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1311.7074
Patricio Salgado-Rebolledo
Fabrizio Canfora, Pablo Pais, Patricio Salgado-Rebolledo
Gribov gap equation at finite temperature
22 pages, 9 figures. Comments added, relevant references included
Eur. Phys. J. C (2014) 74:2855
10.1140/epjc/s10052-014-2855-x
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In this paper the Gribov gap equation at finite temperature is analyzed. The solutions of the gap equation (which depend explicitly on the temperature) determine the structure of the gluon propagator within the semi-classical Gribov approach. The present analysis is consistent with the standard confinement scenario for low temperatures, while for high enough temperatures, deconfinement takes place and a free gluon propagator is obtained. It also suggests the presence of the so-called semi-quark-gluon-plasma phase in between the confined and quark-gluon plasma phases.
[ { "created": "Wed, 27 Nov 2013 19:05:31 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 5 Dec 2013 16:55:52 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Thu, 5 Jun 2014 15:58:49 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2014-06-06
[ [ "Canfora", "Fabrizio", "" ], [ "Pais", "Pablo", "" ], [ "Salgado-Rebolledo", "Patricio", "" ] ]
In this paper the Gribov gap equation at finite temperature is analyzed. The solutions of the gap equation (which depend explicitly on the temperature) determine the structure of the gluon propagator within the semi-classical Gribov approach. The present analysis is consistent with the standard confinement scenario for low temperatures, while for high enough temperatures, deconfinement takes place and a free gluon propagator is obtained. It also suggests the presence of the so-called semi-quark-gluon-plasma phase in between the confined and quark-gluon plasma phases.
hep-th/0201035
Hiroshi Itoyama
H. Itoyama, S. Nakamura
Extension of Boundary String Field Theory on Disc and RP2 Worldsheet Geometries
19 pages, Latex, revised version, to be published in Phys. Rev. D
Phys.Rev. D66 (2002) 046006
10.1103/PhysRevD.66.046006
OU-HET-404, KEK-TH-794
hep-th
null
We present a construction of open-closed string field theory based on disc and RP2 geometries. Finding an appropriate BRS operator in the case of the RP2 geometry, we generalize the background independent open string field theory (or boundary string field theory) of Witten on a unit disc. The coupling constant flow at the closed string side is driven by the scalar operator inserted at the nontrivial loop of RP2. We discuss the off-shell extension of the boundary/crosscap states. Our construction provides an interpolation of orientifold planes of various dimensions as well as that of D-branes.
[ { "created": "Mon, 7 Jan 2002 07:18:39 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 28 Aug 2002 09:31:19 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-11-07
[ [ "Itoyama", "H.", "" ], [ "Nakamura", "S.", "" ] ]
We present a construction of open-closed string field theory based on disc and RP2 geometries. Finding an appropriate BRS operator in the case of the RP2 geometry, we generalize the background independent open string field theory (or boundary string field theory) of Witten on a unit disc. The coupling constant flow at the closed string side is driven by the scalar operator inserted at the nontrivial loop of RP2. We discuss the off-shell extension of the boundary/crosscap states. Our construction provides an interpolation of orientifold planes of various dimensions as well as that of D-branes.
1806.07130
Aradhya Shukla
R. Kumar and A. Shukla
Supersymmetric Quantum Spherical Model: A Model for Hodge Theory
8 Pages, Title modified, Minor modifications in abstract and main text, New references added, 0 figure, revtex4, v3: typos fixed
null
null
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We discuss various symmetry properties of the N = 2 supersymmetric quantum spin model in one (0 + 1)-dimension of spacetime and provide their relevance in the realm of the mathematics of differential geometry. We show one-to-one mapping between the continuous symmetry transformations (and corresponding generators) and de Rham cohomological operators of differential geometry. One of the novel observations is the existence of discrete symmetry transformations which play a crucial role in providing the physical realization of the Hodge duality ($\star$) operation. Thus, the present model provides a toy model for the Hodge theory.
[ { "created": "Tue, 19 Jun 2018 09:43:39 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 5 Jul 2018 13:39:03 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Wed, 28 Oct 2020 12:40:33 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2020-10-29
[ [ "Kumar", "R.", "" ], [ "Shukla", "A.", "" ] ]
We discuss various symmetry properties of the N = 2 supersymmetric quantum spin model in one (0 + 1)-dimension of spacetime and provide their relevance in the realm of the mathematics of differential geometry. We show one-to-one mapping between the continuous symmetry transformations (and corresponding generators) and de Rham cohomological operators of differential geometry. One of the novel observations is the existence of discrete symmetry transformations which play a crucial role in providing the physical realization of the Hodge duality ($\star$) operation. Thus, the present model provides a toy model for the Hodge theory.
1805.06739
Ivan Todorov
Ivan Todorov and Svetla Drenska
Octonions, exceptional Jordan algebra and the role of the group F_4 in particle physics
Final version - new section 5 and references added, typos corrected; 51 pages, 2 figures
Adv. Appl. Clifford Alg. 28 (2018) 82
10.1007/s00006-018-0899-y
null
hep-th math-ph math.MP
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Normed division rings are reviewed in the more general framework of composition algebras that include the split (indefinite metric) case. The Jordan - von Neumann - Wigner classification of finite dimensional Jordan algebras is outlined with special attention to the 27 dimensional exceptional Jordan algebra J. The automorphism group F_4 of J and its maximal Borel - de Siebenthal subgroups are studied in detail and applied to the classification of fundamental fermions and gauge bosons. Their intersection in F_4 is demonstrated to coincide with the gauge group of the Standard Model of particle physics. The first generation's fundamental fermions form a basis of primitive idempotents in the euclidean extension of the Jordan subalgebra JSpin_9 of J.
[ { "created": "Thu, 17 May 2018 13:00:33 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 27 Sep 2018 09:43:20 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2018-09-28
[ [ "Todorov", "Ivan", "" ], [ "Drenska", "Svetla", "" ] ]
Normed division rings are reviewed in the more general framework of composition algebras that include the split (indefinite metric) case. The Jordan - von Neumann - Wigner classification of finite dimensional Jordan algebras is outlined with special attention to the 27 dimensional exceptional Jordan algebra J. The automorphism group F_4 of J and its maximal Borel - de Siebenthal subgroups are studied in detail and applied to the classification of fundamental fermions and gauge bosons. Their intersection in F_4 is demonstrated to coincide with the gauge group of the Standard Model of particle physics. The first generation's fundamental fermions form a basis of primitive idempotents in the euclidean extension of the Jordan subalgebra JSpin_9 of J.
hep-th/9511191
Elcio Abdalla
E. Abdalla, M.C.B. Abdalla and K.D. Rothe
Massive Two-Dimensional Quantum Chromodynamics
13 pages, plain tex; some misprints have been corrected
null
null
CERN-TH/95-310, IC/385
hep-th
null
In this work we study the zero-charge sector of massive two-dimensional Quantum Chromodynamics in the decoupled formulation. We find that some general features of the massless theory, concerning the constraints and the right- and left-moving character of the corresponding BRST currents, survive in the massive case. The implications for the integrability properties previously valid in the massless case, and the structure of the Hilbert space are discussed.
[ { "created": "Mon, 27 Nov 1995 10:32:52 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 12 Dec 1995 13:03:16 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2008-02-03
[ [ "Abdalla", "E.", "" ], [ "Abdalla", "M. C. B.", "" ], [ "Rothe", "K. D.", "" ] ]
In this work we study the zero-charge sector of massive two-dimensional Quantum Chromodynamics in the decoupled formulation. We find that some general features of the massless theory, concerning the constraints and the right- and left-moving character of the corresponding BRST currents, survive in the massive case. The implications for the integrability properties previously valid in the massless case, and the structure of the Hilbert space are discussed.
hep-th/0312141
German Sierra
A. LeClair, J.M. Roman, G. Sierra (IFT, UAM-CSIC, Madrid, Spain)
Log-periodic behavior of finite size effects in field theories with RG limit cycles
21 pages, 7 figs, RevTex4
Nucl.Phys. B700 (2004) 407-435
10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2004.08.033
null
hep-th
null
We compute the finite size effects in the ground state energy, equivalently the effective central charge c_{eff}, based on S-matrix theories recently conjectured to describe a cyclic regime of the Kosterlitz-Thouless renormalization group flows. The effective central charge has periodic properties consistent with renormalization group predictions. Whereas c_{eff} for the massive case has a singularity in the very deep ultra-violet, we argue that the massless version is non-singular and periodic on all length scales.
[ { "created": "Fri, 12 Dec 2003 18:14:48 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-11-10
[ [ "LeClair", "A.", "", "IFT, UAM-CSIC, Madrid, Spain" ], [ "Roman", "J. M.", "", "IFT, UAM-CSIC, Madrid, Spain" ], [ "Sierra", "G.", "", "IFT, UAM-CSIC, Madrid, Spain" ] ]
We compute the finite size effects in the ground state energy, equivalently the effective central charge c_{eff}, based on S-matrix theories recently conjectured to describe a cyclic regime of the Kosterlitz-Thouless renormalization group flows. The effective central charge has periodic properties consistent with renormalization group predictions. Whereas c_{eff} for the massive case has a singularity in the very deep ultra-violet, we argue that the massless version is non-singular and periodic on all length scales.
2006.14159
Kin-ya Oda
Kenzo Ishikawa, Kenji Nishiwaki, and Kin-ya Oda
Scalar scattering amplitude in Gaussian wave-packet formalism
31 pages, 1 figure, minor typo corrections, version to appear in PTEP
null
null
null
hep-th hep-ph quant-ph
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
We compute an $s$-channel $2\to2$ scalar scattering $\phi\phi\to\Phi\to\phi\phi$ in the Gaussian wave-packet formalism at the tree-level. We find that wave-packet effects, including shifts of the pole and width of the propagator of $\Phi$, persist even when we do not take into account the time-boundary effect for $2\to2$, proposed earlier. The result can be interpreted that a heavy scalar $1\to2$ decay $\Phi\to\phi\phi$, taking into account the production of $\Phi$, does not exhibit the in-state time-boundary effect unless we further take into account in-boundary effects for the $2\to2$ scattering. We also show various plane-wave limits.
[ { "created": "Thu, 25 Jun 2020 04:06:51 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 17 Aug 2020 05:01:24 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2020-08-19
[ [ "Ishikawa", "Kenzo", "" ], [ "Nishiwaki", "Kenji", "" ], [ "Oda", "Kin-ya", "" ] ]
We compute an $s$-channel $2\to2$ scalar scattering $\phi\phi\to\Phi\to\phi\phi$ in the Gaussian wave-packet formalism at the tree-level. We find that wave-packet effects, including shifts of the pole and width of the propagator of $\Phi$, persist even when we do not take into account the time-boundary effect for $2\to2$, proposed earlier. The result can be interpreted that a heavy scalar $1\to2$ decay $\Phi\to\phi\phi$, taking into account the production of $\Phi$, does not exhibit the in-state time-boundary effect unless we further take into account in-boundary effects for the $2\to2$ scattering. We also show various plane-wave limits.
2008.13119
Michael Thies
Michael Thies
Duality study of chiral Heisenberg Gross-Neveu model in 1+1 dimensions
11 pages, 2 figures
Phys. Rev. D 102, 096006 (2020)
10.1103/PhysRevD.102.096006
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We consider a version of the Gross-Neveu model in 1+1 dimensions with discrete chiral and continuous flavor symmetry (isospin). In 2+1 dimensions, this model is known as chiral Heisenberg Gross-Neveu model. Spontaneous symmetry breaking and the emergence of two massless and one massive scalar bosons are shown. A duality to the Nambu--Jona-Lasinio model with isospin is exhibited, provided that the isovector pseudoscalar mean field is constrained to a plane in isospin space. This enables us to find the phase diagram as a function of temperature, chemical potential and isospin chemical potential as well as twisted kinks. A bare mass term acts quite differently when added to this model as compared to other chiral variants of the Gross-Neveu model.
[ { "created": "Sun, 30 Aug 2020 08:45:05 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2020-11-18
[ [ "Thies", "Michael", "" ] ]
We consider a version of the Gross-Neveu model in 1+1 dimensions with discrete chiral and continuous flavor symmetry (isospin). In 2+1 dimensions, this model is known as chiral Heisenberg Gross-Neveu model. Spontaneous symmetry breaking and the emergence of two massless and one massive scalar bosons are shown. A duality to the Nambu--Jona-Lasinio model with isospin is exhibited, provided that the isovector pseudoscalar mean field is constrained to a plane in isospin space. This enables us to find the phase diagram as a function of temperature, chemical potential and isospin chemical potential as well as twisted kinks. A bare mass term acts quite differently when added to this model as compared to other chiral variants of the Gross-Neveu model.
1210.0513
Gaurav Narain
Gaurav Narain and Ramesh Anishetty
Unitary and Renormalizable Theory of Higher Derivative Gravity
4 pages. To appear in JPCS-IOP. Proceedings of the conference COSGRAV12, held at Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
null
10.1088/1742-6596/405/1/012024
null
hep-th gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In 3+1 space-time dimensions, fourth order derivative gravity is perturbatively renormalizable. Here it is shown that it describes a unitary theory of gravitons (with/without an additional scalar) in a limited coupling parameter space which includes standard cosmology. The running of gravitational constant which includes contribution of graviton is computed. It is shown that generically Newton's constant vanishes at short distance in this perturbatively renormalizable and unitary theory.
[ { "created": "Mon, 1 Oct 2012 19:23:10 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-06-11
[ [ "Narain", "Gaurav", "" ], [ "Anishetty", "Ramesh", "" ] ]
In 3+1 space-time dimensions, fourth order derivative gravity is perturbatively renormalizable. Here it is shown that it describes a unitary theory of gravitons (with/without an additional scalar) in a limited coupling parameter space which includes standard cosmology. The running of gravitational constant which includes contribution of graviton is computed. It is shown that generically Newton's constant vanishes at short distance in this perturbatively renormalizable and unitary theory.
hep-th/0502012
Chong-Sun Chu
Chong-Sun Chu, Ko Furuta, Takeo Inami
Locality, Causality and Noncommutative Geometry
16 pages, LaTeX, 4 figures
Int.J.Mod.Phys. A21 (2006) 67-82
10.1142/S0217751X06024876
null
hep-th
null
We analyse the causality condition in noncommutative field theory and show that the nonlocality of noncommutative interaction leads to a modification of the light cone to the light wedge. This effect is generic for noncommutative geometry. We also check that the usual form of energy condition is violated and propose that a new form is needed in noncommutative spacetime. On reduction from light cone to light wedge, it looks like the noncommutative dimensions are effectively washed out and suggests a reformulation of noncommutative field theory in terms of lower dimensional degree of freedom. This reduction of dimensions due to noncommutative geometry could play a key role in explaining the holographic property of quantum gravity.
[ { "created": "Tue, 1 Feb 2005 12:56:49 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 18 May 2005 10:12:46 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-11-11
[ [ "Chu", "Chong-Sun", "" ], [ "Furuta", "Ko", "" ], [ "Inami", "Takeo", "" ] ]
We analyse the causality condition in noncommutative field theory and show that the nonlocality of noncommutative interaction leads to a modification of the light cone to the light wedge. This effect is generic for noncommutative geometry. We also check that the usual form of energy condition is violated and propose that a new form is needed in noncommutative spacetime. On reduction from light cone to light wedge, it looks like the noncommutative dimensions are effectively washed out and suggests a reformulation of noncommutative field theory in terms of lower dimensional degree of freedom. This reduction of dimensions due to noncommutative geometry could play a key role in explaining the holographic property of quantum gravity.
1506.08542
Razvan-Gheorghe Gurau
Dario Benedetti, Razvan Gurau
Symmetry breaking in tensor models
null
Phys. Rev. D 92, 104041 (2015)
10.1103/PhysRevD.92.104041
LPT-Orsay-15-44
hep-th gr-qc math-ph math.MP
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In this paper we analyze a quartic tensor model with one interaction for a tensor of arbitrary rank. This model has a critical point where a continuous limit of infinitely refined random geometries is reached. We show that the critical point corresponds to a phase transition in the tensor model associated to a breaking of the unitary symmetry. We analyze the model in the two phases and prove that, in a double scaling limit, the symmetric phase corresponds to a theory of infinitely refined random surfaces, while the broken phase corresponds to a theory of infinitely refined random nodal surfaces. At leading order in the double scaling limit planar surfaces dominate in the symmetric phase, and planar nodal surfaces dominate in the broken phase.
[ { "created": "Mon, 29 Jun 2015 08:38:29 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-12-02
[ [ "Benedetti", "Dario", "" ], [ "Gurau", "Razvan", "" ] ]
In this paper we analyze a quartic tensor model with one interaction for a tensor of arbitrary rank. This model has a critical point where a continuous limit of infinitely refined random geometries is reached. We show that the critical point corresponds to a phase transition in the tensor model associated to a breaking of the unitary symmetry. We analyze the model in the two phases and prove that, in a double scaling limit, the symmetric phase corresponds to a theory of infinitely refined random surfaces, while the broken phase corresponds to a theory of infinitely refined random nodal surfaces. At leading order in the double scaling limit planar surfaces dominate in the symmetric phase, and planar nodal surfaces dominate in the broken phase.
hep-th/0105277
Alberto Santambrogio
Andrea Refolli, Alberto Santambrogio, Niccolo' Terzi, Daniela Zanon
F^5 contributions to the nonabelian Born Infeld action from a supersymmetric Yang-Mills five-point function
25 pages, 7 figures. v4: factor of 2 corrected in formula in the first line after (6.3), and consequently in (6.3)-(6.6); final results in (6.7) and (6.8) agree with hep-th/0210146. Erratum to appear in Nucl.Phys. B
Nucl.Phys. B613 (2001) 64-86; Erratum-ibid. B648 (2003) 453-454
10.1016/S0550-3213(01)00368-6
IFUM-FT-688
hep-th
null
We consider the N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory in four dimensions. We compute the one-loop contributions to the effective action with five external vector fields and compare them with corresponding results in open superstring theory. Our calculation determines the structure of the F^5 terms that appear in the nonabelian generalization of the Born Infeld action. The trace operation on the gauge group indices receives contributions from the symmetric as well as the antisymmetric part. We find that in order to study corrections to the symmetrized trace prescription one has to consistently take into account derivative contributions not only with antisymmetrized products \nabla_{[\mu}\nabla_{\nu]} but also with symmetrized ones \nabla_{(\mu}\nabla_{\nu)}.
[ { "created": "Mon, 28 May 2001 16:08:45 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 22 Jun 2001 15:52:04 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Wed, 29 Aug 2001 13:16:24 GMT", "version": "v3" }, { "created": "Wed, 13 Nov 2002 15:47:36 GMT", "version": "v4" } ]
2009-11-07
[ [ "Refolli", "Andrea", "" ], [ "Santambrogio", "Alberto", "" ], [ "Terzi", "Niccolo'", "" ], [ "Zanon", "Daniela", "" ] ]
We consider the N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory in four dimensions. We compute the one-loop contributions to the effective action with five external vector fields and compare them with corresponding results in open superstring theory. Our calculation determines the structure of the F^5 terms that appear in the nonabelian generalization of the Born Infeld action. The trace operation on the gauge group indices receives contributions from the symmetric as well as the antisymmetric part. We find that in order to study corrections to the symmetrized trace prescription one has to consistently take into account derivative contributions not only with antisymmetrized products \nabla_{[\mu}\nabla_{\nu]} but also with symmetrized ones \nabla_{(\mu}\nabla_{\nu)}.
2005.08715
Amin Faraji Astaneh
Mohsen Alishahiha, Amin Faraji Astaneh and Ali Naseh
Island in the Presence of Higher Derivative Terms
18 pages, 3 figures, published version
null
10.1007/JHEP02(2021)035
null
hep-th gr-qc quant-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Using extended island formula we compute entanglement entropy of Hawking radiation for black hole solutions of certain gravitational models containing higher derivative terms. To be concrete we consider two different four dimensional models to compute entropy for both asymptotically flat and AdS black holes. One observes that the resultant entropy follows the Page curve, thanks to the contribution of the island, despite the fact that the corresponding gravitational models might be non-unitary.
[ { "created": "Mon, 18 May 2020 13:44:03 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 17 Feb 2021 17:44:04 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2021-02-24
[ [ "Alishahiha", "Mohsen", "" ], [ "Astaneh", "Amin Faraji", "" ], [ "Naseh", "Ali", "" ] ]
Using extended island formula we compute entanglement entropy of Hawking radiation for black hole solutions of certain gravitational models containing higher derivative terms. To be concrete we consider two different four dimensional models to compute entropy for both asymptotically flat and AdS black holes. One observes that the resultant entropy follows the Page curve, thanks to the contribution of the island, despite the fact that the corresponding gravitational models might be non-unitary.
1507.07555
Tokiro Numasawa
Masamichi Miyaji, Tokiro Numasawa, Noburo Shiba, Tadashi Takayanagi, Kento Watanabe
Gravity Dual of Quantum Information Metric
5 pages plus appendices, Revtex, 2 figures
Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 261602 (2015)
10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.261602
YITP-15-62, IPMU15-0119
hep-th cond-mat.str-el quant-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We study a quantum information metric (or fidelity susceptibility) in conformal field theories with respect to a small perturbation by a primary operator. We argue that its gravity dual is approximately given by a volume of maximal time slice in an AdS spacetime when the perturbation is exactly marginal. We confirm our claim in several examples.
