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12,400
['eng']
['Matsuda, S']
['Spectral Flow and Feigin-Fuchs Parameter Space of N=4 Superconformal Algebras']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['algebra, conformal', 'supersymmetry', 'symmetry, SU(2)', 'spectral representation', 'tensor, energy-momentum', 'algebra, Kac-Moody']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610212']
['The parameter space of the Feigin-Fuks representations of the N=4 SU(2)$_k$ superconformal algebras is studied from the viewpoint of the specral flow. The fermions and the spectral flow resulting from the inner automorphism of the N=4 superconformal algebras is explicitly shown to be operating as identiy relations am...
['1996-10-29']
12,401
['eng']
['Langfeld, K', 'Reinhardt, H', 'Quandt, M']
['Monopoles and Strings in Yang-Mills Theories']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['gauge field theory, SU(2)', 'gauge field theory, Yang-Mills', 'abelian gauge', 'postulated particle, magnetic monopole', 'string model', 'flux, magnetic', 'gas, instanton', 'numerical calculations']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610213']
["Yang-Mills theory is studied in a variant of 't Hooft's maximal Abelian gauge. In this gauge magnetic monopoles arise in the Abelian magnetic field. We show, however, that the full (non-Abelian) magnetic field does not possess any monopoles, but rather strings of magnetic fluxes. We argue that these strings are the r...
['1996-10-29']
12,402
['eng']
['Markushin, V E']
['Annihilation into Channels with Strangeness and the OZI Rule Violation']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['talk, Dinkelsbuehl 1996/08/27', 'nucleon antinucleon, annihilation', 'anti-p p, annihilation', 'anti-p p, exclusive reaction', 'at rest', 'final state, two-particle', 'quark, strangeness', 'Iizuka-Okubo-Zweig rule, violation', 'Feynman graph', 'yield, (Phi(1020) omega(783) pi)', 'final-state interaction', 'vector dom...
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610214']
['Two-step mechanisms in the $N\\bar{N}$ annihilation and their role in the OZI rule violating reactions are discussed. In particular the two meson rescattering mechanism for $\\pi\\phi$ channel including all off-shell effects is typically two orders of magnitude bigger than the OZI tree level expectation and explains ...
['1996-10-29']
12,403
['eng']
['Mathieu, P']
['The quantum SKdV$_{1,4}$ equation at $c=3$']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['Korteweg-de Vries equation', 'supersymmetry', 'central charge, 3', 'conservation law', 'integrability']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610217']
['At $c=3$, two of the three integrable quantum $N=2$ supersymmetric Korteweg-de Vries equations become identical (SKdV$_1$ and SKdV$_4$). Quite remarkably, all their conservation laws can be written in closed form, which provides thus a simple constructive integrability proof.']
['1996-10-29']
12,404
['eng']
['Nayak, G C', 'Ravishankar, V']
['Pre-equilibrium evolution of non-abelian plasma']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['quark gluon, plasma', 'nonabelian', 'color, electric field', 'flux tube', 'transport theory', 'Boltzmann equation, solution', 'gauge field theory, SU(2)', 'conservation law, energy-momentum', 'particle, density', 'energy, density', 'time dependence', 'numerical calculations']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610215']
['We study the production and the equilibration of a non-Abelian $q\\bar{q}$ plasma in an external chromoelectric field, by solving the Boltzmann equation with the non-Abelian features explicitly incorporated. We consider the gauge group $SU(2)$ and show that the colour degree of freedom has a major and dominant role i...
['1996-10-29']
12,405
['eng']
['Alvarez-Consul, L', 'Martín, C P']
['On the gauge dependence of the topological $\\sigma$ model $\\beta$ functions']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['sigma model, nonlinear', 'field theory, topological', 'renormalization group, beta function', 'dependence, gauge', 'supersymmetry, superspace']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610218']
['We compute the dependence on the classical action "gauge" parameters of the beta functions of the standard topological sigma model in flat space. We thus show that their value is a "gauge" artifact indeed. We also show that previously computed values of these beta functions can be continuously connected to one anothe...
['1996-10-29']
12,406
['eng']
['Arai, M', 'Minakata, H']
['Unitarity of the Aharonov-Bohm Scattering Amplitudes']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['Aharonov-Bohm effect', 'scattering amplitude', 'unitarity', 'regularization', 'analytic properties']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610219']
['We discuss the unitarity relation of the Aharonov-Bohm scattering amplitude with the hope that it distinguishes between the differing treatments which employ different incident waves. We find that the original Aharonov-Bohm scattering amplitude satisfies the unitarity relation under the regularization prescription wh...
