tat Lam
Interface Junctions in QCD${}_4$
33 pages, 9 figures
SciPost Phys. 10, 085 (2021)
10.21468/SciPostPhys.10.4.085
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We study 3+1 dimensional $SU(N)$ Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) with $N_f$ degenerate quarks that have a spatially varying complex mass. It leads to a network of interfaces connected by interface junctions. We use anomaly inflow to constrain these defects. Based on the chiral Lagrangian and the conjectures on the interfaces, characterized by a spatially varying $\theta$-parameter, we propose a low-energy description of such networks of interfaces. Interestingly, we observe that the operators in the effective field theories on the junctions can carry baryon charges, and their spin and isospin representations coincide with baryons. We also study defects, characterized by spatially varying coupling constants, in 2+1 dimensional Chern-Simons-matter theories and in a 3+1 dimensional real scalar theory.
[ { "created": "Tue, 28 Apr 2020 05:04:14 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sun, 12 Jul 2020 02:16:56 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2021-04-28
[ [ "Gorantla", "Pranay", "" ], [ "Lam", "Ho Tat", "" ] ]
We study 3+1 dimensional $SU(N)$ Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) with $N_f$ degenerate quarks that have a spatially varying complex mass. It leads to a network of interfaces connected by interface junctions. We use anomaly inflow to constrain these defects. Based on the chiral Lagrangian and the conjectures on the interfaces, characterized by a spatially varying $\theta$-parameter, we propose a low-energy description of such networks of interfaces. Interestingly, we observe that the operators in the effective field theories on the junctions can carry baryon charges, and their spin and isospin representations coincide with baryons. We also study defects, characterized by spatially varying coupling constants, in 2+1 dimensional Chern-Simons-matter theories and in a 3+1 dimensional real scalar theory.
1107.1874
Ali Mostafazadeh
Ali Mostafazadeh
Imaginary-Scaling versus Indefinite-Metric Quantization of the Pais-Uhlenbeck Oscillator
Published version, 7 pages
Phys. Rev. D 84, 105018 (2011)
10.1103/PhysRevD.84.105018
null
hep-th gr-qc math-ph math.MP quant-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Using the Pais-Uhlenbeck Oscillator as a toy model, we outline a consistent alternative to the indefinite-metric quantization scheme that does not violate unitarity. We describe the basic mathematical structure of this method by giving an explicit construction of the Hilbert space of state vectors and the corresponding creation and annihilation operators. The latter satisfy the usual bosonic commutation relation and differ from those of the indefinite-metric theories by a sign in the definition of the creation operator. This change of sign achieves a definitization of the indefinite-metric that gives life to the ghost states without changing their contribution to the energy spectrum.
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2011-12-12
[ [ "Mostafazadeh", "Ali", "" ] ]
Using the Pais-Uhlenbeck Oscillator as a toy model, we outline a consistent alternative to the indefinite-metric quantization scheme that does not violate unitarity. We describe the basic mathematical structure of this method by giving an explicit construction of the Hilbert space of state vectors and the corresponding creation and annihilation operators. The latter satisfy the usual bosonic commutation relation and differ from those of the indefinite-metric theories by a sign in the definition of the creation operator. This change of sign achieves a definitization of the indefinite-metric that gives life to the ghost states without changing their contribution to the energy spectrum.
1408.1804
Syoji Zeze
Syoji Zeze
Gauge invariant observables from Takahashi-Tanimoto scalar solutions in open string field theory
14 pages, 1 figure, Typos fixed. References added
null
null
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Using Maccaferri's formula, we derive new wedge based solutions of open string field theory. The solutions are gauge equivalent to the Takahashi-Tanimoto scalar solutions. The classical action and the gauge invariant overlap are evaluated analytically. We find a perturbative vacuum solution whose gauge invariant observables vanish. We also identify a tachyon vacuum solution whose gauge invariant observables are identical to those of the Erler-Schnabl solution.
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2015-07-21
[ [ "Zeze", "Syoji", "" ] ]
Using Maccaferri's formula, we derive new wedge based solutions of open string field theory. The solutions are gauge equivalent to the Takahashi-Tanimoto scalar solutions. The classical action and the gauge invariant overlap are evaluated analytically. We find a perturbative vacuum solution whose gauge invariant observables vanish. We also identify a tachyon vacuum solution whose gauge invariant observables are identical to those of the Erler-Schnabl solution.
1508.00857
Idrish Huet
Idrish Huet, Julieta Medina
A projective Dirac operator on $\mathbb{C}P^n$ and extended SUSY
26 pages, new section added, minor improvements
null
null
null
hep-th math-ph math.MP quant-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We construct a universal spin$_c$ Dirac operator on $\mathbb{C}P^n$ built by projecting $su(n+1)$ left actions and prove its equivalence to the standard right action Dirac operator on $\mathbb{C}P^n$. The eigenvalue problem is solved and the spinor space constructed thereof, showing that the proposed Dirac operator is universal, changing only its domain for different spin$_c$ structures. Explicit expressions for the chirality and the eigenspinors are also found and consistency with the index theorem is established. Also, the extended $\mathcal{N} =2$ supersymmetry algebra is realised through the Dirac operator and its companion supercharge, and an expression for the superpotential of any spin$_c$ connection on $\mathbb{C}P^n$ is found and generalised to any spin coset manifold $G/H$ with $G,H$ compact, connected, and $G$ semisimple. The $R$-symmetry of this superalgebra is found to be equivalent to the $U(1)$ holonomy of the spin$_c$ connection.