[ { "created": "Mon, 27 Jul 2015 20:00:34 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 29 Jul 2015 08:10:28 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2016-01-12
[ [ "Miyaji", "Masamichi", "" ], [ "Numasawa", "Tokiro", "" ], [ "Shiba", "Noburo", "" ], [ "Takayanagi", "Tadashi", "" ], [ "Watanabe", "Kento", "" ] ]
We study a quantum information metric (or fidelity susceptibility) in conformal field theories with respect to a small perturbation by a primary operator. We argue that its gravity dual is approximately given by a volume of maximal time slice in an AdS spacetime when the perturbation is exactly marginal. We confirm our claim in several examples.
hep-th/0606196
Alexei Semikhatov
BL Feigin, AM Gainutdinov, AM Semikhatov, IYu Tipunin
Logarithmic extensions of minimal models: characters and modular transformations
43pp., AMSLaTeX++. V3: Some explanatory comments added, notational inaccuracies corrected, references added
Nucl.Phys.B757:303-343,2006
10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2006.09.019
null
hep-th cond-mat.mes-hall math-ph math.MP math.QA math.RT
null
We study logarithmic conformal field models that extend the (p,q) Virasoro minimal models. For coprime positive integers $p$ and $q$, the model is defined as the kernel of the two minimal-model screening operators. We identify the field content, construct the W-algebra W(p,q) that is the model symmetry (the maximal local algebra in the kernel), describe its irreducible modules, and find their characters. We then derive the SL(2,Z) representation on the space of torus amplitudes and study its properties. From the action of the screenings, we also identify the quantum group that is Kazhdan--Lusztig-dual to the logarithmic model.
[ { "created": "Tue, 20 Jun 2006 17:42:43 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 6 Jul 2006 09:19:22 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Sun, 24 Sep 2006 05:31:41 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Feigin", "BL", "" ], [ "Gainutdinov", "AM", "" ], [ "Semikhatov", "AM", "" ], [ "Tipunin", "IYu", "" ] ]
We study logarithmic conformal field models that extend the (p,q) Virasoro minimal models. For coprime positive integers $p$ and $q$, the model is defined as the kernel of the two minimal-model screening operators. We identify the field content, construct the W-algebra W(p,q) that is the model symmetry (the maximal local algebra in the kernel), describe its irreducible modules, and find their characters. We then derive the SL(2,Z) representation on the space of torus amplitudes and study its properties. From the action of the screenings, we also identify the quantum group that is Kazhdan--Lusztig-dual to the logarithmic model.
2207.05361
Jan Troost
Sujay K. Ashok and Jan Troost
Long Strings and Quasinormal Winding Modes
31 pages
null
10.1007/JHEP09(2022)172
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We compute the path integral for a particle on the covering group of SL(2,R) using a decomposition of the Lie algebra into adjoint orbits. We thus intuitively derive the Hilbert space of the particle on the group including discrete and continuous representations. Next, we perform a Lorentzian hyperbolic orbifold of the partition function and relate it to the Euclidean BTZ partition function. We use the particle model to inform further discussion of the spectral content of the one loop vacuum amplitude for strings on BTZ black hole backgrounds. We argue that the poles in the loop integrand code contributions of long string modes that wind the black hole. We moreover identify saddle point contributions of quasinormal winding modes.
[ { "created": "Tue, 12 Jul 2022 07:52:15 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2022-10-19
[ [ "Ashok", "Sujay K.", "" ], [ "Troost", "Jan", "" ] ]
We compute the path integral for a particle on the covering group of SL(2,R) using a decomposition of the Lie algebra into adjoint orbits. We thus intuitively derive the Hilbert space of the particle on the group including discrete and continuous representations. Next, we perform a Lorentzian hyperbolic orbifold of the partition function and relate it to the Euclidean BTZ partition function. We use the particle model to inform further discussion of the spectral content of the one loop vacuum amplitude for strings on BTZ black hole backgrounds. We argue that the poles in the loop integrand code contributions of long string modes that wind the black hole. We moreover identify saddle point contributions of quasinormal winding modes.
0709.0570
Andy O'Bannon
Andreas Karch and Andy O'Bannon
Holographic Thermodynamics at Finite Baryon Density: Some Exact Results
21 pages, 1 figure; v2 corrected typos, added comments to sections 2.2 and 2.4
JHEP 0711:074,2007
10.1088/1126-6708/2007/11/074
null
hep-th
null
We use the AdS/CFT correspondence to study the thermodynamics of massive N=2 supersymmetric hypermultiplets coupled to N=4 supersymmetric SU(Nc) Yang-Mills theory in the limits of large Nc and large 't Hooft coupling. In particular, we study the theory at finite baryon number density. At zero temperature, we present an exact expression for the hypermultiplets' leading-order contribution to the free energy, and in the supergravity description we clarify which D-brane configuration is appropriate for any given value of the chemical potential. We find a second-order phase transition when the chemical potential equals the mass. At finite temperature, we present an exact expression for the hypermultiplets' leading-order contribution to the free energy at zero mass.
[ { "created": "Wed, 5 Sep 2007 05:34:46 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 29 Nov 2007 07:16:47 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-11-18
[ [ "Karch", "Andreas", "" ], [ "O'Bannon", "Andy", "" ] ]
We use the AdS/CFT correspondence to study the thermodynamics of massive N=2 supersymmetric hypermultiplets coupled to N=4 supersymmetric SU(Nc) Yang-Mills theory in the limits of large Nc and large 't Hooft coupling. In particular, we study the theory at finite baryon number density. At zero temperature, we present an exact expression for the hypermultiplets' leading-order contribution to the free energy, and in the supergravity description we clarify which D-brane configuration is appropriate for any given value of the chemical potential. We find a second-order phase transition when the chemical potential equals the mass. At finite temperature, we present an exact expression for the hypermultiplets' leading-order contribution to the free energy at zero mass.
1101.4181
Ahmed Farag Ali
Ahmed Farag Ali
Minimal Length in Quantum Gravity, Equivalence Principle and Holographic Entropy Bound
12 pages, no figures, recommended to be published at Class.Quant.Grav
Class.Quant.Grav.28:065013,2011
10.1088/0264-9381/28/6/065013
null
hep-th gr-qc hep-ph quant-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
A possible discrepancy has been found between the results of a neutron interferometry experiment and Quantum Mechanics. This experiment suggests that the weak equivalence principle is violated at small length scales, which quantum mechanics cannot explain. In this paper, we investigated whether the Generalized Uncertainty Principle (GUP), proposed by some approaches to quantum gravity such as String Theory and Doubly Special Relativity Theories (DSR), can explain the violation of the weak equivalence principle at small length scales. We also investigated the consequences of the GUP on the Liouville theorem in statistical mechanics. We have found a new form of invariant phase space in the presence of GUP. This result should modify the density states and affect the calculation of the entropy bound of local quantum field theory, the cosmological constant, black body radiation, etc. Furthermore, such modification may have observable consequences at length scales much larger than the Planck scale. This modification leads to a \sqrt{A}-type correction to the bound of the maximal entropy of a bosonic field which would definitely shed some light on the holographic theory.
[ { "created": "Fri, 21 Jan 2011 16:57:28 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2011-03-02
[ [ "Ali", "Ahmed Farag", "" ] ]
A possible discrepancy has been found between the results of a neutron interferometry experiment and Quantum Mechanics. This experiment suggests that the weak equivalence principle is violated at small length scales, which quantum mechanics cannot explain. In this paper, we investigated whether the Generalized Uncertainty Principle (GUP), proposed by some approaches to quantum gravity such as String Theory and Doubly Special Relativity Theories (DSR), can explain the violation of the weak equivalence principle at small length scales. We also investigated the consequences of the GUP on the Liouville theorem in statistical mechanics. We have found a new form of invariant phase space in the presence of GUP. This result should modify the density states and affect the calculation of the entropy bound of local quantum field theory, the cosmological constant, black body radiation, etc. Furthermore, such modification may have observable consequences at length scales much larger than the Planck scale. This modification leads to a \sqrt{A}-type correction to the bound of the maximal entropy of a bosonic field which would definitely shed some light on the holographic theory.
hep-th/0204137
Kumar S. Gupta
Kumar S. Gupta
Near-Horizon Conformal Structure and Entropy of Schwarzschild Black Holes
Based on the invited talk presented at the Indo-Russian International Workshop on Quantum Gravity, Strings and Integrable Models at IMSc., Chennai, India during January 15-19, 2002
null
null
SINP-TNP/02-13
hep-th gr-qc
null
Near-horizon conformal structure of a massive Schwarzschild black hole of mass M is analyzed using a scalar field as a simple probe of the background geometry. The near-horizon dynamics is governed by an operator which is related to the Virasoro algebra and admits a one-parameter family of self-adjoint extensions described by a real parameter z. When z satisfies a suitable contraint, the corresponding wavefunctions exhibit scaling behaviour in a band-like region near the horizon of the black hole. This formalism is consistent with the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy formula and naturally produces the -3/2 log M^2 correction term to the black hole entropy with other subleading corrections exponentially suppressed. This precise form for the black hole entropy is expected on general grounds in any conformal field theoretic description of the problem. The presence of the Virasoro algebra and the scaling properties of the associated wavefunctions in the near-horizon region together with the appearance of the logarithmic correction to the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy provide strong evidence for the near-horizon conformal structure in this system.
[ { "created": "Wed, 17 Apr 2002 05:27:13 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Gupta", "Kumar S.", "" ] ]
Near-horizon conformal structure of a massive Schwarzschild black hole of mass M is analyzed using a scalar field as a simple probe of the background geometry. The near-horizon dynamics is governed by an operator which is related to the Virasoro algebra and admits a one-parameter family of self-adjoint extensions described by a real parameter z. When z satisfies a suitable contraint, the corresponding wavefunctions exhibit scaling behaviour in a band-like region near the horizon of the black hole. This formalism is consistent with the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy formula and naturally produces the -3/2 log M^2 correction term to the black hole entropy with other subleading corrections exponentially suppressed. This precise form for the black hole entropy is expected on general grounds in any conformal field theoretic description of the problem. The presence of the Virasoro algebra and the scaling properties of the associated wavefunctions in the near-horizon region together with the appearance of the logarithmic correction to the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy provide strong evidence for the near-horizon conformal structure in this system.
hep-th/0603224
DaeKil Park
D. K. Park
Emissivities for the various Graviton Modes in the Background of the Higher-Dimensional Black Hole
14 pages, 5 eps figures, V2: the incorrect multiplicities are corrected. PLB version
Phys.Lett.B638:246-252,2006
10.1016/j.physletb.2006.05.043
null
hep-th
null
The Hawking emissivities for the scalar-, vector-, and tensor-mode bulk gravitons are computed in the full range of the graviton's energy by adopting the analytic continuation numerically when the spacetime background is $(4+n)$-dimensional non-rotating black hole. The total emissivity for the gravitons is only 5.16% of that for the spin-0 field when there is no extra dimension. However, this ratio factor increases rapidly when the extra dimensions exist. For example, this factor becomes 147.7%, 595.2% and 3496% when the number of extra dimensions is 1, 2 and 6, respectively. This fact indicates that the Hawking radiation for the graviton modes becomes more and more significant and dominant with increasing the number of extra dimensions.
[ { "created": "Wed, 29 Mar 2006 08:40:12 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 12 May 2006 00:33:59 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Park", "D. K.", "" ] ]
The Hawking emissivities for the scalar-, vector-, and tensor-mode bulk gravitons are computed in the full range of the graviton's energy by adopting the analytic continuation numerically when the spacetime background is $(4+n)$-dimensional non-rotating black hole. The total emissivity for the gravitons is only 5.16% of that for the spin-0 field when there is no extra dimension. However, this ratio factor increases rapidly when the extra dimensions exist. For example, this factor becomes 147.7%, 595.2% and 3496% when the number of extra dimensions is 1, 2 and 6, respectively. This fact indicates that the Hawking radiation for the graviton modes becomes more and more significant and dominant with increasing the number of extra dimensions.
1011.0996
Pau Figueras
Oscar J. C. Dias, Pau Figueras, Ricardo Monteiro, Jorge E.Santos
Ultraspinning instability of anti-de Sitter black holes
22 pages, 7 figures. v2: Reference added. Matches published version
JHEP 1012:067,2010
10.1007/JHEP12(2010)067
null
hep-th gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Myers-Perry black holes with a single spin in d>5 have been shown to be unstable if rotating sufficiently rapidly. We extend the numerical analysis which allowed for that result to the asymptotically AdS case. We determine numerically the stationary perturbations that mark the onset of the instabilities for the modes that preserve the rotational symmetries of the background. The parameter space of solutions is thoroughly analysed, and the onset of the instabilities is obtained as a function of the cosmological constant. Each of these perturbations has been conjectured to represent a bifurcation point to a new phase of stationary AdS black holes, and this is consistent with our results.
[ { "created": "Wed, 3 Nov 2010 20:00:25 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 6 Jan 2011 15:57:56 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2015-03-17
[ [ "Dias", "Oscar J. C.", "" ], [ "Figueras", "Pau", "" ], [ "Monteiro", "Ricardo", "" ], [ "Santos", "Jorge E.", "" ] ]
Myers-Perry black holes with a single spin in d>5 have been shown to be unstable if rotating sufficiently rapidly. We extend the numerical analysis which allowed for that result to the asymptotically AdS case. We determine numerically the stationary perturbations that mark the onset of the instabilities for the modes that preserve the rotational symmetries of the background. The parameter space of solutions is thoroughly analysed, and the onset of the instabilities is obtained as a function of the cosmological constant. Each of these perturbations has been conjectured to represent a bifurcation point to a new phase of stationary AdS black holes, and this is consistent with our results.
hep-th/9405187
Andrei Linde
Lev Kofman, Andrei Linde, and Alexei Starobinsky
Reheating after Inflation
7 pages, 1 figure, LaTeX, UH-IfA-94/35; SU-ITP-94-13; YITP/U-94-15 (paper replaced by its version to be published in Phys. Rev. Lett.)
Phys.Rev.Lett.73:3195-3198,1994
10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.3195
null
hep-th astro-ph gr-qc hep-ph
null
The theory of reheating of the Universe after inflation is developed. The transition from inflation to the hot Universe turns out to be strongly model-dependent and typically consists of several stages. Immediately after inflation the field $\phi$ begins rapidly rolling towards the minimum of its effective potential. Contrary to some earlier expectations, particle production during this stage does not lead to the appearance of an extra friction term $\Gamma\dot\phi$ in the equation of motion of the field $\phi$. Reheating becomes efficient only at the next stage, when the field $\phi$ rapidly oscillates near the minimum of its effective potential. We have found that typically in the beginning of this stage the classical inflaton field $\phi$ very rapidly (explosively) decays into $\phi$-particles or into other bosons due to broad parametric resonance. This stage cannot be described by the standard elementary approach to reheating based on perturbation theory. The bosons produced at this stage, as well as some part of the classical field $\phi$ which survives the stage of explosive reheating, should further decay into other particles, which eventually become thermalized. The last stages of decay can be described in terms of perturbation theory. Complete reheating is possible only in those theories where a single massive $\phi$-particle can decay into other particles. This imposes strong constraints on the structure of inflationary models. On the other hand, this means that a scalar field can be a cold dark matter candidate even if it is strongly coupled to other fields.
[ { "created": "Mon, 30 May 1994 07:16:24 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 12 Oct 1994 02:18:47 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-09-29
[ [ "Kofman", "Lev", "" ], [ "Linde", "Andrei", "" ], [ "Starobinsky", "Alexei", "" ] ]
The theory of reheating of the Universe after inflation is developed. The transition from inflation to the hot Universe turns out to be strongly model-dependent and typically consists of several stages. Immediately after inflation the field $\phi$ begins rapidly rolling towards the minimum of its effective potential. Contrary to some earlier expectations, particle production during this stage does not lead to the appearance of an extra friction term $\Gamma\dot\phi$ in the equation of motion of the field $\phi$. Reheating becomes efficient only at the next stage, when the field $\phi$ rapidly oscillates near the minimum of its effective potential. We have found that typically in the beginning of this stage the classical inflaton field $\phi$ very rapidly (explosively) decays into $\phi$-particles or into other bosons due to broad parametric resonance. This stage cannot be described by the standard elementary approach to reheating based on perturbation theory. The bosons produced at this stage, as well as some part of the classical field $\phi$ which survives the stage of explosive reheating, should further decay into other particles, which eventually become thermalized. The last stages of decay can be described in terms of perturbation theory. Complete reheating is possible only in those theories where a single massive $\phi$-particle can decay into other particles. This imposes strong constraints on the structure of inflationary models. On the other hand, this means that a scalar field can be a cold dark matter candidate even if it is strongly coupled to other fields.
1305.2334
Dmitri Fursaev
Dmitri Fursaev
Quantum Entanglement on Boundaries
25 pages, 3 figures
null
10.1007/JHEP07(2013)119
null
hep-th gr-qc quant-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Quantum entanglement in 3 spatial dimensions is studied in systems with physical boundaries when an entangling surface intersects the boundary. We show that there are universal logarithmic boundary terms in the entanglement R\'{e}nyi entropy and derive them for different conformal field theories and geometrical configurations. The paper covers such topics as spectral geometry on manifolds with conical singularities crossing the boundaries, the dependence of the entanglement entropy on mutual position of the boundary and the entangling surface, effects of acceleration and rotation of the boundary, relations of coefficients in the trace anomaly to coefficients in the boundary logarithmic terms in the entropy. The computations are done for scalar, spinor and gauge fields.
[ { "created": "Fri, 10 May 2013 13:10:40 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-06-15
[ [ "Fursaev", "Dmitri", "" ] ]
Quantum entanglement in 3 spatial dimensions is studied in systems with physical boundaries when an entangling surface intersects the boundary. We show that there are universal logarithmic boundary terms in the entanglement R\'{e}nyi entropy and derive them for different conformal field theories and geometrical configurations. The paper covers such topics as spectral geometry on manifolds with conical singularities crossing the boundaries, the dependence of the entanglement entropy on mutual position of the boundary and the entangling surface, effects of acceleration and rotation of the boundary, relations of coefficients in the trace anomaly to coefficients in the boundary logarithmic terms in the entropy. The computations are done for scalar, spinor and gauge fields.
1809.10604
Shu-Heng Shao
Kantaro Ohmori, Nathan Seiberg, and Shu-Heng Shao
Sigma Models on Flags
59 pages, 3 figures, 1 table, typos fixed, references added
SciPost Phys. 6, 017 (2019)
10.21468/SciPostPhys.6.2.017
null
hep-th cond-mat.str-el
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We study (1+1)-dimensional non-linear sigma models whose target space is the flag manifold $U(N)\over U(N_1)\times U(N_2)\cdots U(N_m)$, with a specific focus on the special case $U(N)/U(1)^{N}$. These generalize the well-known $\mathbb{CP}^{N-1}$ model. The general flag model exhibits several new elements that are not present in the special case of the $\mathbb{CP}^{N-1}$ model. It depends on more parameters, its global symmetry can be larger, and its 't Hooft anomalies can be more subtle. Our discussion based on symmetry and anomaly suggests that for certain choices of the integers $N_I$ and for specific values of the parameters the model is gapless in the IR and is described by an $SU(N)_1$ WZW model. Some of the techniques we present can also be applied to other cases.
[ { "created": "Thu, 27 Sep 2018 16:17:10 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 15 Oct 2018 01:04:02 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Sat, 12 Jan 2019 04:18:49 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2019-02-06
[ [ "Ohmori", "Kantaro", "" ], [ "Seiberg", "Nathan", "" ], [ "Shao", "Shu-Heng", "" ] ]
We study (1+1)-dimensional non-linear sigma models whose target space is the flag manifold $U(N)\over U(N_1)\times U(N_2)\cdots U(N_m)$, with a specific focus on the special case $U(N)/U(1)^{N}$. These generalize the well-known $\mathbb{CP}^{N-1}$ model. The general flag model exhibits several new elements that are not present in the special case of the $\mathbb{CP}^{N-1}$ model. It depends on more parameters, its global symmetry can be larger, and its 't Hooft anomalies can be more subtle. Our discussion based on symmetry and anomaly suggests that for certain choices of the integers $N_I$ and for specific values of the parameters the model is gapless in the IR and is described by an $SU(N)_1$ WZW model. Some of the techniques we present can also be applied to other cases.
1812.11657
M\'ario Dias Jr
Bruno Gon\c{c}alves, M\'ario M. Dias J\'unior, Baltazar J. Ribeiro
The Exact Foldy-Wouthuysen Transformation for a Dirac Theory Revisited
null
Phys. Rev. D 99, 096015 (2019)
10.1103/PhysRevD.99.096015
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The Exact Foldy-Wouthuysen transformation (EFWT) method is generalized here. In principle, it is not possible to construct the EFWT to any Hamiltonian. The transformation conditions are the same but the involution operator has a new form. We took a special example and constructed explicitly the new involution operator that allows one to perform the transformation. We treat the case of the Hamiltonian with 160 possible CPT-Lorentz breaking terms, using this new technique. The transformation was performed and physics analysis of the equations of motion is shown.
[ { "created": "Mon, 31 Dec 2018 01:00:31 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 11 Mar 2019 23:51:15 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2019-05-22
[ [ "Gonçalves", "Bruno", "" ], [ "Júnior", "Mário M. Dias", "" ], [ "Ribeiro", "Baltazar J.", "" ] ]
The Exact Foldy-Wouthuysen transformation (EFWT) method is generalized here. In principle, it is not possible to construct the EFWT to any Hamiltonian. The transformation conditions are the same but the involution operator has a new form. We took a special example and constructed explicitly the new involution operator that allows one to perform the transformation. We treat the case of the Hamiltonian with 160 possible CPT-Lorentz breaking terms, using this new technique. The transformation was performed and physics analysis of the equations of motion is shown.
hep-th/9904155
Mitsuko Abe
Mitsuko Abe and Masamichi Sato
Puzzles on the Duality between Heterotic and Type IIA Strings
Latex, 12 pages, Replacement: solution to puzzles was added, i.e., double K3 fibrations
Phys.Lett. B467 (1999) 218-224
10.1016/S0370-2693(99)01171-5
TIT/HEP-411
hep-th
null
We discuss the possibility of the extension of the duality between the webs of heterotic string and the type IIA string to Calabi-Yau 3-folds with another K3 fiber by comparing the dual polyhedron of Calabi-Yau 3-folds given by Candelas, Perevalov and Rajesh.