['1996-10-29']
12,407
['eng']
['Ivashkevich, E V']
['Symmetries and Instantons in Stochastic Burgers Equation']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['statistical mechanics', 'symmetry, transformation', 'path integral', 'instanton', 'fluctuation', 'Burgers equation, stochastic']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610221']
['All Lie symmetries of the Burgers equation driven by an external random force are found. Besides the generalized Galilean transformations, this equation is also invariant under the time reparametrizations. It is shown that the Gaussian distribution of a pumping force is not invariant under the symmetries and breaks t...
['1996-10-29']
12,408
['eng']
['Ennes, I P', 'Ramallo, A V', 'Sánchez de Santos, J M']
['Structure constants for the osp(1|2) current algebra']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['current algebra, OSp(1/2)', 'current algebra, representation', 'dimension, 2', 'field theory, conformal', 'analytic properties', 'algebra, fusion', 'supersymmetry']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610224']
['We study the free field realization of the two-dimensional osp(1|2) current algebra. We consider the case in which the level of the affine osp(1|2) symmetry is a positive integer. Using the Coulomb gas technique we obtain integral representations for the conformal blocks of the model. In particular, from the behaviou...
['1996-10-29']
12,409
['eng']
['Kechkin, O V', 'Yurova, M']
['Symplectic Gravity Models in Four, Three and Two Dimensions']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['quantum gravity, symplectic', 'dimension, 2-4', 'field theory, abelian', 'field theory, vector', 'dilaton', 'axion', 'sigma model', 'coset space, Sp(N)/U(M)', 'symmetry, axial']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610222']
['A class of the $D=4$ gravity models describing a coupled system of $n$ Abelian vector fields and the symmetric $n \\times n$ matrix generalizations of the dilaton and Kalb-Ramond fields is considered. It is shown that the Pecci-Quinn axion matrix can be entered and the resulting equations of motion possess the $Sp(2n...
['1996-10-29']
12,410
['eng']
['Momen, A', 'Rosenzweig, C']
['Deconfinement Transition and Flux-String Models']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['gauge field theory, SU(N)', 'lattice field theory, continuum limit', 'flux tube', 'string model', 'effective potential', 'mean field approximation', 'confinement', 'critical phenomena', 'random walk', 'expansion 1/N, color']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610227']
["Flux-string models can be used to study the deconfining phase transition. In this note, we study the models proposed by Patel. We discuss a continuum limit for the model in an attempt to go beyond mean field theory. The one-loop Coleman-Weinberg effective potential is calculated for the latter model. We show that the...
['1996-10-29']
12,411
['eng']
['Guida, R', 'Justin, J Z']
['3D Ising Model']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['Ising model', 'dimension, 3', 'universality', 'critical phenomena', 'effective action', 'epsilon expansion', 'renormalization group', 'phi**n model, 4', 'perturbation theory', 'numerical calculations', 'bibliography']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610223']
['The equation of state of the universality class of the 3D Ising model is determined numerically in the critical domain from quantum field theory and renormalization group techniques. The starting point is the five loop perturbative expansion of the effective potential (or free energy) in the framework of renormalized...
['1996-10-29']
12,412
['eng']
['Chandrasekharan, S']
['A Large N Chiral Transition on a Plaquette']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['gauge field theory, U(N)', 'lattice field theory', 'dimension, 2', 'critical phenomena, chiral', 'expansion 1/N', 'fermion, determinant', 'numerical calculations']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610225']
['We construct a model of a chiral transition using the well known large N transition in two dimensional $U(N)$ lattice gauge theory. Restricting the model to a single plaquette, we introduce Grassmann variables on the corners of the plaquette with the natural phase factors of staggered fermions and couple them to the ...
['1996-10-29']
12,413
['eng']
['Berkovits, N']
['Super-Maxwell Actions with Manifest Duality']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['gauge field theory, SU(2)', 'supersymmetry, superspace', 'duality, transformation']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610226']
['Superstring field theory was recently used to derive a four-dimensional Maxwell action with manifest duality. This action is related to the McClain-Wu-Yu Hamiltonian and can be locally coupled to electric and magnetic sources. In this letter, the manifestly dual Maxwell action is supersymmetrized using N=1 and N=2 su...
