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hep-th/9811190
null
Hai-cang Ren (The Rockefeller University)
Path Integrals, BRST Identities and Regularization Schemes in Nonstandard Gauges
40 pages and 2 figures
Annals Phys. 283 (2000) 57-93
10.1006/aphy.2000.6046
RU98-7-B
hep-th
null
The path integral of a gauge theory is studied in Coulomb-like gauges. The Christ-Lee terms of operator ordering are reproduced {\it{within}} the path integration framework. In the presence of fermions, a new operator term, in addition to that of Christ-Lee, is discovered. Such kind of terms is found to be instrumental in restoring the invariance of the effective Lagrangian under a field dependent gauge transformation, which underlies the BRST symmetry. A unitary regularization scheme which maintains manifest BRST symmetry and is free from energy divergences is proposed for a nonabelian gauge field.
[ { "created": "Fri, 20 Nov 1998 21:54:11 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-10-31
[ [ "Ren", "Hai-cang", "", "The Rockefeller University" ] ]
The path integral of a gauge theory is studied in Coulomb-like gauges. The Christ-Lee terms of operator ordering are reproduced {\it{within}} the path integration framework. In the presence of fermions, a new operator term, in addition to that of Christ-Lee, is discovered. Such kind of terms is found to be instrumental in restoring the invariance of the effective Lagrangian under a field dependent gauge transformation, which underlies the BRST symmetry. A unitary regularization scheme which maintains manifest BRST symmetry and is free from energy divergences is proposed for a nonabelian gauge field.
hep-th/0401120
Takehiro Azuma
Takehiro Azuma
Matrix models and the gravitational interaction
96 pages, 38 figures, Dissertation submitted to Kyoto University in candidacy for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy
null
null
KUNS-1893
hep-th
null
The large-N reduced models have been proposed as the nonperturbative formulation of the superstring theory. One of the most promising candidates is the IIB matrix model. While there have been a lot of interesting discoveries of the IIB matrix model in relation to the gravity, we have a lot of problems to surmount, if a large-N reduced model is to be an eligible framework to unify the gravitational interaction. Firstly, it is still an enigma how we can realize the local Lorentz invariant matrix model. In addition, we need to understand how we can describe the curved spacetime more manifestly, in terms of a large-N reduced model. This thesis discusses several attempts to address these issues concerning the gravitational interaction. This thesis is based on the following author's works hep-th/0102168, hep-th/0204078, hep-th/0209057 and hep-th/0401038.
[ { "created": "Sun, 18 Jan 2004 03:47:50 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Azuma", "Takehiro", "" ] ]
The large-N reduced models have been proposed as the nonperturbative formulation of the superstring theory. One of the most promising candidates is the IIB matrix model. While there have been a lot of interesting discoveries of the IIB matrix model in relation to the gravity, we have a lot of problems to surmount, if a large-N reduced model is to be an eligible framework to unify the gravitational interaction. Firstly, it is still an enigma how we can realize the local Lorentz invariant matrix model. In addition, we need to understand how we can describe the curved spacetime more manifestly, in terms of a large-N reduced model. This thesis discusses several attempts to address these issues concerning the gravitational interaction. This thesis is based on the following author's works hep-th/0102168, hep-th/0204078, hep-th/0209057 and hep-th/0401038.
1407.8393
Tilo Wettig
J.J.M. Verbaarschot and T. Wettig
Dirac spectrum of one-flavor QCD at \theta=0 and continuity of the chiral condensate
12 pages, 6 figures
Phys. Rev. D 90, 116004 (2014)
10.1103/PhysRevD.90.116004
null
hep-th hep-lat
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We derive exact analytical expressions for the spectral density of the Dirac operator at fixed \theta-angle in the microscopic domain of one-flavor QCD. These results are obtained by performing the sum over topological sectors using novel identities involving sums of products of Bessel functions. Because the fermion determinant is not positive definite for negative quark mass, the usual Banks-Casher relation is not valid and has to be replaced by a different mechanism first observed for QCD at nonzero chemical potential. Using the exact results for the spectral density we explain how this mechanism results in a chiral condensate that remains constant when the quark mass changes sign.
[ { "created": "Thu, 31 Jul 2014 12:51:54 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2014-12-24
[ [ "Verbaarschot", "J. J. M.", "" ], [ "Wettig", "T.", "" ] ]
We derive exact analytical expressions for the spectral density of the Dirac operator at fixed \theta-angle in the microscopic domain of one-flavor QCD. These results are obtained by performing the sum over topological sectors using novel identities involving sums of products of Bessel functions. Because the fermion determinant is not positive definite for negative quark mass, the usual Banks-Casher relation is not valid and has to be replaced by a different mechanism first observed for QCD at nonzero chemical potential. Using the exact results for the spectral density we explain how this mechanism results in a chiral condensate that remains constant when the quark mass changes sign.
2004.09568
Linus Too
Marika Taylor and Linus Too
Renormalized entanglement entropy and curvature invariants
32 pages
J. High Energ. Phys. 2020, 50 (2020)
10.1007/JHEP12(2020)050
null
hep-th gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Renormalized entanglement entropy can be defined using the replica trick for any choice of renormalization scheme; renormalized entanglement entropy in holographic settings is expressed in terms of renormalized areas of extremal surfaces. In this paper we show how holographic renormalized entanglement entropy can be expressed in terms of the Euler invariant of the surface and renormalized curvature invariants. For a spherical entangling region in an odd-dimensional CFT, the renormalized entanglement entropy is proportional to the Euler invariant of the holographic entangling surface, with the coefficient of proportionality capturing the (renormalized) F quantity. Variations of the entanglement entropy can be expressed elegantly in terms of renormalized curvature invariants, facilitating general proofs of the first law of entanglement.
[ { "created": "Mon, 20 Apr 2020 18:50:28 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 10 Aug 2020 06:37:24 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Fri, 24 Dec 2021 01:20:46 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2021-12-28
[ [ "Taylor", "Marika", "" ], [ "Too", "Linus", "" ] ]
Renormalized entanglement entropy can be defined using the replica trick for any choice of renormalization scheme; renormalized entanglement entropy in holographic settings is expressed in terms of renormalized areas of extremal surfaces. In this paper we show how holographic renormalized entanglement entropy can be expressed in terms of the Euler invariant of the surface and renormalized curvature invariants. For a spherical entangling region in an odd-dimensional CFT, the renormalized entanglement entropy is proportional to the Euler invariant of the holographic entangling surface, with the coefficient of proportionality capturing the (renormalized) F quantity. Variations of the entanglement entropy can be expressed elegantly in terms of renormalized curvature invariants, facilitating general proofs of the first law of entanglement.
hep-th/9412156
null
S. Graffi, V.R. Manfredi, L. Salasnich
Quantal Overlapping Resonance Criterion in the Pullen Edmonds Model
12 pages, LATEX, 2 figures available upon request to the Authors, submitted to Mod. Phys. Lett. B
Mod.Phys.Lett. B7 (1995) 747-753
10.1142/S0217984995000693
DFPD/93/TH/08, University of Padova
hep-th
null
In order to highlight the onset of chaos in the Pullen-Edmonds model a quantal analog of the resonance overlap criterion has been examined. A quite good agreement between analytical and numerical results is obtained.
[ { "created": "Sun, 18 Dec 1994 16:09:12 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-06-26
[ [ "Graffi", "S.", "" ], [ "Manfredi", "V. R.", "" ], [ "Salasnich", "L.", "" ] ]
In order to highlight the onset of chaos in the Pullen-Edmonds model a quantal analog of the resonance overlap criterion has been examined. A quite good agreement between analytical and numerical results is obtained.
hep-th/9608016
Farhad Ghaboussi
F. Ghaboussi
On Quantum Cohomology
Latex
null
null
null
hep-th
null
We discuss a general quantum theoretical example of quantum cohomology and show that various mathematical aspects of quantum cohomology have quantum mechanical and also observable significance.
[ { "created": "Fri, 2 Aug 1996 16:56:10 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Ghaboussi", "F.", "" ] ]
We discuss a general quantum theoretical example of quantum cohomology and show that various mathematical aspects of quantum cohomology have quantum mechanical and also observable significance.
hep-th/9404160
Paul Demkin
Paul Demkin
3nj-symbols and D-dimensional quantum gravity
9 pages, LaTex, UUITP 34/1993
null
null
null
hep-th
null
The model which generalizes Ponzano and Regge $3D$ and Carfora-Martellini-Marzuoli $4D$ euclidean quantum gravity is considered. The euclidean Einstein-Regge action for a $D$-simplex is given in the semiclassical limit by a gaussian integral of a suitable $3nj$-symbol.
[ { "created": "Tue, 26 Apr 1994 07:50:48 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Demkin", "Paul", "" ] ]
The model which generalizes Ponzano and Regge $3D$ and Carfora-Martellini-Marzuoli $4D$ euclidean quantum gravity is considered. The euclidean Einstein-Regge action for a $D$-simplex is given in the semiclassical limit by a gaussian integral of a suitable $3nj$-symbol.
hep-th/0111144
Katherine A. Seaton
Katherine A. Seaton
A universal amplitude ratio for the q<4 Potts model from a solvable lattice model
11 pages, LaTeX2e, submitted to J Stat Phys
J.Statist.Phys. 107 (2002) 1255-1265
10.1023/A:1015118010271
YITP-SB-01-69; LTU Tech. report 2001-6
hep-th cond-mat.stat-mech
null
The universal amplitude ratio $R_{\xi}$ for the ($q\leqslant 4$)-state Potts model in two dimensions is determined by using results for the dilute A model in regime 1. The nature of the relationship between the Potts model and the dilute A model, both related to $\phi_{2,1}$ perturbed conformal field theory, is discussed.
[ { "created": "Thu, 15 Nov 2001 20:06:38 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-06-26
[ [ "Seaton", "Katherine A.", "" ] ]
The universal amplitude ratio $R_{\xi}$ for the ($q\leqslant 4$)-state Potts model in two dimensions is determined by using results for the dilute A model in regime 1. The nature of the relationship between the Potts model and the dilute A model, both related to $\phi_{2,1}$ perturbed conformal field theory, is discussed.
0705.1048
Solange Odile Saliu
C. Bizdadea, C. C. Ciobirca, I. Negru, S. O. Saliu
Couplings between a single massless tensor field with the mixed symmetry (3,1) and one vector field
LaTeX, 34 pages
Phys.Rev.D74:045031,2006
10.1103/PhysRevD.74.045031
null
hep-th
null
Under the hypotheses of smoothness in the coupling constant, locality, Lorentz covariance, and Poincare invariance of the deformations, combined with the preservation of the number of derivatives on each field, the consistent interactions between a single free massless tensor gauge field with the mixed symmetry of a two-column Young diagram of the type (3,1) and one Abelian vector field have been investigated. The computations are done with the help of the deformation theory based on a cohomological approach, in the context of the antifield-BRST formalism. The main result is that there exist nontrivial cross-couplings between these types of fields in five spatiotemporal dimensions, which break the PT invariance and allow for the deformation of the gauge transformations of the vector field, but not of the gauge algebra.
[ { "created": "Tue, 8 May 2007 08:51:37 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Bizdadea", "C.", "" ], [ "Ciobirca", "C. C.", "" ], [ "Negru", "I.", "" ], [ "Saliu", "S. O.", "" ] ]
Under the hypotheses of smoothness in the coupling constant, locality, Lorentz covariance, and Poincare invariance of the deformations, combined with the preservation of the number of derivatives on each field, the consistent interactions between a single free massless tensor gauge field with the mixed symmetry of a two-column Young diagram of the type (3,1) and one Abelian vector field have been investigated. The computations are done with the help of the deformation theory based on a cohomological approach, in the context of the antifield-BRST formalism. The main result is that there exist nontrivial cross-couplings between these types of fields in five spatiotemporal dimensions, which break the PT invariance and allow for the deformation of the gauge transformations of the vector field, but not of the gauge algebra.
1509.01636
Agostino Patella
Biagio Lucini, Agostino Patella, Alberto Ramos, Nazario Tantalo
Charged hadrons in local finite-volume QED+QCD with C* boundary conditions
63 pages. The main body spans 24 pages. The paper contains 4 extended appendices
null
10.1007/JHEP02(2016)076
null
hep-th hep-lat
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In order to calculate QED corrections to hadronic physical quantities by means of lattice simulations, a coherent description of electrically-charged states in finite volume is needed. In the usual periodic setup, Gauss's law and large gauge transformations forbid the propagation of electrically-charged states. A possible solution to this problem, which does not violate the axioms of local quantum field theory, has been proposed by Wiese and Polley, and is based on the use of C* boundary conditions. We present a thorough analysis of the properties and symmetries of QED in isolation and QED coupled to QCD, with C* boundary conditions. In particular we learn that a certain class of electrically-charged states can be constructed in this setup in a fully consistent fashion, without relying on gauge fixing. We argue that this class of states covers most of the interesting phenomenological applications in the framework of numerical simulations. We also calculate finite-volume corrections to the mass of stable charged particles and show that these are much smaller than in non-local formulations of QED.
[ { "created": "Fri, 4 Sep 2015 23:27:07 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2016-03-23
[ [ "Lucini", "Biagio", "" ], [ "Patella", "Agostino", "" ], [ "Ramos", "Alberto", "" ], [ "Tantalo", "Nazario", "" ] ]
In order to calculate QED corrections to hadronic physical quantities by means of lattice simulations, a coherent description of electrically-charged states in finite volume is needed. In the usual periodic setup, Gauss's law and large gauge transformations forbid the propagation of electrically-charged states. A possible solution to this problem, which does not violate the axioms of local quantum field theory, has been proposed by Wiese and Polley, and is based on the use of C* boundary conditions. We present a thorough analysis of the properties and symmetries of QED in isolation and QED coupled to QCD, with C* boundary conditions. In particular we learn that a certain class of electrically-charged states can be constructed in this setup in a fully consistent fashion, without relying on gauge fixing. We argue that this class of states covers most of the interesting phenomenological applications in the framework of numerical simulations. We also calculate finite-volume corrections to the mass of stable charged particles and show that these are much smaller than in non-local formulations of QED.
0907.4137
Jun Saito
Alessandro D'Adda, Noboru Kawamoto, Jun Saito
Formulation of Supersymmetry on a Lattice as a Representation of a Deformed Superalgebra
45 pages
Phys.Rev.D81:065001,2010
10.1103/PhysRevD.81.065001
DFTT 46/09, EPHOU 09-003
hep-th hep-lat
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The lattice superalgebra of the link approach is shown to satisfy a Hopf algebraic supersymmetry where the difference operator is introduced as a momentum operator. The breakdown of the Leibniz rule for the lattice difference operator is accommodated as a coproduct operation of (quasi)triangular Hopf algebra and the associated field theory is consistently defined as a braided quantum field theory. Algebraic formulation of path integral is perturbatively defined and Ward-Takahashi identity can be derived on the lattice. The claimed inconsistency of the link approach leading to the ordering ambiguity for a product of fields is solved by introducing an almost trivial braiding structure corresponding to the triangular structure of the Hopf algebraic superalgebra. This could be seen as a generalization of spin and statistics relation on the lattice. From the consistency of this braiding structure of fields a grading nature for the momentum operator is required.
[ { "created": "Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:29:41 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2010-04-06
[ [ "D'Adda", "Alessandro", "" ], [ "Kawamoto", "Noboru", "" ], [ "Saito", "Jun", "" ] ]
The lattice superalgebra of the link approach is shown to satisfy a Hopf algebraic supersymmetry where the difference operator is introduced as a momentum operator. The breakdown of the Leibniz rule for the lattice difference operator is accommodated as a coproduct operation of (quasi)triangular Hopf algebra and the associated field theory is consistently defined as a braided quantum field theory. Algebraic formulation of path integral is perturbatively defined and Ward-Takahashi identity can be derived on the lattice. The claimed inconsistency of the link approach leading to the ordering ambiguity for a product of fields is solved by introducing an almost trivial braiding structure corresponding to the triangular structure of the Hopf algebraic superalgebra. This could be seen as a generalization of spin and statistics relation on the lattice. From the consistency of this braiding structure of fields a grading nature for the momentum operator is required.
hep-th/9806129
A. Sagnotti
Fabio Riccioni and Augusto Sagnotti
Consistent and covariant anomalies in six-dimensional supergravity
references added, final version to appear in Phys. Lett. B
Phys.Lett. B436 (1998) 298-305
10.1016/S0370-2693(98)00846-6
ROM2F-98/18
hep-th
null
In this note we clarify some issues in six-dimensional (1,0) supergravity coupled to vector and tensor multiplets. In particular, we show that, while the low-energy equations embody tensor-vector couplings that contribute only to gauge anomalies, the divergence of the energy-momentum tensor is properly non-vanishing. In addition, we show how to revert to a supersymmetric formulation in terms of covariant non-integrable field equations that embody corresponding covariant anomalies.
[ { "created": "Tue, 16 Jun 1998 12:16:07 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 3 Jul 1998 09:43:24 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-10-31
[ [ "Riccioni", "Fabio", "" ], [ "Sagnotti", "Augusto", "" ] ]
In this note we clarify some issues in six-dimensional (1,0) supergravity coupled to vector and tensor multiplets. In particular, we show that, while the low-energy equations embody tensor-vector couplings that contribute only to gauge anomalies, the divergence of the energy-momentum tensor is properly non-vanishing. In addition, we show how to revert to a supersymmetric formulation in terms of covariant non-integrable field equations that embody corresponding covariant anomalies.
1907.13465
Sang-Heon Yi
Dongsu Bak, Chanju Kim, Sang-Heon Yi
Experimental Probes of Traversable Wormholes
1+15 pages, 6 figures; v2:Ref.s added, typos corrected, tiny wording change; v3:Appendix A,B are added, small improvements, accepted version
JHEP12(2019)005
10.1007/JHEP12(2019)005
null
hep-th gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We propose possible probes which could be used to demonstrate experimentally the existence of the bulk and the formation of a traversable wormhole purely in terms of boundary operations only. In the two-dimensional Einstein-dilaton gravity, the traversable wormhole is realized by turning on a double trace interaction which couples the two boundaries of the AdS$_2$ black hole. Signals can propagate in the traversable wormhole through two different channels. The boundary channel is direct and instantaneous, while the bulk channel respects the bulk causality and takes a certain amount of time to complete signaling. In the latter case, we show that the signal frequency detected on the other side is highly modulated in general. The time delay as well as the frequency-modulation pattern could then be clear indications that the signal comes out through the bulk channel. We discuss the characteristics of the observed signal more explicitly for simple transitional configurations of the black hole from/to the eternal traversable wormhole.
[ { "created": "Tue, 30 Jul 2019 01:17:38 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 9 Aug 2019 15:49:34 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Wed, 20 Nov 2019 06:03:16 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2019-12-05
[ [ "Bak", "Dongsu", "" ], [ "Kim", "Chanju", "" ], [ "Yi", "Sang-Heon", "" ] ]
We propose possible probes which could be used to demonstrate experimentally the existence of the bulk and the formation of a traversable wormhole purely in terms of boundary operations only. In the two-dimensional Einstein-dilaton gravity, the traversable wormhole is realized by turning on a double trace interaction which couples the two boundaries of the AdS$_2$ black hole. Signals can propagate in the traversable wormhole through two different channels. The boundary channel is direct and instantaneous, while the bulk channel respects the bulk causality and takes a certain amount of time to complete signaling. In the latter case, we show that the signal frequency detected on the other side is highly modulated in general. The time delay as well as the frequency-modulation pattern could then be clear indications that the signal comes out through the bulk channel. We discuss the characteristics of the observed signal more explicitly for simple transitional configurations of the black hole from/to the eternal traversable wormhole.
hep-th/9811151
Rui Neves
Yuri Kubyshin, Rui Neves and Robertus Potting
Polchinski ERG equation and 2D scalar field theory
9 pages, latex with 2 figures, uses sprocl.sty. To be published in the Proceedings of the Workshop on the Exact Renormalization Group held in Faro, Portugal, in September 10-12 1998, World Scientific
null
null
UALG/TP/98-8
hep-th
null
We investigate a $Z_2$-symmetric scalar field theory in two dimensions using the Polchinski exact renormalization group equation expanded to second order in the derivative expansion. We find preliminary evidence that the Polchinski equation is able to describe the non-perturbative infinite set of fixed points in the theory space, corresponding to the minimal unitary series of 2D conformal field theories. We compute the anomalous scaling dimension $\eta$ and the correlation length critical exponent $\nu$ showing that an accurate fit to conformal field theory selects particular regulating functions.
[ { "created": "Mon, 16 Nov 1998 16:26:16 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Kubyshin", "Yuri", "" ], [ "Neves", "Rui", "" ], [ "Potting", "Robertus", "" ] ]
We investigate a $Z_2$-symmetric scalar field theory in two dimensions using the Polchinski exact renormalization group equation expanded to second order in the derivative expansion. We find preliminary evidence that the Polchinski equation is able to describe the non-perturbative infinite set of fixed points in the theory space, corresponding to the minimal unitary series of 2D conformal field theories. We compute the anomalous scaling dimension $\eta$ and the correlation length critical exponent $\nu$ showing that an accurate fit to conformal field theory selects particular regulating functions.
2310.11126
Emmanuele Battista Dr.
Emmanuele Battista and Harold C. Steinacker
One-loop effective action of the IKKT model for cosmological backgrounds
33 pages, 2 figures
null
10.1007/JHEP01(2024)125
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We study cosmological solutions of the IKKT model with $k=-1$ FLWR geometry, taking into account one-loop corrections. A previously discussed covariant quantum spacetime is found to be stabilized through one-loop effects at early times, without adding a mass term to the model. At late times, this background is modified and goes through a period of acceleration, before settling down to a coasting FLRW geometry with scale parameter $a(t) \sim t$. This is qualitatively close to observation without any fine-tuning, irrespective of the detailed matter content of the universe.