[ { "created": "Fri, 23 Apr 1999 03:10:19 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 27 Apr 1999 08:56:51 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Wed, 25 Aug 1999 07:46:38 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2009-10-31
[ [ "Abe", "Mitsuko", "" ], [ "Sato", "Masamichi", "" ] ]
We discuss the possibility of the extension of the duality between the webs of heterotic string and the type IIA string to Calabi-Yau 3-folds with another K3 fiber by comparing the dual polyhedron of Calabi-Yau 3-folds given by Candelas, Perevalov and Rajesh.
1609.09318
Y B Wu
Cheng-Yuan Zhang, Ya-Bo Wu, Ya-Nan Zhang, Huan-Yu Wang, Meng-Meng Wu
Holographic paramagnetism-ferromagnetism phase transition with the nonlinear electrodynamics
arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1212.6693, arXiv:1208.5902 by other authors
null
10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2016.11.017
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In the probe limit, we investigate the nonlinear electrodynamical effects of the both exponential form and the logarithmic form on the holographic paramagnetism-ferromagnetism phase transition in the background of a Schwarzschild-AdS black hole spacetime. Moreover, by comparing the exponential form of nonlinear electrodynamics with the logarithmic form of nonlinear electrodynamics and the Born-Infeld nonlinear electrodynamics which has been presented in Ref.~\cite{Wu:2016uyj}, we find that the higher nonlinear electrodynamics correction makes the critical temperature smaller and the magnetic moment harder form in the case without external field. Furthermore, the increase of nonlinear parameter b will result in extending the period of the external magnetic field. Especially, the effect of the exponential form of nonlinear electrodynamics on the periodicity of hysteresis loop is more noticeable.
[ { "created": "Thu, 29 Sep 2016 12:46:05 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2017-01-04
[ [ "Zhang", "Cheng-Yuan", "" ], [ "Wu", "Ya-Bo", "" ], [ "Zhang", "Ya-Nan", "" ], [ "Wang", "Huan-Yu", "" ], [ "Wu", "Meng-Meng", "" ] ]
In the probe limit, we investigate the nonlinear electrodynamical effects of the both exponential form and the logarithmic form on the holographic paramagnetism-ferromagnetism phase transition in the background of a Schwarzschild-AdS black hole spacetime. Moreover, by comparing the exponential form of nonlinear electrodynamics with the logarithmic form of nonlinear electrodynamics and the Born-Infeld nonlinear electrodynamics which has been presented in Ref.~\cite{Wu:2016uyj}, we find that the higher nonlinear electrodynamics correction makes the critical temperature smaller and the magnetic moment harder form in the case without external field. Furthermore, the increase of nonlinear parameter b will result in extending the period of the external magnetic field. Especially, the effect of the exponential form of nonlinear electrodynamics on the periodicity of hysteresis loop is more noticeable.
1801.05289
Xiao-Liang Qi
Xiao-Liang Qi and Zhao Yang
Space-time random tensor networks and holographic duality
31 pages, 9 figures
null
null
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In this paper we propose a space-time random tensor network approach for understanding holographic duality. Using tensor networks with random link projections, we define boundary theories with interesting holographic properties, such as the Renyi entropies satisfying the covariant Hubeny-Rangamani-Takayanagi formula, and operator correspondence with local reconstruction properties. We also investigate the unitarity of boundary theory in spacetime geometries with Lorenzian signature. Compared with the spatial random tensor networks, the space-time generalization does not require a particular time slicing, and provides a more covariant family of microscopic models that may help us to understand holographic duality.
[ { "created": "Tue, 16 Jan 2018 15:19:20 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2018-01-17
[ [ "Qi", "Xiao-Liang", "" ], [ "Yang", "Zhao", "" ] ]
In this paper we propose a space-time random tensor network approach for understanding holographic duality. Using tensor networks with random link projections, we define boundary theories with interesting holographic properties, such as the Renyi entropies satisfying the covariant Hubeny-Rangamani-Takayanagi formula, and operator correspondence with local reconstruction properties. We also investigate the unitarity of boundary theory in spacetime geometries with Lorenzian signature. Compared with the spatial random tensor networks, the space-time generalization does not require a particular time slicing, and provides a more covariant family of microscopic models that may help us to understand holographic duality.
2102.11358
Hun Jang
Hun Jang and Massimo Porrati
Inflation, Gravity Mediated Supersymmetry Breaking, and de Sitter Vacua in Supergravity with a K\"{a}hler-Invariant FI Term
22 pages. A mistake in the mass matrix of observable-sector scalars has been corrected. Results and conclusions remain unchanged. New references have been added
Phys. Rev. D 103, 105006 (2021)
10.1103/PhysRevD.103.105006
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We use a new mechanism for generating a Fayet-Iliopoulos term in supergravity, which is not associated to an R symmetry, to construct a semi-realistic theory of slow-roll inflation for a theory with the same K\"ahler potential and superpotential as the KKLT string background (without anti-D3 branes). In our model, supersymmetry must be broken at a high scale in a hidden sector to ensure that the cutoff of the effective field theory is above the Hubble scale of inflation. The gravitino has a super-EeV mass and supersymmetry breaking is communicated to the observable sector through gravity mediation. Some mass scales of the supersymmetry-breaking soft terms in the observable sector can be parametrically smaller than the SUSY breaking scale. If a string realization of the new FI term were found, our model could be the basis for a low energy effective supergravity description of realistic superstring models of inflation.
[ { "created": "Mon, 22 Feb 2021 21:00:20 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 1 Mar 2021 20:36:18 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2021-05-14
[ [ "Jang", "Hun", "" ], [ "Porrati", "Massimo", "" ] ]
We use a new mechanism for generating a Fayet-Iliopoulos term in supergravity, which is not associated to an R symmetry, to construct a semi-realistic theory of slow-roll inflation for a theory with the same K\"ahler potential and superpotential as the KKLT string background (without anti-D3 branes). In our model, supersymmetry must be broken at a high scale in a hidden sector to ensure that the cutoff of the effective field theory is above the Hubble scale of inflation. The gravitino has a super-EeV mass and supersymmetry breaking is communicated to the observable sector through gravity mediation. Some mass scales of the supersymmetry-breaking soft terms in the observable sector can be parametrically smaller than the SUSY breaking scale. If a string realization of the new FI term were found, our model could be the basis for a low energy effective supergravity description of realistic superstring models of inflation.
1701.03552
Lorenz Eberhardt
Lorenz Eberhardt, Matthias R. Gaberdiel, Rajesh Gopakumar, Wei Li
BPS spectrum on AdS$_3\times $S$^3 \times $S$^3 \times $S$^1$
36 pages; ancillary file included, v2: changed statement about spectrally flowed sectors, minor typos corrected
JHEP 1703: 124 (2017)
10.1007/JHEP03(2017)124
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The BPS spectrum of string theory on AdS$_3\times {\rm S}^3 \times {\rm S}^3 \times {\rm S}^1$ is determined using a world-sheet description in terms of WZW models. It is found that the theory only has BPS states with $j^+ = j^-$ where $j^{\pm}$ refer to the spins of the $\mathfrak{su}(2)$ algebras of the large ${\cal N}=4$ superconformal algebra. We then re-examine the BPS spectrum of the corresponding supergravity and find that, in contradistinction to previous claims in the literature, also in supergravity only the states with $j^+=j^-$ are BPS. This resolves a number of long-standing puzzles regarding the BPS spectrum of string theory and supergravity in this background.
[ { "created": "Fri, 13 Jan 2017 03:15:30 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 11 Jul 2017 12:58:38 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Wed, 12 Jul 2017 10:41:17 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2017-07-13
[ [ "Eberhardt", "Lorenz", "" ], [ "Gaberdiel", "Matthias R.", "" ], [ "Gopakumar", "Rajesh", "" ], [ "Li", "Wei", "" ] ]
The BPS spectrum of string theory on AdS$_3\times {\rm S}^3 \times {\rm S}^3 \times {\rm S}^1$ is determined using a world-sheet description in terms of WZW models. It is found that the theory only has BPS states with $j^+ = j^-$ where $j^{\pm}$ refer to the spins of the $\mathfrak{su}(2)$ algebras of the large ${\cal N}=4$ superconformal algebra. We then re-examine the BPS spectrum of the corresponding supergravity and find that, in contradistinction to previous claims in the literature, also in supergravity only the states with $j^+=j^-$ are BPS. This resolves a number of long-standing puzzles regarding the BPS spectrum of string theory and supergravity in this background.
1609.02733
Max Riegler
Max Riegler
How General Is Holography?
PhD Thesis; Defended on Sept. 7th, 2016; This thesis won the Victor-Franz Hess Prize awarded by the Austrian Physical Society
null
null
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In this thesis I explore the generality of the holographic principle in 2+1 (bulk) dimensions by looking at the possibility of having holographic correspondences for non-AdS (higher-spin) spacetimes. The first part focuses on Lobachevsky spacetimes with $\mathfrak{sl}(4,\mathbb{R})$ as well as $\mathcal{W}^{(2)}_N$ symmetries, the asymptotic symmetry algebras and their unitary representations. This results in a family of unitary $\mathcal{W}^{(2)}_N$ models that can have both small and large central charge. The focus of the second part is a possible holographic correspondence in asymptotically flat spacetimes. This part covers limits from known AdS$_3$ results to flat space as well as a NO-GO result that forbids having flat space, higher-spins and unitarity at the same time. In addition this part shows how to consistently add (higher-spin) chemical potentials to flat space. As a non-trivial check of a holographic correspondence in flat space I provide a way to determine entanglement entropy (as well as thermal entropy of flat space cosmologies) holographically in asymptotically flat spacetimes using Wilson lines.
[ { "created": "Fri, 9 Sep 2016 10:27:00 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2016-09-12
[ [ "Riegler", "Max", "" ] ]
In this thesis I explore the generality of the holographic principle in 2+1 (bulk) dimensions by looking at the possibility of having holographic correspondences for non-AdS (higher-spin) spacetimes. The first part focuses on Lobachevsky spacetimes with $\mathfrak{sl}(4,\mathbb{R})$ as well as $\mathcal{W}^{(2)}_N$ symmetries, the asymptotic symmetry algebras and their unitary representations. This results in a family of unitary $\mathcal{W}^{(2)}_N$ models that can have both small and large central charge. The focus of the second part is a possible holographic correspondence in asymptotically flat spacetimes. This part covers limits from known AdS$_3$ results to flat space as well as a NO-GO result that forbids having flat space, higher-spins and unitarity at the same time. In addition this part shows how to consistently add (higher-spin) chemical potentials to flat space. As a non-trivial check of a holographic correspondence in flat space I provide a way to determine entanglement entropy (as well as thermal entropy of flat space cosmologies) holographically in asymptotically flat spacetimes using Wilson lines.
1512.09324
Mustafa Amin
M. Amin, S. Khalil, and M. Salah
A viable logarithmic f(R) model for inflation
16 pages, 5 figures
JCAP08(2016)043
10.1088/1475-7516/2016/08/043
null
hep-th gr-qc hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Inflation in the framework of $f(R)$ modified gravity is revisited. We study the conditions that $f(R)$ should satisfy in order to lead to a viable inflationary model in the original form and in the Einstein frame. Based on these criteria we propose a new logarithmic model as a potential candidate for $f(R)$ theories aiming to describe inflation consistent with observations from \textit{Planck} satellite (2015). The model predicts scalar spectral index $0.9615<n_s<0.9693$ in agreement with observation and tensor-to-scalar ratio $r$ of order $10^{-3}$. Furthermore, we show that for a class of models, a natural coupling between inflation and a scalar boson is generated through the minimal coupling between gravity and matter fields and a reheating temperature less that $10^9$ GeV is obtained.
[ { "created": "Thu, 31 Dec 2015 16:55:34 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 18 Aug 2016 17:32:58 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2018-10-17
[ [ "Amin", "M.", "" ], [ "Khalil", "S.", "" ], [ "Salah", "M.", "" ] ]
Inflation in the framework of $f(R)$ modified gravity is revisited. We study the conditions that $f(R)$ should satisfy in order to lead to a viable inflationary model in the original form and in the Einstein frame. Based on these criteria we propose a new logarithmic model as a potential candidate for $f(R)$ theories aiming to describe inflation consistent with observations from \textit{Planck} satellite (2015). The model predicts scalar spectral index $0.9615<n_s<0.9693$ in agreement with observation and tensor-to-scalar ratio $r$ of order $10^{-3}$. Furthermore, we show that for a class of models, a natural coupling between inflation and a scalar boson is generated through the minimal coupling between gravity and matter fields and a reheating temperature less that $10^9$ GeV is obtained.
1812.07597
Horatiu Stefan Nastase
Horatiu Nastase
Solution of the cosmological constant problem within holographic cosmology
5 pages, no figures, revtex; clarification about the length of the RG flow added in section 3; notation clarified
null
10.1016/j.physletb.2019.135168
null
hep-th astro-ph.CO gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Within the holographic cosmology paradigm, specifically the model of McFadden and Skenderis, but more generally than that, the cosmological constant is found to naturally flow from a large value, to a small value, which can even be as low as the needed $\sim 10^{-120}$ times the original, along with the dual RG flow. Within this context then, the cosmological constant problem is mapped to a simple quantum field theory property, even though the exact mechanism for it in gravity is still obscure. I consider several examples of gravity duals to explain the mechanism.
[ { "created": "Tue, 18 Dec 2018 19:05:04 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 19 Sep 2019 18:12:44 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2019-12-25
[ [ "Nastase", "Horatiu", "" ] ]
Within the holographic cosmology paradigm, specifically the model of McFadden and Skenderis, but more generally than that, the cosmological constant is found to naturally flow from a large value, to a small value, which can even be as low as the needed $\sim 10^{-120}$ times the original, along with the dual RG flow. Within this context then, the cosmological constant problem is mapped to a simple quantum field theory property, even though the exact mechanism for it in gravity is still obscure. I consider several examples of gravity duals to explain the mechanism.
2009.08462
Julian Heeck
Julian Heeck, Arvind Rajaraman, Rebecca Riley, Christopher B. Verhaaren
Understanding Q-Balls Beyond the Thin-Wall Limit
26 pages, v2: matches published version; v3: fixed typo in Eq.(3)
Phys. Rev. D 103, 045008 (2021)
10.1103/PhysRevD.103.045008
UCI-TR-2020-14
hep-th hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Complex scalar fields charged under a global U(1) symmetry can admit non-topological soliton configurations called Q-balls which are stable against decay into individual particles or smaller Q-balls. These Q-balls are interesting objects within quantum field theory, but are also of phenomenological interest in several cosmological and astrophysical contexts. The Q-ball profiles are determined by a nonlinear differential equation, and so generally require solution by numerical methods. In this work, we derive analytical approximations for the Q-ball profile in a polynomial potential and obtain simple expressions for the important Q-ball properties of charge, energy, and radius. These results improve significantly on the often-used thin-wall approximation and make it possible to describe Q-balls to excellent precision without having to solve the underlying differential equation.
[ { "created": "Thu, 17 Sep 2020 18:00:01 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 9 Feb 2021 19:10:42 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Mon, 13 Sep 2021 21:43:41 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2021-09-15
[ [ "Heeck", "Julian", "" ], [ "Rajaraman", "Arvind", "" ], [ "Riley", "Rebecca", "" ], [ "Verhaaren", "Christopher B.", "" ] ]
Complex scalar fields charged under a global U(1) symmetry can admit non-topological soliton configurations called Q-balls which are stable against decay into individual particles or smaller Q-balls. These Q-balls are interesting objects within quantum field theory, but are also of phenomenological interest in several cosmological and astrophysical contexts. The Q-ball profiles are determined by a nonlinear differential equation, and so generally require solution by numerical methods. In this work, we derive analytical approximations for the Q-ball profile in a polynomial potential and obtain simple expressions for the important Q-ball properties of charge, energy, and radius. These results improve significantly on the often-used thin-wall approximation and make it possible to describe Q-balls to excellent precision without having to solve the underlying differential equation.
hep-th/0612254
Jian-Zu Zhang
Jian-Zu Zhang
Un-equivalency Theorem between Deformed and undeformed Heisenberg-Weyl's Algebras
12 pages
Phys.Lett. B639 (2006) 403-406
10.1016/j.physletb.2006.06.040
null
hep-th
null
Two fundamental issues about the relation between the deformed Heisenberg-Weyl algebra in noncommutative space and the undeformed one in commutative space are elucidated. First the un-equivalency theorem between two algebras is proved: the deformed algebra related to the undeformed one by a non-orthogonal similarity transformation is explored; furthermore, non-existence of a unitary similarity transformation which transforms the deformed algebra to the undeformed one is demonstrated. Secondly the uniqueness of realizing the deformed phase space variables via the undeformed ones is elucidated: both the deformed Heisenberg-Weyl algebra and the deformed bosonic algebra should be maintained under a linear transformation between two sets of phase space variables which fixes that such a linear transformation is unique. Elucidation of this un-equivalency theorem has basic meaning both in theory and experiment.
[ { "created": "Sat, 23 Dec 2006 02:51:43 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-11-11
[ [ "Zhang", "Jian-Zu", "" ] ]
Two fundamental issues about the relation between the deformed Heisenberg-Weyl algebra in noncommutative space and the undeformed one in commutative space are elucidated. First the un-equivalency theorem between two algebras is proved: the deformed algebra related to the undeformed one by a non-orthogonal similarity transformation is explored; furthermore, non-existence of a unitary similarity transformation which transforms the deformed algebra to the undeformed one is demonstrated. Secondly the uniqueness of realizing the deformed phase space variables via the undeformed ones is elucidated: both the deformed Heisenberg-Weyl algebra and the deformed bosonic algebra should be maintained under a linear transformation between two sets of phase space variables which fixes that such a linear transformation is unique. Elucidation of this un-equivalency theorem has basic meaning both in theory and experiment.
2007.12993
Cesar Fosco
C. D. Fosco and F. A. Schaposnik
From D=3 to D=2 dimensions: a note on topological order
14 pages, no figures
null
10.1142/S0217732321501637
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We construct, by a procedure involving a dimensional reduction from a Chern-Simons theory with borders, an effective theory for a 1+1 dimensional superconductor. 1That system can be either in an ordinary phase or in a topological one, depending on the value of two phases, corresponding to complex order parameters. Finally, we argue that the original theory and its dimensionally reduced one can be related to the effective action for a quantum Dirac field in a slab geometry, coupled to a gauge field.
[ { "created": "Sat, 25 Jul 2020 18:34:13 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2021-08-12
[ [ "Fosco", "C. D.", "" ], [ "Schaposnik", "F. A.", "" ] ]
We construct, by a procedure involving a dimensional reduction from a Chern-Simons theory with borders, an effective theory for a 1+1 dimensional superconductor. 1That system can be either in an ordinary phase or in a topological one, depending on the value of two phases, corresponding to complex order parameters. Finally, we argue that the original theory and its dimensionally reduced one can be related to the effective action for a quantum Dirac field in a slab geometry, coupled to a gauge field.
2306.01049
Joao M. Baptista
Joao Baptista
Internal symmetries in Kaluza-Klein models
96 pages, 2 figures; comments welcome; v3: small revisions
JHEP 05 (2024) 178
10.1007/JHEP05(2024)178
null
hep-th gr-qc math-ph math.MP
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The usual approach to Kaluza-Klein considers a spacetime of the form $M_4 \times K$ and identifies the isometry group of the internal vacuum metric, $g_K^0$, with the gauge group in four dimensions. In these notes we discuss a variant approach where part of the gauge group does not come from full isometries of $g_K^0$, but instead comes from weaker internal symmetries that only preserve the Einstein-Hilbert action on $K$. Then the weaker symmetries are spontaneously broken by the choice of vacuum metric and generate massive gauge bosons within the Kaluza-Klein framework, with no need to introduce ad hoc Higgs fields. Using the language of Riemannian submersions, the classical mass of a gauge boson is calculated in terms of the Lie derivatives of $g_K^0$. These massive bosons can be arbitrarily light and seem able to evade the standard no-go arguments against chiral fermionic interactions in Kaluza-Klein. As a second main theme, we also question the traditional assumption of a Kaluza-Klein vacuum represented by a product Einstein metric. This should not be true when that metric is unstable. In fact, we argue that the unravelling of the Einstein metric along certain instabilities is a desirable feature of the model, since it generates inflation and allows some metric components to change length scale. In the case of the Lie group $K = SU(3)$, the unravelling of the bi-invariant metric along an unstable perturbation also breaks the isometry group from $( SU(3) \times SU(3)) / Z_3$ down to $( SU(3) \times SU(2) \times U(1) )/ Z_6$, the gauge group of the Standard Model. We briefly discuss possible ways to stabilize the internal metric after that first symmetry breaking and produce an electroweak symmetry breaking at a different mass scale.