[ { "created": "Tue, 4 Aug 2015 18:27:17 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 22 Jan 2016 18:02:07 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Fri, 7 Oct 2016 00:58:48 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2016-10-10
[ [ "Huet", "Idrish", "" ], [ "Medina", "Julieta", "" ] ]
We construct a universal spin$_c$ Dirac operator on $\mathbb{C}P^n$ built by projecting $su(n+1)$ left actions and prove its equivalence to the standard right action Dirac operator on $\mathbb{C}P^n$. The eigenvalue problem is solved and the spinor space constructed thereof, showing that the proposed Dirac operator is universal, changing only its domain for different spin$_c$ structures. Explicit expressions for the chirality and the eigenspinors are also found and consistency with the index theorem is established. Also, the extended $\mathcal{N} =2$ supersymmetry algebra is realised through the Dirac operator and its companion supercharge, and an expression for the superpotential of any spin$_c$ connection on $\mathbb{C}P^n$ is found and generalised to any spin coset manifold $G/H$ with $G,H$ compact, connected, and $G$ semisimple. The $R$-symmetry of this superalgebra is found to be equivalent to the $U(1)$ holonomy of the spin$_c$ connection.
2210.12065
Leopoldo A. Pando Zayas
Alfredo Gonz\'alez Lezcano, Maximilian Jerdee and Leopoldo A. Pando Zayas
Cardy Expansion of 3d Superconformal Indices and Corrections to the Dual Black Hole Entropy
46 pages, 6 figures
null
null
LCTP-22-11
hep-th
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
We consider the superconformal index of three-dimensional ${\cal N}=2$ supersymmetric field theories computed via localization on $S^1\times S^2$. We systematically develop an expansion where the ratio of the radius of $S^1$ to the radius of $S^2$ is taken very small -- a Cardy-like expansion. We emphasize the sub-leading structures in this Cardy-like expansion as well as their interplay with the large-$N$ limit for theories with gauge group of the form product of $U(N)$ factors. We demonstrate that taking the large-$N$ limit first leads to an expression for the index that only includes terms proportional to $1/\beta$ and powers of $\beta^{i=0,1,2}$ where $\beta$ is the ratio of radii. As we depart from the $\beta\to 0$ limit for finite $N$, we find indications of non-perturbative contributions of the form $e^{-1/\beta}$. For the ABJM theory we explore the implications of the Cardy-like expansion for corrections to the entropy of the rotating, electricallly charged, asymptotically AdS$_4$ dual black hole. Interestingly, we find that the corrections in $\beta$ to the entropy can be accounted for by appropriately shifting the electric charges and the angular momentum
[ { "created": "Fri, 21 Oct 2022 15:55:28 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2022-10-24
[ [ "Lezcano", "Alfredo González", "" ], [ "Jerdee", "Maximilian", "" ], [ "Zayas", "Leopoldo A. Pando", "" ] ]
We consider the superconformal index of three-dimensional ${\cal N}=2$ supersymmetric field theories computed via localization on $S^1\times S^2$. We systematically develop an expansion where the ratio of the radius of $S^1$ to the radius of $S^2$ is taken very small -- a Cardy-like expansion. We emphasize the sub-leading structures in this Cardy-like expansion as well as their interplay with the large-$N$ limit for theories with gauge group of the form product of $U(N)$ factors. We demonstrate that taking the large-$N$ limit first leads to an expression for the index that only includes terms proportional to $1/\beta$ and powers of $\beta^{i=0,1,2}$ where $\beta$ is the ratio of radii. As we depart from the $\beta\to 0$ limit for finite $N$, we find indications of non-perturbative contributions of the form $e^{-1/\beta}$. For the ABJM theory we explore the implications of the Cardy-like expansion for corrections to the entropy of the rotating, electricallly charged, asymptotically AdS$_4$ dual black hole. Interestingly, we find that the corrections in $\beta$ to the entropy can be accounted for by appropriately shifting the electric charges and the angular momentum
hep-th/9309065
null
L.Chandar and E.Ercolessi
Inequivalent Quantizations of Yang-Mills Theory on a Cylinder
(new references added and minor spelling corrections made) 18 pages, SU-4240-537
Nucl.Phys. B426 (1994) 94-106
10.1016/0550-3213(94)90127-9
null
hep-th
null
Yang-Mills theories on a 1+1 dimensional cylinder are considered. It is shown that canonical quantization can proceed following different routes, leading to inequivalent quantizations. The problem of the non-free action of the gauge group on the configuration space is also discussed. In particular we re-examine the relationship between ``$\theta$-states" and the fundamental group of the configuration space. It is shown that this relationship does or does not hold depending on whether or not the gauge transformations not connected to the identity act freely on the space of connections modulo connected gauge transformations.
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2009-10-22
[ [ "Chandar", "L.", "" ], [ "Ercolessi", "E.", "" ] ]
Yang-Mills theories on a 1+1 dimensional cylinder are considered. It is shown that canonical quantization can proceed following different routes, leading to inequivalent quantizations. The problem of the non-free action of the gauge group on the configuration space is also discussed. In particular we re-examine the relationship between ``$\theta$-states" and the fundamental group of the configuration space. It is shown that this relationship does or does not hold depending on whether or not the gauge transformations not connected to the identity act freely on the space of connections modulo connected gauge transformations.