[ { "created": "Tue, 17 Oct 2023 10:20:09 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2024-01-25
[ [ "Battista", "Emmanuele", "" ], [ "Steinacker", "Harold C.", "" ] ]
We study cosmological solutions of the IKKT model with $k=-1$ FLWR geometry, taking into account one-loop corrections. A previously discussed covariant quantum spacetime is found to be stabilized through one-loop effects at early times, without adding a mass term to the model. At late times, this background is modified and goes through a period of acceleration, before settling down to a coasting FLRW geometry with scale parameter $a(t) \sim t$. This is qualitatively close to observation without any fine-tuning, irrespective of the detailed matter content of the universe.
2008.07534
Saul Ramos-Sanchez
Alexander Baur, Moritz Kade, Hans Peter Nilles, Saul Ramos-Sanchez, Patrick K.S. Vaudrevange
The eclectic flavor symmetry of the $\boldsymbol{\mathbb{Z}_2}$ orbifold
28 pages, 7 figures, 1 table; v2: matches version published in JHEP
null
10.1007/JHEP02(2021)018
TUM-HEP 1276/20
hep-th hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Modular symmetries naturally combine with traditional flavor symmetries and $\mathcal{CP}$, giving rise to the so-called eclectic flavor symmetry. We apply this scheme to the two-dimensional $\mathbb{Z}_2$ orbifold, which is equipped with two modular symmetries $\mathrm{SL}(2,\mathbb{Z})_T$ and $\mathrm{SL}(2,\mathbb{Z})_U$ associated with two moduli: the K\"ahler modulus $T$ and the complex structure modulus $U$. The resulting finite modular group is $((S_3\times S_3)\rtimes \mathbb{Z}_4)\times\mathbb{Z}_2$ including mirror symmetry (that exchanges $T$ and $U$) and a generalized $\mathcal{CP}$-transformation. Together with the traditional flavor symmetry $(D_8\times D_8)/\mathbb{Z}_2$, this leads to a huge eclectic flavor group with 4608 elements. At specific regions in moduli space we observe enhanced unified flavor symmetries with as many as 1152 elements for the tetrahedral shaped orbifold and $\langle T \rangle = \langle U \rangle = \exp(\pi\,\mathrm{i}\,/\,3)$. This rich eclectic structure implies interesting (modular) flavor groups for particle physics models derived form string theory.
[ { "created": "Mon, 17 Aug 2020 18:00:01 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sat, 27 Feb 2021 02:26:35 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2021-03-02
[ [ "Baur", "Alexander", "" ], [ "Kade", "Moritz", "" ], [ "Nilles", "Hans Peter", "" ], [ "Ramos-Sanchez", "Saul", "" ], [ "Vaudrevange", "Patrick K. S.", "" ] ]
Modular symmetries naturally combine with traditional flavor symmetries and $\mathcal{CP}$, giving rise to the so-called eclectic flavor symmetry. We apply this scheme to the two-dimensional $\mathbb{Z}_2$ orbifold, which is equipped with two modular symmetries $\mathrm{SL}(2,\mathbb{Z})_T$ and $\mathrm{SL}(2,\mathbb{Z})_U$ associated with two moduli: the K\"ahler modulus $T$ and the complex structure modulus $U$. The resulting finite modular group is $((S_3\times S_3)\rtimes \mathbb{Z}_4)\times\mathbb{Z}_2$ including mirror symmetry (that exchanges $T$ and $U$) and a generalized $\mathcal{CP}$-transformation. Together with the traditional flavor symmetry $(D_8\times D_8)/\mathbb{Z}_2$, this leads to a huge eclectic flavor group with 4608 elements. At specific regions in moduli space we observe enhanced unified flavor symmetries with as many as 1152 elements for the tetrahedral shaped orbifold and $\langle T \rangle = \langle U \rangle = \exp(\pi\,\mathrm{i}\,/\,3)$. This rich eclectic structure implies interesting (modular) flavor groups for particle physics models derived form string theory.
2208.14166
David Prinz
David Prinz
Transversality in the Coupling of Gravity to Gauge Theories
20 pages, 16 figures, article
null
null
null
hep-th gr-qc math-ph math.MP
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We consider (effective) Quantum General Relativity coupled to the Standard Model and study its transversality. To this end, we provide all propagator and three-valent vertex Feynman rules. Then we examine the longitudinal, identical and transversal projection tensors for the de Donder gauge fixing and the Lorenz gauge fixing. In particular, we recall several identities from Quantum Yang--Mills theory and introduce their counterparts in (effective) Quantum General Relativity: This includes decompositions of the longitudinal projection tensors as well as expressions of the corresponding propagators in terms of their transversal structure, together with longitudinal contraction identities for all three-valent vertex Feynman rules. In addition, we introduce the notion of an optimal gauge fixing as the natural choice for a given gauge theory: In particular, we find that this is the de Donder gauge fixing in General Relativity and the Lorenz gauge fixing in Yang--Mills theory.
[ { "created": "Tue, 30 Aug 2022 11:35:24 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2022-08-31
[ [ "Prinz", "David", "" ] ]
We consider (effective) Quantum General Relativity coupled to the Standard Model and study its transversality. To this end, we provide all propagator and three-valent vertex Feynman rules. Then we examine the longitudinal, identical and transversal projection tensors for the de Donder gauge fixing and the Lorenz gauge fixing. In particular, we recall several identities from Quantum Yang--Mills theory and introduce their counterparts in (effective) Quantum General Relativity: This includes decompositions of the longitudinal projection tensors as well as expressions of the corresponding propagators in terms of their transversal structure, together with longitudinal contraction identities for all three-valent vertex Feynman rules. In addition, we introduce the notion of an optimal gauge fixing as the natural choice for a given gauge theory: In particular, we find that this is the de Donder gauge fixing in General Relativity and the Lorenz gauge fixing in Yang--Mills theory.
hep-th/0403193
Yuji Sugawara
Tohru Eguchi and Yuji Sugawara
SL(2,R)/U(1) Supercoset and Elliptic Genera of Non-compact Calabi-Yau Manifolds
39 pages, no figure; v2 references added, minor corrections; v3 typos corrected, to appear in JHEP; v4 typos corrected in eqs. (3.22) and (3.44)
JHEP 0405:014,2004
10.1088/1126-6708/2004/05/014
null
hep-th
null
We first discuss the relationship between the SL(2;R)/U(1) supercoset and N=2 Liouville theory and make a precise correspondence between their representations. We shall show that the discrete unitary representations of SL(2;R)/U(1) theory correspond exactly to those massless representations of N=2 Liouville theory which are closed under modular transformations and studied in our previous work hep-th/0311141. It is known that toroidal partition functions of SL(2;R)/U(1) theory (2D Black Hole) contain two parts, continuous and discrete representations. The contribution of continuous representations is proportional to the space-time volume and is divergent in the infinite-volume limit while the part of discrete representations is volume-independent. In order to see clearly the contribution of discrete representations we consider elliptic genus which projects out the contributions of continuous representations: making use of the SL(2;R)/U(1), we compute elliptic genera for various non-compact space-times such as the conifold, ALE spaces, Calabi-Yau 3-folds with A_n singularities etc. We find that these elliptic genera in general have a complex modular property and are not Jacobi forms as opposed to the cases of compact Calabi-Yau manifolds.
[ { "created": "Fri, 19 Mar 2004 08:16:51 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 31 Mar 2004 06:41:39 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Fri, 7 May 2004 08:02:45 GMT", "version": "v3" }, { "created": "Mon, 31 Jul 2006 06:03:04 GMT", "version": "v4" } ]
2010-02-03
[ [ "Eguchi", "Tohru", "" ], [ "Sugawara", "Yuji", "" ] ]
We first discuss the relationship between the SL(2;R)/U(1) supercoset and N=2 Liouville theory and make a precise correspondence between their representations. We shall show that the discrete unitary representations of SL(2;R)/U(1) theory correspond exactly to those massless representations of N=2 Liouville theory which are closed under modular transformations and studied in our previous work hep-th/0311141. It is known that toroidal partition functions of SL(2;R)/U(1) theory (2D Black Hole) contain two parts, continuous and discrete representations. The contribution of continuous representations is proportional to the space-time volume and is divergent in the infinite-volume limit while the part of discrete representations is volume-independent. In order to see clearly the contribution of discrete representations we consider elliptic genus which projects out the contributions of continuous representations: making use of the SL(2;R)/U(1), we compute elliptic genera for various non-compact space-times such as the conifold, ALE spaces, Calabi-Yau 3-folds with A_n singularities etc. We find that these elliptic genera in general have a complex modular property and are not Jacobi forms as opposed to the cases of compact Calabi-Yau manifolds.
1603.04124
Sanefumi Moriyama
Satsuki Matsuno, Sanefumi Moriyama
Giambelli Identity in Super Chern-Simons Matrix Model
16 pages, 3 figures, v2: introduction extended, references added
null
10.1063/1.4978229
OCU-PHYS 443
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
A classical identity due to Giambelli in representation theory states that the character in any representation is expressed as a determinant whose components are characters in the hook representation constructed from all the combinations of the arm and leg lengths of the original representation. Previously it was shown that the identity persists in taking, for each character, the matrix integration in the super Chern-Simons matrix model in the grand canonical ensemble. We prove here that this Giambelli compatibility still holds in the deformation of the fractional-brane background.
[ { "created": "Mon, 14 Mar 2016 03:40:50 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 13 May 2016 04:32:46 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2017-04-05
[ [ "Matsuno", "Satsuki", "" ], [ "Moriyama", "Sanefumi", "" ] ]
A classical identity due to Giambelli in representation theory states that the character in any representation is expressed as a determinant whose components are characters in the hook representation constructed from all the combinations of the arm and leg lengths of the original representation. Previously it was shown that the identity persists in taking, for each character, the matrix integration in the super Chern-Simons matrix model in the grand canonical ensemble. We prove here that this Giambelli compatibility still holds in the deformation of the fractional-brane background.
1611.06233
Grigoris Panotopoulos
Grigoris Panotopoulos, Angel Rincon
Greybody factors for a nonminimally coupled scalar field in BTZ black hole background
Published version
Physics Letters B Volume 772, 10 September 2017, Pages 523-528
10.1016/j.physletb.2017.07.014
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In the present work we study the propagation of a probe nonminimally coupled scalar field in BTZ black hole background. We find analytical expressions for the reflection coefficient, the absorption cross-section, and the decay rate in the strong coupling case, where the nonminimal coupling is larger than its conformal value $\xi_{c}= 1/6$. Our main results are summarized in several figures, in which we show how the behavior of the aforementioned quantities depends on the parameters of the theory. Our findings show that i) the reflection coefficient tends to zero only for a nonminimal coupling $\xi \geq 0.25$, and ii) in the zero angular-momentum case the greybody factor in the low energy regime tends to a finite constant that generically does not coincide with the area of the horizon of the black hole. There is, however, a special case in which this holds.
[ { "created": "Fri, 18 Nov 2016 21:00:01 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 9 May 2017 21:42:04 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Fri, 6 Oct 2017 16:03:08 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2018-05-15
[ [ "Panotopoulos", "Grigoris", "" ], [ "Rincon", "Angel", "" ] ]
In the present work we study the propagation of a probe nonminimally coupled scalar field in BTZ black hole background. We find analytical expressions for the reflection coefficient, the absorption cross-section, and the decay rate in the strong coupling case, where the nonminimal coupling is larger than its conformal value $\xi_{c}= 1/6$. Our main results are summarized in several figures, in which we show how the behavior of the aforementioned quantities depends on the parameters of the theory. Our findings show that i) the reflection coefficient tends to zero only for a nonminimal coupling $\xi \geq 0.25$, and ii) in the zero angular-momentum case the greybody factor in the low energy regime tends to a finite constant that generically does not coincide with the area of the horizon of the black hole. There is, however, a special case in which this holds.
hep-th/9608037
Danuta Karczewska
D.Karczewska, R.Manka
Baryogenesis and phase transition in the standard model
Latex, 5 pages, 3 Postscript figures
null
null
APCTP-96, GC-3
hep-th
null
The sphaleron type solution in the electroweak theory, generalized to include the dilaton field, is examined. The solutions describe both the variarions of Higgs and Gauge fields inside the sphaleron and the shape of the dilaton cloud surrounding the sphaleron. Such a cloud is large and extends far outside. These phenomena may play an important role during the baryogenesis which probably took place in the Early Universe.
[ { "created": "Wed, 7 Aug 1996 19:13:02 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Karczewska", "D.", "" ], [ "Manka", "R.", "" ] ]
The sphaleron type solution in the electroweak theory, generalized to include the dilaton field, is examined. The solutions describe both the variarions of Higgs and Gauge fields inside the sphaleron and the shape of the dilaton cloud surrounding the sphaleron. Such a cloud is large and extends far outside. These phenomena may play an important role during the baryogenesis which probably took place in the Early Universe.
1708.06327
Matthew Haddad
Orlando Alvarez and Matthew Haddad
Some Exact Solutions for Maximally Symmetric Topological Defects in Anti de Sitter Space
45 pages, 19 figures. In version 2: added two paragraphs about how our double BPS limit automatically gives a solution to the Yang-Mills equation, and related it to Yang-Mills solutions in AdS_4 that appeared on the same day in eprint 1708.06361
J. High Energ. Phys. (2018) 2018: 12
10.1007/JHEP03(2018)012
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We obtain exact analytical solutions for a class of SO($l$) Higgs field theories in a non-dynamic background $n$-dimensional anti de Sitter space. These finite transverse energy solutions are maximally symmetric $p$-dimensional topological defects where $n=(p+1)+l$. The radius of curvature of anti de Sitter space provides an extra length scale that allows us to study the equations of motion in a limit where the masses of the Higgs field and the massive vector bosons are both vanishing. We call this the double BPS limit. In anti de Sitter space, the equations of motion depend on both $p$ and $l$. The exact analytical solutions are expressed in terms of standard special functions. The known exact analytical solutions are for kink-like defects ($p=0,1,2,\dotsc;\, l=1$), vortex-like defects ($p=1,2,3;\, l=2$), and the 'tHooft-Polyakov monopole ($p=0;\, l=3$). A bonus is that the double BPS limit automatically gives a maximally symmetric classical glueball type solution. In certain cases where we did not find an analytic solution, we present numerical solutions to the equations of motion. The asymptotically exponentially increasing volume with distance of anti de Sitter space imposes different constraints than those found in the study of defects in Minkowski space.
[ { "created": "Mon, 21 Aug 2017 17:09:16 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 24 Aug 2017 16:43:26 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Tue, 6 Mar 2018 17:49:49 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2018-03-07
[ [ "Alvarez", "Orlando", "" ], [ "Haddad", "Matthew", "" ] ]
We obtain exact analytical solutions for a class of SO($l$) Higgs field theories in a non-dynamic background $n$-dimensional anti de Sitter space. These finite transverse energy solutions are maximally symmetric $p$-dimensional topological defects where $n=(p+1)+l$. The radius of curvature of anti de Sitter space provides an extra length scale that allows us to study the equations of motion in a limit where the masses of the Higgs field and the massive vector bosons are both vanishing. We call this the double BPS limit. In anti de Sitter space, the equations of motion depend on both $p$ and $l$. The exact analytical solutions are expressed in terms of standard special functions. The known exact analytical solutions are for kink-like defects ($p=0,1,2,\dotsc;\, l=1$), vortex-like defects ($p=1,2,3;\, l=2$), and the 'tHooft-Polyakov monopole ($p=0;\, l=3$). A bonus is that the double BPS limit automatically gives a maximally symmetric classical glueball type solution. In certain cases where we did not find an analytic solution, we present numerical solutions to the equations of motion. The asymptotically exponentially increasing volume with distance of anti de Sitter space imposes different constraints than those found in the study of defects in Minkowski space.
0811.3969
Miguel Vazquez-Mozo
Luis Alvarez-Gaume, Cesar Gomez, Agustin Sabio Vera, Alireza Tavanfar, Miguel A. Vazquez-Mozo
Critical formation of trapped surfaces in the collision of gravitational shock waves
16 pages
JHEP 0902:009,2009
10.1088/1126-6708/2009/02/009
CERN-PH-TH/2008-224, IFT-UAM/CSIC-08/80
hep-th gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We study the formation of marginally trapped surfaces in the head-on collision of two shock waves both in anti-de Sitter and Minkowski space-time in various dimensions as a function of the spread of the energy density in transverse space. For D=4 and D=5 it is shown that there exists a critical value of this spread above which no solution to the trapped surface equation is found. In four dimensions the trapped surface at criticality has a finite size, whereas in five the critical size vanishes. In both cases we find scaling relations characterized by critical exponents. Finally, when D>5 there is always a solution to the trapped surface equation for any transverse spread.
[ { "created": "Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:55:47 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-03-04
[ [ "Alvarez-Gaume", "Luis", "" ], [ "Gomez", "Cesar", "" ], [ "Vera", "Agustin Sabio", "" ], [ "Tavanfar", "Alireza", "" ], [ "Vazquez-Mozo", "Miguel A.", "" ] ]
We study the formation of marginally trapped surfaces in the head-on collision of two shock waves both in anti-de Sitter and Minkowski space-time in various dimensions as a function of the spread of the energy density in transverse space. For D=4 and D=5 it is shown that there exists a critical value of this spread above which no solution to the trapped surface equation is found. In four dimensions the trapped surface at criticality has a finite size, whereas in five the critical size vanishes. In both cases we find scaling relations characterized by critical exponents. Finally, when D>5 there is always a solution to the trapped surface equation for any transverse spread.
1206.3457
Hans-Christian Ruiz Dipl-Phys
Hans-Christian Ruiz
Introduction to Spin Networks and Towards a Generalization of the Decomposition Theorem
99 pages
null
null
null
hep-th gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The objective of this work is twofold. On one hand, it is intended as a short introduction to spin networks and invariants of 3-manifolds. It covers the main areas needed to have a first understanding of the topics involved in the development of spin networks, which are described in a detailed but not exhaustive manner and in order of their conceptual development such that the reader is able to use this work as a first reading. A motivation due to R. Penrose for considering spin networks as a way of constructing a 3-D Euclidean space is presented, as well as their relation to Ponzano-Regge theory. Furthermore, the basic mathematical framework for the algebraic description of spin networks via quantum groups is described and the notion of a spherical category and its correspondence to the diagrammatic representation given by the Temperley-Lieb recoupling theory are presented. In order to give an example of topological invariants and their relation to TQFT the construction of the Turaev-Viro invariant is depicted and related to the Kauffman-Lins invariant. On the other hand, some results aiming at a decomposition theorem for non-planar spin networks are presented. For this, Moussouris' algorithm and some basic concepts of topological graph theory are explained and used, especially Kuratowski's theorem and the Rotation Scheme theorem.
[ { "created": "Fri, 15 Jun 2012 13:16:59 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2012-06-18
[ [ "Ruiz", "Hans-Christian", "" ] ]
The objective of this work is twofold. On one hand, it is intended as a short introduction to spin networks and invariants of 3-manifolds. It covers the main areas needed to have a first understanding of the topics involved in the development of spin networks, which are described in a detailed but not exhaustive manner and in order of their conceptual development such that the reader is able to use this work as a first reading. A motivation due to R. Penrose for considering spin networks as a way of constructing a 3-D Euclidean space is presented, as well as their relation to Ponzano-Regge theory. Furthermore, the basic mathematical framework for the algebraic description of spin networks via quantum groups is described and the notion of a spherical category and its correspondence to the diagrammatic representation given by the Temperley-Lieb recoupling theory are presented. In order to give an example of topological invariants and their relation to TQFT the construction of the Turaev-Viro invariant is depicted and related to the Kauffman-Lins invariant. On the other hand, some results aiming at a decomposition theorem for non-planar spin networks are presented. For this, Moussouris' algorithm and some basic concepts of topological graph theory are explained and used, especially Kuratowski's theorem and the Rotation Scheme theorem.
2209.05291
Christoph Nega
Claude Duhr, Albrecht Klemm, Florian Loebbert, Christoph Nega and Franziska Porkert
Yangian-invariant fishnet integrals in 2 dimensions as volumes of Calabi-Yau varieties
6 pages, 2 figures
Phys.Rev.Lett. 130 (2023) 4, 041602
10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.041602
BONN-TH-2022-19
hep-th hep-ph math-ph math.MP
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We argue that $\ell$-loop Yangian-invariant fishnet integrals in 2 dimensions are connected to a family of Calabi-Yau $\ell$-folds. The value of the integral can be computed from the periods of the Calabi-Yau, while the Yangian generators provide its Picard-Fuchs differential ideal. Using mirror symmetry, we can identify the value of the integral as the quantum volume of the mirror Calabi-Yau. We find that, similar to what happens in string theory, for $\ell=1$ and 2 the value of the integral agrees with the classical volume of the mirror, but starting from $\ell=3$, the classical volume gets corrected by instanton contributions. We illustrate these claims on several examples, and we use them to provide for the first time results for 2- and 3-loop Yangian-invariant traintrack integrals in 2 dimensions for arbitrary external kinematics.
[ { "created": "Mon, 12 Sep 2022 14:50:03 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2023-01-30
[ [ "Duhr", "Claude", "" ], [ "Klemm", "Albrecht", "" ], [ "Loebbert", "Florian", "" ], [ "Nega", "Christoph", "" ], [ "Porkert", "Franziska", "" ] ]
We argue that $\ell$-loop Yangian-invariant fishnet integrals in 2 dimensions are connected to a family of Calabi-Yau $\ell$-folds. The value of the integral can be computed from the periods of the Calabi-Yau, while the Yangian generators provide its Picard-Fuchs differential ideal. Using mirror symmetry, we can identify the value of the integral as the quantum volume of the mirror Calabi-Yau. We find that, similar to what happens in string theory, for $\ell=1$ and 2 the value of the integral agrees with the classical volume of the mirror, but starting from $\ell=3$, the classical volume gets corrected by instanton contributions. We illustrate these claims on several examples, and we use them to provide for the first time results for 2- and 3-loop Yangian-invariant traintrack integrals in 2 dimensions for arbitrary external kinematics.