['1996-10-29']
12,414
['eng']
['Mukohyama, S']
['D-brane configuration and black hole thermodynamics']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['string model', 'supersymmetry', 'soliton', 'membrane model, p-brane', 'field theory, torus', 'black hole', 'entropy, Hawking', 'temperature']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9611052']
['We consider a configuration of strings and solitons in the type IIB superstring theory on $M^5\\times T^5$, which is composed of a set of arbitrarily-wound D-fivebranes on $T^5$ and a set of arbitrarily-wound D-strings on $S^1$ of the torus. For the configuration, it is shown that number of microscopic states is uppe...
['1996-11-11']
12,415
['eng']
['Brunner, Ilka', 'Lynker, M', 'Schimmrigk, R']
['Unification of M- and F- Theory Calabi-Yau Fourfold Vacua']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['string model', 'supersymmetry', 'spontaneous compactification', 'field theory, Calabi-Yau', 'field theory, M-theory', 'field theory, F-theory', 'geometry, algebra', 'bibliography']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610195']
['We consider splitting type phase transitions between Calabi-Yau fourfolds. These transitions generalize previously known types of conifold transitions between threefolds. Similar to conifold configurations the singular varieties mediating the transitions between fourfolds connect moduli spaces of different dimensions...
['1996-10-28']
12,416
['eng']
['Oshima, K']
['De Rham Cohomology of SO(n) by Supersymmetric Quantum Mechanics']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['quantum mechanics', 'supersymmetry', 'cohomology, SO(N)', 'Morse theory', 'field theory, instanton', 'vacuum state']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610196']
["We give an elementary derivation of the de Rham cohomology of SO(n) in terms of supersymmetric quantum mechanics. Our analysis is based on Witten's Morse theory. We show reflection symmetries of the theory are useful to select true vacua. The number of the selected vacua will agree with the de Rham cohomology of SO(n...
['1996-10-28']
12,417
['eng']
['Münster, G', 'Griesshammer, H W', 'Lehmann, D']
['Field Theory, Critical Phenomena and Interfaces']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['talk, Erlangen 1995/05/17', 'field theory, Euclidean', 'Hamiltonian formalism', 'path integral', 'n-point function', 'critical phenomena', 'model, fluid']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610197']
['These lecture notes want to illustrate the close connection between statistical mechanics and field theory not only on the formal level, i.e. that many concepts of one area can easily be taken over to the other one, but also on the level of actual calculations. To this purpose, the last section will demonstrate that ...
['1996-10-28']
12,418
['eng']
['Klimcík, C', 'Severa, P']
['T-duality and the moment map']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['talk, Argonne 1996/06/27', 'talk, Cargese 1996/07/22', 'sigma model, nonlinear', 'duality', 'group theory, Lie', 'group theory, geometrical']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610198']
['Aspects of Poisson-Lie T-duality are reviewed in more algebraic way than in our, rather geometric, previous papers. As a new result, a moment map is constructed for the Poisson-Lie symmetry of the system consisting of open strings propagating in a Poisson-Lie group manifold.']
['1996-10-28']
12,419
['eng']
['Fukuma, M', 'Yahikozawa, S']
['Combinatorics of Solitons in Noncritical String Theory']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['string model', 'dimension, <2', 'central charge, <1', 'field theory, soliton', 'n-point function', 'partition function', 'Kadomtsev-Petviashvili equation, hierarchy']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610199']
['We study the combinatorics of solitons in $D<2$ (or $c<1$) string theory. The weights in the summation over multi-solitons are shown to be automatically determined if we further require that the partition function with soliton background be a $\\tau$ function of the KP hierarchy, in addition to the $W_{1+\\infty}$ co...
['1996-10-28']
12,420
['eng']
['Alfinito, E', 'Causo, M S', 'Profilo, G', 'Soliani, G']
['A class of nonlinear wave equations containing the continuous Toda case']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['field equations, soliton', 'field equations, nonlinear', 'field theory, Toda', 'lattice field theory, continuum limit']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610200']
['We consider a nonlinear field equation which can be derived from a binomial lattice as a continuous limit. This equation, containing a perturbative friction-like term and a free parameter $\\gamma$, reproduces the Toda case (in absence of the friction-like term) and other equations of physical interest, by choosing p...