[ { "created": "Thu, 1 Jun 2023 18:00:05 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 12 Oct 2023 21:15:13 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Wed, 27 Mar 2024 17:22:27 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2024-05-24
[ [ "Baptista", "Joao", "" ] ]
The usual approach to Kaluza-Klein considers a spacetime of the form $M_4 \times K$ and identifies the isometry group of the internal vacuum metric, $g_K^0$, with the gauge group in four dimensions. In these notes we discuss a variant approach where part of the gauge group does not come from full isometries of $g_K^0$, but instead comes from weaker internal symmetries that only preserve the Einstein-Hilbert action on $K$. Then the weaker symmetries are spontaneously broken by the choice of vacuum metric and generate massive gauge bosons within the Kaluza-Klein framework, with no need to introduce ad hoc Higgs fields. Using the language of Riemannian submersions, the classical mass of a gauge boson is calculated in terms of the Lie derivatives of $g_K^0$. These massive bosons can be arbitrarily light and seem able to evade the standard no-go arguments against chiral fermionic interactions in Kaluza-Klein. As a second main theme, we also question the traditional assumption of a Kaluza-Klein vacuum represented by a product Einstein metric. This should not be true when that metric is unstable. In fact, we argue that the unravelling of the Einstein metric along certain instabilities is a desirable feature of the model, since it generates inflation and allows some metric components to change length scale. In the case of the Lie group $K = SU(3)$, the unravelling of the bi-invariant metric along an unstable perturbation also breaks the isometry group from $( SU(3) \times SU(3)) / Z_3$ down to $( SU(3) \times SU(2) \times U(1) )/ Z_6$, the gauge group of the Standard Model. We briefly discuss possible ways to stabilize the internal metric after that first symmetry breaking and produce an electroweak symmetry breaking at a different mass scale.
hep-th/0003009
Shinsuke Mochizuki Nishigaki
T. Nagao, S. M. Nishigaki
Massive chiral random matrix ensembles at beta = 1 & 4 : QCD Dirac operator spectra
12 pages, REVTeX 3.1, 2 figures; (v2) corrections on signatures in eqs.(48), (53), (C7), and on referential notes
Phys.Rev. D62 (2000) 065007
10.1103/PhysRevD.62.065007
TIT-HEP-442
hep-th hep-lat
null
The zero momentum sectors in effective theories of QCD coupled to pseudoreal (two colors) and real (adjoint) quarks have alternative descriptions in terms of chiral orthogonal and symplectic ensembles of random matrices. Using this correspondence, we compute correlation functions of Dirac operator eigenvalues within a sector with an arbitrary topological charge in a presence of finite quark masses of the order of the smallest Dirac eigenvalue. These novel correlation functions, expressed in terms of Pfaffians, interpolate between known results for the chiral and quenched limits as quark masses vary.
[ { "created": "Wed, 1 Mar 2000 20:20:37 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 28 Mar 2000 09:27:23 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-10-31
[ [ "Nagao", "T.", "" ], [ "Nishigaki", "S. M.", "" ] ]
The zero momentum sectors in effective theories of QCD coupled to pseudoreal (two colors) and real (adjoint) quarks have alternative descriptions in terms of chiral orthogonal and symplectic ensembles of random matrices. Using this correspondence, we compute correlation functions of Dirac operator eigenvalues within a sector with an arbitrary topological charge in a presence of finite quark masses of the order of the smallest Dirac eigenvalue. These novel correlation functions, expressed in terms of Pfaffians, interpolate between known results for the chiral and quenched limits as quark masses vary.
hep-th/0003032
Jacob Sonnenschein
Jacob Sonnenschein (TAU)
What does the string/gauge correspondence teach us about Wilson loops?
Lectures presented at Santiago de Compostela-99, 47 pages, 13 figs
null
null
null
hep-th
null
In these lectures we describe the attempt to extract the expectation values of Wilson loops from the string/gauge correspondence. We start with the original calculation in $AdS_5$. It is then extended to the non-conformal background of $D_p$ in the near horizon limit. We discuss the computation at finite temperature. Supergravity models that admit confinement in 3d and 4d are described. A theorem that determines the classical values of loops associated with a generalized background is derived.In particular we determine sufficient conditions for confining behavior. We then apply the theorem to various string models including type 0 ones. We describe an attempt to go beyond the classical string picture by incorporating quadratic quantum fluctuations. In particular we address the BPS configuration of a single quark, the supersymmetric determinant of $AdS_5\times S^$ and a setup that corresponds to a confining gauge theory. We determine the form of the Wilson loop for actions that include non trivial $B_{\mu\nu}$ field. The issue of an exact determination of the value of the stringy Wilson loop is discussed. We end with a brief review of the baryons from the string/gauge correspondence Lectures presented in the ``Advanced School on Supersymmetry in the theories of fields, strings and branes'' Santiago de Compostela-99.
[ { "created": "Sat, 4 Mar 2000 16:11:15 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Sonnenschein", "Jacob", "", "TAU" ] ]
In these lectures we describe the attempt to extract the expectation values of Wilson loops from the string/gauge correspondence. We start with the original calculation in $AdS_5$. It is then extended to the non-conformal background of $D_p$ in the near horizon limit. We discuss the computation at finite temperature. Supergravity models that admit confinement in 3d and 4d are described. A theorem that determines the classical values of loops associated with a generalized background is derived.In particular we determine sufficient conditions for confining behavior. We then apply the theorem to various string models including type 0 ones. We describe an attempt to go beyond the classical string picture by incorporating quadratic quantum fluctuations. In particular we address the BPS configuration of a single quark, the supersymmetric determinant of $AdS_5\times S^$ and a setup that corresponds to a confining gauge theory. We determine the form of the Wilson loop for actions that include non trivial $B_{\mu\nu}$ field. The issue of an exact determination of the value of the stringy Wilson loop is discussed. We end with a brief review of the baryons from the string/gauge correspondence Lectures presented in the ``Advanced School on Supersymmetry in the theories of fields, strings and branes'' Santiago de Compostela-99.
2408.03022
Amit Giveon
Amit Giveon and Daniel Vainshtein
To $B$ or not to be in single-trace $T\bar T$ holography
24 pages
null
null
null
hep-th
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Superstring theory on black-strings backgrounds, corresponding to deformed, rotating BTZ black holes, formed by $p$ fundamental strings or negative strings, is inspected. For non-rotating black strings, in the positive case, it was shown in [1] that the excitation energy of a probe long string, plus its contribution to the black-string background, is in harmony with single-trace $T\bar T$ holography, if the $B$-field vanishes at the origin. Here, we investigate the superstring on deformed, rotating BTZ black holes, for both the positive and negative cases, and find that for a particular value of the $B$-field, the harmony with single-trace $T\bar T$ holography persists.
[ { "created": "Tue, 6 Aug 2024 08:04:15 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2024-08-07
[ [ "Giveon", "Amit", "" ], [ "Vainshtein", "Daniel", "" ] ]
Superstring theory on black-strings backgrounds, corresponding to deformed, rotating BTZ black holes, formed by $p$ fundamental strings or negative strings, is inspected. For non-rotating black strings, in the positive case, it was shown in [1] that the excitation energy of a probe long string, plus its contribution to the black-string background, is in harmony with single-trace $T\bar T$ holography, if the $B$-field vanishes at the origin. Here, we investigate the superstring on deformed, rotating BTZ black holes, for both the positive and negative cases, and find that for a particular value of the $B$-field, the harmony with single-trace $T\bar T$ holography persists.
0704.3308
Ilarion Melnikov
Nick Halmagyi, Ilarion V. Melnikov, and Savdeep Sethi
Instantons, Hypermultiplets and the Heterotic String
52 pages, LaTeX; references, some corrections and clarifications added to the published version
JHEP0707:086,2007
10.1088/1126-6708/2007/07/086
EFI-07-11
hep-th
null
Hypermultiplet couplings in type IIA string theory on a Calabi-Yau space can be quantum corrected by D2-brane instantons wrapping special Lagrangian cycles. On the other hand, hypermultiplet couplings in the heterotic string on a K3 surface are corrected by world-sheet instantons wrapping curves. In a class of examples, we relate these two sets of instanton corrections. We first present an analogue of the c-map for the heterotic string via a dual flux compactification of M-theory. Using this duality, we propose two ways of capturing quantum corrections to hypermultiplets. We then use the orientifold limit of certain F-theory compactifications to relate curves in K3 to special Lagrangians in dual type IIA compactifications. We conclude with some results from perturbative string theory for hypermultiplet F-terms and a conjecture about the topology of brane instantons.
[ { "created": "Wed, 25 Apr 2007 05:09:34 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 8 May 2007 22:29:08 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Wed, 1 Aug 2007 16:28:15 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Halmagyi", "Nick", "" ], [ "Melnikov", "Ilarion V.", "" ], [ "Sethi", "Savdeep", "" ] ]
Hypermultiplet couplings in type IIA string theory on a Calabi-Yau space can be quantum corrected by D2-brane instantons wrapping special Lagrangian cycles. On the other hand, hypermultiplet couplings in the heterotic string on a K3 surface are corrected by world-sheet instantons wrapping curves. In a class of examples, we relate these two sets of instanton corrections. We first present an analogue of the c-map for the heterotic string via a dual flux compactification of M-theory. Using this duality, we propose two ways of capturing quantum corrections to hypermultiplets. We then use the orientifold limit of certain F-theory compactifications to relate curves in K3 to special Lagrangians in dual type IIA compactifications. We conclude with some results from perturbative string theory for hypermultiplet F-terms and a conjecture about the topology of brane instantons.
hep-th/9912192
Chiang-Mei Chen
Chiang-Mei Chen, T. Harko and M. K. Mak
Bianchi Type I Cosmology in N=2, D=5 Supergravity
revised version to appear in PRD
Phys.Rev. D61 (2000) 104017
10.1103/PhysRevD.61.104017
null
hep-th
null
The dynamics and evolution of Bianchi type I space-times is considered in the framework of the four-dimensional truncation of a reduced theory obtained from the N=2,D=5 supergravity. The general solution of the gravitational field equations can be represented in an exact parametric form. All solutions have a singular behavior at the initial/final moment, except when the space-time geometry reduces to the isotropic flat case. Generically the obtained cosmological models describe an anisotropic, expanding or collapsing, singular Universe with a non-inflationary evolution for all times.
[ { "created": "Tue, 21 Dec 1999 07:08:53 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sun, 27 Feb 2000 05:58:45 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-10-31
[ [ "Chen", "Chiang-Mei", "" ], [ "Harko", "T.", "" ], [ "Mak", "M. K.", "" ] ]
The dynamics and evolution of Bianchi type I space-times is considered in the framework of the four-dimensional truncation of a reduced theory obtained from the N=2,D=5 supergravity. The general solution of the gravitational field equations can be represented in an exact parametric form. All solutions have a singular behavior at the initial/final moment, except when the space-time geometry reduces to the isotropic flat case. Generically the obtained cosmological models describe an anisotropic, expanding or collapsing, singular Universe with a non-inflationary evolution for all times.
1406.4499
Hampus Linander
Ulf Gran, Hampus Linander, Bengt E.W. Nilsson
Off-shell structure of twisted (2,0) theory
15 pages, 2 figures
null
10.1007/JHEP11(2014)032
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
A $Q$-exact off-shell action is constructed for twisted abelian (2,0) theory on a Lorentzian six-manifold of the form $M_{1,5} = C\times M_4$, where $C$ is a flat two-manifold and $M_4$ is a general Euclidean four-manifold. The properties of this formulation, which is obtained by introducing two auxiliary fields, can be summarised by a commutative diagram where the Lagrangian and its stress-tensor arise from the $Q$-variation of two fermionic quantities $V$ and $\lambda^{\mu\nu}$. This completes and extends the analysis in [arXiv:1311.3300].
[ { "created": "Tue, 17 Jun 2014 19:50:46 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-06-22
[ [ "Gran", "Ulf", "" ], [ "Linander", "Hampus", "" ], [ "Nilsson", "Bengt E. W.", "" ] ]
A $Q$-exact off-shell action is constructed for twisted abelian (2,0) theory on a Lorentzian six-manifold of the form $M_{1,5} = C\times M_4$, where $C$ is a flat two-manifold and $M_4$ is a general Euclidean four-manifold. The properties of this formulation, which is obtained by introducing two auxiliary fields, can be summarised by a commutative diagram where the Lagrangian and its stress-tensor arise from the $Q$-variation of two fermionic quantities $V$ and $\lambda^{\mu\nu}$. This completes and extends the analysis in [arXiv:1311.3300].
hep-th/0507211
Annekathrin M\"uller-Lohmann
Michael A.I. Flohr, Annekathrin Mueller-Lohmann
Proposal for a CFT interpretation of Watts' differential equation for percolation
LaTeX, 20p, added references, corrected typos and additional contents
J.Stat.Mech.0512:P12004,2005
10.1088/1742-5468/2005/12/P12004
BONN-TH-2005-02
hep-th cond-mat.stat-mech math-ph math.MP
null
G. M. T. Watts derived that in two dimensional critical percolation the crossing probability Pi_hv satisfies a fifth order differential equation which includes another one of third order whose independent solutions describe the physically relevant quantities 1, Pi_h, Pi_hv. We will show that this differential equation can be derived from a level three null vector condition of a rational c=-24 CFT and motivate how this solution may be fitted into known properties of percolation.
[ { "created": "Thu, 21 Jul 2005 12:29:20 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 21 Nov 2005 15:37:14 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2011-02-16
[ [ "Flohr", "Michael A. I.", "" ], [ "Mueller-Lohmann", "Annekathrin", "" ] ]
G. M. T. Watts derived that in two dimensional critical percolation the crossing probability Pi_hv satisfies a fifth order differential equation which includes another one of third order whose independent solutions describe the physically relevant quantities 1, Pi_h, Pi_hv. We will show that this differential equation can be derived from a level three null vector condition of a rational c=-24 CFT and motivate how this solution may be fitted into known properties of percolation.
hep-th/9801054
Sergey Solodukhin
Sergey N. Solodukhin
Exact solution for a quantum field with $\delta$-like interaction
18 pages, latex, no figures, new references added
Nucl.Phys. B541 (1999) 461-482
10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00789-5
Alberta-Thy 24-97
hep-th gr-qc nlin.SI solv-int
null
A quantum field described by the field operator $\Delta_{a}=\Delta+ a\delta_\Sigma$ involving a $\delta$-like potential is considered. Mathematically, the treatment of the $\delta$-potential is based on the theory of self-adjoint extension of the unperturbed operator $\Delta$. We give the general expressions for the resolvent and the heat kernel of the perturbed operator $\Delta_{a}$. The main attention is payed to $d=2$ $\delta$-potential though $d=1$ and $d=3$ cases are considered in some detail. We calculate exactly the heat kernel, Green's functions and the effective action for the operator $\Delta_{a}$ in diverse dimensions and for various spaces $\Sigma$. The renormalization phenomenon for the coupling constant $a$ of $d=2$ and $d=3$ $\delta$-potentials is observed. We find the non-perturbative behavior of the effective action with respect to the renormalized coupling $a_{ren}$.
[ { "created": "Fri, 9 Jan 1998 21:16:35 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 27 Jan 1998 00:02:07 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-10-31
[ [ "Solodukhin", "Sergey N.", "" ] ]
A quantum field described by the field operator $\Delta_{a}=\Delta+ a\delta_\Sigma$ involving a $\delta$-like potential is considered. Mathematically, the treatment of the $\delta$-potential is based on the theory of self-adjoint extension of the unperturbed operator $\Delta$. We give the general expressions for the resolvent and the heat kernel of the perturbed operator $\Delta_{a}$. The main attention is payed to $d=2$ $\delta$-potential though $d=1$ and $d=3$ cases are considered in some detail. We calculate exactly the heat kernel, Green's functions and the effective action for the operator $\Delta_{a}$ in diverse dimensions and for various spaces $\Sigma$. The renormalization phenomenon for the coupling constant $a$ of $d=2$ and $d=3$ $\delta$-potentials is observed. We find the non-perturbative behavior of the effective action with respect to the renormalized coupling $a_{ren}$.
0707.2762
Katerina Pozdeeva
Ekaterina Pozdeeva
Darboux Transformation of the Green Function for the Dirac Equation with the Generalized Potential
14 pages,zip. file: Latex, 1 figure. Typos corrected, the figure replaced
Int.J.Mod.Phys.A23:247-258,2008
10.1142/S0217751X08038500
null
hep-th
null
We consider the Darboux transformation of the Green functions of the regular boundary problem of the one-dimensional stationary Dirac equation. We obtained the Green functions of the transformed Dirac equation with the initial regular boundary conditions. We also construct the formula for the unabridged trace of the difference of the transformed and the initial Green functions of the regular boundary problem of the one-dimensional stationary Dirac equation. We illustrate our findings by the consideration of the Darboux transformation for the Green function of the free particle Dirac equation on an interval.
[ { "created": "Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:42:29 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sat, 21 Jul 2007 13:04:28 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:32:22 GMT", "version": "v3" }, { "created": "Mon, 10 Sep 2007 07:27:03 GMT", "version": "v4" }, { "created": "Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:38:45 GMT", "version": "v5" }, { "created": "Wed, 19 Sep 2007 08:49:52 GMT", "version": "v6" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Pozdeeva", "Ekaterina", "" ] ]
We consider the Darboux transformation of the Green functions of the regular boundary problem of the one-dimensional stationary Dirac equation. We obtained the Green functions of the transformed Dirac equation with the initial regular boundary conditions. We also construct the formula for the unabridged trace of the difference of the transformed and the initial Green functions of the regular boundary problem of the one-dimensional stationary Dirac equation. We illustrate our findings by the consideration of the Darboux transformation for the Green function of the free particle Dirac equation on an interval.
hep-th/9908001
Bo Sundborg
Bo Sundborg
The Hagedorn Transition, Deconfinement and N=4 SYM Theory
15 pages, LaTeX; References and typos in equations corrected, e.g. z -> zeta in some intermediate expressions. Discussion of some points slightly expanded for clarity
Nucl.Phys.B573:349-363,2000
10.1016/S0550-3213(00)00044-4
USITP-99-06
hep-th
null
N=4 Super Yang-Mills theory supplies us with a non-Abelian 4D gauge theory with a meaningful perturbation expansion, both in the UV and in the IR. We calculate the free energy on a 3-sphere and observe a deconfinement transition for large N at zero coupling. The same thermodynamic behaviour is found for a wide class of toy models, possibly also including the case of non-zero coupling. Below the transition we also find Hagedorn behaviour, which is identified with fluctuations signalling the approach to the deconfined phase. The Hagedorn and the deconfinement temperatures are identical. Application of the AdS/CFT correspondence gives a connection between string Hagedorn behaviour and black holes.
[ { "created": "Sat, 31 Jul 1999 01:36:56 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 2 Sep 1999 15:00:55 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Mon, 28 Feb 2000 14:29:46 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Sundborg", "Bo", "" ] ]
N=4 Super Yang-Mills theory supplies us with a non-Abelian 4D gauge theory with a meaningful perturbation expansion, both in the UV and in the IR. We calculate the free energy on a 3-sphere and observe a deconfinement transition for large N at zero coupling. The same thermodynamic behaviour is found for a wide class of toy models, possibly also including the case of non-zero coupling. Below the transition we also find Hagedorn behaviour, which is identified with fluctuations signalling the approach to the deconfined phase. The Hagedorn and the deconfinement temperatures are identical. Application of the AdS/CFT correspondence gives a connection between string Hagedorn behaviour and black holes.
1410.5436
Michael Cooke
Michael Cooke and Nadav Drukker
From algebraic curve to minimal surface and back
21 pages
null
10.1007/JHEP02(2015)090
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We derive the Lax operator for a very large family of classical minimal surface solutions in $AdS_3$ describing Wilson loops in $\mathcal{N}=4$ SYM theory. These solutions, constructed by Ishizeki, Kruczenski and Ziama, are associated with a hyperellictic surface of odd genus. We verify that the algebraic curve derived from the Lax operator is indeed none-other than this hyperelliptic surface.
[ { "created": "Mon, 20 Oct 2014 20:00:17 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-06-23
[ [ "Cooke", "Michael", "" ], [ "Drukker", "Nadav", "" ] ]
We derive the Lax operator for a very large family of classical minimal surface solutions in $AdS_3$ describing Wilson loops in $\mathcal{N}=4$ SYM theory. These solutions, constructed by Ishizeki, Kruczenski and Ziama, are associated with a hyperellictic surface of odd genus. We verify that the algebraic curve derived from the Lax operator is indeed none-other than this hyperelliptic surface.
hep-th/9610057
Giovanni Amelino-Camelia
G. Amelino-Camelia, I. I. Kogan, and R. J. Szabo
Gravitational Dressing of Aharonov-Bohm Amplitudes
10 pages, LaTex, uses macro package FEYNMAN.tex Presented by G. Amelino-Camelia at the Workshop on Low Dimensional Field Theory, Telluride, CO, 5-17 Aug 1996. To be published in the proceedings
Int.J.Mod.Phys. A12 (1997) 1043-1052
10.1142/S0217751X97000773
OUTP-96-60P
hep-th
null
We investigate Aharonov-Bohm scattering in a theory in which charged bosonic matter fields are coupled to topologically massive electrodynamics and topologically massive gravity. We demonstrate that, at one-loop order, the transmuted spins in this theory are related to the ones of ordinary Chern-Simons gauge theory in the same way that the Knizhnik-Polyakov-Zamolodchikov formula relates the Liouville-dressed conformal weights of primary operators to the bare weights in two-dimensional conformal field theories. We remark on the implications of this connection between two-dimensional conformal field theories and three-dimensional gauge and gravity theories for a topological membrane reformulation of strings. We also discuss some features of the gravitational analog of the Aharonov-Bohm effect.