2202.00671
Soham Sen
Soham Sen, Rituparna Mandal, Sunandan Gangopadhyay
Equivalence principle and HBAR entropy of an atom falling into a quantum corrected black hole
This revised version of the manuscript is accepted for publication in Physical Review D
Phys. Rev. D 105 (2022) 085007
10.1103/PhysRevD.105.085007
null
hep-th gr-qc quant-ph
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
In this work, we have investigated the phenomenon of acceleration radiation exhibited by an atom falling into a quantum corrected Schwarzschild black hole. We observe that the excitation-probability of the atom with simultaneous emission of a photon satisfies the equivalence principle when we compare it to the excitation probability of a mirror accelerating with respect to an atom. We also demonstrate the validity of the equivalence principle for a generic black hole geometry. Then we calculate the horizon brightened acceleration radiation (HBAR) entropy for this quantum corrected black hole geometry. We observed that the HBAR entropy has the form identical to that of Bekenstein-Hawking black hole entropy along with universal quantum gravity corrections.
[ { "created": "Tue, 1 Feb 2022 02:44:51 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 30 Mar 2022 06:29:38 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2022-04-14
[ [ "Sen", "Soham", "" ], [ "Mandal", "Rituparna", "" ], [ "Gangopadhyay", "Sunandan", "" ] ]
In this work, we have investigated the phenomenon of acceleration radiation exhibited by an atom falling into a quantum corrected Schwarzschild black hole. We observe that the excitation-probability of the atom with simultaneous emission of a photon satisfies the equivalence principle when we compare it to the excitation probability of a mirror accelerating with respect to an atom. We also demonstrate the validity of the equivalence principle for a generic black hole geometry. Then we calculate the horizon brightened acceleration radiation (HBAR) entropy for this quantum corrected black hole geometry. We observed that the HBAR entropy has the form identical to that of Bekenstein-Hawking black hole entropy along with universal quantum gravity corrections.
1709.09968
Rudra Prakash Malik
S. Kumar, B. Chauhan, R. P. Malik
Superfield Approach to Nilpotency and Absolute Anticommutativity of Conserved Charges: 2D non-Abelian 1-Form Gauge Theory
LaTeX file, 33 pages, journal reference
Advances in High Energy Physics, Vol. 2018: Article ID 5797514, 25 pages (2018)
null
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We exploit the theoretical strength of augmented version of superfield approach (AVSA) to Becchi-Rouet-Stora-Tyutin (BRST) formalism to express the nilpotency and absolute anticommutativity properties of the (anti-)BRST and (anti-)co-BRST conserved charges for the two $(1+1)$-dimensional (2D) non-Abelian 1-form gauge theory (without any interaction with matter fields) in the language of superspace variables, their derivatives and suitable superfields. In the proof of absolute anticommutativity property, we invoke the strength of Curci-Ferrari (CF) condition for the (anti-)BRST charges. No such outside condition/restriction is required in the proof of absolute anticommutativity of the (anti-)co-BRST conserved charges. The latter observation (as well as other observations) connected with (anti-)co-BRST symmetries and corresponding conserved charges are novel results of our present investigation. We also discuss the (anti-)BRST and (anti-)co-BRST symmetry invariance of the appropriate Lagrangian densities within the framework of AVSA. In addition, we dwell a bit on the derivation of the above fermionic (nilpotent) symmetries by applying the AVSA to BRST formaism where only the (anti-)chiral superfields are used.
[ { "created": "Thu, 28 Sep 2017 13:54:52 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 18 Jan 2018 06:20:38 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Thu, 15 Mar 2018 05:50:19 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2018-03-16
[ [ "Kumar", "S.", "" ], [ "Chauhan", "B.", "" ], [ "Malik", "R. P.", "" ] ]
We exploit the theoretical strength of augmented version of superfield approach (AVSA) to Becchi-Rouet-Stora-Tyutin (BRST) formalism to express the nilpotency and absolute anticommutativity properties of the (anti-)BRST and (anti-)co-BRST conserved charges for the two $(1+1)$-dimensional (2D) non-Abelian 1-form gauge theory (without any interaction with matter fields) in the language of superspace variables, their derivatives and suitable superfields. In the proof of absolute anticommutativity property, we invoke the strength of Curci-Ferrari (CF) condition for the (anti-)BRST charges. No such outside condition/restriction is required in the proof of absolute anticommutativity of the (anti-)co-BRST conserved charges. The latter observation (as well as other observations) connected with (anti-)co-BRST symmetries and corresponding conserved charges are novel results of our present investigation. We also discuss the (anti-)BRST and (anti-)co-BRST symmetry invariance of the appropriate Lagrangian densities within the framework of AVSA. In addition, we dwell a bit on the derivation of the above fermionic (nilpotent) symmetries by applying the AVSA to BRST formaism where only the (anti-)chiral superfields are used.
2012.04815
Alejandro Cabo-Bizet
Alejandro Cabo-Bizet
From multi-gravitons to Black holes: The role of complex saddles
42 pp + appendices
null
null
null
hep-th
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
By applying the Atiyah-Bott-Berline-Vergne equivariant integration formula upon double dimensional integrals, we find a way to compute the matrix integral representations of $4d$ $\mathcal{N}=1$ superconformal indices. The final formula allows us to easily extract analytic results in the large-rank expansion of certain theories. As an example, we compute the leading one-loop corrections to the effective action of the known complex saddles in those theories. For a superconformal index of $SU(N)$ $\mathcal{N}=4$ SYM, we use the equivariant integration formula and the Picard-Lefschetz method to show that at large enough values of $N$, only two, among the known complex saddles, dominate the counting of large operators i.e. of operators with charges of order $N^2$. Contributions from other known complex saddles are present, but we show they are exponentially suppressed in that range of charges; the smaller the charges the less suppressed they are, and eventually, to count small operators i.e. operators with charges smaller than $N^{2/3}$, like multi-gravitons, they can not be neglected.
[ { "created": "Wed, 9 Dec 2020 01:36:34 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2020-12-10
[ [ "Cabo-Bizet", "Alejandro", "" ] ]
By applying the Atiyah-Bott-Berline-Vergne equivariant integration formula upon double dimensional integrals, we find a way to compute the matrix integral representations of $4d$ $\mathcal{N}=1$ superconformal indices. The final formula allows us to easily extract analytic results in the large-rank expansion of certain theories. As an example, we compute the leading one-loop corrections to the effective action of the known complex saddles in those theories. For a superconformal index of $SU(N)$ $\mathcal{N}=4$ SYM, we use the equivariant integration formula and the Picard-Lefschetz method to show that at large enough values of $N$, only two, among the known complex saddles, dominate the counting of large operators i.e. of operators with charges of order $N^2$. Contributions from other known complex saddles are present, but we show they are exponentially suppressed in that range of charges; the smaller the charges the less suppressed they are, and eventually, to count small operators i.e. operators with charges smaller than $N^{2/3}$, like multi-gravitons, they can not be neglected.
hep-th/9909209
D. V. Antonov
Dmitri Antonov (INFN, Pisa)
String Nature of Confinement in (Non-)Abelian Gauge Theories
100 pages, LaTeX2e, no figures, 1 table, based on the Ph.D. thesises at the Humboldt University of Berlin (1999) (available under http://dochost.rz.hu-berlin.de) and the Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow (2000), new results are included, extended with respect to the journal version
Surveys High Energ.Phys.14:265-355,2000
10.1080/01422410008229119
null
hep-th
null
Recent progress achieved in the solution of the problem of confinement in various (non-)Abelian gauge theories by virtue of a derivation of their string representation is reviewed. The theories under study include QCD within the so-called Method of Field Correlators, QCD-inspired Abelian-projected theories, and compact QED in three and four space-time dimensions. Various nonperturbative properties of the vacua of the above mentioned theories are discussed. The relevance of the Method of Field Correlators to the study of confinement in Abelian models, allowing for an analytical description of this phenomenon, is illustrated by an evaluation of field correlators in these models.
[ { "created": "Wed, 29 Sep 1999 09:56:22 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 9 May 2000 15:11:21 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2015-06-26
[ [ "Antonov", "Dmitri", "", "INFN, Pisa" ] ]
Recent progress achieved in the solution of the problem of confinement in various (non-)Abelian gauge theories by virtue of a derivation of their string representation is reviewed. The theories under study include QCD within the so-called Method of Field Correlators, QCD-inspired Abelian-projected theories, and compact QED in three and four space-time dimensions. Various nonperturbative properties of the vacua of the above mentioned theories are discussed. The relevance of the Method of Field Correlators to the study of confinement in Abelian models, allowing for an analytical description of this phenomenon, is illustrated by an evaluation of field correlators in these models.
hep-th/9611083
Laszlo Feher
Jan de Boer, Laszlo Feher
Wakimoto realizations of current algebras: an explicit construction
38 pages, LaTeX, contains improved formulations of theorems 3 and 6, two references and a remark added, plus minor stylistic changes
Commun.Math.Phys.189:759-793,1997
10.1007/s002200050228
LBNL-39562, UCB-PTH-96/49, BONN-TH-96/16
hep-th math.QA q-alg
null
A generalized Wakimoto realization of $\widehat{\cal G}_K$ can be associated with each parabolic subalgebra ${\cal P}=({\cal G}_0 +{\cal G}_+)$ of a simple Lie algebra ${\cal G}$ according to an earlier proposal by Feigin and Frenkel. In this paper the proposal is made explicit by developing the construction of Wakimoto realizations from a simple but unconventional viewpoint. An explicit formula is derived for the Wakimoto current first at the Poisson bracket level by Hamiltonian symmetry reduction of the WZNW model. The quantization is then performed by normal ordering the classical formula and determining the required quantum correction for it to generate $\widehat{\cal G}_K$ by means of commutators. The affine-Sugawara stress-energy tensor is verified to have the expected quadratic form in the constituents, which are symplectic bosons belonging to ${\cal G}_+$ and a current belonging to ${\cal G}_0$. The quantization requires a choice of special polynomial coordinates on the big cell of the flag manifold $P\backslash G$. The effect of this choice is investigated in detail by constructing quantum coordinate transformations. Finally, the explicit form of the screening charges for each generalized Wakimoto realization is determined, and some applications are briefly discussed.
[ { "created": "Tue, 12 Nov 1996 15:11:17 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sat, 16 Nov 1996 15:52:18 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2014-11-18
[ [ "de Boer", "Jan", "" ], [ "Feher", "Laszlo", "" ] ]
A generalized Wakimoto realization of $\widehat{\cal G}_K$ can be associated with each parabolic subalgebra ${\cal P}=({\cal G}_0 +{\cal G}_+)$ of a simple Lie algebra ${\cal G}$ according to an earlier proposal by Feigin and Frenkel. In this paper the proposal is made explicit by developing the construction of Wakimoto realizations from a simple but unconventional viewpoint. An explicit formula is derived for the Wakimoto current first at the Poisson bracket level by Hamiltonian symmetry reduction of the WZNW model. The quantization is then performed by normal ordering the classical formula and determining the required quantum correction for it to generate $\widehat{\cal G}_K$ by means of commutators. The affine-Sugawara stress-energy tensor is verified to have the expected quadratic form in the constituents, which are symplectic bosons belonging to ${\cal G}_+$ and a current belonging to ${\cal G}_0$. The quantization requires a choice of special polynomial coordinates on the big cell of the flag manifold $P\backslash G$. The effect of this choice is investigated in detail by constructing quantum coordinate transformations. Finally, the explicit form of the screening charges for each generalized Wakimoto realization is determined, and some applications are briefly discussed.
1805.08245
Dimitrios Giataganas
Dimitrios Giataganas
Baryons under Strong Magnetic Fields or in Theories with Space-dependent $\theta$-term
37 pages, 12 figures; v2 minor improvements, references added
Phys. Rev. D 98, 106010 (2018)
10.1103/PhysRevD.98.106010
NCTS-TH/1807
hep-th hep-lat hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Baryonic states are sufficiently complex to reveal physics that is hidden in the mesonic bound states. Using gauge/gravity correspondence we study analytically and numerically baryons in theories with space-dependent $\theta$-term, or theories under strong magnetic fields. Such holographic studies on baryons are accommodated in a generic analytic framework we develop for anisotropic theories, where their qualitative features are common irrespective of the source that triggers the anisotropy. We find that the distribution of the quarks forming the state, depends on the angle between the baryon and the anisotropic direction. Its shape is increasingly elliptic with respect to the strength of the field sourcing the anisotropy, counterbalancing the broken rotational invariance on the gluonic degrees of freedom. Strikingly, the baryons dissociate in stages with a process that depends on the proximity of the quarks to the anisotropic direction, where certain quark pairs abandon the bound state first, followed by the closest pairs to them as the temperature increases. This observation may also serve as a way to identify the nature of certain exotic states. Finally, we investigate holographic baryons with decreased number of quarks and explain why in theories under consideration the presence of anisotropy does not modify the universal stability condition in contrast to the usual trend.
[ { "created": "Mon, 21 May 2018 18:26:03 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 30 Jul 2018 10:17:58 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2018-11-21
[ [ "Giataganas", "Dimitrios", "" ] ]
Baryonic states are sufficiently complex to reveal physics that is hidden in the mesonic bound states. Using gauge/gravity correspondence we study analytically and numerically baryons in theories with space-dependent $\theta$-term, or theories under strong magnetic fields. Such holographic studies on baryons are accommodated in a generic analytic framework we develop for anisotropic theories, where their qualitative features are common irrespective of the source that triggers the anisotropy. We find that the distribution of the quarks forming the state, depends on the angle between the baryon and the anisotropic direction. Its shape is increasingly elliptic with respect to the strength of the field sourcing the anisotropy, counterbalancing the broken rotational invariance on the gluonic degrees of freedom. Strikingly, the baryons dissociate in stages with a process that depends on the proximity of the quarks to the anisotropic direction, where certain quark pairs abandon the bound state first, followed by the closest pairs to them as the temperature increases. This observation may also serve as a way to identify the nature of certain exotic states. Finally, we investigate holographic baryons with decreased number of quarks and explain why in theories under consideration the presence of anisotropy does not modify the universal stability condition in contrast to the usual trend.
0901.1180
Saeid Ansari
S. Ansari, G. Panotopoulos, I. Sachs
Absorption on horizon-wrapped branes
18 pages, 2 figures
JHEP 1009:098,2010
10.1007/JHEP09(2010)098
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We compute the absorption cross section of space-time scalars on a static D2 rane, in global coordinates, wrapped on the S^2 of an AdS_2 X S^2 X CY_3 geometry. We discuss its relevance for the construction of the dual quantum mechanics of Calabi-Yau black holes.
[ { "created": "Fri, 9 Jan 2009 09:06:14 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2014-11-18
[ [ "Ansari", "S.", "" ], [ "Panotopoulos", "G.", "" ], [ "Sachs", "I.", "" ] ]
We compute the absorption cross section of space-time scalars on a static D2 rane, in global coordinates, wrapped on the S^2 of an AdS_2 X S^2 X CY_3 geometry. We discuss its relevance for the construction of the dual quantum mechanics of Calabi-Yau black holes.
1201.1905
Xi Dong
Xi Dong, Sarah Harrison, Shamit Kachru, Gonzalo Torroba, Huajia Wang
Aspects of holography for theories with hyperscaling violation
35 pages; v2: new references added; v3: proper reference [14] added; v4: minor clarifications
JHEP 1206:041,2012
10.1007/JHEP06(2012)041
SLAC-PUB-14850; SU-ITP-12/01
hep-th cond-mat.str-el
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We analyze various aspects of the recently proposed holographic theories with general dynamical critical exponent z and hyperscaling violation exponent $\theta$. We first find the basic constraints on $z, \theta$ from the gravity side, and compute the stress-energy tensor expectation values and scalar two-point functions. Massive correlators exhibit a nontrivial exponential behavior at long distances, controlled by $\theta$. At short distance, the two-point functions become power-law, with a universal form for $\theta > 0$. Next, the calculation of the holographic entanglement entropy reveals the existence of novel phases which violate the area law. The entropy in these phases has a behavior that interpolates between that of a Fermi surface and that exhibited by systems with extensive entanglement entropy. Finally, we describe microscopic embeddings of some $\theta \neq 0$ metrics into full string theory models -- these metrics characterize large regions of the parameter space of Dp-brane metrics for $p\neq 3$. For instance, the theory of N D2-branes in IIA supergravity has z=1 and $\theta = -1/3$ over a wide range of scales, at large $g_s N$.
[ { "created": "Mon, 9 Jan 2012 21:00:01 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:44:06 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:32:18 GMT", "version": "v3" }, { "created": "Mon, 28 May 2012 22:44:31 GMT", "version": "v4" } ]
2012-07-03
[ [ "Dong", "Xi", "" ], [ "Harrison", "Sarah", "" ], [ "Kachru", "Shamit", "" ], [ "Torroba", "Gonzalo", "" ], [ "Wang", "Huajia", "" ] ]
We analyze various aspects of the recently proposed holographic theories with general dynamical critical exponent z and hyperscaling violation exponent $\theta$. We first find the basic constraints on $z, \theta$ from the gravity side, and compute the stress-energy tensor expectation values and scalar two-point functions. Massive correlators exhibit a nontrivial exponential behavior at long distances, controlled by $\theta$. At short distance, the two-point functions become power-law, with a universal form for $\theta > 0$. Next, the calculation of the holographic entanglement entropy reveals the existence of novel phases which violate the area law. The entropy in these phases has a behavior that interpolates between that of a Fermi surface and that exhibited by systems with extensive entanglement entropy. Finally, we describe microscopic embeddings of some $\theta \neq 0$ metrics into full string theory models -- these metrics characterize large regions of the parameter space of Dp-brane metrics for $p\neq 3$. For instance, the theory of N D2-branes in IIA supergravity has z=1 and $\theta = -1/3$ over a wide range of scales, at large $g_s N$.
1912.01726
Tai-Fu Feng
Tai-Fu Feng, Chao-Hsi Chang, Jian-Bin Chen, Hai-Bin Zhang
GKZ-hypergeometric systems for Feynman integrals
32 pages, 1 figure
Nucl. Phys. B953(2020)114952
10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2020.114952
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Basing on the systems of linear partial differential equations derived from Mellin-Barnes representations and Miller's transformation, we obtain GKZ-hypergeometric systems of one-loop self energy, one-loop triangle, two-loop vacuum, and two-loop sunset diagrams, respectively. The codimension of derived GKZ-hypergeometric system equals the number of independent dimensionless ratios among the external momentum squared and virtual mass squared. Taking GKZ-hypergeometric systems of one-loop self energy, massless one-loop triangle, and two-loop vacuum diagrams as examples, we present in detail how to perform triangulation and how to construct canonical series solutions in the corresponding convergent regions. The series solutions constructed for these hypergeometric systems recover the well known results in literature.
[ { "created": "Tue, 3 Dec 2019 22:41:18 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 14 Feb 2020 22:30:50 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2020-02-26
[ [ "Feng", "Tai-Fu", "" ], [ "Chang", "Chao-Hsi", "" ], [ "Chen", "Jian-Bin", "" ], [ "Zhang", "Hai-Bin", "" ] ]
Basing on the systems of linear partial differential equations derived from Mellin-Barnes representations and Miller's transformation, we obtain GKZ-hypergeometric systems of one-loop self energy, one-loop triangle, two-loop vacuum, and two-loop sunset diagrams, respectively. The codimension of derived GKZ-hypergeometric system equals the number of independent dimensionless ratios among the external momentum squared and virtual mass squared. Taking GKZ-hypergeometric systems of one-loop self energy, massless one-loop triangle, and two-loop vacuum diagrams as examples, we present in detail how to perform triangulation and how to construct canonical series solutions in the corresponding convergent regions. The series solutions constructed for these hypergeometric systems recover the well known results in literature.
1703.10569
Konstantin Stepanyantz
V.Yu. Shakhmanov, K.V. Stepanyantz
Three-loop NSVZ relation for terms quartic in the Yukawa couplings with the higher covariant derivative regularization
22 pages, 7 figures
null
10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2017.04.017
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We demonstrate that in non-Abelian ${\cal N}=1$ supersymmetric gauge theories the NSVZ relation is valid for terms quartic in the Yukawa couplings independently of the subtraction scheme if the renormalization group functions are defined in terms of the bare couplings and the theory is regularized by higher covariant derivatives. The terms quartic in the Yukawa couplings appear in the three-loop $\beta$-function and in the two-loop anomalous dimension of the matter superfields. We have obtained that the three-loop contribution to the $\beta$-function quartic in the Yukawa couplings is given by an integral of double total derivatives. Consequently, one of the loop integrals can be taken and the three-loop contribution to the $\beta$-function is reduced to the two-loop contribution to the anomalous dimension. The remaining loop integrals have been calculated for the simplest form of the higher derivative regularizing term. Then we construct the renormalization group functions defined in terms of the renormalized couplings. In the considered approximation they do not satisfy the NSVZ relation for a general renormalization prescription. However, we verify that the recently proposed boundary conditions defining the NSVZ scheme in the non-Abelian case really lead to the NSVZ relation between the terms of the considered structure.
[ { "created": "Thu, 30 Mar 2017 17:08:06 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2017-05-24
[ [ "Shakhmanov", "V. Yu.", "" ], [ "Stepanyantz", "K. V.", "" ] ]
We demonstrate that in non-Abelian ${\cal N}=1$ supersymmetric gauge theories the NSVZ relation is valid for terms quartic in the Yukawa couplings independently of the subtraction scheme if the renormalization group functions are defined in terms of the bare couplings and the theory is regularized by higher covariant derivatives. The terms quartic in the Yukawa couplings appear in the three-loop $\beta$-function and in the two-loop anomalous dimension of the matter superfields. We have obtained that the three-loop contribution to the $\beta$-function quartic in the Yukawa couplings is given by an integral of double total derivatives. Consequently, one of the loop integrals can be taken and the three-loop contribution to the $\beta$-function is reduced to the two-loop contribution to the anomalous dimension. The remaining loop integrals have been calculated for the simplest form of the higher derivative regularizing term. Then we construct the renormalization group functions defined in terms of the renormalized couplings. In the considered approximation they do not satisfy the NSVZ relation for a general renormalization prescription. However, we verify that the recently proposed boundary conditions defining the NSVZ scheme in the non-Abelian case really lead to the NSVZ relation between the terms of the considered structure.