['1996-10-28']
12,421
['eng']
['Cadoni, M']
['Conformal equivalence of 2D dilaton gravity models']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['gravitation', 'field theory, dilaton', 'dimension, 2', 'black hole', 'radiation, Hawking', 'transformation, conformal']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610201']
['We investigate the behavior of generic, matter-coupled, 2D dilaton gravity theories under dilaton-dependent Weyl rescalings of the metric. We show that physical observables associated with 2D black holes, such as the mass, the temperature and the flux of Hawking radiation are invariant under the action of both Weyl t...
['1996-10-28']
12,422
['eng']
['Furlan, Paolo', 'Hadjiivanov, L K', 'Todorov, I T']
['A Quantum Gauge Group Approach to the 2D SU(n) WZNW Model']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['field theory, conformal', 'dimension, 2', 'Wess-Zumino-Witten model', 'symmetry, SU(N)', 'quantum group, SL(N)', 'phase space']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610202']
["The canonical quantization of the WZNW model provides a complete set of exchange relations in the enlarged chiral state spaces that include the Gauss components $M_\\pm$, ${\\bar M}_\\pm$ of the monodromy matrices $M$, $\\bar M$. Regarded as new dynamical variables, the elements of $M$ and $\\bar M$ cannot be identif...
['1996-10-28']
12,423
['eng']
['Bazeia, D', 'Nascimento, J R S']
['Gauge Invariant Effective Potential for Abelian Maxwell-Chern-Simons Systems']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['gauge field theory, U(1)', 'Chern-Simons term', 'quantization', 'Hamiltonian formalism', 'effective potential']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610203']
['We investigate the effective potential for Abelian Maxwell--Chern--Simons systems. The calculations follow an alternate approach, recently proposed as a gauge invariant formulation of the effective potential, constructed in terms of a gauge invariant order parameter. We compare the results with another investigation,...
['1996-10-28']
12,424
['eng']
['Matone, M']
['Modular Invariance and Exact Wilsonian Action of N=2 SYM']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['gauge field theory, SU(2)', 'supersymmetry', 'vacuum state', 'moduli space', 'invariance, modular']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610204']
['We construct modular invariants on ${\\cal M}_{SU(2)}$, the moduli space of quantum vacua of $N=2$ SYM with gauge group $SU(2)$. We also introduce the non--chiral function ${\\cal K}(A,\\bar A)=e^{\\varphi_{SW}-\\varphi/2}$, where $e^{\\varphi_{SW}}$ is the Seiberg--Witten metric and $e^\\varphi$ is the Poincaré metr...
['1996-10-28']
12,425
['eng']
['Aharony, O', 'Kachru, S', 'Silverstein, E']
['New N=1 Superconformal Field Theories in Four Dimensions from D-brane Probes']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['field theory, conformal', 'supersymmetry', 'membrane model, p-brane', 'symmetry breaking', 'group theory, representation', 'potential, Kaehler', 'field theory, Calabi-Yau', 'geometry, algebra']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610205']
['We present several new examples of nontrivial 4d N=1 superconformal field theories. Some of these theories exhibit exotic global symmetries, including non-simply laced groups (such as $F_4$). They are obtained by studying threebrane probes in F-theory compactifications on elliptic Calabi-Yau threefolds. The geometry ...
['1996-10-28']
12,426
['eng']
['Shuvaev, A G']
['New Approach to Induced QCD']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['gauge field theory, SU(N)', 'field theory, scalar', 'quantum chromodynamics, induced', 'matrix model', 'path integral, determinant', 'correlation function']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610206']
['Matrix model approach to multicolor induced QCD based on the quenched momentum prescription is presented. It is shown that this model exhibits the reduction of spatial degrees of freedom: the partition function is determined by the solution of one dimensional quantum mechanical problem while the D-dimensional scalar ...
['1996-10-28']
12,427
['eng']
['Ivanov, D']
['Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov-Bernard equations as a quantization of nonstationary Hitchin system']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['field theory, conformal', 'dimension, 2', 'quantization', 'Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov equation', 'Riemann surfaces']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610207']
['The KZB equations for conformal blocks of the WZNW theory are written on the moduli space of holomorphic principal bundles on the surface. They become the multi-time Schroedinger equation for the nonstationary Hitchin system. From the known form of the equations we learn about the covariance of quantization with resp...