[ { "created": "Wed, 9 Oct 1996 13:27:37 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-06-26
[ [ "Amelino-Camelia", "G.", "" ], [ "Kogan", "I. I.", "" ], [ "Szabo", "R. J.", "" ] ]
We investigate Aharonov-Bohm scattering in a theory in which charged bosonic matter fields are coupled to topologically massive electrodynamics and topologically massive gravity. We demonstrate that, at one-loop order, the transmuted spins in this theory are related to the ones of ordinary Chern-Simons gauge theory in the same way that the Knizhnik-Polyakov-Zamolodchikov formula relates the Liouville-dressed conformal weights of primary operators to the bare weights in two-dimensional conformal field theories. We remark on the implications of this connection between two-dimensional conformal field theories and three-dimensional gauge and gravity theories for a topological membrane reformulation of strings. We also discuss some features of the gravitational analog of the Aharonov-Bohm effect.
1907.04873
Jorrit Kruthoff
David J. Gross, Jorrit Kruthoff, Andrew Rolph, Edgar Shaghoulian
$T\overline{T}$ in AdS$_2$ and Quantum Mechanics
35 pages plus appendices
Phys. Rev. D 101, 026011 (2020)
10.1103/PhysRevD.101.026011
null
hep-th gr-qc
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Quantum field theory in zero spatial dimensions has a rich infrared landscape and a universal ultraviolet, inverting the usual Wilsonian paradigm. For holographic theories this implies a rich landscape of asymptotically AdS$_2$ geometries. Isolating the interiors of these spacetimes suggests a study of the analog of the $T\overline{T}$ deformation in quantum mechanics, which we pursue here. An equivalent description of this deformation in terms of coupling to worldline gravity is proposed, and applications to quantum mechanical systems - including the Schwarzian theory - are studied.
[ { "created": "Wed, 10 Jul 2019 18:03:21 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2020-01-22
[ [ "Gross", "David J.", "" ], [ "Kruthoff", "Jorrit", "" ], [ "Rolph", "Andrew", "" ], [ "Shaghoulian", "Edgar", "" ] ]
Quantum field theory in zero spatial dimensions has a rich infrared landscape and a universal ultraviolet, inverting the usual Wilsonian paradigm. For holographic theories this implies a rich landscape of asymptotically AdS$_2$ geometries. Isolating the interiors of these spacetimes suggests a study of the analog of the $T\overline{T}$ deformation in quantum mechanics, which we pursue here. An equivalent description of this deformation in terms of coupling to worldline gravity is proposed, and applications to quantum mechanical systems - including the Schwarzian theory - are studied.
1308.1205
Kiyoshi Shiraishi
Kiyoshi Shiraishi
Thermodynamic potential for compactified bosonic strings
8 pages, no figure
il Nuovo Cimento 100A, Number 5, pp. 683-692, 1988
10.1007/BF02813316
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We discuss the inclusion of chemical potentials of the Kaluza-Klein charges in the partition function of the bosonic string with a compactified dimension on a circle. The construction of the thermodynamic potential is achieved by the path integral method at one-loop level. Duality symmetry in the dependence on compactification scale is examined. A modular-invariant expression for the thermodynamic potential is also presented.
[ { "created": "Tue, 6 Aug 2013 08:38:33 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2013-08-07
[ [ "Shiraishi", "Kiyoshi", "" ] ]
We discuss the inclusion of chemical potentials of the Kaluza-Klein charges in the partition function of the bosonic string with a compactified dimension on a circle. The construction of the thermodynamic potential is achieved by the path integral method at one-loop level. Duality symmetry in the dependence on compactification scale is examined. A modular-invariant expression for the thermodynamic potential is also presented.
1101.2760
Euro Spallucci
Euro Spallucci, Stefano Ansoldi
Regular black holes in UV self-complete quantum gravity
11 pages, 3 figures, new comments and references, final version accepted for publication in PLB
Phys.Lett.B701:471-474,2011
10.1016/j.physletb.2011.06.005
null
hep-th gr-qc hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In this letter we investigate the role of regular (curvature singularity-free) black holes in the framework of UV self-complete quantum gravity. The existence of a minimal length, shielding the trans-Planckian regime to any physical probe, is self-consistently included into the black hole probe itself. In this way we obtain to slightly shift the barrier below the Planck Length, with the UV self-complete scenario self-consistently confirmed.
[ { "created": "Fri, 14 Jan 2011 10:27:48 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 3 Jun 2011 08:28:48 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2011-07-06
[ [ "Spallucci", "Euro", "" ], [ "Ansoldi", "Stefano", "" ] ]
In this letter we investigate the role of regular (curvature singularity-free) black holes in the framework of UV self-complete quantum gravity. The existence of a minimal length, shielding the trans-Planckian regime to any physical probe, is self-consistently included into the black hole probe itself. In this way we obtain to slightly shift the barrier below the Planck Length, with the UV self-complete scenario self-consistently confirmed.
1610.06051
Carlos M. Reyes
Carlos M. Reyes, L. F. Urrutia
Unitarity and Lee-Wick prescription at one loop level in the effective Myers-Pospelov electrodynamics: the $e^++e^-$ annihilation
16 pages, 3 figures. New version with modifications in the canonical quantization and accepted in PRD
Phys. Rev. D 95, 015024 (2017)
10.1103/PhysRevD.95.015024
null
hep-th hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We study perturbative unitarity in a Lorentz-symmetry-violating QED model with higher-order derivative operators in the light of the results of Lee and Wick to preserve unitarity in indefinite metric theories. Specifically, we consider the fermionic sector of the Myers-Pospelov model, which includes dimension-five operators, coupled to standard photons. We canonically quantize the model, paying attention to its effective character, and show that its Hamiltonian is stable, emphasizing the exact stage at which the indefinite metric appears and decomposes into a positive-metric sector and a negative-metric sector. Finally, we verify the optical theorem at the one-loop level in the annihilation channel of the forward-scattering process $e^+(p_2, r) + e^-(p_1,s)$ by applying the Lee-Wick prescription in which the states associated with the negative metric are left out from the asymptotic Hilbert space, but nevertheless are considered in the loop integration via the propagator.
[ { "created": "Wed, 19 Oct 2016 15:06:28 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 1 Feb 2017 20:20:20 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2017-02-03
[ [ "Reyes", "Carlos M.", "" ], [ "Urrutia", "L. F.", "" ] ]
We study perturbative unitarity in a Lorentz-symmetry-violating QED model with higher-order derivative operators in the light of the results of Lee and Wick to preserve unitarity in indefinite metric theories. Specifically, we consider the fermionic sector of the Myers-Pospelov model, which includes dimension-five operators, coupled to standard photons. We canonically quantize the model, paying attention to its effective character, and show that its Hamiltonian is stable, emphasizing the exact stage at which the indefinite metric appears and decomposes into a positive-metric sector and a negative-metric sector. Finally, we verify the optical theorem at the one-loop level in the annihilation channel of the forward-scattering process $e^+(p_2, r) + e^-(p_1,s)$ by applying the Lee-Wick prescription in which the states associated with the negative metric are left out from the asymptotic Hilbert space, but nevertheless are considered in the loop integration via the propagator.
hep-th/0203117
F. Loran
F. Loran
On The Quantization Of Constraint Systems: A Lagrangian Approach
9 pages, no figures
null
null
null
hep-th
null
It is possible to introduce external time dependent back ground fields in the formulation of a system as fields whose dynamics can not be deduced from Euler Lagrange equations of motion. This method leads to singular Lagrangians for real systems. We discuss quantization of constraint systems in these cases and introduce generalized Gupta-Bleuler quantization. In two examples we show explicitly that this method of quantization leads to true Schr\"{o}dinger equations.
[ { "created": "Wed, 13 Mar 2002 11:15:22 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Loran", "F.", "" ] ]
It is possible to introduce external time dependent back ground fields in the formulation of a system as fields whose dynamics can not be deduced from Euler Lagrange equations of motion. This method leads to singular Lagrangians for real systems. We discuss quantization of constraint systems in these cases and introduce generalized Gupta-Bleuler quantization. In two examples we show explicitly that this method of quantization leads to true Schr\"{o}dinger equations.
2111.02453
Craig Lawrie
Florent Baume and Craig Lawrie
Bootstrapping (D, D) Conformal Matter
14 pages, 8 figures
null
10.1103/PhysRevD.105.046006
DESY 21-165
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We use the numerical conformal bootstrap to study six-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=(1,0)$ superconformal field theories with flavor symmetry $\mathfrak{so}_{4k}$. We present evidence that minimal $(D_k, D_k)$ conformal matter saturates the unitarity bounds for arbitrary $k$. Furthermore, using the extremal-functional method, we check that the chiral-ring relations are correctly reproduced, extract the anomalous dimensions of low-lying long superconformal multiplets, and find hints for novel OPE selection rules involving type-$\mathcal{B}$ multiplets.
[ { "created": "Wed, 3 Nov 2021 18:19:46 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2022-02-23
[ [ "Baume", "Florent", "" ], [ "Lawrie", "Craig", "" ] ]
We use the numerical conformal bootstrap to study six-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=(1,0)$ superconformal field theories with flavor symmetry $\mathfrak{so}_{4k}$. We present evidence that minimal $(D_k, D_k)$ conformal matter saturates the unitarity bounds for arbitrary $k$. Furthermore, using the extremal-functional method, we check that the chiral-ring relations are correctly reproduced, extract the anomalous dimensions of low-lying long superconformal multiplets, and find hints for novel OPE selection rules involving type-$\mathcal{B}$ multiplets.
1211.2199
Diego Trancanelli
Leonardo Patino, Diego Trancanelli
Thermal photon production in a strongly coupled anisotropic plasma
27 pages, 13 figures; v2: minor changes, added references
JHEP 1302:154,2013
10.1007/JHEP02(2013)154
MAD-TH-12-07
hep-th hep-ph nucl-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Photons produced in heavy ion collisions escape virtually unperturbed from the surrounding medium, thus representing an excellent probe of the conditions at the emission point. Using the gauge/gravity duality, we calculate the rate of photon production in an anisotropic, strongly coupled N=4 plasma with Nf<<Nc quark flavors. We consider arbitrary orientations of the photon momentum with respect to the anisotropic direction, as well as arbitrary values of the anisotropy. We present results for the correlation functions of two electromagnetic currents and for the electric conductivity. These quantities can be larger or smaller than the isotropic ones, depending on the direction of propagation and polarization of the photons. The total production rate is however always larger than the isotropic one, independently of the frequency, direction of propagation, and value of the anisotropy.
[ { "created": "Fri, 9 Nov 2012 17:56:35 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 1 Mar 2013 01:29:37 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2013-03-04
[ [ "Patino", "Leonardo", "" ], [ "Trancanelli", "Diego", "" ] ]
Photons produced in heavy ion collisions escape virtually unperturbed from the surrounding medium, thus representing an excellent probe of the conditions at the emission point. Using the gauge/gravity duality, we calculate the rate of photon production in an anisotropic, strongly coupled N=4 plasma with Nf<<Nc quark flavors. We consider arbitrary orientations of the photon momentum with respect to the anisotropic direction, as well as arbitrary values of the anisotropy. We present results for the correlation functions of two electromagnetic currents and for the electric conductivity. These quantities can be larger or smaller than the isotropic ones, depending on the direction of propagation and polarization of the photons. The total production rate is however always larger than the isotropic one, independently of the frequency, direction of propagation, and value of the anisotropy.
1608.07554
Seung-Joo Lee
Lara B. Anderson, Xin Gao, James Gray and Seung-Joo Lee
Tools for CICYs in F-theory
49 pages, 3 figures
null
10.1007/JHEP11(2016)004
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We provide a set of tools for analyzing the geometry of elliptically fibered Calabi-Yau manifolds, starting with a description of the total space rather than with a Weierstrass model or a specified type of fiber/base. Such an approach to the subject of F-theory compactification makes certain geometric properties, which are usually hidden, manifest. Specifically, we review how to isolate genus-one fibrations in such geometries and then describe how to find their sections explicitly. This includes a full parameterization of the Mordell-Weil group where non-trivial. We then describe how to analyze the associated Weierstrass models, Jacobians and resolved geometries. We illustrate our discussion with concrete examples which are complete intersections in products of projective spaces (CICYs). The examples presented include cases exhibiting non-abelian symmetries and higher rank Mordell-Weil group. We also make some comments on non-flat fibrations in this context. In a companion paper [1] to this one, these results will be used to analyze the consequences for string dualities of the ubiquity of multiple fibrations in known constructions of Calabi-Yau manifolds.
[ { "created": "Fri, 26 Aug 2016 18:29:31 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2016-11-23
[ [ "Anderson", "Lara B.", "" ], [ "Gao", "Xin", "" ], [ "Gray", "James", "" ], [ "Lee", "Seung-Joo", "" ] ]
We provide a set of tools for analyzing the geometry of elliptically fibered Calabi-Yau manifolds, starting with a description of the total space rather than with a Weierstrass model or a specified type of fiber/base. Such an approach to the subject of F-theory compactification makes certain geometric properties, which are usually hidden, manifest. Specifically, we review how to isolate genus-one fibrations in such geometries and then describe how to find their sections explicitly. This includes a full parameterization of the Mordell-Weil group where non-trivial. We then describe how to analyze the associated Weierstrass models, Jacobians and resolved geometries. We illustrate our discussion with concrete examples which are complete intersections in products of projective spaces (CICYs). The examples presented include cases exhibiting non-abelian symmetries and higher rank Mordell-Weil group. We also make some comments on non-flat fibrations in this context. In a companion paper [1] to this one, these results will be used to analyze the consequences for string dualities of the ubiquity of multiple fibrations in known constructions of Calabi-Yau manifolds.
2106.10793
Abhishek Agarwal
Abhishek Agarwal
Holomorphicity, Vortex Attachment, Gauge Invariance and the Fractional Quantum Hall Effect
33 pages, no figures. Several Typos corrected in latest version
null
10.1088/1751-8121/ac3d67
null
hep-th cond-mat.str-el math-ph math.MP
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
A gauge invariant reformulation of nonrelativistic fermions in background magnetic fields is used to obtain the Laughlin and Jain wave functions as exact results in Mean Field Theory (MFT). The gauge invariant framework trades the U(1) gauge symmetry for an emergent holomorphic symmetry and fluxes for vortices. The novel holomorphic invariance is used to develop an analytical method for attaching vortices to particles. Vortex attachment methods introduced in this paper are subsequently employed to construct the Read operator within a second quantized framework and obtain the Laughlin and Jain wave functions as exact results entirely within a mean-field approximation. The gauge invariant framework and vortex attachment techniques are generalized to the case of spherical geometry and spherical counterparts of Laughlin and Jain wave functions are also obtained exactly within MFT.
[ { "created": "Mon, 21 Jun 2021 01:10:12 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 22 Jul 2021 06:42:11 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2021-12-17
[ [ "Agarwal", "Abhishek", "" ] ]
A gauge invariant reformulation of nonrelativistic fermions in background magnetic fields is used to obtain the Laughlin and Jain wave functions as exact results in Mean Field Theory (MFT). The gauge invariant framework trades the U(1) gauge symmetry for an emergent holomorphic symmetry and fluxes for vortices. The novel holomorphic invariance is used to develop an analytical method for attaching vortices to particles. Vortex attachment methods introduced in this paper are subsequently employed to construct the Read operator within a second quantized framework and obtain the Laughlin and Jain wave functions as exact results entirely within a mean-field approximation. The gauge invariant framework and vortex attachment techniques are generalized to the case of spherical geometry and spherical counterparts of Laughlin and Jain wave functions are also obtained exactly within MFT.
hep-th/9712067
null
S. Deser and O. Sarioglu
Hamiltonian Electric/Magnetic Duality and Lorentz Invariance
7 pages, LaTeX, no figures
Phys.Lett.B423:369-372,1998
10.1016/S0370-2693(98)00163-4
BRX-TH-427
hep-th gr-qc
null
In (3+1) Hamiltonian form, the conditions for the electric/magnetic invariance of generic self-interacting gauge vector actions and the definition of the duality generator are obvious. Instead, (3+1) actions are not intrinsically Lorentz invariant. Imposing the Dirac-Schwinger stress tensor commutator requirement to enforce the latter yields a differential constraint on the Hamiltonian which translates into the usual Lagrangian form of the duality invariance condition obeyed by Maxwell and Born-Infeld theories. We also discuss covariance properties of some analogous scalar models.
[ { "created": "Fri, 5 Dec 1997 21:45:57 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Deser", "S.", "" ], [ "Sarioglu", "O.", "" ] ]
In (3+1) Hamiltonian form, the conditions for the electric/magnetic invariance of generic self-interacting gauge vector actions and the definition of the duality generator are obvious. Instead, (3+1) actions are not intrinsically Lorentz invariant. Imposing the Dirac-Schwinger stress tensor commutator requirement to enforce the latter yields a differential constraint on the Hamiltonian which translates into the usual Lagrangian form of the duality invariance condition obeyed by Maxwell and Born-Infeld theories. We also discuss covariance properties of some analogous scalar models.
hep-th/0104221
Daniel Litim
Daniel F. Litim
Mind The Gap
6 pages, Talk presented at 2nd Conference on Exact Renormalization Group (ERG2000), Rome, Italy, 18-22 Sep 2000
Int.J.Mod.Phys. A16 (2001) 2081-2088
10.1142/S0217751X01004748
CERN-TH 2001-013
hep-th
null
We discuss an optimisation criterion for the exact renormalisation group based on the inverse effective propagator, which displays a gap. We show that a simple extremisation of the gap stabilises the flow, leading to better convergence of approximate solutions towards the physical theory. This improves the reliability of truncations, most relevant for any high precision computation. These ideas are closely linked to the removal of a spurious scheme dependence and a minimum sensitivity condition. The issue of predictive power and a link to the Polchinski RG are discussed as well. We illustrate our findings by computing critical exponents for the Ising universality class.
[ { "created": "Wed, 25 Apr 2001 15:42:46 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-11-07
[ [ "Litim", "Daniel F.", "" ] ]
We discuss an optimisation criterion for the exact renormalisation group based on the inverse effective propagator, which displays a gap. We show that a simple extremisation of the gap stabilises the flow, leading to better convergence of approximate solutions towards the physical theory. This improves the reliability of truncations, most relevant for any high precision computation. These ideas are closely linked to the removal of a spurious scheme dependence and a minimum sensitivity condition. The issue of predictive power and a link to the Polchinski RG are discussed as well. We illustrate our findings by computing critical exponents for the Ising universality class.
1406.2638
Kenneth Intriligator
Kenneth Intriligator
Matching 3d N=2 Vortices and Monopole Operators
22 pages. v2: fixed minor typos, JHEP version
null
10.1007/JHEP10(2014)052
UCSD-PTH-14-02
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In earlier work with N. Seiberg, we explored connections between monopole operators, the Coulomb branch modulus, and vortices for 3d, N=2 supersymmetric, $U(1)_k$ Chern-Simons matter theories. We here extend the monopole / vortex matching analysis, to theories with general matter electric charges. We verify, for general matter content, that the spin and other quantum numbers of the chiral monopole operators match those of corresponding BPS vortex states, at the top and bottom of the tower associated with quantizing the vortices' Fermion zero modes. There are associated subtleties from non-normalizable Fermi zero modes, which contribute non-trivially to the BPS vortex spectrum and monopole operator matching; a proposed interpretation is further discussed here.
[ { "created": "Tue, 10 Jun 2014 17:26:04 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 5 Sep 2014 18:32:42 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2015-06-19
[ [ "Intriligator", "Kenneth", "" ] ]
In earlier work with N. Seiberg, we explored connections between monopole operators, the Coulomb branch modulus, and vortices for 3d, N=2 supersymmetric, $U(1)_k$ Chern-Simons matter theories. We here extend the monopole / vortex matching analysis, to theories with general matter electric charges. We verify, for general matter content, that the spin and other quantum numbers of the chiral monopole operators match those of corresponding BPS vortex states, at the top and bottom of the tower associated with quantizing the vortices' Fermion zero modes. There are associated subtleties from non-normalizable Fermi zero modes, which contribute non-trivially to the BPS vortex spectrum and monopole operator matching; a proposed interpretation is further discussed here.
0910.4951
Roberto Percacci
R. Percacci
Asymptotic safety in gravity and sigma models
Talk given at International Workshop on Continuum and Lattice Approaches to Quantum Gravity, Brighton, United Kingdom, 17-19 Sep 08. To appear in PoS
PoS CLAQG08:002,2011
null
pi-qg-155
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
There are deep analogies between Einstein's theory of gravity and the nonlinear sigma models. It is suggested that these similarities may extend also to the ultraviolet behaviour, in the sense that both theories could turn out to be asymptotically safe.
[ { "created": "Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:25:41 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2011-08-17
[ [ "Percacci", "R.", "" ] ]
There are deep analogies between Einstein's theory of gravity and the nonlinear sigma models. It is suggested that these similarities may extend also to the ultraviolet behaviour, in the sense that both theories could turn out to be asymptotically safe.
hep-th/0509230
Yutaka Ookouchi
Teruhiko Kawano, Yutaka Ookouchi, Yuji Tachikawa, Futoshi Yagi
Pouliot Type Duality via a-Maximization
20 pages, 6 figures, harvmac, v2: minor corrections, v3: a note added
Nucl.Phys.B735:1-16,2006
10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2005.11.024
UT-05-12, NSF-KITP-05-75
hep-th hep-ph
null
We study four-dimensional N=1 Spin(10) gauge theory with a single spinor and vectors at the superconformal fixed point via the electric-magnetic duality and a-maximization. When gauge invariant chiral primary operators hit the unitarity bounds, we find that the theory with no superpotential is identical to the one with some superpotential at the infrared fixed point. The auxiliary field method in the electric theory offers a satisfying description of the infrared fixed point, which is consistent with the better picture in the magnetic theory. In particular, it gives a clear description of the emergence of new massless degrees of freedom in the electric theory.