1508.07728
Grigory Rubtsov
M. Libanov, V. Rubakov, G. Rubtsov
Towards conformal cosmology
Mini-review, prepared for JETP Letters; 11 pages, 3 figures
null
10.1134/S0021364015200072
INR-TH/2015-022
hep-th astro-ph.CO gr-qc hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Approximate de Sitter symmetry of inflating Universe is responsible for the approximate flatness of the power spectrum of scalar perturbations. However, this is not the only option. Another symmetry which can explain nearly scale-invariant power spectrum is conformal invariance. We give a short review of models based on conformal symmetry which lead to the scale-invariant spectrum of the scalar perturbations. We discuss also potentially observable features of these models.
[ { "created": "Mon, 31 Aug 2015 09:11:07 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2016-02-17
[ [ "Libanov", "M.", "" ], [ "Rubakov", "V.", "" ], [ "Rubtsov", "G.", "" ] ]
Approximate de Sitter symmetry of inflating Universe is responsible for the approximate flatness of the power spectrum of scalar perturbations. However, this is not the only option. Another symmetry which can explain nearly scale-invariant power spectrum is conformal invariance. We give a short review of models based on conformal symmetry which lead to the scale-invariant spectrum of the scalar perturbations. We discuss also potentially observable features of these models.
1312.5659
Alexander Westphal
Senarath de Alwis, Jan Louis, Liam McAllister, Hagen Triendl and Alexander Westphal
On Moduli Spaces in $\bf{AdS_4}$ Supergravity
LaTeX, 1+24 pages, 1 figure
null
10.1007/JHEP05(2014)102
ZMP-HH/13-16,CERN-PH-TH/2013-307,DESY-13-252
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We study the structure of the supersymmetric moduli spaces of ${\cal N}=1$ and ${\cal N}=2$ supergravity theories in $AdS_4$ backgrounds. In the ${\cal N}=1$ case, the moduli space cannot be a complex submanifold of the K\"ahler field space, but is instead real with respect to the inherited complex structure. In ${\cal N}=2$ supergravity the same result holds for the vector multiplet moduli space, while the hypermultiplet moduli space is a K\"ahler submanifold of the quaternionic-K\"ahler field space. These findings are in agreement with AdS/CFT considerations.
[ { "created": "Thu, 19 Dec 2013 17:41:17 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-06-18
[ [ "de Alwis", "Senarath", "" ], [ "Louis", "Jan", "" ], [ "McAllister", "Liam", "" ], [ "Triendl", "Hagen", "" ], [ "Westphal", "Alexander", "" ] ]
We study the structure of the supersymmetric moduli spaces of ${\cal N}=1$ and ${\cal N}=2$ supergravity theories in $AdS_4$ backgrounds. In the ${\cal N}=1$ case, the moduli space cannot be a complex submanifold of the K\"ahler field space, but is instead real with respect to the inherited complex structure. In ${\cal N}=2$ supergravity the same result holds for the vector multiplet moduli space, while the hypermultiplet moduli space is a K\"ahler submanifold of the quaternionic-K\"ahler field space. These findings are in agreement with AdS/CFT considerations.
1910.01657
Andrea Palessandro
Andrea Palessandro and Martin S. Sloth
Gravitational Absorption Lines
33 pages, 2 figures. Added one reference and an additional section in the appendix. Version accepted for publication in PRD
Phys. Rev. D 101, 043504 (2020)
10.1103/PhysRevD.101.043504
null
hep-th astro-ph.CO gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We consider the gravitational analogue of Lyman-alpha absorption lines in astronomical spectroscopy. If Einstein gravity with minimally coupled matter is valid up to the Planck scale, quantum bound states absorb gravitons of a specific frequency with Planckian cross section, $\sigma_{\text{abs}} \approx l_p^2$. Consequently, one can show that gravitational absorption by bound states is inefficient in ordinary gravity. If observed, gravitational absorption lines would therefore constitute a powerful smoking gun of new exotic astrophysical bound states (near extremal bound states) or new gravitational physics, as well as give direct evidence of the quantized nature of the gravitational field. We provide, as an example of new gravitational physics near the Planck scale, a non-minimal coupling of the matter fields which breaks the equivalence principle on-shell. We lay out a model in which absorption lines in the primordial gravitational wave spectrum are produced as a consequence of this coupling.
[ { "created": "Thu, 3 Oct 2019 18:00:15 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 24 Jan 2020 12:25:40 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2020-02-12
[ [ "Palessandro", "Andrea", "" ], [ "Sloth", "Martin S.", "" ] ]
We consider the gravitational analogue of Lyman-alpha absorption lines in astronomical spectroscopy. If Einstein gravity with minimally coupled matter is valid up to the Planck scale, quantum bound states absorb gravitons of a specific frequency with Planckian cross section, $\sigma_{\text{abs}} \approx l_p^2$. Consequently, one can show that gravitational absorption by bound states is inefficient in ordinary gravity. If observed, gravitational absorption lines would therefore constitute a powerful smoking gun of new exotic astrophysical bound states (near extremal bound states) or new gravitational physics, as well as give direct evidence of the quantized nature of the gravitational field. We provide, as an example of new gravitational physics near the Planck scale, a non-minimal coupling of the matter fields which breaks the equivalence principle on-shell. We lay out a model in which absorption lines in the primordial gravitational wave spectrum are produced as a consequence of this coupling.
hep-th/0011177
Matthew Schwartz
Matthew D. Schwartz
The Emergence of Localized Gravity
10 pages. References and figure added
Phys.Lett. B502 (2001) 223-228
10.1016/S0370-2693(01)00152-6
PUPT-1968
hep-th
null
We explore physics on the boundary of a Randall-Sundrum type model when the brane tension is slightly sub-critical. We calculate the masses of the Kaluza-Klein decomposition of the graviton and use a toy model to show how localized gravity emerges as the brane tension becomes critical. Finally, we discuss some aspects of the boundary conformal field theory and the AdS/CFT correspondence.
[ { "created": "Mon, 20 Nov 2000 19:58:56 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 9 Mar 2001 16:25:25 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-10-31
[ [ "Schwartz", "Matthew D.", "" ] ]
We explore physics on the boundary of a Randall-Sundrum type model when the brane tension is slightly sub-critical. We calculate the masses of the Kaluza-Klein decomposition of the graviton and use a toy model to show how localized gravity emerges as the brane tension becomes critical. Finally, we discuss some aspects of the boundary conformal field theory and the AdS/CFT correspondence.
hep-th/9905222
Takuya Tsukioka
Noboru Kawamoto and Takuya Tsukioka
N=2 Supersymmetric Model with Dirac-Kahler Fermions from Generalized Gauge Theory in Two Dimensions
22 pages, LaTeX
Phys.Rev. D61 (2000) 105009
10.1103/PhysRevD.61.105009
HPHOU-99-008
hep-th
null
We investigate the generalized gauge theory which has been proposed previously and show that in two dimensions the instanton gauge fixing of the generalized topological Yang-Mills action leads to a twisted N=2 supersymmetric action. We have found that the R-symmetry of N=2 supersymmetry can be identified with the flavour symmetry of Dirac-Kahler fermion formulation. Thus the procedure of twist allows topological ghost fields to be interpreted as the Dirac-Kahler matter fermions.
[ { "created": "Mon, 31 May 1999 10:56:28 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-10-31
[ [ "Kawamoto", "Noboru", "" ], [ "Tsukioka", "Takuya", "" ] ]
We investigate the generalized gauge theory which has been proposed previously and show that in two dimensions the instanton gauge fixing of the generalized topological Yang-Mills action leads to a twisted N=2 supersymmetric action. We have found that the R-symmetry of N=2 supersymmetry can be identified with the flavour symmetry of Dirac-Kahler fermion formulation. Thus the procedure of twist allows topological ghost fields to be interpreted as the Dirac-Kahler matter fermions.
1401.7102
Grigorii Pivovarov
Victor Kim and Grigorii Pivovarov
Multi-particle Processes and Tamed Ultraviolet Divergences
8 pages, 2 figures, to appear in PRD
Phys. Rev. D 90, 125009 (2014)
10.1103/PhysRevD.90.125009
INR-TH-2014-002
hep-th hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
New approach to computing the amplitudes of multi-particle processes in renormalizable quantum field theories is presented. Its major feature is a separation of the renormalization from the computation. Within the suggested approach new computational rules are formulated. According to the new rules, the amplitudes under computation are expressed as a sum of effective Feynman amplitudes whose vertexes are the complete amplitudes of the processes involving not more than four particles, and the lines are the complete two-point functions. The new rules include prescriptions for computing the combinatorial factors by each amplitude. It is demonstrated that due to these prescriptions the combinatorial factors by the amplitudes that are divergent in the ultraviolet in four space-time dimensions vanish. Because of this, the computations within the new approach do not involve the ultraviolet renormalization. It is observed that the combinatorics of the new rules determines the dimension of the space-time.
[ { "created": "Tue, 28 Jan 2014 07:19:50 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 31 Jan 2014 06:10:34 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Mon, 17 Nov 2014 12:04:13 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2014-12-17
[ [ "Kim", "Victor", "" ], [ "Pivovarov", "Grigorii", "" ] ]
New approach to computing the amplitudes of multi-particle processes in renormalizable quantum field theories is presented. Its major feature is a separation of the renormalization from the computation. Within the suggested approach new computational rules are formulated. According to the new rules, the amplitudes under computation are expressed as a sum of effective Feynman amplitudes whose vertexes are the complete amplitudes of the processes involving not more than four particles, and the lines are the complete two-point functions. The new rules include prescriptions for computing the combinatorial factors by each amplitude. It is demonstrated that due to these prescriptions the combinatorial factors by the amplitudes that are divergent in the ultraviolet in four space-time dimensions vanish. Because of this, the computations within the new approach do not involve the ultraviolet renormalization. It is observed that the combinatorics of the new rules determines the dimension of the space-time.
1005.4462
Hongbao Zhang
Hongbao Zhang
Note on the non-adjacent BCFW deformations
more readable version with typo corrected and references added
null
null
CCTP-2010-15
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
As the first part, we provide a proof of the consistency condition by Kleiss-Kuijf relation and the bonus relation by BCJ relation for the non-adjacent BCFW deformations. On the other hand, rather than appealing to field theory argument, we provide an alternative proof of bonus relation for the non-adjacent BCFW deformations by a purely S matrix analysis in the context of $\mathcal{N}=4$ SYM theory.
[ { "created": "Tue, 25 May 2010 00:53:08 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 26 May 2010 21:52:08 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2010-11-29
[ [ "Zhang", "Hongbao", "" ] ]
As the first part, we provide a proof of the consistency condition by Kleiss-Kuijf relation and the bonus relation by BCJ relation for the non-adjacent BCFW deformations. On the other hand, rather than appealing to field theory argument, we provide an alternative proof of bonus relation for the non-adjacent BCFW deformations by a purely S matrix analysis in the context of $\mathcal{N}=4$ SYM theory.
1807.03753
Hiroyuki Kitamoto
Hiroyuki Kitamoto
Schwinger Effect in Inflaton-Driven Electric Field
15 pages, matches published version
Phys. Rev. D 98, 103512 (2018)
10.1103/PhysRevD.98.103512
NCTS-TH/1809
hep-th astro-ph.CO gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In a four dimensional inflation theory, a persistent electric field can be established by making the inflaton coupled to the gauge field like a dilaton. We investigate the pair production of scalar particles in the inflaton-driven electric field. In particular, we evaluate the induced current due to the pair production. The presence of the dilatonic coupling ensures the validity of the WKB approximation at the past and the future infinities, without tuning constant parameters. Thus, the semiclassical description is applicable in evaluating the induced current. Solving the field equations with the induced current, we evaluate the first-order backreaction to the electric field. It turns out that the electric field decreases with the cosmic expansion. The result indicates that the no-anisotropic hair theorem for inflation holds true regardless of whether the dilatonic coupling is present or not.
[ { "created": "Tue, 10 Jul 2018 16:54:47 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 13 Nov 2018 15:04:04 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2018-11-14
[ [ "Kitamoto", "Hiroyuki", "" ] ]
In a four dimensional inflation theory, a persistent electric field can be established by making the inflaton coupled to the gauge field like a dilaton. We investigate the pair production of scalar particles in the inflaton-driven electric field. In particular, we evaluate the induced current due to the pair production. The presence of the dilatonic coupling ensures the validity of the WKB approximation at the past and the future infinities, without tuning constant parameters. Thus, the semiclassical description is applicable in evaluating the induced current. Solving the field equations with the induced current, we evaluate the first-order backreaction to the electric field. It turns out that the electric field decreases with the cosmic expansion. The result indicates that the no-anisotropic hair theorem for inflation holds true regardless of whether the dilatonic coupling is present or not.
hep-th/9303101
null
A.Marshakov
Integrable structures in matrix models and physics of 2d-gravity
(based on lectures given at the Niels Bohr Institute) NORDITA-93/21, FIAN/TD-05/93, 70 pp, latex
Int.J.Mod.Phys. A8 (1993) 3831-3882
10.1142/S0217751X93001569
null
hep-th
null
A review of the appearence of integrable structures in the matrix model description of $2d$-gravity is presented. Most of ideas are demonstrated at the technically simple but ideologically important examples. Matrix models are considered as a sort of "effective" description of continuum $2d$ field theory formulation. The main physical role in such description is played by the Virasoro-$W$ constraints which can be interpreted as a certain unitarity or factorization constraints. Bith discrete and continuum (Generalized Kontsevich) models are formulated as the solutions to those discrete (continuous) Virasoro-$W$ constraints. Their integrability properties are proven using mostly the determinant technique highly related to the representation in terms of free fields. The paper also contains some new observations connected to formulation of more general than GKM solutions and deeper understanding of their relation to $2d$ gravity.
[ { "created": "Wed, 17 Mar 1993 23:18:38 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-06-26
[ [ "Marshakov", "A.", "" ] ]
A review of the appearence of integrable structures in the matrix model description of $2d$-gravity is presented. Most of ideas are demonstrated at the technically simple but ideologically important examples. Matrix models are considered as a sort of "effective" description of continuum $2d$ field theory formulation. The main physical role in such description is played by the Virasoro-$W$ constraints which can be interpreted as a certain unitarity or factorization constraints. Bith discrete and continuum (Generalized Kontsevich) models are formulated as the solutions to those discrete (continuous) Virasoro-$W$ constraints. Their integrability properties are proven using mostly the determinant technique highly related to the representation in terms of free fields. The paper also contains some new observations connected to formulation of more general than GKM solutions and deeper understanding of their relation to $2d$ gravity.
1101.4937
Christoph Keller
Christoph A. Keller
Phase transitions in symmetric orbifold CFTs and universality
24 pages, 3 figures; typos corrected; corrected mistake in expressions in section 2.2
JHEP 1103:114,2011
10.1007/JHEP03(2011)114
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Since many thermodynamic properties of black holes are universal, the thermodynamics of their holographic duals should be universal too. We show how this universality is exhibited in the example of symmetric orbifolds of general two dimensional CFTs. We discuss the free energies and phase diagrams of such theories and show that they are indeed universal in the large N limit. We also comment on the implications of our results for the classification of CFTs that can have an interpretation as holographic duals to gravity theories on AdS(3).
[ { "created": "Tue, 25 Jan 2011 21:00:04 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 2 Feb 2011 01:32:57 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Tue, 7 Oct 2014 16:13:23 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2015-03-18
[ [ "Keller", "Christoph A.", "" ] ]
Since many thermodynamic properties of black holes are universal, the thermodynamics of their holographic duals should be universal too. We show how this universality is exhibited in the example of symmetric orbifolds of general two dimensional CFTs. We discuss the free energies and phase diagrams of such theories and show that they are indeed universal in the large N limit. We also comment on the implications of our results for the classification of CFTs that can have an interpretation as holographic duals to gravity theories on AdS(3).
0807.0513
Peter Horvathy
P. A. Horvathy
Non-Relativistic Conformal and Supersymmetries
5 pages, published in the Proceedings of the XXI Int. Conf. on Diff. Geom. Meths. in Theor. Phys., Tianjin'1992. Reference list updated
Int.J.Mod.Phys.A3:339-342,1993
null
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Non-relativistic conformal (''Schr\"odinger'') symmetry is derived in a Kaluza-Klein type framework. Lightlike reduction of the massless Dirac equation from 5D Minkowski space yields L\'evy-Leblond's non-relativistic equation for a spin 1/2 particle. Combining with the osp(1,1) SUSY found before provides us with a super-Schr\"odinger symmetry.
[ { "created": "Thu, 3 Jul 2008 12:14:01 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Horvathy", "P. A.", "" ] ]
Non-relativistic conformal (''Schr\"odinger'') symmetry is derived in a Kaluza-Klein type framework. Lightlike reduction of the massless Dirac equation from 5D Minkowski space yields L\'evy-Leblond's non-relativistic equation for a spin 1/2 particle. Combining with the osp(1,1) SUSY found before provides us with a super-Schr\"odinger symmetry.
1810.07199
Connor Behan
Connor Behan
Bootstrapping the long-range Ising model in three dimensions
32+9 pages, 14 figures, PDF LaTeX
null
10.1088/1751-8121/aafd1b
YITP-SB-18-27
hep-th cond-mat.stat-mech
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The 3D Ising model and the generalized free scalar of dimension at least 0.75 belong to a continuous line of nonlocal fixed points, each referred to as a long-range Ising model. They can be distinguished by the dimension of the lightest spin-2 operator, which interpolates between 3 and 3.5 if we focus on the non-trivial part of the fixed line. A property common to all such theories is the presence of three relevant conformal primaries, two of which form a shadow pair. This pair is analogous to a superconformal multiplet in that it enforces relations between certain conformal blocks. By demanding that crossing symmetry and unitarity hold for a set of correlators involving the relevant operators, we compute numerical bounds on their scaling dimensions and OPE coefficients. Specifically, we raise the minimal spin-2 operator dimension to find successively smaller regions which eventually form a kink. Whenever a kink appears, its co-ordinates show good agreement with the epsilon expansion predictions for the critical exponents in the corresponding statistical model. As a byproduct, our results reveal an infinite tower of protected operators with odd spin.
[ { "created": "Tue, 16 Oct 2018 18:00:09 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 29 Oct 2018 02:21:59 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2019-01-25
[ [ "Behan", "Connor", "" ] ]
The 3D Ising model and the generalized free scalar of dimension at least 0.75 belong to a continuous line of nonlocal fixed points, each referred to as a long-range Ising model. They can be distinguished by the dimension of the lightest spin-2 operator, which interpolates between 3 and 3.5 if we focus on the non-trivial part of the fixed line. A property common to all such theories is the presence of three relevant conformal primaries, two of which form a shadow pair. This pair is analogous to a superconformal multiplet in that it enforces relations between certain conformal blocks. By demanding that crossing symmetry and unitarity hold for a set of correlators involving the relevant operators, we compute numerical bounds on their scaling dimensions and OPE coefficients. Specifically, we raise the minimal spin-2 operator dimension to find successively smaller regions which eventually form a kink. Whenever a kink appears, its co-ordinates show good agreement with the epsilon expansion predictions for the critical exponents in the corresponding statistical model. As a byproduct, our results reveal an infinite tower of protected operators with odd spin.
0910.0748
Michal Heller
Ivan Booth, Michal P. Heller, Michal Spalinski
Black brane entropy and hydrodynamics: the boost-invariant case
RevTeX, 42 pages, 4 figures
null
10.1103/PhysRevD.80.126013
null
hep-th gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The framework of slowly evolving horizons is generalized to the case of black branes in asymptotically anti-de Sitter spaces in arbitrary dimensions. The results are used to analyze the behavior of both event and apparent horizons in the gravity dual to boost-invariant flow. These considerations are motivated by the fact that at second order in the gradient expansion the hydrodynamic entropy current in the dual Yang-Mills theory appears to contain an ambiguity. This ambiguity, in the case of boost-invariant flow, is linked with a similar freedom on the gravity side. This leads to a phenomenological definition of the entropy of black branes. Some insights on fluid/gravity duality and the definition of entropy in a time-dependent setting are elucidated.
[ { "created": "Mon, 5 Oct 2009 12:33:06 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-05-14
[ [ "Booth", "Ivan", "" ], [ "Heller", "Michal P.", "" ], [ "Spalinski", "Michal", "" ] ]
The framework of slowly evolving horizons is generalized to the case of black branes in asymptotically anti-de Sitter spaces in arbitrary dimensions. The results are used to analyze the behavior of both event and apparent horizons in the gravity dual to boost-invariant flow. These considerations are motivated by the fact that at second order in the gradient expansion the hydrodynamic entropy current in the dual Yang-Mills theory appears to contain an ambiguity. This ambiguity, in the case of boost-invariant flow, is linked with a similar freedom on the gravity side. This leads to a phenomenological definition of the entropy of black branes. Some insights on fluid/gravity duality and the definition of entropy in a time-dependent setting are elucidated.
hep-th/0105221
D. R. T. Jones
I. Jack and D.R.T. Jones
Ultra-violet Finite Noncommutative Theories
10 pages, 4 figures, TeX. Uses Harvmac (big) and epsf. Some minor typos corrected and added references in v2
Phys.Lett. B514 (2001) 401-406
10.1016/S0370-2693(01)00824-3
LTH 503
hep-th
null
We establish the ultra-violet finiteness of various classes of noncommutative gauge theories.
[ { "created": "Tue, 22 May 2001 15:32:16 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 20 Jun 2001 09:46:37 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-11-07
[ [ "Jack", "I.", "" ], [ "Jones", "D. R. T.", "" ] ]
We establish the ultra-violet finiteness of various classes of noncommutative gauge theories.
hep-th/0503153
Mark Hillenbach
Stefan Groot Nibbelink (Minnesota U., Theor. Phys. Inst.), Mark Hillenbach (Bonn U.)
Renormalization of Supersymmetric Gauge Theories on Orbifolds: Brane Gauge Couplings and Higher Derivative Operators
10 pp
Phys.Lett.B616:125-134,2005
10.1016/j.physletb.2005.04.049
FTPI-MINN-05/06, UMN-TH-2347/05
hep-th hep-ph
null
We consider supersymmetric gauge theories coupled to hyper multiplets on five and six dimensional orbifolds and determine the bulk and local fixed point renormalizations of the gauge couplings. We infer from a component analysis that the hyper multiplet does not induce renormalization of the brane gauge couplings on the five dimensional orbifold S^1/Z_2. This is not due to supersymmetry, since the bosonic and fermionic contributions cancel separately. We extend this investigation to T^2/Z_N orbifolds using supergraph techniques in six dimensions. On general Z_N orbifolds the gauge couplings do renormalize at the fixed points, except for the Z_2 fixed points of an even ordered orbifold. To cancel the bulk one-loop divergences a dimension six higher derivative operator is needed, in addition to the standard bulk gauge kinetic term.
[ { "created": "Mon, 21 Mar 2005 15:43:27 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2011-10-11
[ [ "Nibbelink", "Stefan Groot", "", "Minnesota U., Theor. Phys. Inst." ], [ "Hillenbach", "Mark", "", "Bonn U." ] ]
We consider supersymmetric gauge theories coupled to hyper multiplets on five and six dimensional orbifolds and determine the bulk and local fixed point renormalizations of the gauge couplings. We infer from a component analysis that the hyper multiplet does not induce renormalization of the brane gauge couplings on the five dimensional orbifold S^1/Z_2. This is not due to supersymmetry, since the bosonic and fermionic contributions cancel separately. We extend this investigation to T^2/Z_N orbifolds using supergraph techniques in six dimensions. On general Z_N orbifolds the gauge couplings do renormalize at the fixed points, except for the Z_2 fixed points of an even ordered orbifold. To cancel the bulk one-loop divergences a dimension six higher derivative operator is needed, in addition to the standard bulk gauge kinetic term.
1407.2598
Thomas T. Dumitrescu
Cyril Closset, Thomas T. Dumitrescu, Guido Festuccia, Zohar Komargodski
From Rigid Supersymmetry to Twisted Holomorphic Theories
55 pages; minor changes
Phys. Rev. D 90, 085006 (2014)
10.1103/PhysRevD.90.085006
WIS/05/14-JUN-DPPA
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We study N=1 field theories with a U(1)_R symmetry on compact four-manifolds M. Supersymmetry requires M to be a complex manifold. The supersymmetric theory on M can be described in terms of conventional fields coupled to background supergravity, or in terms of twisted fields adapted to the complex geometry of M. Many properties of the theory that are difficult to see in one formulation are simpler in the other one. We use the twisted description to study the dependence of the partition function Z_M on the geometry of M, as well as coupling constants and background gauge fields, recovering and extending previous results. We also indicate how to generalize our analysis to three-dimensional N=2 theories with a U(1)_R symmetry. In this case supersymmetry requires M to carry a transversely holomorphic foliation, which endows it with a near-perfect analogue of complex geometry. Finally, we present new explicit formulas for the dependence of Z_M on the choice of U(1)_R symmetry in four and three dimensions, and illustrate them for complex manifolds diffeomorphic to S^3 x S^1, as well as general squashed three-spheres.
[ { "created": "Wed, 9 Jul 2014 19:36:58 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 2 Oct 2014 15:57:50 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2014-10-08
[ [ "Closset", "Cyril", "" ], [ "Dumitrescu", "Thomas T.", "" ], [ "Festuccia", "Guido", "" ], [ "Komargodski", "Zohar", "" ] ]
We study N=1 field theories with a U(1)_R symmetry on compact four-manifolds M. Supersymmetry requires M to be a complex manifold. The supersymmetric theory on M can be described in terms of conventional fields coupled to background supergravity, or in terms of twisted fields adapted to the complex geometry of M. Many properties of the theory that are difficult to see in one formulation are simpler in the other one. We use the twisted description to study the dependence of the partition function Z_M on the geometry of M, as well as coupling constants and background gauge fields, recovering and extending previous results. We also indicate how to generalize our analysis to three-dimensional N=2 theories with a U(1)_R symmetry. In this case supersymmetry requires M to carry a transversely holomorphic foliation, which endows it with a near-perfect analogue of complex geometry. Finally, we present new explicit formulas for the dependence of Z_M on the choice of U(1)_R symmetry in four and three dimensions, and illustrate them for complex manifolds diffeomorphic to S^3 x S^1, as well as general squashed three-spheres.
hep-th/9804167
Zupnik B. M.
B.M. Zupnik
Harmonic Superspaces For Three-Dimensional Theories
This work is based on the talk given at the International Seminar "Supersymmetries and Quantum Symmetries" dedicated to the memory of Prof. V.I. Ogievetsky (Dubna, July 22-26, 1997). Latex file, 8 pages
null
10.1007/BFb0104593
null
hep-th
null
Three-dimensional field theories with N=3 and N=4 supersymmetries are considered in the framework of the harmonic-superspace approach. Analytic superspaces of these supersymmetries are similar; however, the geometry of gauge theories with the manifest N=3 is richer and admits construction of the topological mass term.
[ { "created": "Mon, 27 Apr 1998 09:45:52 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-10-31
[ [ "Zupnik", "B. M.", "" ] ]
Three-dimensional field theories with N=3 and N=4 supersymmetries are considered in the framework of the harmonic-superspace approach. Analytic superspaces of these supersymmetries are similar; however, the geometry of gauge theories with the manifest N=3 is richer and admits construction of the topological mass term.
hep-th/0212193
Ofer Aharony
Ofer Aharony
The non-AdS/non-CFT correspondence, or three different paths to QCD
27 pages, lecture notes from the Cargese 2002 summer school. v2 : references added. v3 : references and clarifications added
null
null
null
hep-th
null
In these lecture notes from the 2002 Cargese summer school we review the progress that has been made towards finding a string theory for QCD (or for pure (super)Yang-Mills theory) following the discovery of the AdS/CFT correspondence. We start with a brief review of the AdS/CFT correspondence and a general discussion of its application to the construction of a string theory for QCD. We then discuss in detail two possible paths towards a QCD string theory, one which uses a mass deformation of the N=4 super Yang-Mills theory (the Polchinski-Strassler background) and the other using a compactification of "little string theory" on a 2-sphere (the Maldacena-Nunez solution). A third approach (the Klebanov-Strassler solution) is described in other lectures of this school. We briefly assess the advantages and disadvantages of all three approaches.
[ { "created": "Tue, 17 Dec 2002 07:30:05 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 25 Dec 2002 07:34:13 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Tue, 25 Mar 2003 17:06:36 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Aharony", "Ofer", "" ] ]
In these lecture notes from the 2002 Cargese summer school we review the progress that has been made towards finding a string theory for QCD (or for pure (super)Yang-Mills theory) following the discovery of the AdS/CFT correspondence. We start with a brief review of the AdS/CFT correspondence and a general discussion of its application to the construction of a string theory for QCD. We then discuss in detail two possible paths towards a QCD string theory, one which uses a mass deformation of the N=4 super Yang-Mills theory (the Polchinski-Strassler background) and the other using a compactification of "little string theory" on a 2-sphere (the Maldacena-Nunez solution). A third approach (the Klebanov-Strassler solution) is described in other lectures of this school. We briefly assess the advantages and disadvantages of all three approaches.
hep-th/9807209
Carmen Nunez
M. Bertolini, P. Fre, F. Hussain, R. Iengo, C. Nunez and C. Scrucca
Black hole - D-brane correspondence: An example
15 pages, LaTeX. Contribution by C. Nunez to the conference Quantum Gravity in the Southern Cone, Bariloche 7-10 January 1998; to appear in the proceedings
Int.J.Theor.Phys.38:1385-1397,1999
10.1023/A:1026687220230
null
hep-th
null
We explore the connection between D-branes and black holes in one particular case: a $D3$-brane compactified to four dimensions on $T^6/Z_3$. Using the $D$-brane boundary state description we show the equivalence with a double extremal N=2 black hole solution of four dimensional supergravity.
[ { "created": "Tue, 28 Jul 1998 18:44:23 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-03-27
[ [ "Bertolini", "M.", "" ], [ "Fre", "P.", "" ], [ "Hussain", "F.", "" ], [ "Iengo", "R.", "" ], [ "Nunez", "C.", "" ], [ "Scrucca", "C.", "" ] ]
We explore the connection between D-branes and black holes in one particular case: a $D3$-brane compactified to four dimensions on $T^6/Z_3$. Using the $D$-brane boundary state description we show the equivalence with a double extremal N=2 black hole solution of four dimensional supergravity.
1301.7486
Martin Fluder
Luis F. Alday, Mathew Bullimore, Martin Fluder
On S-duality of the Superconformal Index on Lens Spaces and 2d TQFT
null
null
10.1007/JHEP05(2013)122
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We consider the 4d superconformal index for ${\cal N}=2$ gauge theories on $S^1 \times L(r,1)$, where $L(r,1)$ is a Lens space. We focus on a one-parameter slice of the three-dimensional fugacity space and in that sector we show S-duality. We do so by rewriting the index in a way that resembles a correlation function of a 2d TFT, which however, we do not identify.
[ { "created": "Thu, 31 Jan 2013 01:07:09 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-06-12
[ [ "Alday", "Luis F.", "" ], [ "Bullimore", "Mathew", "" ], [ "Fluder", "Martin", "" ] ]
We consider the 4d superconformal index for ${\cal N}=2$ gauge theories on $S^1 \times L(r,1)$, where $L(r,1)$ is a Lens space. We focus on a one-parameter slice of the three-dimensional fugacity space and in that sector we show S-duality. We do so by rewriting the index in a way that resembles a correlation function of a 2d TFT, which however, we do not identify.
1001.2419
Yang-Hui Evariste He
Yang-Hui He
An Algorithmic Approach to Heterotic String Phenomenology
12 pages, 2 figures, invited review for Modern Physics Letters A,
Mod. Phys. Lett. A, Vol. 25, No. 2 (2010) pp. 79-90.
10.1142/S0217732310032731
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We briefly review the recent programme to construct, systematically and algorithmically, large classes of heterotic vacua, as well as the search for the MSSM therein. Specifically, we outline the monad construction of vector bundles over complete intersection Calabi-Yau threefolds, their classification, stability, equivariant cohomology and subsequent relevance to string phenomenology. It is hoped that this top-down algorithmic approach will isolate special corners in the heterotic landscape.
[ { "created": "Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:03:30 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-05-18
[ [ "He", "Yang-Hui", "" ] ]
We briefly review the recent programme to construct, systematically and algorithmically, large classes of heterotic vacua, as well as the search for the MSSM therein. Specifically, we outline the monad construction of vector bundles over complete intersection Calabi-Yau threefolds, their classification, stability, equivariant cohomology and subsequent relevance to string phenomenology. It is hoped that this top-down algorithmic approach will isolate special corners in the heterotic landscape.
hep-th/9412109
Chongying Dong
Chongying Dong and Geoffrey Mason
On the operator content of nilpotent orbifold models
26 pages, Latex
null
null
null
hep-th math.QA q-alg
null
Let $V$ be a simple vertex operator algebra and $G$ be a finite nilpotent group of automorphisms of $V.$ We prove the following in this paper: (1) There is a Galois correspondence between subgroups of $G$ and the vertex operator subalgebras of $V$ which contain $V^G$ given by the map $H\mapsto V^H.$ (2) Assume that for every G\in G$ there is unique simple $g$-twisted $V$-module $M(g).$ Then there exists a Hochschild 3-cocycle $\alpha$ on the integral group $Z[G]$ such that there is an equivalence of categories between $V^G$-module category (whose objects are $V^G$-submodules of direct sums of copies of $\oplus_{g\in G}M(g),$ and whose morphisms are $V^G$-module homomorphisms) and the module category for the twisted quantum double $D_{\alpha}(G)$ associated to $\alpha.$
[ { "created": "Mon, 12 Dec 1994 23:20:45 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2008-02-03
[ [ "Dong", "Chongying", "" ], [ "Mason", "Geoffrey", "" ] ]
Let $V$ be a simple vertex operator algebra and $G$ be a finite nilpotent group of automorphisms of $V.$ We prove the following in this paper: (1) There is a Galois correspondence between subgroups of $G$ and the vertex operator subalgebras of $V$ which contain $V^G$ given by the map $H\mapsto V^H.$ (2) Assume that for every G\in G$ there is unique simple $g$-twisted $V$-module $M(g).$ Then there exists a Hochschild 3-cocycle $\alpha$ on the integral group $Z[G]$ such that there is an equivalence of categories between $V^G$-module category (whose objects are $V^G$-submodules of direct sums of copies of $\oplus_{g\in G}M(g),$ and whose morphisms are $V^G$-module homomorphisms) and the module category for the twisted quantum double $D_{\alpha}(G)$ associated to $\alpha.$
hep-th/9811117
Dean Lee
Dean Lee
Introduction to spherical field theory
null
Phys.Lett.B439:85-94,1998
10.1016/S0370-2693(98)01010-7
HUTP-98/A023
hep-th cond-mat hep-lat hep-ph
null
Spherical field theory is a new non-perturbative method for studying quantum field theories. It uses the spherical partial wave expansion to reduce a general d-dimensional Euclidean field theory into a set of coupled one-dimensional systems. The coupled one-dimensional systems are then converted to partial differential equations and solved numerically. We demonstrate the methods of spherical field theory by analyzing Euclidean phi^4 theory in two dimensions.
[ { "created": "Thu, 12 Nov 1998 20:22:44 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2010-11-19
[ [ "Lee", "Dean", "" ] ]
Spherical field theory is a new non-perturbative method for studying quantum field theories. It uses the spherical partial wave expansion to reduce a general d-dimensional Euclidean field theory into a set of coupled one-dimensional systems. The coupled one-dimensional systems are then converted to partial differential equations and solved numerically. We demonstrate the methods of spherical field theory by analyzing Euclidean phi^4 theory in two dimensions.
2211.01130
C. P. Martin Professor
Jesus Anero and Carmelo P. Martin
Unimodular gravity and the gauge/gravity duality
A reference added
null
10.1103/PhysRevD.107.046001
FT/UCM 121-2022
hep-th gr-qc
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Unimodular gravity can be formulated so that transverse diffeomorphisms and Weyl transformations are symmetries of the theory. For this formulation of unimodular gravity, we work out the two-point and three-point $h_{\mu\nu}$ contributions to the on-shell classical gravity action in the leading approximation and for an Euclidean AdS background. We conclude that these contributions do not agree with those obtained by using General Relativity due to IR divergent contact terms. The subtraction of these IR divergent terms yields the same IR finite result for both unimodular gravity and General Relativity. Equivalence between unimodular gravity and General Relativity with regard to the gauge/gravity duality thus emerges in a non trivial way.
[ { "created": "Wed, 2 Nov 2022 14:05:33 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 3 Nov 2022 14:44:13 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2023-02-15
[ [ "Anero", "Jesus", "" ], [ "Martin", "Carmelo P.", "" ] ]
Unimodular gravity can be formulated so that transverse diffeomorphisms and Weyl transformations are symmetries of the theory. For this formulation of unimodular gravity, we work out the two-point and three-point $h_{\mu\nu}$ contributions to the on-shell classical gravity action in the leading approximation and for an Euclidean AdS background. We conclude that these contributions do not agree with those obtained by using General Relativity due to IR divergent contact terms. The subtraction of these IR divergent terms yields the same IR finite result for both unimodular gravity and General Relativity. Equivalence between unimodular gravity and General Relativity with regard to the gauge/gravity duality thus emerges in a non trivial way.
1510.03128
Joonho Kim
Joonho Kim, Seok Kim, Kimyeong Lee
Higgsing towards E-strings
27 pages, 7 figures
null
null
KIAS-P15053, SNUTP15-010
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We explore 6d (1,0) superconformal field theories with SU(3) and SU(2) gauge symmetries which cascade after Higgsing to the E-string theory on a single M5 near an $E_8$ wall. Specifically, we study the 2d $\mathcal{N}=(0,4)$ gauge theories which describe self-dual strings of these 6d theories. The self-dual strings can be also viewed as instanton string solitons of 6d Yang-Mills theories. We find the 2d anomaly-free gauge theories for self-dual strings, amending the naive ADHM gauge theories which are anomalous, and calculate their elliptic genera. While these 2d theories respect the flavor symmetry of each 6d SCFT only partially, their elliptic genera manifest the symmetry fully as these functions as BPS index are invariant in strongly coupled IR limit. Our consistent 2d (0,4) gauge theories also provide new insights on the non-linear sigma models for the instanton strings, providing novel UV completions of the small instanton singularities. Finally, we construct new 2d quiver gauge theories for the self-dual strings in 6d E-string theory for multiple M5-branes probing the $E_8$ wall, and find their fully refined elliptic genera.
[ { "created": "Mon, 12 Oct 2015 02:59:37 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-10-13
[ [ "Kim", "Joonho", "" ], [ "Kim", "Seok", "" ], [ "Lee", "Kimyeong", "" ] ]
We explore 6d (1,0) superconformal field theories with SU(3) and SU(2) gauge symmetries which cascade after Higgsing to the E-string theory on a single M5 near an $E_8$ wall. Specifically, we study the 2d $\mathcal{N}=(0,4)$ gauge theories which describe self-dual strings of these 6d theories. The self-dual strings can be also viewed as instanton string solitons of 6d Yang-Mills theories. We find the 2d anomaly-free gauge theories for self-dual strings, amending the naive ADHM gauge theories which are anomalous, and calculate their elliptic genera. While these 2d theories respect the flavor symmetry of each 6d SCFT only partially, their elliptic genera manifest the symmetry fully as these functions as BPS index are invariant in strongly coupled IR limit. Our consistent 2d (0,4) gauge theories also provide new insights on the non-linear sigma models for the instanton strings, providing novel UV completions of the small instanton singularities. Finally, we construct new 2d quiver gauge theories for the self-dual strings in 6d E-string theory for multiple M5-branes probing the $E_8$ wall, and find their fully refined elliptic genera.
0804.2201
Olaf Hohm
Eric A. Bergshoeff, Mees de Roo and Olaf Hohm
Multiple M2-branes and the Embedding Tensor
11 pages, v2: references and discussion about G2 gauging added
Class.Quant.Grav.25:142001,2008
10.1088/0264-9381/25/14/142001
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We show that the Bagger-Lambert theory of multiple M2-branes fits into the general construction of maximally supersymmetric gauge theories using the embedding tensor technique. We apply the embedding tensor technique in order to systematically obtain the consistent gaugings of N=8 superconformal theories in 2+1 dimensions. This leads to the Bagger-Lambert theory, with the embedding tensor playing the role of the four-index antisymmetric tensor defining a ``3-algebra''. We present an alternative formulation of the theory in which the embedding tensor is replaced by a set of unrestricted scalar fields. By taking these scalar fields to be parity-odd, the Chern-Simons term can be made parity-invariant.
[ { "created": "Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:27:12 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:20:32 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Bergshoeff", "Eric A.", "" ], [ "de Roo", "Mees", "" ], [ "Hohm", "Olaf", "" ] ]
We show that the Bagger-Lambert theory of multiple M2-branes fits into the general construction of maximally supersymmetric gauge theories using the embedding tensor technique. We apply the embedding tensor technique in order to systematically obtain the consistent gaugings of N=8 superconformal theories in 2+1 dimensions. This leads to the Bagger-Lambert theory, with the embedding tensor playing the role of the four-index antisymmetric tensor defining a ``3-algebra''. We present an alternative formulation of the theory in which the embedding tensor is replaced by a set of unrestricted scalar fields. By taking these scalar fields to be parity-odd, the Chern-Simons term can be made parity-invariant.
1705.03331
A. Yu. Petrov
M. B. Cruz, E. R. Bezerra de Mello, A. Yu. Petrov
Casimir effects in Lorentz-violating scalar field theory
22 pages, version accepted to PRD
Phys. Rev. D 96, 045019 (2017)
10.1103/PhysRevD.96.045019
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In this paper we consider a Lorentz-breaking extension of the theory for a real massive scalar quantum field in the region between two large parallel plates, with our manner to break the Lorentz symmetry is CPT-even, aether-like. For this system we calculated the Casimir energy considering different boundary conditions. It turns out to be that the Casimir energy strongly depends on the direction of the constant vector implementing the Lorentz symmetry breaking, as well as on the boundary conditions.
[ { "created": "Tue, 9 May 2017 13:47:37 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 10 Aug 2017 13:30:02 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2017-09-01
[ [ "Cruz", "M. B.", "" ], [ "de Mello", "E. R. Bezerra", "" ], [ "Petrov", "A. Yu.", "" ] ]
In this paper we consider a Lorentz-breaking extension of the theory for a real massive scalar quantum field in the region between two large parallel plates, with our manner to break the Lorentz symmetry is CPT-even, aether-like. For this system we calculated the Casimir energy considering different boundary conditions. It turns out to be that the Casimir energy strongly depends on the direction of the constant vector implementing the Lorentz symmetry breaking, as well as on the boundary conditions.
hep-th/9608010
Alberto Cassas
J.A. Casas
The Problem of the Stabilization of the Dilaton in String Theories
7 pages, LaTeX. Talk given at SUSY-96, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, May 29 - June 1, 1996
Nucl.Phys.Proc.Suppl. 52A (1997) 289-293
10.1016/S0920-5632(96)00579-8
null
hep-th hep-ph
null
The crucial problem of how the dilaton field is stabilized at a phenomenologically acceptable value in string theories remains essentially unsolved. We show that the usual scenario of assuming that the dilaton is fixed by the (SUSY breaking) dynamics of just the dilaton itself (dilaton dominance scenario) is {\em inconsistent} unless the K\"ahler potential receives very important perturbative or non-perturbative contributions. Then, the usual predictions about soft breaking terms are lost, but still is possible to derive model-independent predictions for them.
[ { "created": "Thu, 1 Aug 1996 22:35:55 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-10-30
[ [ "Casas", "J. A.", "" ] ]
The crucial problem of how the dilaton field is stabilized at a phenomenologically acceptable value in string theories remains essentially unsolved. We show that the usual scenario of assuming that the dilaton is fixed by the (SUSY breaking) dynamics of just the dilaton itself (dilaton dominance scenario) is {\em inconsistent} unless the K\"ahler potential receives very important perturbative or non-perturbative contributions. Then, the usual predictions about soft breaking terms are lost, but still is possible to derive model-independent predictions for them.