[ { "created": "Fri, 30 Sep 2005 08:59:44 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 18 Oct 2005 08:05:34 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Mon, 24 Oct 2005 08:29:26 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2010-12-03
[ [ "Kawano", "Teruhiko", "" ], [ "Ookouchi", "Yutaka", "" ], [ "Tachikawa", "Yuji", "" ], [ "Yagi", "Futoshi", "" ] ]
We study four-dimensional N=1 Spin(10) gauge theory with a single spinor and vectors at the superconformal fixed point via the electric-magnetic duality and a-maximization. When gauge invariant chiral primary operators hit the unitarity bounds, we find that the theory with no superpotential is identical to the one with some superpotential at the infrared fixed point. The auxiliary field method in the electric theory offers a satisfying description of the infrared fixed point, which is consistent with the better picture in the magnetic theory. In particular, it gives a clear description of the emergence of new massless degrees of freedom in the electric theory.
hep-th/9703017
Tobias Hurth
Norbert Dragon (Hannover U.), Tobias Hurth and Peter van Nieuwenhuizen (SUNY at Stony Brook)
Polynomial Form of the Stueckelberg Model
8 pages, latex, to appear in the Proceedings of the 30th International Symposium Ahrenshoop on the Theory of Elementary Particles, Nuclear Physics B, Proceedings Supplement
Nucl.Phys.Proc.Suppl. 56B (1997) 318-321
10.1016/S0920-5632(97)00341-1
ITP-UH-4/97, ITP-SB-97-13
hep-th hep-ph
null
The Stueckelberg model for massive vector fields is cast into a BRS invariant, polynomial form. Its symmetry algebra simplifies to an abelian gauge symmetry which is sufficient to decouple the negative norm states. The propagators fall off like $1/k^2$ and the Lagrangean is polynomial but it is not powercounting renormalizable due to derivative couplings.
[ { "created": "Mon, 3 Mar 1997 09:53:09 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-10-30
[ [ "Dragon", "Norbert", "", "Hannover U." ], [ "Hurth", "Tobias", "", "SUNY at Stony Brook" ], [ "van Nieuwenhuizen", "Peter", "", "SUNY at Stony Brook" ] ]
The Stueckelberg model for massive vector fields is cast into a BRS invariant, polynomial form. Its symmetry algebra simplifies to an abelian gauge symmetry which is sufficient to decouple the negative norm states. The propagators fall off like $1/k^2$ and the Lagrangean is polynomial but it is not powercounting renormalizable due to derivative couplings.
hep-th/0607127
Robert Bluhm
R. Bluhm
Nambu-Goldstone Modes in Gravitational Theories with Spontaneous Lorentz Breaking
6 pages. Presented at the meeting "From Quantum to Cosmos," Washington, D.C., May 2006; published in Int. J. Mod. Phys. D16:2357-2363, 2008
Int.J.Mod.Phys.D16:2357-2363,2008
10.1142/S021827180701122X
null
hep-th gr-qc
null
Spontaneous breaking of Lorentz symmetry has been suggested as a possible mechanism that might occur in the context of a fundamental Planck-scale theory, such as string theory or a quantum theory of gravity. However, if Lorentz symmetry is spontaneously broken, two sets of questions immediately arise: what is the fate of the Nambu-Goldstone modes, and can a Higgs mechanism occur? A brief summary of some recent work looking at these questions is presented here.
[ { "created": "Wed, 19 Jul 2006 14:09:00 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:36:28 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Bluhm", "R.", "" ] ]
Spontaneous breaking of Lorentz symmetry has been suggested as a possible mechanism that might occur in the context of a fundamental Planck-scale theory, such as string theory or a quantum theory of gravity. However, if Lorentz symmetry is spontaneously broken, two sets of questions immediately arise: what is the fate of the Nambu-Goldstone modes, and can a Higgs mechanism occur? A brief summary of some recent work looking at these questions is presented here.
hep-th/9906037
Jerzy Przeszowski
Jerzy A.Przeszowski (Warsaw)
The Light-Front SU(N) Yang-Mills Theory for the Weyl Gauge
REVTEX, 9 pages, no figures. PACS. 11.15.-q Gauge field theories PACS. 11.15.Bt General properties of perturbation theory
null
null
null
hep-th
null
The canonical quantization is performed at a light-front surface for the SU(N) Yang-Mills theory. The Weyl gauge is imposed as a gauge condition. The suitable parameterization is chosen for the transverse gauge field components in order to have Dirac brackets independent of interactions. The generating functional is defined for the perturbation theory and it is shown to coincide with its equal-time counterpart.
[ { "created": "Fri, 4 Jun 1999 14:19:09 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Przeszowski", "Jerzy A.", "", "Warsaw" ] ]
The canonical quantization is performed at a light-front surface for the SU(N) Yang-Mills theory. The Weyl gauge is imposed as a gauge condition. The suitable parameterization is chosen for the transverse gauge field components in order to have Dirac brackets independent of interactions. The generating functional is defined for the perturbation theory and it is shown to coincide with its equal-time counterpart.
1912.13220
Jeong-Hyuck Park
Kyoungho Cho, Kevin Morand, and Jeong-Hyuck Park
Stringy Newton Gravity with $H$-flux
6 pages, No figure, v2) Refs added
Phys. Rev. D 101, 064020 (2020)
10.1103/PhysRevD.101.064020
null
hep-th astro-ph.GA gr-qc hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
A Symmetry Principle has been shown to augment unambiguously the Einstein Field Equations, promoting the whole closed-string massless NS-NS sector to stringy graviton fields. Here we consider its weak field approximation, take a non-relativistic limit, and derive the stringy augmentation of Newton Gravity: \[ \begin{array}{lll} {\bf{\nabla}^{2}\Phi}=4\pi G \rho+\bf{H}{\bf{\cdot}}\bf{H}\,, \quad&\qquad\bf{\nabla}\bf{\cdot}\bf{H}=0\,, \quad&\qquad {\bf{\nabla}\bf{\times}\bf{H}}=4\pi G\, \bf{K}\,. \end{array} \] Not only the mass density $\rho$ but also the current density $\mathbf{K}$ is intrinsic to matter. Sourcing $\mathbf{H}$ which is of NS-NS $H$-flux origin, $\mathbf{K}$ is nontrivial if the matter is `stringy'. $\mathbf{H}$ contributes quadratically to the Newton potential, but otherwise is decoupled from the point particle dynamics, i.e. $\bf{\ddot{x}}=-\bf{\nabla}\Phi$. We define `stringization' analogous to magnetization and discuss regular as well as monopole-like singular solutions.
[ { "created": "Tue, 31 Dec 2019 08:46:49 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 13 Mar 2020 05:37:47 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2020-03-16
[ [ "Cho", "Kyoungho", "" ], [ "Morand", "Kevin", "" ], [ "Park", "Jeong-Hyuck", "" ] ]
A Symmetry Principle has been shown to augment unambiguously the Einstein Field Equations, promoting the whole closed-string massless NS-NS sector to stringy graviton fields. Here we consider its weak field approximation, take a non-relativistic limit, and derive the stringy augmentation of Newton Gravity: \[ \begin{array}{lll} {\bf{\nabla}^{2}\Phi}=4\pi G \rho+\bf{H}{\bf{\cdot}}\bf{H}\,, \quad&\qquad\bf{\nabla}\bf{\cdot}\bf{H}=0\,, \quad&\qquad {\bf{\nabla}\bf{\times}\bf{H}}=4\pi G\, \bf{K}\,. \end{array} \] Not only the mass density $\rho$ but also the current density $\mathbf{K}$ is intrinsic to matter. Sourcing $\mathbf{H}$ which is of NS-NS $H$-flux origin, $\mathbf{K}$ is nontrivial if the matter is `stringy'. $\mathbf{H}$ contributes quadratically to the Newton potential, but otherwise is decoupled from the point particle dynamics, i.e. $\bf{\ddot{x}}=-\bf{\nabla}\Phi$. We define `stringization' analogous to magnetization and discuss regular as well as monopole-like singular solutions.
hep-th/9610227
Arshad Momen
Arshad Momen and Carl Rosenzweig
Deconfinement Transition and Flux-String Models
Figures enlarged, no real changes
Phys.Rev. D56 (1997) 1437-1444
10.1103/PhysRevD.56.1437
SU-4240-630
hep-th hep-lat hep-ph
null
Flux-string models can be used to study the deconfining phase transition. In this note, we study the models proposed by Patel. We also study the large N_c limits of Patel's model. To discuss the validity of the mean field theory results, the one-loop Coleman-Weinberg effective potential is calculated for N_c=3. We argue that the quantum corrections vanish at large N_c when the energy of the so-called baryonic vertices scale with N_c.
[ { "created": "Tue, 29 Oct 1996 00:26:38 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 25 Feb 1997 01:09:14 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Wed, 26 Feb 1997 18:57:19 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2009-10-30
[ [ "Momen", "Arshad", "" ], [ "Rosenzweig", "Carl", "" ] ]
Flux-string models can be used to study the deconfining phase transition. In this note, we study the models proposed by Patel. We also study the large N_c limits of Patel's model. To discuss the validity of the mean field theory results, the one-loop Coleman-Weinberg effective potential is calculated for N_c=3. We argue that the quantum corrections vanish at large N_c when the energy of the so-called baryonic vertices scale with N_c.
hep-th/0309250
Damiano Anselmi
Damiano Anselmi
Finiteness of quantum gravity coupled with matter in three spacetime dimensions
21 pages, 3 figures; typos corrected, NPB version
Nucl.Phys. B687 (2004) 124-142
10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2004.03.024
IFUP-TH/03-39
hep-th
null
As it stands, quantum gravity coupled with matter in three spacetime dimensions is not finite. In this paper I show that an algorithmic procedure that makes it finite exists, under certain conditions. To achieve this result, gravity is coupled with an interacting conformal field theory C. The Newton constant and the marginal parameters of C are taken as independent couplings. The values of the other irrelevant couplings are determined iteratively in the loop- and energy-expansions, imposing that their beta functions vanish. The finiteness equations are solvable thanks to the following properties: the beta functions of the irrelevant couplings have a simple structure; the irrelevant terms made with the Riemann tensor can be reabsorbed by means of field redefinitions; the other irrelevant terms have, generically, non-vanishing anomalous dimensions. The perturbative expansion is governed by an effective Planck mass that takes care of the interactions in the matter sector. As an example, I study gravity coupled with Chern-Simons U(1) gauge theory with massless fermions, solve the finiteness equations and determine the four-fermion couplings to two-loop order. The construction of this paper does not immediately apply to four-dimensional quantum gravity.
[ { "created": "Sun, 28 Sep 2003 11:59:17 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 1 Oct 2003 18:27:50 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Wed, 8 Oct 2003 15:03:43 GMT", "version": "v3" }, { "created": "Wed, 7 Apr 2004 15:29:00 GMT", "version": "v4" } ]
2009-11-10
[ [ "Anselmi", "Damiano", "" ] ]
As it stands, quantum gravity coupled with matter in three spacetime dimensions is not finite. In this paper I show that an algorithmic procedure that makes it finite exists, under certain conditions. To achieve this result, gravity is coupled with an interacting conformal field theory C. The Newton constant and the marginal parameters of C are taken as independent couplings. The values of the other irrelevant couplings are determined iteratively in the loop- and energy-expansions, imposing that their beta functions vanish. The finiteness equations are solvable thanks to the following properties: the beta functions of the irrelevant couplings have a simple structure; the irrelevant terms made with the Riemann tensor can be reabsorbed by means of field redefinitions; the other irrelevant terms have, generically, non-vanishing anomalous dimensions. The perturbative expansion is governed by an effective Planck mass that takes care of the interactions in the matter sector. As an example, I study gravity coupled with Chern-Simons U(1) gauge theory with massless fermions, solve the finiteness equations and determine the four-fermion couplings to two-loop order. The construction of this paper does not immediately apply to four-dimensional quantum gravity.
0808.3929
Mark Fischler
Mark Fischler, Joe Lykken, and Tom Roberts
Direct Observation Limits on Antimatter Gravitation
Fermilab Physics Note prepared in response to a question by the PAC concerning proposed experiment P891 (antihydrogen gravitation). 13 pages
null
null
FERMILAB-FN-0822-CD-T
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The proposed Antihydrogen Gravity experiment at Fermilab (P981) will directly measure the gravitational attraction ("gbar") between antihydrogen and the Earth, with an accuracy of 1% or better. The following key question has been asked by the PAC: Is a possible 1% difference between gbar and g already ruled out by other evidence? This memo presents the key points of existing evidence, to answer whether such a difference is ruled out (a) on the basis of direct observational evidence; and/or (b) on the basis of indirect evidence, combined with reasoning based on strongly held theoretical assumptions. The bottom line is that there are no direct observations or measurements of gravitational asymmetry which address the antimatter sector. There is evidence which by indirect reasoning can be taken to rule out such a difference, but the analysis needed to draw that conclusion rests on models and assumptions which are in question for other reasons and are thus worth testing. There is no compelling evidence or theoretical reason to rule out such a difference at the 1% level.
[ { "created": "Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:22:59 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2008-08-29
[ [ "Fischler", "Mark", "" ], [ "Lykken", "Joe", "" ], [ "Roberts", "Tom", "" ] ]
The proposed Antihydrogen Gravity experiment at Fermilab (P981) will directly measure the gravitational attraction ("gbar") between antihydrogen and the Earth, with an accuracy of 1% or better. The following key question has been asked by the PAC: Is a possible 1% difference between gbar and g already ruled out by other evidence? This memo presents the key points of existing evidence, to answer whether such a difference is ruled out (a) on the basis of direct observational evidence; and/or (b) on the basis of indirect evidence, combined with reasoning based on strongly held theoretical assumptions. The bottom line is that there are no direct observations or measurements of gravitational asymmetry which address the antimatter sector. There is evidence which by indirect reasoning can be taken to rule out such a difference, but the analysis needed to draw that conclusion rests on models and assumptions which are in question for other reasons and are thus worth testing. There is no compelling evidence or theoretical reason to rule out such a difference at the 1% level.
hep-th/0609005
David Bailin
David Bailin, Alex Love
The supersymmetric standard model from the Z_6' orientifold?
4 pages. To appear in Proceedings of SUSY06, the 14th International Conference on Supersymmetry and the Unification of Fundamental Interactions, UC Irvine, California, 12-17 June 2006
AIPConf.Proc.903:501-504,2007
10.1063/1.2735233
SUSX-TH-060901
hep-th
null
We construct N=1 supersymmetric fractional branes on the Z_6' orientifold. Intersecting stacks of such branes are needed to build a supersymmetric standard model. If $a,b$ are the stacks that generate the SU(3)_c and SU(2)_L gauge particles, then, in order to obtain just the chiral spectrum of the (supersymmetric) standard model (with non-zero Yukawa couplings to the Higgs mutiplets), it is necessary that the number of intersections a \cap b of the stacks a and b, and the number of intersections a \cap b' of a with the orientifold image b' of b satisfy (a \cap b,a \cap b')=(2,1) or (1,2). It is also necessary that there is no matter in symmetric representations of either gauge group. We have found a number of examples having these properties.
[ { "created": "Fri, 1 Sep 2006 10:41:06 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Bailin", "David", "" ], [ "Love", "Alex", "" ] ]
We construct N=1 supersymmetric fractional branes on the Z_6' orientifold. Intersecting stacks of such branes are needed to build a supersymmetric standard model. If $a,b$ are the stacks that generate the SU(3)_c and SU(2)_L gauge particles, then, in order to obtain just the chiral spectrum of the (supersymmetric) standard model (with non-zero Yukawa couplings to the Higgs mutiplets), it is necessary that the number of intersections a \cap b of the stacks a and b, and the number of intersections a \cap b' of a with the orientifold image b' of b satisfy (a \cap b,a \cap b')=(2,1) or (1,2). It is also necessary that there is no matter in symmetric representations of either gauge group. We have found a number of examples having these properties.
hep-th/9808184
Steven Corley
Steven Corley
The massless gravitino and the AdS/CFT correspondence
10 pages, RevTeX
Phys. Rev. D 59, 086003 (1999)
10.1103/PhysRevD.59.086003
null
hep-th
null
We solve the Dirichlet boundary value problem for the massless gravitino on $AdS_{d+1}$ space and compute the two-point function of the dual CFT supersymmetry currents using the $AdS$/CFT correspondence principle. We find analogously to the spinor case that the boundary data for the massless $(d+1)$ dimensional bulk gravitino field consists of only a $(d-1)$ dimensional gravitino.
[ { "created": "Sun, 30 Aug 1998 22:23:48 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2016-08-25
[ [ "Corley", "Steven", "" ] ]
We solve the Dirichlet boundary value problem for the massless gravitino on $AdS_{d+1}$ space and compute the two-point function of the dual CFT supersymmetry currents using the $AdS$/CFT correspondence principle. We find analogously to the spinor case that the boundary data for the massless $(d+1)$ dimensional bulk gravitino field consists of only a $(d-1)$ dimensional gravitino.
1311.4156
Nathan Berkovits
Nathan Berkovits (ICTP-SAIFR/IFT-UNESP, Sao Paulo)
Infinite Tension Limit of the Pure Spinor Superstring
8 pages, added footnote and references
null
10.1007/JHEP03(2014)017
ICTP-SAIFR/2013-13
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Mason and Skinner recently constructed a chiral infinite tension limit of the Ramond-Neveu-Schwarz superstring which was shown to compute the Cachazo-He-Yuan formulae for tree-level d=10 Yang-Mills amplitudes and the NS-NS sector of tree-level d=10 supergravity amplitudes. In this letter, their chiral infinite tension limit is generalized to the pure spinor superstring which computes a d=10 superspace version of the Cachazo-He-Yuan formulae for tree-level d=10 super-Yang-Mills and supergravity amplitudes.
[ { "created": "Sun, 17 Nov 2013 13:10:12 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 5 Dec 2013 16:11:15 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2015-06-17
[ [ "Berkovits", "Nathan", "", "ICTP-SAIFR/IFT-UNESP, Sao Paulo" ] ]
Mason and Skinner recently constructed a chiral infinite tension limit of the Ramond-Neveu-Schwarz superstring which was shown to compute the Cachazo-He-Yuan formulae for tree-level d=10 Yang-Mills amplitudes and the NS-NS sector of tree-level d=10 supergravity amplitudes. In this letter, their chiral infinite tension limit is generalized to the pure spinor superstring which computes a d=10 superspace version of the Cachazo-He-Yuan formulae for tree-level d=10 super-Yang-Mills and supergravity amplitudes.
1003.1102
Rodrigo Ferreira Sobreiro
R. F. Sobreiro, V. J. Vasquez Otoya
On the topological reduction from the affine to the orthogonal gauge theory of gravity
22 pages, no figures. V2: Title changed, Small changes on the text, references added. Final version to appear in Journal Of Geometry and Physics
J.Geom.Phys.61:137-150,2011
10.1016/j.geomphys.2010.09.009
null
hep-th gr-qc math-ph math.MP
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Making use of the fibre bundle theory to describe metric-affine gauge theories of gravity we are able to show that metric-affine gauge theory can be reduced to the Riemann-Cartan one. The price we pay for simplifying the geometry is the presence of matter fields associated with the nonmetric degrees of freedom of the original setup. Also, a possible framework for the construction of a quantum gravity theory is developed along the text.
[ { "created": "Thu, 4 Mar 2010 18:13:54 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 20 Sep 2010 00:08:18 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2010-12-13
[ [ "Sobreiro", "R. F.", "" ], [ "Otoya", "V. J. Vasquez", "" ] ]
Making use of the fibre bundle theory to describe metric-affine gauge theories of gravity we are able to show that metric-affine gauge theory can be reduced to the Riemann-Cartan one. The price we pay for simplifying the geometry is the presence of matter fields associated with the nonmetric degrees of freedom of the original setup. Also, a possible framework for the construction of a quantum gravity theory is developed along the text.
1001.5212
Tom\'a\v{s} Brauner
Tomas Brauner
Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking and Nambu-Goldstone Bosons in Quantum Many-Body Systems
49 pages, 2 pdf figures; v2: short discussion of pseudo-NG bosons and some references added + other minor corrections, version to be published
Symmetry 2: 609-657, 2010
10.3390/sym2020609
null
hep-th cond-mat.quant-gas cond-mat.str-el hep-ph nucl-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Spontaneous symmetry breaking is a general principle, that constitutes the underlying concept of a vast number of physical phenomena ranging from ferromagnetism and superconductivity in condensed matter physics to the Higgs mechanism in the standard model of elementary particles. I focus on manifestations of spontaneously broken symmetries in systems that are not Lorentz invariant, which include both, nonrelativistic systems as well as relativistic systems at nonzero density, providing a self-contained review of the properties of spontaneously broken symmetries specific to such theories. Topics covered include: (i) Introduction to the mathematics of spontaneous symmetry breaking and the Goldstone theorem. (ii) Minimization of Higgs-type potentials for higher-dimensional representations. (iii) Counting rules for Nambu-Goldstone bosons and their dispersion relations. (iv) Construction of effective Lagrangians. Specific examples in both relativistic and nonrelativistic physics are worked out in detail.
[ { "created": "Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:37:44 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Tue, 6 Apr 2010 22:02:04 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2015-03-13
[ [ "Brauner", "Tomas", "" ] ]
Spontaneous symmetry breaking is a general principle, that constitutes the underlying concept of a vast number of physical phenomena ranging from ferromagnetism and superconductivity in condensed matter physics to the Higgs mechanism in the standard model of elementary particles. I focus on manifestations of spontaneously broken symmetries in systems that are not Lorentz invariant, which include both, nonrelativistic systems as well as relativistic systems at nonzero density, providing a self-contained review of the properties of spontaneously broken symmetries specific to such theories. Topics covered include: (i) Introduction to the mathematics of spontaneous symmetry breaking and the Goldstone theorem. (ii) Minimization of Higgs-type potentials for higher-dimensional representations. (iii) Counting rules for Nambu-Goldstone bosons and their dispersion relations. (iv) Construction of effective Lagrangians. Specific examples in both relativistic and nonrelativistic physics are worked out in detail.