1709.04557
Andrew K. Waldron
Gabriel Herczeg and Andrew Waldron
Contact Geometry and Quantum Mechanics
7 pages, 1 figure, LaTeX, references added, journal version
Physics Letters B, Volume 781, p. 312-315, 2018
10.1016/j.physletb.2018.04.008
null
hep-th gr-qc math-ph math.DG math.MP quant-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We present a generally covariant approach to quantum mechanics in which generalized positions, momenta and time variables are treated as coordinates on a fundamental "phase-spacetime." We show that this covariant starting point makes quantization into a purely geometric flatness condition. This makes quantum mechanics purely geometric, and possibly even topological. Our approach is especially useful for time-dependent problems and systems subject to ambiguities in choices of clock or observer. As a byproduct, we give a derivation and generalization of the Wigner functions of standard quantum mechanics.
[ { "created": "Wed, 13 Sep 2017 22:34:10 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 29 May 2018 22:19:20 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2018-05-31
[ [ "Herczeg", "Gabriel", "" ], [ "Waldron", "Andrew", "" ] ]
We present a generally covariant approach to quantum mechanics in which generalized positions, momenta and time variables are treated as coordinates on a fundamental "phase-spacetime." We show that this covariant starting point makes quantization into a purely geometric flatness condition. This makes quantum mechanics purely geometric, and possibly even topological. Our approach is especially useful for time-dependent problems and systems subject to ambiguities in choices of clock or observer. As a byproduct, we give a derivation and generalization of the Wigner functions of standard quantum mechanics.
hep-th/0409088
Gianluca Calcagni
Gianluca Calcagni
Braneworld cosmology almost without branes
8 pages, cargese.cls; contribution to Proceedings of Cargese Summer School 2004, NATO Science Series C; v2-3: typos corrected
null
null
UPRF-2004-16
hep-th astro-ph gr-qc
null
We review some general aspects of braneworld cosmologies in which an inflationary period driven by a scalar field confined on the brane is described by a nonstandard effective Friedmann equation. The perturbation spectra, consistency equations and observational consequences of these models are considered.
[ { "created": "Tue, 7 Sep 2004 17:55:25 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 10 Nov 2004 09:54:47 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Sat, 20 Nov 2004 14:06:45 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Calcagni", "Gianluca", "" ] ]
We review some general aspects of braneworld cosmologies in which an inflationary period driven by a scalar field confined on the brane is described by a nonstandard effective Friedmann equation. The perturbation spectra, consistency equations and observational consequences of these models are considered.
0809.1339
Wolfgang Schleifenbaum
W. Schleifenbaum
Nonperturbative aspects of Yang-Mills theory
PhD thesis, advisor: H. Reinhardt, Univ. of Tuebingen, 165 pages
null
null
null
hep-th hep-lat hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In this thesis, several aspects of Yang-Mills theory are studied. It begins with the constrained quantization in the Coulomb gauge, using the Dirac bracket formalism. A nonperturbative analysis of the infrared asymptotics of propagators in any spatial dimension follows, and a connection to the Landau gauge is given. In the Coulomb gauge Hamiltonian approach, a linearly rising static color Coulomb potential is found, along with an infrared diverging gluon energy, both signaling confinement. The propagators and vertices in the entire momentum regime are calculated with the variational principle. In the ultraviolet, a nonperturbative running coupling constant is studied, and certain asymptotic forms of the propagators are postulated. Furthermore, the back reaction of the gauge sector to the inclusion of external charges is investigated.
[ { "created": "Mon, 8 Sep 2008 13:44:01 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2008-09-10
[ [ "Schleifenbaum", "W.", "" ] ]
In this thesis, several aspects of Yang-Mills theory are studied. It begins with the constrained quantization in the Coulomb gauge, using the Dirac bracket formalism. A nonperturbative analysis of the infrared asymptotics of propagators in any spatial dimension follows, and a connection to the Landau gauge is given. In the Coulomb gauge Hamiltonian approach, a linearly rising static color Coulomb potential is found, along with an infrared diverging gluon energy, both signaling confinement. The propagators and vertices in the entire momentum regime are calculated with the variational principle. In the ultraviolet, a nonperturbative running coupling constant is studied, and certain asymptotic forms of the propagators are postulated. Furthermore, the back reaction of the gauge sector to the inclusion of external charges is investigated.
1312.0014
Sven Krippendorf
Michele Cicoli and Denis Klevers and Sven Krippendorf and Christoph Mayrhofer and Fernando Quevedo and Roberto Valandro
Explicit de Sitter Flux Vacua for Global String Models with Chiral Matter
49 pages, 5 figures; v2: references added
null
10.1007/JHEP05(2014)001
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We address the open question of performing an explicit stabilisation of all closed string moduli (including dilaton, complex structure and Kaehler moduli) in fluxed type IIB Calabi-Yau compactifications with chiral matter. Using toric geometry we construct Calabi-Yau manifolds with del Pezzo singularities. D-branes located at such singularities can support the Standard Model gauge group and matter content. In order to control complex structure moduli stabilisation we consider Calabi-Yau manifolds which exhibit a discrete symmetry that reduces the effective number of complex structure moduli. We calculate the corresponding periods in the symplectic basis of invariant three-cycles and find explicit flux vacua for concrete examples. We compute the values of the flux superpotential and the string coupling at these vacua. Starting from these explicit complex structure solutions, we obtain AdS and dS minima where the Kaehler moduli are stabilised by a mixture of D-terms, non-perturbative and perturbative alpha'-corrections as in the LARGE Volume Scenario. In the considered example the visible sector lives at a dP_6 singularity which can be higgsed to the phenomenologically interesting class of models at the dP_3 singularity.
[ { "created": "Fri, 29 Nov 2013 21:02:53 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 23 Dec 2013 20:53:04 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2015-06-18
[ [ "Cicoli", "Michele", "" ], [ "Klevers", "Denis", "" ], [ "Krippendorf", "Sven", "" ], [ "Mayrhofer", "Christoph", "" ], [ "Quevedo", "Fernando", "" ], [ "Valandro", "Roberto", "" ] ]
We address the open question of performing an explicit stabilisation of all closed string moduli (including dilaton, complex structure and Kaehler moduli) in fluxed type IIB Calabi-Yau compactifications with chiral matter. Using toric geometry we construct Calabi-Yau manifolds with del Pezzo singularities. D-branes located at such singularities can support the Standard Model gauge group and matter content. In order to control complex structure moduli stabilisation we consider Calabi-Yau manifolds which exhibit a discrete symmetry that reduces the effective number of complex structure moduli. We calculate the corresponding periods in the symplectic basis of invariant three-cycles and find explicit flux vacua for concrete examples. We compute the values of the flux superpotential and the string coupling at these vacua. Starting from these explicit complex structure solutions, we obtain AdS and dS minima where the Kaehler moduli are stabilised by a mixture of D-terms, non-perturbative and perturbative alpha'-corrections as in the LARGE Volume Scenario. In the considered example the visible sector lives at a dP_6 singularity which can be higgsed to the phenomenologically interesting class of models at the dP_3 singularity.
1901.06338
Ingolf Bischer
Ingolf Bischer, Thierry Grandou and Ralf Hofmann
On Quantum Fields at High Temperature
16 pages, 5 figures
Universe 2019, 5(1), 26
10.3390/universe5010026
null
hep-th hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Revisiting the fast fermion damping rate calculation in a thermalized QED and/or QCD plasma at 4-loop order, focus is put on a peculiar perturbative structure which has no equivalent at zero-temperature. Not surprisingly and in agreement with previous $C^\star$-algebraic analyses, this structure renders the use of thermal perturbation theory quite questionable.
[ { "created": "Fri, 18 Jan 2019 16:52:51 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 21 Jan 2019 12:45:41 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2019-02-14
[ [ "Bischer", "Ingolf", "" ], [ "Grandou", "Thierry", "" ], [ "Hofmann", "Ralf", "" ] ]
Revisiting the fast fermion damping rate calculation in a thermalized QED and/or QCD plasma at 4-loop order, focus is put on a peculiar perturbative structure which has no equivalent at zero-temperature. Not surprisingly and in agreement with previous $C^\star$-algebraic analyses, this structure renders the use of thermal perturbation theory quite questionable.
1905.07632
Alberto Escalante
R. Cartas-Fuentevilla, A. Escalante-Hern\'andez, A. Herrera-aguilar (Puebla U., Inst. Fis.), R. Navarro-P\'erez (Granada. U)
A dynamical metric and its ground state from the breaking down of the topological invariance of the Euler characteristic
null
null
10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-7220-7
null
hep-th math-ph math.MP
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Quantum state wave functionals are constructed in exact form for the graviton-like field theory obtained by breaking down the topological symmetry of the string action related with the Euler characteristic of the world-surface; their continuous and discrete symmetries are discussed. The comparison with the so-called Chern-Simons state, which may be inappropriate as quantum state, allows us to conclude that the found wave functionals will give a plausible approximation to the ground state for the considered field theory.
[ { "created": "Sat, 18 May 2019 19:48:02 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2019-09-04
[ [ "Cartas-Fuentevilla", "R.", "", "Puebla U., Inst. Fis." ], [ "Escalante-Hernández", "A.", "", "Puebla U., Inst. Fis." ], [ "Herrera-aguilar", "A.", "", "Puebla U., Inst. Fis." ], [ "Navarro-Pérez", "R.", "", "Granada. U" ] ]
Quantum state wave functionals are constructed in exact form for the graviton-like field theory obtained by breaking down the topological symmetry of the string action related with the Euler characteristic of the world-surface; their continuous and discrete symmetries are discussed. The comparison with the so-called Chern-Simons state, which may be inappropriate as quantum state, allows us to conclude that the found wave functionals will give a plausible approximation to the ground state for the considered field theory.
hep-th/0203193
Hwang Jaechan
J. Hwang, H. Noh
Identification of perturbation modes and controversies in ekpyrotic perturbations
5 pages, substantially revised, match with PLB version
Phys.Lett. B545 (2002) 207-213
10.1016/S0370-2693(02)02598-4
null
hep-th astro-ph gr-qc hep-ph
null
If the linear perturbation theory is valid through the bounce, the surviving fluctuations from the ekpyrotic scenario (cyclic one as well) should have very blue spectra with suppressed amplitude for the scalar-type structure. We derive the same (and consistent) result using the curvature perturbation in the uniform-field (comoving) gauge and in the zero-shear gauge. Previously, Khoury et al. interpreted results from the latter gauge condition incorrectly and claimed the scale-invariant spectrum, thus generating controversy in the literature. We also correct similar errors in the literature based on wrong mode identification and joining condition. No joining condition is needed for the derivation.
[ { "created": "Thu, 21 Mar 2002 07:13:31 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sat, 15 Feb 2003 01:29:45 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-11-07
[ [ "Hwang", "J.", "" ], [ "Noh", "H.", "" ] ]
If the linear perturbation theory is valid through the bounce, the surviving fluctuations from the ekpyrotic scenario (cyclic one as well) should have very blue spectra with suppressed amplitude for the scalar-type structure. We derive the same (and consistent) result using the curvature perturbation in the uniform-field (comoving) gauge and in the zero-shear gauge. Previously, Khoury et al. interpreted results from the latter gauge condition incorrectly and claimed the scale-invariant spectrum, thus generating controversy in the literature. We also correct similar errors in the literature based on wrong mode identification and joining condition. No joining condition is needed for the derivation.
2208.01656
Niccol\`o Cribiori
Ralph Blumenhagen, Niccol\`o Cribiori, Christian Kneissl, Andriana Makridou
Dimensional Reduction of Cobordism and K-theory
55 pages + appendices, v2: major modifications in sec. 4.3, published version
null
10.1007/JHEP03(2023)181
MPP-2022-95
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
It has been proposed that cobordism and K-theory groups, which can be mathematically related in certain cases, are physically associated to generalised higher-form symmetries. As a consequence, they should be broken or gauged in any consistent theory of quantum gravity, in accordance with swampland conjectures. We provide further support to this idea by showing that cobordism and K-theory groups of a general manifold $X$ reproduce the pattern of symmetries expected from the dimensional reduction of the theory on $X$, as well as their breaking and gauging. To this end, we employ the Atiyah-Hirzebruch spectral sequence to compute such groups for common choices of $X$ in string compactifications.
[ { "created": "Tue, 2 Aug 2022 18:00:03 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 16 Mar 2023 13:35:33 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2023-04-12
[ [ "Blumenhagen", "Ralph", "" ], [ "Cribiori", "Niccolò", "" ], [ "Kneissl", "Christian", "" ], [ "Makridou", "Andriana", "" ] ]
It has been proposed that cobordism and K-theory groups, which can be mathematically related in certain cases, are physically associated to generalised higher-form symmetries. As a consequence, they should be broken or gauged in any consistent theory of quantum gravity, in accordance with swampland conjectures. We provide further support to this idea by showing that cobordism and K-theory groups of a general manifold $X$ reproduce the pattern of symmetries expected from the dimensional reduction of the theory on $X$, as well as their breaking and gauging. To this end, we employ the Atiyah-Hirzebruch spectral sequence to compute such groups for common choices of $X$ in string compactifications.
hep-th/9901116
Zbigniew Jaskolski
Zbigniew Hasiewicz, Zbigniew Jaskolski, Andrzej Ostrowski
Spectrum Generating Algebra and No-Ghost Theorem for Fermionic Massive String
17 pages
Nucl.Phys. B551 (1999) 705-722
10.1016/S0550-3213(99)00256-4
IFT UWr 922/99
hep-th
null
The covariant operator quantization of the ordinary free spinning BDH string modified by adding the supersymmetric Liouville sector is analysed in the even target space dimensions $d=2,4,6,8$. The spectrum generating algebra for this model is constructed and a general version of the no-ghost theorem is proven. A counterpart of the GSO projection leads to a family of tachyon free unitary free string theories. One of these models is equivalent to the non-critical Rammond-Neveu-Schwarz spinning string truncated in the Neveu-Schwarz sector to the tachyon free eigenspace of the fermion parity operator.
[ { "created": "Sat, 23 Jan 1999 12:48:05 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-10-31
[ [ "Hasiewicz", "Zbigniew", "" ], [ "Jaskolski", "Zbigniew", "" ], [ "Ostrowski", "Andrzej", "" ] ]
The covariant operator quantization of the ordinary free spinning BDH string modified by adding the supersymmetric Liouville sector is analysed in the even target space dimensions $d=2,4,6,8$. The spectrum generating algebra for this model is constructed and a general version of the no-ghost theorem is proven. A counterpart of the GSO projection leads to a family of tachyon free unitary free string theories. One of these models is equivalent to the non-critical Rammond-Neveu-Schwarz spinning string truncated in the Neveu-Schwarz sector to the tachyon free eigenspace of the fermion parity operator.
1708.05833
Rico Z\"ollner
Rico Z\"ollner, Burkhard K\"ampfer
Holographic vector mesons in a dilaton background
Contribution to FAIRness 2017 - FAIR next generation scientists - 5th Edition Workshop (May 28, 2017 to June 3, 2017 in Sitges, Spain)
null
10.1088/1742-6596/1024/1/012003
null
hep-th hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Within a holographic framework, we consider vector mesons riding on a gravity-dilaton background. The latter one is determined directly from a Schr\"odinger equivalent potential which delivers a proper $\rho$ meson Regge trajectory. The mapping on the dilaton potential yields a thermodynamic phase structure with a first-order transition.
[ { "created": "Sat, 19 Aug 2017 11:30:23 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2018-07-04
[ [ "Zöllner", "Rico", "" ], [ "Kämpfer", "Burkhard", "" ] ]
Within a holographic framework, we consider vector mesons riding on a gravity-dilaton background. The latter one is determined directly from a Schr\"odinger equivalent potential which delivers a proper $\rho$ meson Regge trajectory. The mapping on the dilaton potential yields a thermodynamic phase structure with a first-order transition.
hep-th/0607135
Akikazu Hashimoto
Ian Ellwood and Akikazu Hashimoto
Effective descriptions of branes on non-geometric tori
22 pages, 4 figures, references added
JHEP0612:025,2006
10.1088/1126-6708/2006/12/025
MAD-TH-06-7
hep-th
null
We investigate the low-energy effective description of non-geometric compactifications constructed by T-dualizing two or three of the directions of a T^3 with non-vanishing H-flux. Our approach is to introduce a D3-brane in these geometries and to take an appropriate decoupling limit. In the case of two T-dualities, we find at low energies a non-commutative T^2 fibered non-trivially over an S^1. In the UV this theory is still decoupled from gravity, but is dual to a little string theory with flavor. For the case of three T-dualities, we do not find a sensible decoupling limit, casting doubt on this geometry as a low-energy effective notion in critical string theory. However, by studying a topological toy model in this background, we find a non-associative geometry similar to one found by Bouwknegt, Hannabuss, and Mathai.
[ { "created": "Wed, 19 Jul 2006 22:00:58 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 5 Feb 2007 13:05:53 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Mon, 5 Feb 2007 22:20:01 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2009-11-11
[ [ "Ellwood", "Ian", "" ], [ "Hashimoto", "Akikazu", "" ] ]
We investigate the low-energy effective description of non-geometric compactifications constructed by T-dualizing two or three of the directions of a T^3 with non-vanishing H-flux. Our approach is to introduce a D3-brane in these geometries and to take an appropriate decoupling limit. In the case of two T-dualities, we find at low energies a non-commutative T^2 fibered non-trivially over an S^1. In the UV this theory is still decoupled from gravity, but is dual to a little string theory with flavor. For the case of three T-dualities, we do not find a sensible decoupling limit, casting doubt on this geometry as a low-energy effective notion in critical string theory. However, by studying a topological toy model in this background, we find a non-associative geometry similar to one found by Bouwknegt, Hannabuss, and Mathai.
hep-th/0504123
Yuji Satoh
Hiroyuki Fuji and Yuji Satoh
Quantum fluctuations of rotating strings in AdS_5 x S^5
27 pages, no figures; (v2) references added; (v3) explanations added
Int.J.Mod.Phys.A21:3673-3698,2006
10.1142/S0217751X06031533
EPHOU-05-002, KEK-TH-1004, Imperial/TP/050402, UTHEP-502
hep-th
null
We discuss quantum fluctuations of a class of rotating strings in AdS_5 x S^5. In particular, we develop a systematic method to compute the one-loop sigma-model effective actions in closed forms as expansions for large spins. As examples, we explicitly evaluate the leading terms for the constant radii strings in the SO(6) sector with two equal spins, the SU(2) sector, and the SL(2) sector. We also obtain the leading quantum corrections to the space-time energy for these sectors.
[ { "created": "Wed, 13 Apr 2005 18:42:00 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 20 Apr 2005 13:26:07 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Wed, 11 Jan 2006 18:46:53 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2009-11-11
[ [ "Fuji", "Hiroyuki", "" ], [ "Satoh", "Yuji", "" ] ]
We discuss quantum fluctuations of a class of rotating strings in AdS_5 x S^5. In particular, we develop a systematic method to compute the one-loop sigma-model effective actions in closed forms as expansions for large spins. As examples, we explicitly evaluate the leading terms for the constant radii strings in the SO(6) sector with two equal spins, the SU(2) sector, and the SL(2) sector. We also obtain the leading quantum corrections to the space-time energy for these sectors.
hep-th/0303170
Cliff Burgess
C.P. Burgess, P. Martineau, F. Quevedo and R. Rabadan
Branonium
34 pages, LaTeX, 4 figures, uses JHEP3
JHEP0306:037,2003
10.1088/1126-6708/2003/06/037
McGill-03/04
hep-th
null
We study the bound states of brane/antibrane systems by examining the motion of a probe antibrane moving in the background fields of N source branes. The classical system resembles the point-particle central force problem, and the orbits can be solved by quadrature. Generically the antibrane has orbits which are not closed on themselves. An important special case occurs for some Dp-branes moving in three transverse dimensions, in which case the orbits may be obtained in closed form, giving the standard conic sections but with a nonstandard time evolution along the orbit. Somewhat surprisingly, in this case the resulting elliptical orbits are exact solutions, and do not simply apply in the limit of asymptotically-large separation or non-relativistic velocities. The orbits eventually decay through the radiation of massless modes into the bulk and onto the branes, and we estimate this decay time. Applications of these orbits to cosmology are discussed in a companion paper.
[ { "created": "Wed, 19 Mar 2003 21:39:05 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-11-10
[ [ "Burgess", "C. P.", "" ], [ "Martineau", "P.", "" ], [ "Quevedo", "F.", "" ], [ "Rabadan", "R.", "" ] ]
We study the bound states of brane/antibrane systems by examining the motion of a probe antibrane moving in the background fields of N source branes. The classical system resembles the point-particle central force problem, and the orbits can be solved by quadrature. Generically the antibrane has orbits which are not closed on themselves. An important special case occurs for some Dp-branes moving in three transverse dimensions, in which case the orbits may be obtained in closed form, giving the standard conic sections but with a nonstandard time evolution along the orbit. Somewhat surprisingly, in this case the resulting elliptical orbits are exact solutions, and do not simply apply in the limit of asymptotically-large separation or non-relativistic velocities. The orbits eventually decay through the radiation of massless modes into the bulk and onto the branes, and we estimate this decay time. Applications of these orbits to cosmology are discussed in a companion paper.
hep-th/9909093
Dario Martelli
Dario Martelli
Field Theory Duals from (Non)-Critical Type 0 Strings
5 pages, LaTeX + cargese.cls, contribution to proceedings of NATO-ASI and TMR Summer School ``Progress in String Theory and M-Theory'', Cargese, May 24 - June 5 1999
null
null
null
hep-th
null
We review some aspects of Polyakov's proposal for constructing nonsupersymmetric field theories from non-critical Type 0 string theory.
[ { "created": "Tue, 14 Sep 1999 11:07:15 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Martelli", "Dario", "" ] ]
We review some aspects of Polyakov's proposal for constructing nonsupersymmetric field theories from non-critical Type 0 string theory.
1410.1822
I-Sheng Yang
Mustafa A. Amin, Indranil Banik, Carina Nagreanu and I-Sheng Yang
Ultra-relativistic oscillon collisions
12 pages, 3 figures, version 2, added one reference and matching the version to appear on PRD
null
10.1103/PhysRevD.90.085024
null
hep-th astro-ph.HE nlin.PS
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In this short note we investigate the ultra-relativistic collisions of small amplitude oscillons in 1+1 dimensions. Using the amplitude of the oscillons and the inverse relativistic boost factor $\gamma^{-1}$ as the perturbation variables, we analytically calculate the leading order spatial and temporal phase shifts, and the change in the amplitude of the oscillons after the collisions. At leading order, we find that only the temporal phase shift receives a nonzero contribution, and that the collision is elastic. This work is also the first application of the general kinematic framework for understanding ultra-relativistic collisions (arXiv:1308.0606) to intrinsically time-dependent solitons.
[ { "created": "Tue, 7 Oct 2014 17:55:44 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 20 Oct 2014 10:50:56 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2015-06-23
[ [ "Amin", "Mustafa A.", "" ], [ "Banik", "Indranil", "" ], [ "Nagreanu", "Carina", "" ], [ "Yang", "I-Sheng", "" ] ]
In this short note we investigate the ultra-relativistic collisions of small amplitude oscillons in 1+1 dimensions. Using the amplitude of the oscillons and the inverse relativistic boost factor $\gamma^{-1}$ as the perturbation variables, we analytically calculate the leading order spatial and temporal phase shifts, and the change in the amplitude of the oscillons after the collisions. At leading order, we find that only the temporal phase shift receives a nonzero contribution, and that the collision is elastic. This work is also the first application of the general kinematic framework for understanding ultra-relativistic collisions (arXiv:1308.0606) to intrinsically time-dependent solitons.
1107.3305
Bernard de Wit
Bernard de Wit, Maaike van Zalk
Electric and magnetic charges in N=2 conformal supergravity theories
49 pages, typos corrected
null
10.1007/JHEP10(2011)050
ITP-UU-11/23, Nikhef-2011-021
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
General Lagrangians are constructed for N=2 conformal supergravity theories in four space-time dimensions involving gauge groups with abelian and/or non-abelian electric and magnetic charges. The charges are encoded in the gauge group embedding tensor. The scalar potential induced by the gauge interactions is quadratic in this tensor, and, when the embedding tensor is treated as a spurionic quantity, it is formally covariant with respect to electric/magnetic duality. This work establishes a general framework for studying any deformation induced by gauge interactions of matter-coupled N=2 supergravity theories. As an application, full and residual supersymmetry realizations in maximally symmetric space-times are reviewed. Furthermore, a general classification is presented of supersymmetric solutions in $\mathrm{AdS}_2\times S^2$ space-times. As it turns out, these solutions allow either eight or four supersymmetries. With four supersymmetries, the spinorial parameters are Killing spinors of $\mathrm{AdS}_2$ that are constant on $S^2$, so that they carry no spin, while the bosonic background is rotationally invariant.
[ { "created": "Sun, 17 Jul 2011 14:38:57 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:11:03 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:08:40 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2015-05-28
[ [ "de Wit", "Bernard", "" ], [ "van Zalk", "Maaike", "" ] ]
General Lagrangians are constructed for N=2 conformal supergravity theories in four space-time dimensions involving gauge groups with abelian and/or non-abelian electric and magnetic charges. The charges are encoded in the gauge group embedding tensor. The scalar potential induced by the gauge interactions is quadratic in this tensor, and, when the embedding tensor is treated as a spurionic quantity, it is formally covariant with respect to electric/magnetic duality. This work establishes a general framework for studying any deformation induced by gauge interactions of matter-coupled N=2 supergravity theories. As an application, full and residual supersymmetry realizations in maximally symmetric space-times are reviewed. Furthermore, a general classification is presented of supersymmetric solutions in $\mathrm{AdS}_2\times S^2$ space-times. As it turns out, these solutions allow either eight or four supersymmetries. With four supersymmetries, the spinorial parameters are Killing spinors of $\mathrm{AdS}_2$ that are constant on $S^2$, so that they carry no spin, while the bosonic background is rotationally invariant.
hep-th/0407220
Fidel Schaposnik
D.H. Correa, C.D. Fosco, F.A. Schaposnik and G. Torroba
On Coordinate Transformations in Planar Noncommutative Theories
20 pages, 1 figure. references added
JHEP0409:064,2004
10.1088/1126-6708/2004/09/064
null
hep-th
null
We consider planar noncommutative theories such that the coordinates verify a space-dependent commutation relation. We show that, in some special cases, new coordinates may be introduced that have a constant commutator, and as a consequence the construction of Field Theory models may be carried out by an application of the standard Moyal approach in terms of the new coordinates. We apply these ideas to the concrete example of a noncommutative plane with a curved interface. We also show how to extend this method to more general situations.
[ { "created": "Mon, 26 Jul 2004 20:00:04 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 21 Oct 2004 14:52:55 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Correa", "D. H.", "" ], [ "Fosco", "C. D.", "" ], [ "Schaposnik", "F. A.", "" ], [ "Torroba", "G.", "" ] ]
We consider planar noncommutative theories such that the coordinates verify a space-dependent commutation relation. We show that, in some special cases, new coordinates may be introduced that have a constant commutator, and as a consequence the construction of Field Theory models may be carried out by an application of the standard Moyal approach in terms of the new coordinates. We apply these ideas to the concrete example of a noncommutative plane with a curved interface. We also show how to extend this method to more general situations.
1909.06716
Gabriel Arenas-Henriquez
Gabriel Arenas-Henriquez
Black Hole Energy in Lovelock Unique Vacuum theories
57 pages, 1 figure, MSc thesis. v2: typos corrected, references added
null
null
null
hep-th gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In this thesis, we explore the possibility to define black hole mass in terms of the Weyl tensor for the entire family of Lovelock-AdS gravity theories. The level of degeneracy $k$ of the corresponding vacuum fixes the number of curvatures that should appear in the energy formula. Therefore, the charge expression which is a polynomial of maximal degree in the curvature, can be consistently truncated to an order $k$ in the Weyl tensor. In particular, for the maximally degenerate case in odd dimensions (Chern-Simons AdS) the expression identically vanishes and the mass must come from the formula that, in the other cases, produces the vacuum energy.
[ { "created": "Sun, 15 Sep 2019 02:31:59 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 12 Feb 2020 16:04:32 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2020-02-13
[ [ "Arenas-Henriquez", "Gabriel", "" ] ]
In this thesis, we explore the possibility to define black hole mass in terms of the Weyl tensor for the entire family of Lovelock-AdS gravity theories. The level of degeneracy $k$ of the corresponding vacuum fixes the number of curvatures that should appear in the energy formula. Therefore, the charge expression which is a polynomial of maximal degree in the curvature, can be consistently truncated to an order $k$ in the Weyl tensor. In particular, for the maximally degenerate case in odd dimensions (Chern-Simons AdS) the expression identically vanishes and the mass must come from the formula that, in the other cases, produces the vacuum energy.
hep-th/0308171
Ali Imaanpur
Ali Imaanpur
On Instantons and Zero Modes of N=1/2 SYM Theory
9 pages, latex file, added references, minor changes
JHEP 0309 (2003) 077
10.1088/1126-6708/2003/09/077
IPM/P-2003/051
hep-th
null
We study zero modes of N=1/2 supersymmetric Yang-Mills action in the background of instantons. In this background, because of a quartic antichiral fermionic term in the action, the fermionic solutions of the equations of motion are not in general zero modes of the action. Hence, when there are fermionic solutions, the action is no longer minimized by instantons. By deforming the instanton equation in the presence of fermions, we write down the zero mode equations. The solutions satisfy the equations of motion, and saturate the BPS bound. The deformed instanton equations imply that the finite action solutions have U(1) connections which are not flat anymore.
[ { "created": "Tue, 26 Aug 2003 10:45:11 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 9 Sep 2003 13:00:08 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-11-10
[ [ "Imaanpur", "Ali", "" ] ]
We study zero modes of N=1/2 supersymmetric Yang-Mills action in the background of instantons. In this background, because of a quartic antichiral fermionic term in the action, the fermionic solutions of the equations of motion are not in general zero modes of the action. Hence, when there are fermionic solutions, the action is no longer minimized by instantons. By deforming the instanton equation in the presence of fermions, we write down the zero mode equations. The solutions satisfy the equations of motion, and saturate the BPS bound. The deformed instanton equations imply that the finite action solutions have U(1) connections which are not flat anymore.
hep-th/0209247
Aninda Sinha
Aninda Sinha and Nemani V Suryanarayana
Tadpole Analysis of Orientifolded Plane-Waves
22+1 pages, 3 figures References added, minor typos corrected
JHEP 0211 (2002) 026
10.1088/1126-6708/2002/11/026
DAMTP-2002-100
hep-th
null
We study orientifolds of type IIB string theory in the plane-wave background supported by null RR 3-form flux F^{(3)}. We describe how to extract the RR tadpoles in the Green-Schwarz formalism in a general setting. Two models with orientifold groups {1, \Omega} and {1,\Omega I_4}, which are T-dual to each other, are considered. Consistency of these backgrounds requires 32 D9 branes for the first model and 32 D5 branes for the second one. We study the spectra and comment on the heterotic duals of our models.
[ { "created": "Fri, 27 Sep 2002 19:17:19 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 25 Oct 2002 11:23:44 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-11-07
[ [ "Sinha", "Aninda", "" ], [ "Suryanarayana", "Nemani V", "" ] ]
We study orientifolds of type IIB string theory in the plane-wave background supported by null RR 3-form flux F^{(3)}. We describe how to extract the RR tadpoles in the Green-Schwarz formalism in a general setting. Two models with orientifold groups {1, \Omega} and {1,\Omega I_4}, which are T-dual to each other, are considered. Consistency of these backgrounds requires 32 D9 branes for the first model and 32 D5 branes for the second one. We study the spectra and comment on the heterotic duals of our models.
1106.2551
Mehrdad Mirbabayi
Andrei Gruzinov and Mehrdad Mirbabayi
Stars and Black Holes in Massive Gravity
8 pages, 3 figures
null
10.1103/PhysRevD.84.124019
null
hep-th astro-ph.HE
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Generically, massive gravity gives a non-unique gravitational field around a star. For a special family of massive gravity theories, we show that the stellar gravitational field is unique and observationally acceptable, that is close to Einsteinian. The black hole solutions in this family of theories are also studied and shown to be peculiar. Black holes have a near-horizon throat and the curvature diverging at the horizon. We show that there exists a sub-family of these massive gravity theories with non-singular at horizon black holes.
[ { "created": "Mon, 13 Jun 2011 20:01:29 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-05-28
[ [ "Gruzinov", "Andrei", "" ], [ "Mirbabayi", "Mehrdad", "" ] ]
Generically, massive gravity gives a non-unique gravitational field around a star. For a special family of massive gravity theories, we show that the stellar gravitational field is unique and observationally acceptable, that is close to Einsteinian. The black hole solutions in this family of theories are also studied and shown to be peculiar. Black holes have a near-horizon throat and the curvature diverging at the horizon. We show that there exists a sub-family of these massive gravity theories with non-singular at horizon black holes.
hep-th/9705123
Alberto Cattaneo
A. S. Cattaneo, P. Cotta-Ramusino, F. Fucito, M.Martellini, M. Rinaldi, A. Tanzini, M. Zeni
Four-Dimensional Yang-Mills Theory as a Deformation of Topological BF Theory
74 pages, LaTeX, minor corrections; to be published in Commun. Math. Phys
Commun.Math.Phys.197:571-621,1998
10.1007/s002200050465
HUTMP-97/B362, IFUM 549/FT, ROM2F/96/61
hep-th
null
The classical action for pure Yang--Mills gauge theory can be formulated as a deformation of the topological $BF$ theory where, beside the two-form field $B$, one has to add one extra-field $\eta$ given by a one-form which transforms as the difference of two connections. The ensuing action functional gives a theory that is both classically and quantistically equivalent to the original Yang--Mills theory. In order to prove such an equivalence, it is shown that the dependency on the field $\eta$ can be gauged away completely. This gives rise to a field theory that, for this reason, can be considered as semi-topological or topological in some but not all the fields of the theory. The symmetry group involved in this theory is an affine extension of the tangent gauge group acting on the tangent bundle of the space of connections. A mathematical analysis of this group action and of the relevant BRST complex is discussed in details.
[ { "created": "Fri, 16 May 1997 17:58:06 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 9 Feb 1998 14:33:44 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Tue, 12 May 1998 13:32:21 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Cattaneo", "A. S.", "" ], [ "Cotta-Ramusino", "P.", "" ], [ "Fucito", "F.", "" ], [ "Martellini", "M.", "" ], [ "Rinaldi", "M.", "" ], [ "Tanzini", "A.", "" ], [ "Zeni", "M.", "" ] ]
The classical action for pure Yang--Mills gauge theory can be formulated as a deformation of the topological $BF$ theory where, beside the two-form field $B$, one has to add one extra-field $\eta$ given by a one-form which transforms as the difference of two connections. The ensuing action functional gives a theory that is both classically and quantistically equivalent to the original Yang--Mills theory. In order to prove such an equivalence, it is shown that the dependency on the field $\eta$ can be gauged away completely. This gives rise to a field theory that, for this reason, can be considered as semi-topological or topological in some but not all the fields of the theory. The symmetry group involved in this theory is an affine extension of the tangent gauge group acting on the tangent bundle of the space of connections. A mathematical analysis of this group action and of the relevant BRST complex is discussed in details.
2105.06963
Samir Mathur
Samir D. Mathur
The elastic vacuum
6 pages, 5 figures (Slightly expanded version of essay awarded first prize in the 2021 Gravity Research Foundation essay competition)
null
10.1142/S0218271821410017
null
hep-th gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The quantum gravity vacuum must contain virtual fluctuations of black hole microstates. These extended-size fluctuations get `crushed' when a closed trapped surface forms, and turn into on-shell `fuzzball' states that resolve the information puzzle. We argue that these same fluctuations can get `stretched' by the anti-trapped surfaces in an expanding cosmology, and that this stretching generates vacuum energy. The stretching happen when the Hubble deceleration reduces quickly, which happens whenever the pressure drops quickly. We thus get an inflation-scale vacuum energy when the heavy GUTS particles become nonrelativistic, and again a small vacuum energy when the radiation phase turns to dust. The expansion law in the radiation phase does not allow stretching, in agreement with the observed irrelevance of vacuum energy in that phase. The extra energy induced when the radiation phase changes to dust may explain the tension in the Hubble constant between low and high redshift data.
[ { "created": "Fri, 14 May 2021 17:08:25 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2022-01-26
[ [ "Mathur", "Samir D.", "" ] ]
The quantum gravity vacuum must contain virtual fluctuations of black hole microstates. These extended-size fluctuations get `crushed' when a closed trapped surface forms, and turn into on-shell `fuzzball' states that resolve the information puzzle. We argue that these same fluctuations can get `stretched' by the anti-trapped surfaces in an expanding cosmology, and that this stretching generates vacuum energy. The stretching happen when the Hubble deceleration reduces quickly, which happens whenever the pressure drops quickly. We thus get an inflation-scale vacuum energy when the heavy GUTS particles become nonrelativistic, and again a small vacuum energy when the radiation phase turns to dust. The expansion law in the radiation phase does not allow stretching, in agreement with the observed irrelevance of vacuum energy in that phase. The extra energy induced when the radiation phase changes to dust may explain the tension in the Hubble constant between low and high redshift data.
hep-th/0403161
Gregory Gabadadze
Gregory Gabadadze
Weakly-coupled metastable graviton
13 LaTex pages; 1 eps figure; v2 some errors corrected; results unchanged
Phys.Rev. D70 (2004) 064005
10.1103/PhysRevD.70.064005
NYU-TH-04/03/22
hep-th hep-ph
null
A graviton of a nonzero mass and decay width propagates five physical polarizations. The question of interactions of these polarizations is crucial for viability of models of massive/metastable gravity. This question is addressed in the context of the DGP model of a metastable graviton. First, I argue that the well-known breakdown of a naive perturbative expansion at a low scale is an artifact of the weak-field expansion itself. Then, I propose a different expansion -- the constrained perturbation theory -- in which the breakdown does not occur and the theory is perturbatively tractable all the way up to its natural ultraviolet cutoff. In this approach the couplings of the extra polarizations to matter and their selfcouplings appear to be suppressed and should be neglected in measurements at sub-horizon scales. The model reproduces results of General Relativity at observable distances with high accuracy, while predicting deviations from them at the present-day horizon scale.
[ { "created": "Tue, 16 Mar 2004 18:12:04 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 8 Apr 2004 18:26:31 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-11-10
[ [ "Gabadadze", "Gregory", "" ] ]
A graviton of a nonzero mass and decay width propagates five physical polarizations. The question of interactions of these polarizations is crucial for viability of models of massive/metastable gravity. This question is addressed in the context of the DGP model of a metastable graviton. First, I argue that the well-known breakdown of a naive perturbative expansion at a low scale is an artifact of the weak-field expansion itself. Then, I propose a different expansion -- the constrained perturbation theory -- in which the breakdown does not occur and the theory is perturbatively tractable all the way up to its natural ultraviolet cutoff. In this approach the couplings of the extra polarizations to matter and their selfcouplings appear to be suppressed and should be neglected in measurements at sub-horizon scales. The model reproduces results of General Relativity at observable distances with high accuracy, while predicting deviations from them at the present-day horizon scale.
1004.0712
Alessio Marrani
Sergio Ferrara, Renata Kallosh, Andrei Linde, Alessio Marrani, Antoine Van Proeyen
Jordan Frame Supergravity and Inflation in NMSSM
1+36 pages, 4 figures; v2: discussion updated in Subsec. 4.1, Refs. added, typos fixed. To appear in PRD
Phys.Rev.D82:045003,2010
10.1103/PhysRevD.82.045003
CERN-PH-TH/2010-070; SU-ITP-2010-12
hep-th astro-ph.CO hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We present a complete explicit N=1, d=4 supergravity action in an arbitrary Jordan frame with non-minimal scalar-curvature coupling of the form $\Phi(z, \bar z)\, R$. The action is derived by suitably gauge-fixing the superconformal action. The theory has a modified Kaehler geometry, and it exhibits a significant dependence on the frame function $\Phi (z, \bar z)$ and its derivatives over scalars, in the bosonic as well as in the fermionic part of the action. Under certain simple conditions, the scalar kinetic terms in the Jordan frame have a canonical form. We consider an embedding of the Next-to-Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (NMSSM) gauge theory into supergravity, clarifying the Higgs inflation model recently proposed by Einhorn and Jones. We find that the conditions for canonical kinetic terms are satisfied for the NMSSM scalars in the Jordan frame, which leads to a simple action. However, we find that the gauge singlet field experiences a strong tachyonic instability during inflation in this model. Thus, a modification of the model is required to support the Higgs-type inflation.
[ { "created": "Mon, 5 Apr 2010 20:47:03 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 8 Jul 2010 04:17:34 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2014-11-20
[ [ "Ferrara", "Sergio", "" ], [ "Kallosh", "Renata", "" ], [ "Linde", "Andrei", "" ], [ "Marrani", "Alessio", "" ], [ "Van Proeyen", "Antoine", "" ] ]
We present a complete explicit N=1, d=4 supergravity action in an arbitrary Jordan frame with non-minimal scalar-curvature coupling of the form $\Phi(z, \bar z)\, R$. The action is derived by suitably gauge-fixing the superconformal action. The theory has a modified Kaehler geometry, and it exhibits a significant dependence on the frame function $\Phi (z, \bar z)$ and its derivatives over scalars, in the bosonic as well as in the fermionic part of the action. Under certain simple conditions, the scalar kinetic terms in the Jordan frame have a canonical form. We consider an embedding of the Next-to-Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (NMSSM) gauge theory into supergravity, clarifying the Higgs inflation model recently proposed by Einhorn and Jones. We find that the conditions for canonical kinetic terms are satisfied for the NMSSM scalars in the Jordan frame, which leads to a simple action. However, we find that the gauge singlet field experiences a strong tachyonic instability during inflation in this model. Thus, a modification of the model is required to support the Higgs-type inflation.
hep-th/0401187
Mohammad Reza Setare
Mohammad R. Setare and Elias C. Vagenas
Area Spectrum of Kerr and extremal Kerr Black Holes from Quasinormal Modes
10 pages, no figure, LaTeX; v2: 12 pages, clarifying comments and an Appendix are added, version to appear in Mod. Phys. Lett. A
Mod.Phys.Lett. A20 (2005) 1923-1932
10.1142/S0217732305016919
UB-ECM-PF-04/03
hep-th astro-ph gr-qc quant-ph
null
Motivated by the recent interest in quantization of black hole area spectrum, we consider the area spectrum of Kerr and extremal Kerr black holes. Based on the proposal by Bekenstein and others that the black hole area spectrum is discrete and equally spaced, we implement Kunstatter's method to derive the area spectrum for the Kerr and extremal Kerr black holes. The real part of the quasinormal frequencies of Kerr black hole used for this computation is of the form $m\Omega$ where $\Omega$ is the angular velocity of the black hole horizon. The resulting spectrum is discrete but not as expected uniformly spaced. Thus, we infer that the function describing the real part of quasinormal frequencies of Kerr black hole is not the correct one. This conclusion is in agreement with the numerical results for the highly damped quasinormal modes of Kerr black hole recently presented by Berti, Cardoso and Yoshida. On the contrary, extremal Kerr black hole is shown to have a discrete area spectrum which in addition is evenly spaced. The area spacing derived in our analysis for the extremal Kerr black hole area spectrum is not proportional to $\ln 3$. Therefore, it does not give support to Hod's statement that the area spectrum $A_{n}=(4l^{2}_{p}ln 3)n$ should be valid for a generic Kerr-Newman black hole.