1110.3949
Shota Komatsu
Yoichi Kazama and Shota Komatsu
On holographic three point functions for GKP strings from integrability
62 pages;v2 Typos and equation (3.7) corrected. Clarifying remarks added in Section 4.1. Published version;v3 Minor errors found in version 2 are corrected. For explanation of the revision, see Erratum published in http://www.springerlink.com/content/m67055235407vx67/?MUD=MP
JHEP 1201 (2012) 110
10.1007/JHEP01(2012)110
UT-Komaba 11-9
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Adapting the powerful integrability-based formalism invented previously for the calculation of gluon scattering amplitudes at strong coupling, we develop a method for computing the holographic three point functions for the large spin limit of Gubser-Klebanov- Polyakov (GKP) strings. Although many of the ideas from the gluon scattering problem can be transplanted with minor modifications, the fact that the information of the external states is now encoded in the singularities at the vertex insertion points necessitates several new techniques. Notably, we develop a new generalized Riemann bilinear identity, which allows one to express the area integral in terms of appropriate contour integrals in the presence of such singularities. We also give some general discussions on how semiclassical vertex operators for heavy string states should be constructed systematically from the solutions of the Hamilton-Jacobi equation.
[ { "created": "Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:08:48 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 4 Jan 2012 08:56:26 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Tue, 3 Jul 2012 03:22:09 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2012-07-04
[ [ "Kazama", "Yoichi", "" ], [ "Komatsu", "Shota", "" ] ]
Adapting the powerful integrability-based formalism invented previously for the calculation of gluon scattering amplitudes at strong coupling, we develop a method for computing the holographic three point functions for the large spin limit of Gubser-Klebanov- Polyakov (GKP) strings. Although many of the ideas from the gluon scattering problem can be transplanted with minor modifications, the fact that the information of the external states is now encoded in the singularities at the vertex insertion points necessitates several new techniques. Notably, we develop a new generalized Riemann bilinear identity, which allows one to express the area integral in terms of appropriate contour integrals in the presence of such singularities. We also give some general discussions on how semiclassical vertex operators for heavy string states should be constructed systematically from the solutions of the Hamilton-Jacobi equation.
2101.05230
Ctirad Klimcik
Ctirad Klimcik
Brief lectures on duality, integrability and deformations
43 pages, the origin (URL) of the pictures is specified
null
10.1142/S0129055X21300041
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We provide a pedagogical introduction to some aspects of integrability, dualities and deformations of physical systems in 0+1 and in 1+1 dimensions. In particular, we concentrate on the T-duality of point particles and strings as well as on the Ruijsenaars duality of finite many-body integrable models, we review the concept of the integrability and, in particular, of the Lax integrability and we analyze the basic examples of the Yang-Baxter deformations of non-linear sigma-models. The central mathematical structure which we describe in detail is the E-model which is the dynamical system exhibiting all those three phenomena simultaneously. The last part of the paper contains original results, in particular a formulation of sufficient conditions for strong integrability of non-degenerate E-models.
[ { "created": "Wed, 13 Jan 2021 17:44:45 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 14 Jan 2021 18:35:15 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2021-07-07
[ [ "Klimcik", "Ctirad", "" ] ]
We provide a pedagogical introduction to some aspects of integrability, dualities and deformations of physical systems in 0+1 and in 1+1 dimensions. In particular, we concentrate on the T-duality of point particles and strings as well as on the Ruijsenaars duality of finite many-body integrable models, we review the concept of the integrability and, in particular, of the Lax integrability and we analyze the basic examples of the Yang-Baxter deformations of non-linear sigma-models. The central mathematical structure which we describe in detail is the E-model which is the dynamical system exhibiting all those three phenomena simultaneously. The last part of the paper contains original results, in particular a formulation of sufficient conditions for strong integrability of non-degenerate E-models.
2106.10265
Max Hubner
Lakshya Bhardwaj, Max Hubner, Sakura Schafer-Nameki
Liberating Confinement from Lagrangians: 1-form Symmetries and Lines in 4d N=1 from 6d N=(2,0)
86 pages, many tikz figures, v2: references added
SciPost Phys. 12, 040 (2022)
10.21468/SciPostPhys.12.1.040
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We study confinement in 4d N=1 theories obtained by deforming 4d N=2 theories of Class S. We argue that confinement in a vacuum of the N=1 theory is encoded in the 1-cycles of the associated N=1 curve. This curve is the spectral cover associated to a generalized Hitchin system describing the profiles of two Higgs fields over the Riemann surface upon which the 6d (2,0) theory is compactified. Using our method, we reproduce the expected properties of confinement in various classic examples, such as 4d N=1 pure Super-Yang-Mills theory and the Cachazo-Seiberg-Witten setup. More generally, this work can be viewed as providing tools for probing confinement in non-Lagrangian N=1 theories, which we illustrate by constructing an infinite class of non-Lagrangian N=1 theories that contain confining vacua. The simplest model in this class is an N=1 deformation of the N=2 theory obtained by gauging $SU(3)^3$ flavor symmetry of the $E_6$ Minahan-Nemeschansky theory.
[ { "created": "Fri, 18 Jun 2021 17:53:19 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 7 Jul 2021 10:52:35 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2022-01-26
[ [ "Bhardwaj", "Lakshya", "" ], [ "Hubner", "Max", "" ], [ "Schafer-Nameki", "Sakura", "" ] ]
We study confinement in 4d N=1 theories obtained by deforming 4d N=2 theories of Class S. We argue that confinement in a vacuum of the N=1 theory is encoded in the 1-cycles of the associated N=1 curve. This curve is the spectral cover associated to a generalized Hitchin system describing the profiles of two Higgs fields over the Riemann surface upon which the 6d (2,0) theory is compactified. Using our method, we reproduce the expected properties of confinement in various classic examples, such as 4d N=1 pure Super-Yang-Mills theory and the Cachazo-Seiberg-Witten setup. More generally, this work can be viewed as providing tools for probing confinement in non-Lagrangian N=1 theories, which we illustrate by constructing an infinite class of non-Lagrangian N=1 theories that contain confining vacua. The simplest model in this class is an N=1 deformation of the N=2 theory obtained by gauging $SU(3)^3$ flavor symmetry of the $E_6$ Minahan-Nemeschansky theory.
0905.3638
Christopher Eling
Christopher Eling, Itzhak Fouxon, and Yaron Oz
The Incompressible Navier-Stokes Equations From Black Hole Membrane Dynamics
5 pages; v2: expanded discussion to clarify a few points, title slightly changed
Phys.Lett.B680:496-499,2009
10.1016/j.physletb.2009.09.028
null
hep-th gr-qc nlin.CD
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We consider the dynamics of a d+1 space-time dimensional membrane defined by the event horizon of a black brane in (d+2)-dimensional asymptotically Anti-de-Sitter space-time and show that it is described by the d-dimensional incompressible Navier-Stokes equations of non-relativistic fluids. The fluid velocity corresponds to the normal to the horizon while the rate of change in the fluid energy is equal to minus the rate of change in the horizon cross-sectional area. The analysis is performed in the Membrane Paradigm approach to black holes and it holds for a general non-singular null hypersurface, provided a large scale hydrodynamic limit exists. Thus we find, for instance, that the dynamics of the Rindler acceleration horizon is also described by the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. The result resembles the relation between the Burgers and KPZ equations and we discuss its implications.
[ { "created": "Fri, 22 May 2009 09:04:17 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:55:18 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2009-10-06
[ [ "Eling", "Christopher", "" ], [ "Fouxon", "Itzhak", "" ], [ "Oz", "Yaron", "" ] ]
We consider the dynamics of a d+1 space-time dimensional membrane defined by the event horizon of a black brane in (d+2)-dimensional asymptotically Anti-de-Sitter space-time and show that it is described by the d-dimensional incompressible Navier-Stokes equations of non-relativistic fluids. The fluid velocity corresponds to the normal to the horizon while the rate of change in the fluid energy is equal to minus the rate of change in the horizon cross-sectional area. The analysis is performed in the Membrane Paradigm approach to black holes and it holds for a general non-singular null hypersurface, provided a large scale hydrodynamic limit exists. Thus we find, for instance, that the dynamics of the Rindler acceleration horizon is also described by the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. The result resembles the relation between the Burgers and KPZ equations and we discuss its implications.
hep-th/9703227
Stephen Hsu
Stephen D.H. Hsu and Myckola Schwetz (Yale U)
A Note on Supersymmetry Breaking
10 pages, LaTeX. Additional reference added, minor change to last subsection
Phys.Lett. B405 (1997) 287-292
10.1016/S0370-2693(97)00640-0
YCTP-P3-97
hep-th hep-ph
null
Using a simple observation based on holomorphy, we argue that any model which spontaneously breaks supersymmetry for some range of a parameter will do so generically for all values of that parameter, modulo some isolated exceptional points. Conversely, a model which preserves supersymmetry for some range of a parameter will also do so everywhere except at isolated exceptional points. We discuss how these observations can be useful in the construction of new models which break supersymmetry and discuss some simple examples. We also comment on the relation of these results to the Witten index.
[ { "created": "Mon, 31 Mar 1997 19:53:33 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 7 Apr 1997 19:21:02 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Sat, 31 Jan 1998 20:14:10 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2009-10-30
[ [ "Hsu", "Stephen D. H.", "", "Yale U" ], [ "Schwetz", "Myckola", "", "Yale U" ] ]
Using a simple observation based on holomorphy, we argue that any model which spontaneously breaks supersymmetry for some range of a parameter will do so generically for all values of that parameter, modulo some isolated exceptional points. Conversely, a model which preserves supersymmetry for some range of a parameter will also do so everywhere except at isolated exceptional points. We discuss how these observations can be useful in the construction of new models which break supersymmetry and discuss some simple examples. We also comment on the relation of these results to the Witten index.
0710.2579
Masaki Murata
Hiroyuki Hata and Masaki Murata
Baryons and the Chern-Simons term in holographic QCD with three flavors
32 pages, 3 figures, v2: references added, minor changes
Prog.Theor.Phys.119:461-490,2008
10.1143/PTP.119.461
KUNS-2103, YITP-07-62
hep-th hep-ph
null
We study dynamical baryons in the holographic QCD model of Sakai and Sugimoto in the case of three flavors and with special interest in the construction of the Chern-Simons (CS) term. The baryon classical solution in this model is given by the BPST instanton, and we carry out the collective coordinate quantization of the solution. The CS term should give rise to a first class constraint which selects baryon states with right spins. However, the original CS term written in terms of the CS 5-form does not work. We instead propose a new CS term which is gauge invariant and is given as an integral over a six dimensional space having as its boundary the original five dimensional spacetime of the holographic model. Collective coordinate quantization using our new CS term leads to correct baryon states and their mass formula.
[ { "created": "Sat, 13 Oct 2007 03:36:25 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 5 Nov 2007 05:19:36 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2008-11-26
[ [ "Hata", "Hiroyuki", "" ], [ "Murata", "Masaki", "" ] ]
We study dynamical baryons in the holographic QCD model of Sakai and Sugimoto in the case of three flavors and with special interest in the construction of the Chern-Simons (CS) term. The baryon classical solution in this model is given by the BPST instanton, and we carry out the collective coordinate quantization of the solution. The CS term should give rise to a first class constraint which selects baryon states with right spins. However, the original CS term written in terms of the CS 5-form does not work. We instead propose a new CS term which is gauge invariant and is given as an integral over a six dimensional space having as its boundary the original five dimensional spacetime of the holographic model. Collective coordinate quantization using our new CS term leads to correct baryon states and their mass formula.
1604.07843
Dan Xie
Bingyi Chen, Dan Xie, Shing-Tung Yau, Stephen S.-T. Yau, Huaiqing Zuo
4d N=2 SCFT and singularity theory Part II: Complete intersection
64 pages, 1 figure
null
null
null
hep-th math.AG
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We classify three dimensional isolated weighted homogeneous rational complete intersection singularities, which define many new four dimensional N=2 superconformal field theories. We also determine the mini-versal deformation of these singularities, and therefore solve the Coulomb branch spectrum and Seiberg-Witten solution.
[ { "created": "Tue, 26 Apr 2016 20:25:36 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2016-04-28
[ [ "Chen", "Bingyi", "" ], [ "Xie", "Dan", "" ], [ "Yau", "Shing-Tung", "" ], [ "Yau", "Stephen S. -T.", "" ], [ "Zuo", "Huaiqing", "" ] ]
We classify three dimensional isolated weighted homogeneous rational complete intersection singularities, which define many new four dimensional N=2 superconformal field theories. We also determine the mini-versal deformation of these singularities, and therefore solve the Coulomb branch spectrum and Seiberg-Witten solution.
hep-th/9710150
Indranil Dasgupta
Indranil Dasgupta
The imaginary time Path Integral and non-time-reversal-invariant- saddle points of the Euclidean Action
19 pages, LaTex, 5 epsf figures. A new example from quantum mechanics is included. The role of internal symmetries is discussed. To be published in Nucl. Phys. B
Nucl.Phys. B523 (1998) 403-419
10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00284-3
BUHEP-97-18, UCTP 107/97
hep-th hep-ph
null
We discuss new bounce-like (but non-time-reversal-invariant-) solutions to Euclidean equations of motion, which we dub boomerons. In the Euclidean path integral approach to quantum theories, boomerons make an imaginary contribution to the vacuum energy. The fake vacuum instabilty can be removed by cancelling boomeron contributions against contributions from time reversed boomerons (anti-boomerons). The cancellation rests on a sign choice whose significance is not completely understood in the path integral method.
[ { "created": "Sun, 19 Oct 1997 23:49:39 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sun, 7 Dec 1997 22:28:48 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Tue, 14 Apr 1998 01:12:30 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2009-10-30
[ [ "Dasgupta", "Indranil", "" ] ]
We discuss new bounce-like (but non-time-reversal-invariant-) solutions to Euclidean equations of motion, which we dub boomerons. In the Euclidean path integral approach to quantum theories, boomerons make an imaginary contribution to the vacuum energy. The fake vacuum instabilty can be removed by cancelling boomeron contributions against contributions from time reversed boomerons (anti-boomerons). The cancellation rests on a sign choice whose significance is not completely understood in the path integral method.
hep-th/0003257
Mueller-Kirsten
J.-Q.Liang, H.J.W.Mueller-Kirsten, D.K.Park and A.V.Shurgaia
Nucleation at finite temperature beyond the superminispace model
15 pages, 3 figures
Phys.Lett. B483 (2000) 225-234
10.1016/S0370-2693(00)00577-3
null
hep-th
null
The transition from the quantum to the classical regime of the nucleation of the closed Robertson-Walker Universe with spacially homogeneous matter fields is investigated with a perturbation expansion around the sphaleron configuration. A criterion is derived for the occurrence of a first-order type transition, and the related phase diagram for scalar and vector fields is obtained. For scalar fields both the first and second order transitions can occur depending on the shape of the potential barrier. For a vector field, here that of an O(3) nonlinear $\sigma$-model, the transition is seen to be only of the first order.
[ { "created": "Tue, 28 Mar 2000 09:51:48 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-10-31
[ [ "Liang", "J. -Q.", "" ], [ "Mueller-Kirsten", "H. J. W.", "" ], [ "Park", "D. K.", "" ], [ "Shurgaia", "A. V.", "" ] ]
The transition from the quantum to the classical regime of the nucleation of the closed Robertson-Walker Universe with spacially homogeneous matter fields is investigated with a perturbation expansion around the sphaleron configuration. A criterion is derived for the occurrence of a first-order type transition, and the related phase diagram for scalar and vector fields is obtained. For scalar fields both the first and second order transitions can occur depending on the shape of the potential barrier. For a vector field, here that of an O(3) nonlinear $\sigma$-model, the transition is seen to be only of the first order.
hep-th/0206164
Mina Aganagic
Mina Aganagic, Marcos Marino and Cumrun Vafa
All Loop Topological String Amplitudes From Chern-Simons Theory
62 pages, 15 figures, harvmac
Commun.Math.Phys. 247 (2004) 467-512
10.1007/s00220-004-1067-x
HUTP-02/A024
hep-th math.AG math.GT
null
We demonstrate the equivalence of all loop closed topological string amplitudes on toric local Calabi-Yau threefolds with computations of certain knot invariants for Chern-Simons theory. We use this equivalence to compute the topological string amplitudes in certain cases to very high degree and to all genera. In particular we explicitly compute the topological string amplitudes for P2 up to degree 12 and P1 x P1 up to total degree 10 to all genera. This also leads to certain novel large N dualities in the context of ordinary superstrings, involving duals of type II superstrings on local Calabi-Yau three-folds without any fluxes.
[ { "created": "Tue, 18 Jun 2002 15:26:15 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2015-06-26
[ [ "Aganagic", "Mina", "" ], [ "Marino", "Marcos", "" ], [ "Vafa", "Cumrun", "" ] ]
We demonstrate the equivalence of all loop closed topological string amplitudes on toric local Calabi-Yau threefolds with computations of certain knot invariants for Chern-Simons theory. We use this equivalence to compute the topological string amplitudes in certain cases to very high degree and to all genera. In particular we explicitly compute the topological string amplitudes for P2 up to degree 12 and P1 x P1 up to total degree 10 to all genera. This also leads to certain novel large N dualities in the context of ordinary superstrings, involving duals of type II superstrings on local Calabi-Yau three-folds without any fluxes.
hep-th/0305034
Michael A. Lomholt
A.L. Larsen, M.A. Lomholt
Open String Fluctuations in AdS with and without Torsion
19 pages, Latex
Phys.Rev. D68 (2003) 066002
10.1103/PhysRevD.68.066002
null
hep-th gr-qc
null
The equations of motion and boundary conditions for the fluctuations around a classical open string, in a curved space-time with torsion, are considered in compact and world-sheet covariant form. The rigidly rotating open strings in Anti de Sitter space with and without torsion are investigated in detail. By carefully analyzing the tangential fluctuations at the boundary, we show explicitly that the physical fluctuations (which at the boundary are combinations of normal and tangential fluctuations) are finite, even though the world-sheet is singular there. The divergent 2-curvature thus seems less dangerous than expected, in these cases. The general formalism can be straightforwardly used also to study the (bosonic part of the) fluctuations around the closed strings, recently considered in connection with the AdS/CFT duality, on AdS_5 \times S^5 and AdS_3 \times S^3 \times T^4.
[ { "created": "Mon, 5 May 2003 12:20:16 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-11-10
[ [ "Larsen", "A. L.", "" ], [ "Lomholt", "M. A.", "" ] ]
The equations of motion and boundary conditions for the fluctuations around a classical open string, in a curved space-time with torsion, are considered in compact and world-sheet covariant form. The rigidly rotating open strings in Anti de Sitter space with and without torsion are investigated in detail. By carefully analyzing the tangential fluctuations at the boundary, we show explicitly that the physical fluctuations (which at the boundary are combinations of normal and tangential fluctuations) are finite, even though the world-sheet is singular there. The divergent 2-curvature thus seems less dangerous than expected, in these cases. The general formalism can be straightforwardly used also to study the (bosonic part of the) fluctuations around the closed strings, recently considered in connection with the AdS/CFT duality, on AdS_5 \times S^5 and AdS_3 \times S^3 \times T^4.
1209.0451
Girma Hailu
Girma Hailu
Cosmology on Compact and Stable Supergravity Background
30 pages
Phys.Rev. D86 (2012) 103530
10.1103/PhysRevD.86.103530
null
hep-th astro-ph.CO hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We propose a cosmological model of D3-brane universe on compact and stable supergravity background of wrapped D7-branes in type IIB string theory previously argued to be dual to pure N=1 SU(N) gauge theory in four dimensions. A model universe of order Planck size near the UV boundary dynamically flows toward the IR with constant total energy density and accelerating expansion followed by smooth transition to decelerating expansion and collides with the wrapped D7-branes at the IR boundary. The model addresses the horizon and flatness problems with most of the expansion produced during the decelerating expansion phase. The inflationary scenario is used to generate sources of inhomogeneities in the cosmic microwave background radiation and seeds for large scale structure formation from quantum fluctuations which exit the Hubble radius early during the accelerating expansion phase and the model addresses the inhomogeneity problem with red tilt in the power spectrum. We propose that the kinetic energy of the model universe is converted to matter and radiation by the collision followed by formation of baryons that stabilizes the model universe against gravitational force from the background at a finite distance from the IR boundary with the wrapped D7-branes serving as sources of color. Friedmann evolution then takes over with a positive cosmological constant term coming from the remaining potential energy density which is interpreted as dark energy. The magnitude of dark energy density is smaller than the total energy density during the flow by a ratio of the scale factor when the model universe appears in the UV to the scale factor at the moment of collision and stays constant while the matter-radiation density falls during Friedmann expansion.