[ { "created": "Sun, 25 Jan 2004 14:40:55 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 21 Feb 2005 16:51:31 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-11-10
[ [ "Setare", "Mohammad R.", "" ], [ "Vagenas", "Elias C.", "" ] ]
Motivated by the recent interest in quantization of black hole area spectrum, we consider the area spectrum of Kerr and extremal Kerr black holes. Based on the proposal by Bekenstein and others that the black hole area spectrum is discrete and equally spaced, we implement Kunstatter's method to derive the area spectrum for the Kerr and extremal Kerr black holes. The real part of the quasinormal frequencies of Kerr black hole used for this computation is of the form $m\Omega$ where $\Omega$ is the angular velocity of the black hole horizon. The resulting spectrum is discrete but not as expected uniformly spaced. Thus, we infer that the function describing the real part of quasinormal frequencies of Kerr black hole is not the correct one. This conclusion is in agreement with the numerical results for the highly damped quasinormal modes of Kerr black hole recently presented by Berti, Cardoso and Yoshida. On the contrary, extremal Kerr black hole is shown to have a discrete area spectrum which in addition is evenly spaced. The area spacing derived in our analysis for the extremal Kerr black hole area spectrum is not proportional to $\ln 3$. Therefore, it does not give support to Hod's statement that the area spectrum $A_{n}=(4l^{2}_{p}ln 3)n$ should be valid for a generic Kerr-Newman black hole.
hep-th/9507020
Thomas Strobl
Peter Schaller and Thomas Strobl
A Brief Introduction to Poisson Sigma-Models
10 pages, LaTex. Based on two talks delivered in Schladming, March 1995
in Lecture Notes in Physics 469 (1996) 321
10.1007/BFb0102573
TUW-95/15, PITHA-95/15
hep-th gr-qc
null
The theory of Poisson-$\sigma$-models employs the mathematical notion of Poisson manifolds to formulate and analyze a large class of topological and almost topological two dimensional field theories. As special examples this class of field theories includes pure Yang-Mills and gravity theories, and, to some extent, the G/G gauged WZW-model. The aim of this contribution is to give a pedagogical introduction, explaining many aspects of the general theory by illustrative examples.
[ { "created": "Tue, 4 Jul 1995 21:57:24 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-06-26
[ [ "Schaller", "Peter", "" ], [ "Strobl", "Thomas", "" ] ]
The theory of Poisson-$\sigma$-models employs the mathematical notion of Poisson manifolds to formulate and analyze a large class of topological and almost topological two dimensional field theories. As special examples this class of field theories includes pure Yang-Mills and gravity theories, and, to some extent, the G/G gauged WZW-model. The aim of this contribution is to give a pedagogical introduction, explaining many aspects of the general theory by illustrative examples.
1109.4072
Somyadip Thakur
Justin R. David, Sachin Jain and Somyadip Thakur
Shear sum rules at finite chemical potential
The proof for the absence of branch cuts is corrected.Results unchanged
JHEP 1203 (2012) 074
10.1007/JHEP03(2012)074
null
hep-th gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We derive sum rules which constrain the spectral density corresponding to the retarded propagator of the T_{xy} component of the stress tensor for three gravitational duals. The shear sum rule is obtained for the gravitational dual of the N=4 Yang-Mills, theory of the M2-branes and M5-branes all at finite chemical potential. We show that at finite chemical potential there are additional terms in the sum rule which involve the chemical potential. These modifications are shown to be due to the presence of scalars in the operator product expansion of the stress tensor which have non-trivial vacuum expectation values at finite chemical potential.
[ { "created": "Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:04:44 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 9 Apr 2012 12:57:34 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Mon, 16 Apr 2012 07:08:01 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2015-05-30
[ [ "David", "Justin R.", "" ], [ "Jain", "Sachin", "" ], [ "Thakur", "Somyadip", "" ] ]
We derive sum rules which constrain the spectral density corresponding to the retarded propagator of the T_{xy} component of the stress tensor for three gravitational duals. The shear sum rule is obtained for the gravitational dual of the N=4 Yang-Mills, theory of the M2-branes and M5-branes all at finite chemical potential. We show that at finite chemical potential there are additional terms in the sum rule which involve the chemical potential. These modifications are shown to be due to the presence of scalars in the operator product expansion of the stress tensor which have non-trivial vacuum expectation values at finite chemical potential.
1209.2686
Ram Brustein
Ram Brustein
Origin of the blackhole information paradox
23 pages, one figure
null
null
null
hep-th gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
It is argued that the blackhole information paradox originates from treating the blackhole geometry as strictly classical. It is further argued that the theory of quantum fields in a classical curved space with a horizon is an ill posed problem. If the geometry is allowed to fluctuate quantum mechanically, then the horizon effectively disappears. The sharp horizon emerges only in the classical limit when the ratio of the Compton wavelength of the black hole to its Schwarzschild radius vanishes. The region of strong gravity that develops when matter collapses to form the blackhole remains visible to the whole of spacetime and has to be described by a microscopic theory of strong gravity. The arguments imply that the information paradox is demoted from a paradox involving fundamental principles of physics to the problem of describing how matter at the highest densities gravitates.
[ { "created": "Wed, 12 Sep 2012 18:37:23 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2012-09-13
[ [ "Brustein", "Ram", "" ] ]
It is argued that the blackhole information paradox originates from treating the blackhole geometry as strictly classical. It is further argued that the theory of quantum fields in a classical curved space with a horizon is an ill posed problem. If the geometry is allowed to fluctuate quantum mechanically, then the horizon effectively disappears. The sharp horizon emerges only in the classical limit when the ratio of the Compton wavelength of the black hole to its Schwarzschild radius vanishes. The region of strong gravity that develops when matter collapses to form the blackhole remains visible to the whole of spacetime and has to be described by a microscopic theory of strong gravity. The arguments imply that the information paradox is demoted from a paradox involving fundamental principles of physics to the problem of describing how matter at the highest densities gravitates.
2401.08521
Stam Nicolis
Minos Axenides, Emmanuel Floratos and Stam Nicolis
Exponential mixing of all orders for Arnol'd cat map lattices
21 pages LaTeX, uses utphys.bst for bibliography style. v2: Typos and equation layout corrected. v3: References added and clarifying remarks in sections 2 and 6
null
null
null
hep-th cond-mat.stat-mech nlin.CD
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We show that the recently introduced classical Arnol'd cat map lattice field theories, which are chaotic, are exponentially mixing to all orders. Their mixing times are well-defined and are expressed in terms of the Lyapunov exponents, more precisely by the combination that defines the inverse of the Kolmogorov-Sinai entropy of these systems. We prove by an explicit recursive construction of correlation functions, that these exhibit $l-$fold mixing for any $l= 3,4,5,\ldots$. This computation is relevant for Rokhlin's conjecture, which states that 2-fold mixing induces $l-$fold mixing for any $l>2$. Our results show that 2-fold exponential mixing, while being necessary for any $l-$fold mixing to hold it is nevertheless not sufficient for Arnol'd cat map lattice field theories.
[ { "created": "Tue, 16 Jan 2024 17:33:08 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 8 Feb 2024 14:57:57 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Wed, 24 Jul 2024 14:01:35 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2024-07-25
[ [ "Axenides", "Minos", "" ], [ "Floratos", "Emmanuel", "" ], [ "Nicolis", "Stam", "" ] ]
We show that the recently introduced classical Arnol'd cat map lattice field theories, which are chaotic, are exponentially mixing to all orders. Their mixing times are well-defined and are expressed in terms of the Lyapunov exponents, more precisely by the combination that defines the inverse of the Kolmogorov-Sinai entropy of these systems. We prove by an explicit recursive construction of correlation functions, that these exhibit $l-$fold mixing for any $l= 3,4,5,\ldots$. This computation is relevant for Rokhlin's conjecture, which states that 2-fold mixing induces $l-$fold mixing for any $l>2$. Our results show that 2-fold exponential mixing, while being necessary for any $l-$fold mixing to hold it is nevertheless not sufficient for Arnol'd cat map lattice field theories.
0912.2635
Philip D. Mannheim
Philip D. Mannheim
PT symmetry as a necessary and sufficient condition for unitary time evolution
Latex, 34 pages. Extended and updated final version. To appear in a theme issue of Philosophical Transactions A of the Royal Society on PT quantum mechanics
null
null
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
While Hermiticity of a time-independent Hamiltonian leads to unitary time evolution, in and of itself, the requirement of Hermiticity is only sufficient for unitary time evolution. In this paper we provide conditions that are both necessary and sufficient. We show that $PT$ symmetry of a time-independent Hamiltonian, or equivalently, reality of the secular equation that determines its eigenvalues, is both necessary and sufficient for unitary time evolution. For any $PT$-symmetric Hamiltonian $H$ there always exists an operator $V$ that relates $H$ to its Hermitian adjoint according to $VHV^{-1}=H^{\dagger}$. When the energy spectrum of $H$ is complete, Hilbert space norms $<\psi_1|V|\psi_2>$ constructed with this $V$ are always preserved in time. With the energy eigenvalues of a real secular equation being either real or appearing in complex conjugate pairs, we thus establish the unitarity of time evolution in both cases. We also establish the unitarity of time evolution for Hamiltonians whose energy spectra are not complete. We show that when the energy eigenvalues of a Hamiltonian are real and complete the operator $V$ is a positive Hermitian operator, which has an associated square root operator that can be used to bring the Hamiltonian to a Hermitian form. We show that systems with $PT$-symmetric Hamiltonians obey causality. We note that Hermitian theories are ordinarily associated with a path integral quantization prescription in which the path integral measure is real, while in contrast non-Hermitian but $PT$-symmetric theories are ordinarily associated with path integrals in which the measure needs to be complex, but in which the Euclidean time continuation of the path integral is nonetheless real. We show that through $PT$ symmetry the fourth-order derivative Pais-Uhlenbeck theory can be stabilized against transitions to states negative frequency.
[ { "created": "Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:56:06 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 9 Feb 2012 20:50:08 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Sun, 25 Nov 2012 19:50:27 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2012-11-27
[ [ "Mannheim", "Philip D.", "" ] ]
While Hermiticity of a time-independent Hamiltonian leads to unitary time evolution, in and of itself, the requirement of Hermiticity is only sufficient for unitary time evolution. In this paper we provide conditions that are both necessary and sufficient. We show that $PT$ symmetry of a time-independent Hamiltonian, or equivalently, reality of the secular equation that determines its eigenvalues, is both necessary and sufficient for unitary time evolution. For any $PT$-symmetric Hamiltonian $H$ there always exists an operator $V$ that relates $H$ to its Hermitian adjoint according to $VHV^{-1}=H^{\dagger}$. When the energy spectrum of $H$ is complete, Hilbert space norms $<\psi_1|V|\psi_2>$ constructed with this $V$ are always preserved in time. With the energy eigenvalues of a real secular equation being either real or appearing in complex conjugate pairs, we thus establish the unitarity of time evolution in both cases. We also establish the unitarity of time evolution for Hamiltonians whose energy spectra are not complete. We show that when the energy eigenvalues of a Hamiltonian are real and complete the operator $V$ is a positive Hermitian operator, which has an associated square root operator that can be used to bring the Hamiltonian to a Hermitian form. We show that systems with $PT$-symmetric Hamiltonians obey causality. We note that Hermitian theories are ordinarily associated with a path integral quantization prescription in which the path integral measure is real, while in contrast non-Hermitian but $PT$-symmetric theories are ordinarily associated with path integrals in which the measure needs to be complex, but in which the Euclidean time continuation of the path integral is nonetheless real. We show that through $PT$ symmetry the fourth-order derivative Pais-Uhlenbeck theory can be stabilized against transitions to states negative frequency.
hep-th/9511190
null
Miguel A. Martin-Delgado and German Sierra
The Renormalization Group Method and Quantum Groups: the postman always rings twice
LATEX file, 21 pages, no figures. To appear in "From Field Theory to Quantum Groups", World Scientific. Proceedings to honor J.Lukierski in his 60th birthday
null
10.1142/9789812830425_0007
UCM-CSIC-10-95
hep-th cond-mat math.QA q-alg
null
We review some of our recent results concerning the relationship between the Real-Space Renormalization Group method and Quantum Groups. We show this relation by applying real-space RG methods to study two quantum group invariant Hamiltonians, that of the XXZ model and the Ising model in a transverse field (ITF) defined in an open chain with appropriate boundary terms. The quantum group symmetry is preserved under the RG transformation except for the appearence of a quantum group anomalous term which vanishes in the classical case. This is called {\em the quantum group anomaly}. We derive the new qRG equations for the XXZ model and show that the RG-flow diagram obtained in this fashion exhibits the correct line of critical points that the exact model has. In the ITF model the qRG-flow equations coincide with the tensor product decomposition of cyclic irreps of $SU_q(2)$ with $q^4=1$.
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2016-11-03
[ [ "Martin-Delgado", "Miguel A.", "" ], [ "Sierra", "German", "" ] ]
We review some of our recent results concerning the relationship between the Real-Space Renormalization Group method and Quantum Groups. We show this relation by applying real-space RG methods to study two quantum group invariant Hamiltonians, that of the XXZ model and the Ising model in a transverse field (ITF) defined in an open chain with appropriate boundary terms. The quantum group symmetry is preserved under the RG transformation except for the appearence of a quantum group anomalous term which vanishes in the classical case. This is called {\em the quantum group anomaly}. We derive the new qRG equations for the XXZ model and show that the RG-flow diagram obtained in this fashion exhibits the correct line of critical points that the exact model has. In the ITF model the qRG-flow equations coincide with the tensor product decomposition of cyclic irreps of $SU_q(2)$ with $q^4=1$.
1710.07971
Jian-Pin Wu
Jian-Pin Wu, Peng Liu
Holographic superconductivity from higher derivative theory
16 pages, 5 figures
Phys.Lett. B774 (2017) 527-532
10.1016/j.physletb.2017.10.017
null
hep-th gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We construct a $6$ derivative holographic superconductor model in the $4$-dimensional bulk spacetimes, in which the normal state describes a quantum critical (QC) phase. The phase diagram $(\gamma_1,\hat{T}_c)$ and the condensation as the function of temperature are worked out numerically. We observe that with the decrease of the coupling parameter $\gamma_1$, the critical temperature $\hat{T}_c$ decreases and the formation of charged scalar hair becomes harder. We also calculate the optical conductivity. An appealing characteristic is a wider extension of the superconducting energy gap, comparing with that of $4$ derivative theory. It is expected that this phenomena can be observed in the real materials of high temperature superconductor. Also the Homes' law in our present models with $4$ and $6$ derivative corrections is explored. We find that in certain range of parameters $\gamma$ and $\gamma_1$, the experimentally measured value of the universal constant $C$ in Homes' law can be obtained.
[ { "created": "Sun, 22 Oct 2017 16:16:01 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2017-10-24
[ [ "Wu", "Jian-Pin", "" ], [ "Liu", "Peng", "" ] ]
We construct a $6$ derivative holographic superconductor model in the $4$-dimensional bulk spacetimes, in which the normal state describes a quantum critical (QC) phase. The phase diagram $(\gamma_1,\hat{T}_c)$ and the condensation as the function of temperature are worked out numerically. We observe that with the decrease of the coupling parameter $\gamma_1$, the critical temperature $\hat{T}_c$ decreases and the formation of charged scalar hair becomes harder. We also calculate the optical conductivity. An appealing characteristic is a wider extension of the superconducting energy gap, comparing with that of $4$ derivative theory. It is expected that this phenomena can be observed in the real materials of high temperature superconductor. Also the Homes' law in our present models with $4$ and $6$ derivative corrections is explored. We find that in certain range of parameters $\gamma$ and $\gamma_1$, the experimentally measured value of the universal constant $C$ in Homes' law can be obtained.
hep-th/0010250
prof. Shmuel Nussinov
S. Nussinov
QCD Inequalities, Large $N_C$ and $\pi\pi$ Scattering Lengths
8 pages, latex with one postscript figure
null
null
null
hep-th
null
In this short note we show that (I) in a QCD-like theory with four (rather than two) degenerate flavors $ud u'd'$, the $\pi\pi'$ scattering length is positive (attractive); and (II) in QCD with only two (u,d) degenerate flavors the I=2 (say, $\pi^+\pi^+$ hadronic) scattering length is, in the large $N_C$ limit, repulsive. $\pi(\pi')$ are the lowest physical states coupling to $J^p = \bar{u}(x)\gamma_5d(x)$ and $J^{p'} = \bar{u}'(x)\gamma_5d'(x),$ respectively.
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2007-05-23
[ [ "Nussinov", "S.", "" ] ]
In this short note we show that (I) in a QCD-like theory with four (rather than two) degenerate flavors $ud u'd'$, the $\pi\pi'$ scattering length is positive (attractive); and (II) in QCD with only two (u,d) degenerate flavors the I=2 (say, $\pi^+\pi^+$ hadronic) scattering length is, in the large $N_C$ limit, repulsive. $\pi(\pi')$ are the lowest physical states coupling to $J^p = \bar{u}(x)\gamma_5d(x)$ and $J^{p'} = \bar{u}'(x)\gamma_5d'(x),$ respectively.
hep-th/0503067
Steffen Krusch
Steffen Krusch (Kent U.) and Martin Speight (Leeds U., Math.)
Fermionic quantization of Hopf solitons
22 pages, no figures. Minor corrections: final published version
Commun.Math.Phys. 264 (2006) 391-410
10.1007/s00220-005-1469-4
null
hep-th
null
In this paper we show how to quantize Hopf solitons using the Finkelstein-Rubinstein approach. Hopf solitons can be quantized as fermions if their Hopf charge is odd. Symmetries of classical minimal energy configurations induce loops in configuration space which give rise to constraints on the wave function. These constraints depend on whether the given loop is contractible. Our method is to exploit the relationship between the configuration spaces of the Faddeev-Hopf and Skyrme models provided by the Hopf fibration. We then use recent results in the Skyrme model to determine whether loops are contractible. We discuss possible quantum ground states up to Hopf charge Q=7.
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2009-11-11
[ [ "Krusch", "Steffen", "", "Kent U." ], [ "Speight", "Martin", "", "Leeds U., Math." ] ]
In this paper we show how to quantize Hopf solitons using the Finkelstein-Rubinstein approach. Hopf solitons can be quantized as fermions if their Hopf charge is odd. Symmetries of classical minimal energy configurations induce loops in configuration space which give rise to constraints on the wave function. These constraints depend on whether the given loop is contractible. Our method is to exploit the relationship between the configuration spaces of the Faddeev-Hopf and Skyrme models provided by the Hopf fibration. We then use recent results in the Skyrme model to determine whether loops are contractible. We discuss possible quantum ground states up to Hopf charge Q=7.
0905.4379
Henriette Elvang
Henriette Elvang, Daniel Z. Freedman, and Michael Kiermaier
Dual conformal symmetry of 1-loop NMHV amplitudes in N=4 SYM theory
20 pages, 2 figures
null
10.1007/JHEP03(2010)075
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We prove that 1-loop n-point NMHV superamplitudes in N=4 SYM theory are dual conformal covariant for all numbers n of external particles (after regularization and subtraction of IR divergences). This property was previously established for n < 10 in arXiv:0808.0491. We derive an explicit representation of these superamplitudes in terms of dual conformal cross-ratios. We also show that all the 1-loop `box coefficients' obtained from maximal cuts of N^kMHV n-point functions are covariant under dual conformal transformations.
[ { "created": "Wed, 27 May 2009 17:42:03 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-05-13
[ [ "Elvang", "Henriette", "" ], [ "Freedman", "Daniel Z.", "" ], [ "Kiermaier", "Michael", "" ] ]
We prove that 1-loop n-point NMHV superamplitudes in N=4 SYM theory are dual conformal covariant for all numbers n of external particles (after regularization and subtraction of IR divergences). This property was previously established for n < 10 in arXiv:0808.0491. We derive an explicit representation of these superamplitudes in terms of dual conformal cross-ratios. We also show that all the 1-loop `box coefficients' obtained from maximal cuts of N^kMHV n-point functions are covariant under dual conformal transformations.
0710.3395
Andrei Mironov
A.Mironov, A.Morozov and T.N.Tomaras
If LHC is a Mini-Time-Machines Factory, Can We Notice?
22 pages, 6 figures; published in the Proceedings of the Balkan Workshop 2005 (19-23 May 2005, Vrnjacka Banja, Serbia)
Facta Univ.Ser.Phys.Chem.Tech.4:381-404,2006
null
null
hep-th gr-qc hep-ph
null
Assuming the hypothesis of TeV-scale multi-dimensional gravity, one can imagine that at LHC not only mini-black-holes (MBH) will be intensively created, but also other exotic gravitational configurations, including hypothetical mini-time-machines (MTM). Like MBH, they should quickly evaporate, but one can wonder if their temporal existence at the moment of high-energy collision can leave any traces in the observable data. We briefly discuss five thinkable effects: (i) change of the energy spectrum due to the frequency-filtration property of MTM, (ii) possible production of anomalously energetic particles, accelerated by passing many times through gravitational field inside the MTM, (iii) acceleration of particle decays, since the proper time of a particle moving inside MTM can strongly exceed the laboratory time, (iv) CPT and naive unitarity violation (thermalization) due to effective non-local interactions caused by MTM and to possible ambiguity in the population of closed world-lines inside MTM, (v) collective effects due to conversion of a single particle into a bunch of its co-existing copies within the MTM. Despite possible particle-antiparticle conversion inside MTM, they do not seem to produce any specific CP-violation effects.
[ { "created": "Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:01:00 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2011-07-19
[ [ "Mironov", "A.", "" ], [ "Morozov", "A.", "" ], [ "Tomaras", "T. N.", "" ] ]
Assuming the hypothesis of TeV-scale multi-dimensional gravity, one can imagine that at LHC not only mini-black-holes (MBH) will be intensively created, but also other exotic gravitational configurations, including hypothetical mini-time-machines (MTM). Like MBH, they should quickly evaporate, but one can wonder if their temporal existence at the moment of high-energy collision can leave any traces in the observable data. We briefly discuss five thinkable effects: (i) change of the energy spectrum due to the frequency-filtration property of MTM, (ii) possible production of anomalously energetic particles, accelerated by passing many times through gravitational field inside the MTM, (iii) acceleration of particle decays, since the proper time of a particle moving inside MTM can strongly exceed the laboratory time, (iv) CPT and naive unitarity violation (thermalization) due to effective non-local interactions caused by MTM and to possible ambiguity in the population of closed world-lines inside MTM, (v) collective effects due to conversion of a single particle into a bunch of its co-existing copies within the MTM. Despite possible particle-antiparticle conversion inside MTM, they do not seem to produce any specific CP-violation effects.