[ { "created": "Mon, 3 Sep 2012 19:59:52 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2013-05-30
[ [ "Hailu", "Girma", "" ] ]
We propose a cosmological model of D3-brane universe on compact and stable supergravity background of wrapped D7-branes in type IIB string theory previously argued to be dual to pure N=1 SU(N) gauge theory in four dimensions. A model universe of order Planck size near the UV boundary dynamically flows toward the IR with constant total energy density and accelerating expansion followed by smooth transition to decelerating expansion and collides with the wrapped D7-branes at the IR boundary. The model addresses the horizon and flatness problems with most of the expansion produced during the decelerating expansion phase. The inflationary scenario is used to generate sources of inhomogeneities in the cosmic microwave background radiation and seeds for large scale structure formation from quantum fluctuations which exit the Hubble radius early during the accelerating expansion phase and the model addresses the inhomogeneity problem with red tilt in the power spectrum. We propose that the kinetic energy of the model universe is converted to matter and radiation by the collision followed by formation of baryons that stabilizes the model universe against gravitational force from the background at a finite distance from the IR boundary with the wrapped D7-branes serving as sources of color. Friedmann evolution then takes over with a positive cosmological constant term coming from the remaining potential energy density which is interpreted as dark energy. The magnitude of dark energy density is smaller than the total energy density during the flow by a ratio of the scale factor when the model universe appears in the UV to the scale factor at the moment of collision and stays constant while the matter-radiation density falls during Friedmann expansion.
2407.15949
Nirmalya Kajuri
Parijat Dey, Nirmalya Kajuri, Rhitaparna Pal
Bulk reconstruction in 2D multi-horizon black hole
13 pages, 2 figures
null
null
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The goal of the bulk reconstruction program is to construct boundary representations of fields in asymptotically Anti-de Sitter spacetimes. In this paper, we extend the program by computing the boundary representation of massless fields in an Achucarro-Ortiz black hole spacetime. We obtain analytic expressions for smearing functions in both the exterior and interior of the black hole. We also obtain expressions for Papadodimas-Raju mirror operators.
[ { "created": "Mon, 22 Jul 2024 18:02:28 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 29 Jul 2024 23:10:14 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2024-07-31
[ [ "Dey", "Parijat", "" ], [ "Kajuri", "Nirmalya", "" ], [ "Pal", "Rhitaparna", "" ] ]
The goal of the bulk reconstruction program is to construct boundary representations of fields in asymptotically Anti-de Sitter spacetimes. In this paper, we extend the program by computing the boundary representation of massless fields in an Achucarro-Ortiz black hole spacetime. We obtain analytic expressions for smearing functions in both the exterior and interior of the black hole. We also obtain expressions for Papadodimas-Raju mirror operators.
1512.05994
Evgeny Skvortsov D
E.D. Skvortsov
On (Un)Broken Higher-Spin Symmetry in Vector Models
35 pages=27+Appendices; tiny modifications, typos fixed
null
null
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The simplest consequences of exact and broken higher-spin symmetry are studied. The one-loop anomalous dimensions of higher-spin currents are determined from the multiplet recombination in the spirit of the modern bootstrap programme: the Wilson-Fisher CFT is studied both in the epsilon-expansion and in the large-N. The bulk implications are briefly addressed: part of the higher-spin theory cubic action is reconstructed; one-loop corrections to the AdS masses of higher-spin fields are discussed.
[ { "created": "Fri, 18 Dec 2015 15:39:15 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 23 Dec 2015 11:28:34 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Tue, 29 Dec 2015 13:42:28 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2015-12-31
[ [ "Skvortsov", "E. D.", "" ] ]
The simplest consequences of exact and broken higher-spin symmetry are studied. The one-loop anomalous dimensions of higher-spin currents are determined from the multiplet recombination in the spirit of the modern bootstrap programme: the Wilson-Fisher CFT is studied both in the epsilon-expansion and in the large-N. The bulk implications are briefly addressed: part of the higher-spin theory cubic action is reconstructed; one-loop corrections to the AdS masses of higher-spin fields are discussed.
hep-th/0110086
Shyamoli Chaudhuri
Shyamoli Chaudhuri
The Power of Worldsheets: Applications and Prospects
12 pages, sections 7,8 are updated. References added
null
10.1063/1.1454355
null
hep-th
null
We explain how perturbative string theory can be viewed as an exactly renormalizable Weyl invariant quantum mechanics in the worldsheet representation clarifying why string scattering amplitudes are both finite and unambiguously normalized and explaining the origin of UV-IR relations in spacetime. As applications we examine the worldsheet representation of nonperturbative type IB states and of string solitons. We conclude with an analysis of the thermodynamics of a free closed string gas establishing the absence of the Hagedorn phase transition. We show that the 10D heterotic strings share a stable finite temperature ground state with gauge group SO(16)xSO(16). The free energy at the self-dual Kosterlitz-Thouless phase transition is minimized with finite entropy and positive specific heat. The open and closed string gas transitions to a confining long string phase at a temperature at or below the string scale in the presence of an external electric field.
[ { "created": "Tue, 9 Oct 2001 16:25:24 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Mon, 22 Oct 2001 08:48:41 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Tue, 20 Aug 2002 21:19:45 GMT", "version": "v3" } ]
2009-11-07
[ [ "Chaudhuri", "Shyamoli", "" ] ]
We explain how perturbative string theory can be viewed as an exactly renormalizable Weyl invariant quantum mechanics in the worldsheet representation clarifying why string scattering amplitudes are both finite and unambiguously normalized and explaining the origin of UV-IR relations in spacetime. As applications we examine the worldsheet representation of nonperturbative type IB states and of string solitons. We conclude with an analysis of the thermodynamics of a free closed string gas establishing the absence of the Hagedorn phase transition. We show that the 10D heterotic strings share a stable finite temperature ground state with gauge group SO(16)xSO(16). The free energy at the self-dual Kosterlitz-Thouless phase transition is minimized with finite entropy and positive specific heat. The open and closed string gas transitions to a confining long string phase at a temperature at or below the string scale in the presence of an external electric field.
0905.2326
Zvi Bern
Z. Bern, J. J. Carrasco, L. J. Dixon, H. Johansson, R. Roiban
The Ultraviolet Behavior of N=8 Supergravity at Four Loops
5 pages, 4 figures. v2 contains minor corrections, including flipping sign of eq. (1). Complete results, including mathematica readable form, presented in the directory aux/ included in the source of this manuscript. As certain computer operating systems (e.g. Windows) preclude the naming of directories "aux" we also host this data at: http://www.physics.ucla.edu/~jjmc/auxiliaryData.tgz
Phys.Rev.Lett.103:081301,2009
10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.081301
SLAC-PUB-13608, UCLA/09/TEP/09/47
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We describe the construction of the complete four-loop four-particle amplitude of N=8 supergravity. The amplitude is ultraviolet finite, not only in four dimensions, but in five dimensions as well. The observed extra cancellations provide additional non-trivial evidence that N=8 supergravity in four dimensions may be ultraviolet finite to all orders of perturbation theory.
[ { "created": "Thu, 14 May 2009 17:04:44 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Sun, 8 Jan 2012 13:27:40 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2015-03-13
[ [ "Bern", "Z.", "" ], [ "Carrasco", "J. J.", "" ], [ "Dixon", "L. J.", "" ], [ "Johansson", "H.", "" ], [ "Roiban", "R.", "" ] ]
We describe the construction of the complete four-loop four-particle amplitude of N=8 supergravity. The amplitude is ultraviolet finite, not only in four dimensions, but in five dimensions as well. The observed extra cancellations provide additional non-trivial evidence that N=8 supergravity in four dimensions may be ultraviolet finite to all orders of perturbation theory.
2303.01247
Shan-Ming Ruan
Taishi Kawamoto, Shan-Ming Ruan, Tadashi Takayanagi
Gluing AdS/CFT
35 pages, 9 figures; v2: typos fixed, references added;
null
10.1007/JHEP07(2023)080
YITP-23-27
hep-th gr-qc
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
In this paper, we investigate gluing together two Anti-de Sitter (AdS) geometries along a timelike brane, which corresponds to coupling two brane field theories (BFTs) through gravitational interactions in the dual holographic perspective. By exploring the general conditions for this gluing process, we show that the energy stress tensors of the BFTs backreact on the dynamical metric in a manner reminiscent of the TTbar deformation. In particular, we present explicit solutions for the three-dimensional case with chiral excitations and further construct perturbative solutions with non-chiral excitations.
[ { "created": "Thu, 2 Mar 2023 13:35:18 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Thu, 23 Mar 2023 10:03:58 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2023-07-26
[ [ "Kawamoto", "Taishi", "" ], [ "Ruan", "Shan-Ming", "" ], [ "Takayanagi", "Tadashi", "" ] ]
In this paper, we investigate gluing together two Anti-de Sitter (AdS) geometries along a timelike brane, which corresponds to coupling two brane field theories (BFTs) through gravitational interactions in the dual holographic perspective. By exploring the general conditions for this gluing process, we show that the energy stress tensors of the BFTs backreact on the dynamical metric in a manner reminiscent of the TTbar deformation. In particular, we present explicit solutions for the three-dimensional case with chiral excitations and further construct perturbative solutions with non-chiral excitations.
1412.8696
Evgeny Buchbinder
Evgeny I. Buchbinder, Andrei Constantin, Andre Lukas
A Heterotic QCD Axion
14 pages; v2: minor corrections, references added
Phys. Rev. D 91, 046010 (2015)
10.1103/PhysRevD.91.046010
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
We show that a KSVZ axion with a decay constant in the phenomenologically allowed range can be obtained in certain $E_8\times E_8$ heterotic string models. These models have an enhanced symmetry locus in the moduli space, and a non-universal, Kahler moduli dependent Fayet-Iliopoulos term which vanishes at this locus. Close to this locus the Fayet-Iliopoulos term is small and can lead to an axion decay constant significantly lower than the string scale. In this way, the no-go arguments of Svrcek and Witten, which are based on a universal, dilaton-dependent Fayet-Iliopoulos term, can be avoided. The relevant axion originates from phases of bundle moduli which correspond to deformations away from the enhanced symmetry locus. We construct an explicit example, based on a heterotic line bundle standard model, with all the required ingredients.
[ { "created": "Tue, 30 Dec 2014 17:23:57 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Fri, 27 Feb 2015 08:27:04 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2015-03-05
[ [ "Buchbinder", "Evgeny I.", "" ], [ "Constantin", "Andrei", "" ], [ "Lukas", "Andre", "" ] ]
We show that a KSVZ axion with a decay constant in the phenomenologically allowed range can be obtained in certain $E_8\times E_8$ heterotic string models. These models have an enhanced symmetry locus in the moduli space, and a non-universal, Kahler moduli dependent Fayet-Iliopoulos term which vanishes at this locus. Close to this locus the Fayet-Iliopoulos term is small and can lead to an axion decay constant significantly lower than the string scale. In this way, the no-go arguments of Svrcek and Witten, which are based on a universal, dilaton-dependent Fayet-Iliopoulos term, can be avoided. The relevant axion originates from phases of bundle moduli which correspond to deformations away from the enhanced symmetry locus. We construct an explicit example, based on a heterotic line bundle standard model, with all the required ingredients.
1607.07422
Georgi Dvali
Gia Dvali
Strong Coupling and Classicalization
24 pages, Latex. In part, based on lectures given at Erice summer school "Future of Our Physics Including New Frontiers" and at LHC SKI 2016 conference
null
10.1142/9789813208292_0005
null
hep-th gr-qc hep-ex hep-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Classicalization is a phenomenon in which a theory prevents itself from entering into a strong-coupling regime, by redistributing the energy among many weakly-interacting soft quanta. In this way, the scattering process of some initial hard quanta splits into a large number of soft elementary processes. In short, the theory trades the strong coupling for a high-multiplicity of quanta. At very high energies, the outcome of such a scattering experiment is a production of soft states of high occupation number that are approximately classical. It is evident that black hole creation in particle collision at super-Planckian energies is a result of classicalization, but there is no a priory reason why this phenomenon must be limited to gravity. If the hierarchy problem is solved by classicalization, the LHC has a chance of detecting a tower of new resonances. The lowest-lying resonances must appear right at the strong coupling scale in form of short-lived elementary particles. The heavier members of the tower must behave more and more classically: they must be longer lived and decay into higher numbers of soft quanta.
[ { "created": "Mon, 25 Jul 2016 19:39:25 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2017-05-24
[ [ "Dvali", "Gia", "" ] ]
Classicalization is a phenomenon in which a theory prevents itself from entering into a strong-coupling regime, by redistributing the energy among many weakly-interacting soft quanta. In this way, the scattering process of some initial hard quanta splits into a large number of soft elementary processes. In short, the theory trades the strong coupling for a high-multiplicity of quanta. At very high energies, the outcome of such a scattering experiment is a production of soft states of high occupation number that are approximately classical. It is evident that black hole creation in particle collision at super-Planckian energies is a result of classicalization, but there is no a priory reason why this phenomenon must be limited to gravity. If the hierarchy problem is solved by classicalization, the LHC has a chance of detecting a tower of new resonances. The lowest-lying resonances must appear right at the strong coupling scale in form of short-lived elementary particles. The heavier members of the tower must behave more and more classically: they must be longer lived and decay into higher numbers of soft quanta.
1207.0224
Volodymyr Gorkavenko
V.M. Gorkavenko, Yu.A. Sitenko, O.B. Stepanov
Casimir force induced on a plane by an impenetrable flux tube of finite radius
12 pages, 7 figures, some explanations and references added. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1109.3068
Ukr. J. Phys., Vol.58, No.5 (2013) 424-431
null
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
A perfectly reflecting (Dirichlet) boundary condition at the edge of an impenetrable magnetic-flux-carrying tube of nonzero transverse size is imposed on the charged massive scalar matter field which is quantized outside the tube on a plane which is transverse to the tube. We show that the vacuum polarization effects outside the tube give rise to a macroscopic force acting at the increase of the tube radius (if the magnetic flux is held steady).
[ { "created": "Sun, 1 Jul 2012 16:11:48 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 30 Jan 2013 12:41:11 GMT", "version": "v2" } ]
2013-12-17
[ [ "Gorkavenko", "V. M.", "" ], [ "Sitenko", "Yu. A.", "" ], [ "Stepanov", "O. B.", "" ] ]
A perfectly reflecting (Dirichlet) boundary condition at the edge of an impenetrable magnetic-flux-carrying tube of nonzero transverse size is imposed on the charged massive scalar matter field which is quantized outside the tube on a plane which is transverse to the tube. We show that the vacuum polarization effects outside the tube give rise to a macroscopic force acting at the increase of the tube radius (if the magnetic flux is held steady).
1411.0452
Junjie Rao
Bo Feng, Kang Zhou, Chenkai Qiao, Junjie Rao
Determination of Boundary Contributions in Recursion Relation
20 pages, 1 appendix
JHEP 1503 (2015) 023
10.1007/JHEP03(2015)023
null
hep-th
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
In this paper, we propose a new algorithm to systematically determine the missing boundary contributions, when one uses the BCFW on-shell recursion relation to calculate tree amplitudes for general quantum field theories. After an instruction of the algorithm, we will use several examples to demonstrate its application, including amplitudes of color-ordered phi-4 theory, Yang-Mills theory, Einstein-Maxwell theory and color-ordered Yukawa theory with phi-4 interaction.
[ { "created": "Mon, 3 Nov 2014 12:24:13 GMT", "version": "v1" }, { "created": "Wed, 19 Nov 2014 12:00:08 GMT", "version": "v2" }, { "created": "Mon, 2 Mar 2015 12:05:21 GMT", "version": "v3" }, { "created": "Tue, 5 May 2015 11:37:10 GMT", "version": "v4" } ]
2015-05-06
[ [ "Feng", "Bo", "" ], [ "Zhou", "Kang", "" ], [ "Qiao", "Chenkai", "" ], [ "Rao", "Junjie", "" ] ]
In this paper, we propose a new algorithm to systematically determine the missing boundary contributions, when one uses the BCFW on-shell recursion relation to calculate tree amplitudes for general quantum field theories. After an instruction of the algorithm, we will use several examples to demonstrate its application, including amplitudes of color-ordered phi-4 theory, Yang-Mills theory, Einstein-Maxwell theory and color-ordered Yukawa theory with phi-4 interaction.
hep-th/9306142
Alexander V. Razumov
A. N. Leznov and A. V. Razumov
The Canonical Symmetry and Hamiltonian Formalism. II. Hamiltonian Operators
13 pages, LaTeX file, IHEP 93-69
null
null
null
hep-th
null
It is shown how the canonical symmetry is used to look for the hierarchy of the Hamiltonian operators relevant to the system under consideration. It appears that only the invariance condition can be used to solve the problem.
[ { "created": "Sun, 27 Jun 1993 08:19:43 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2007-05-23
[ [ "Leznov", "A. N.", "" ], [ "Razumov", "A. V.", "" ] ]
It is shown how the canonical symmetry is used to look for the hierarchy of the Hamiltonian operators relevant to the system under consideration. It appears that only the invariance condition can be used to solve the problem.
hep-th/0501237
J. W. van Holten
P.D. Jarvis and J.W. van Holten
Conformal Fluid Dynamics
17 pages, no figures
Nucl.Phys.B734:272-286,2006
10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2005.11.021
Nordita-2005-8
hep-th
null
We present a conformal theory of a dissipationless relativistic fluid in 2 space-time dimensions. The theory carries with it a representation of the algebra of 2-$D$ area-preserving diffeomorphisms in the target space of the complex scalar potentials. A complete canonical description is given, and the central charge of the current algebra is calculated. The passage to the quantum theory is discussed in some detail; as a result of operator ordering problems, full quantization at the level of the fields is as yet an open problem.
[ { "created": "Fri, 28 Jan 2005 21:14:34 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2009-11-05
[ [ "Jarvis", "P. D.", "" ], [ "van Holten", "J. W.", "" ] ]
We present a conformal theory of a dissipationless relativistic fluid in 2 space-time dimensions. The theory carries with it a representation of the algebra of 2-$D$ area-preserving diffeomorphisms in the target space of the complex scalar potentials. A complete canonical description is given, and the central charge of the current algebra is calculated. The passage to the quantum theory is discussed in some detail; as a result of operator ordering problems, full quantization at the level of the fields is as yet an open problem.
1007.2026
Chao-Jun Feng
Chao-Jun Feng, Xin-Zhou Li
Quantum Spring from the Casimir Effect
6 pages, 7 figures, published in PLB
Phys.Lett.B691:167-172,2010
10.1016/j.physletb.2010.06.030
null
hep-th hep-ph quant-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
The Casimir effect arises not only in the presence of material boundaries but also in space with nontrivial topology. In this paper, we choose a topology of the flat $(D+1)$-dimensional spacetime, which causes the helix boundary condition for a Hermitian massless scalar field. Especially, Casimir effect for a massless scalar field on the helix boundary condition is investigated in two and three dimensions by using the zeta function techniques. The Casimir force parallel to the axis of the helix behaves very much like the force on a spring that obeys the Hooke's law when the ratio $r$ of the pitch to the circumference of the helix is small, but in this case, the force comes from a quantum effect, so we would like to call it \textit{quantum spring}. When $r$ is large, this force behaves like the Newton's law of universal gravitation in the leading order. On the other hand, the force perpendicular to the axis decreases monotonously with the increasing of the ratio $r$. Both forces are attractive and their behaviors are the same in two and three dimensions.
[ { "created": "Tue, 13 Jul 2010 02:57:51 GMT", "version": "v1" } ]
2010-12-13
[ [ "Feng", "Chao-Jun", "" ], [ "Li", "Xin-Zhou", "" ] ]
The Casimir effect arises not only in the presence of material boundaries but also in space with nontrivial topology. In this paper, we choose a topology of the flat $(D+1)$-dimensional spacetime, which causes the helix boundary condition for a Hermitian massless scalar field. Especially, Casimir effect for a massless scalar field on the helix boundary condition is investigated in two and three dimensions by using the zeta function techniques. The Casimir force parallel to the axis of the helix behaves very much like the force on a spring that obeys the Hooke's law when the ratio $r$ of the pitch to the circumference of the helix is small, but in this case, the force comes from a quantum effect, so we would like to call it \textit{quantum spring}. When $r$ is large, this force behaves like the Newton's law of universal gravitation in the leading order. On the other hand, the force perpendicular to the axis decreases monotonously with the increasing of the ratio $r$. Both forces are attractive and their behaviors are the same in two and three dimensions.
0710.2218
Shin Sasaki
Shin Sasaki, Katsushi Ito, Hiroaki Nakajima
Instantons in Deformed Super Yang-Mills Theories
Submitted for the SUSY07 proceedings, 4 pages, no figure, a reference added, typos corrected
null
null
null
hep-th
null
We study the instanton effective action in deformed four-dimensional N=2 and N=4 super Yang-Mills (SYM) theories. These deformed gauge theories are defined on the D-brane world-volume in the presence of constant, self-dual Ramond-Ramond (R-R) 3-form field strength background $\mathcal{F}$ which is scaled as $(2 \pi \alpha')^{1/2} \mathcal{F} = fixed$ in the zero-slope limit $\alpha' \to 0$. The instanton effective action is obtained by solving equations of motion of the deformed N=2 SYM action. We show that this effective action correctly reproduces the string theory result derived from D3/D(-1)-branes system in the lowest order of the backgrounds and gauge coupling constant.
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2007-10-21
[ [ "Sasaki", "Shin", "" ], [ "Ito", "Katsushi", "" ], [ "Nakajima", "Hiroaki", "" ] ]
We study the instanton effective action in deformed four-dimensional N=2 and N=4 super Yang-Mills (SYM) theories. These deformed gauge theories are defined on the D-brane world-volume in the presence of constant, self-dual Ramond-Ramond (R-R) 3-form field strength background $\mathcal{F}$ which is scaled as $(2 \pi \alpha')^{1/2} \mathcal{F} = fixed$ in the zero-slope limit $\alpha' \to 0$. The instanton effective action is obtained by solving equations of motion of the deformed N=2 SYM action. We show that this effective action correctly reproduces the string theory result derived from D3/D(-1)-branes system in the lowest order of the backgrounds and gauge coupling constant.