['1996-10-28']
12,428
['eng']
['Wosiek, J', 'Janik, R E']
['Solution of the odderon problem for arbitrary conformal weights']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['model, odderon', 'Regge poles', 'Yang-Baxter equation, solution', 'spin, noncompact', 'gluon', 'mathematical methods', 'differential equations, solution']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610208']
['A new method is applied to solve the Baxter equation for three coupled, noncompact spins. Due to the equivalence with the system of three reggeized gluons, the intercept of the odderon trajectory is predicted for the first time, as the analytic function of the two relevant parameters.']
['1996-10-28']
12,429
['eng']
['Drummond, I T', 'Horgan, R R', 'Landshoff, P V', 'Rebhan, Anton K']
['Eliminating Infrared Divergences in the Pressure']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['finite temperature', 'path integral', 'propagator', 'pressure', 'infrared problem']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610189']
['The pressure of a system in thermal equilibrium is expressed as a mass integral over a sum of thermal propagators. This allows a Dyson resummation and is used to demonstrate that potential infrared divergences are rendered harmless.']
['1996-10-25']
12,430
['eng']
['Inami, T', 'Kanno, H', 'Ueno, T', 'Xiong, C S']
['Two-toroidal Lie Algebra as Current Algebra of Four-dimensional Kähler WZW Model']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['field theory, conformal', 'dimension, 2', 'Wess-Zumino-Witten model', 'field theory, Kaehler', 'current algebra', 'algebra, Lie']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610187']
['We investigate the structure of an infinite-dimensional symmetry of the four-dimensional Kähler WZW model, which is a possible extension of the two-dimensional WZW model. We consider the SL(2,R) group and, using the Gauss decomposition method, we derive a current algebra identified with a two-toroidal Lie algebra, a ...
['1996-10-25']
12,431
['eng']
['Kutz, N']
['Free massive fermions inside the quantum discrete sine-Gordon model']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['sine-Gordon model', 'fermion, massive', 'lattice field theory', 'quantization', 'Hamiltonian formalism', 'operator, vertex', 'operator, algebra', 'integrability']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610188']
['We extend the notion of space shifts introduced by L. D. Faddeev and A. Yu. Volkov (Phys. Lett. B 315 (1993)) for certain quantum light cone lattice equations of sine-Gordon type at root of unity. As a result we obtain a compatibility equation for the roots of central elements within the algebra of observables (also ...
['1996-10-25']
12,432
['eng']
['Adler, Stephen Louis']
['Frustrated SU(4) as the Preonic Precursor of the Standard Model']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['unified field theory', 'model, composite', 'symmetry, SU(4)', 'symmetry breaking', 'group theory, representation', 'renormalization group', 'hierarchy']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610190']
['We give a model for composite quarks and leptons based on the semisimple gauge group SU(4), with the preons in the 10 representation. Hypercolor singlets are forbidden in the fermionic sector of this theory; we propose that SU(4) symmetry spontaneously breaks to SU(3) \\times U(1), with the binding of triality nonzer...
['1996-10-25']
12,433
['eng']
['Reuter, M', 'Schmidt, M G', 'Schubert, C']
['Constant External Fields in Gauge Theory and the Spin 0, 1/2, 1 Path Integrals']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['gauge field theory, Yang-Mills', 'fermion', 'path integral', 'effective action', 'perturbation theory, higher-order', 'background field, external field']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610191']
["We investigate the usefulness of the ``string-inspired technique'' for gauge theory calculations in a constant external field background. Our approach is based on Strassler's worldline path integral approach to the Bern-Kosower formalism, and on the construction of worldline (super--) Green's functions incorporating ...
['1996-10-25']
12,434
['eng']
['Bántay, P']
['The Frobenius-Schur indicator in Conformal Field Theory']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['field theory, conformal', 'dimension, 2', 'algebra, fusion', 'algebra, representation', 'partition function']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610192']
['An analogue of the classical Frobenius-Schur indicator is introduced in order to distinguish between real and pseudo-real self-conjugate primary fields, and an explicit expression for this quantity is derived from the trace of the braiding operator.']
['1996-10-25']
12,435
['eng']
['Fadeev, L', 'Niemi, Antti J']
['Knots and Particles']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['field theory, classical', 'knot theory', 'field equations, nonlinear', 'soliton', 'vortex', 'sigma model, nonlinear', 'topology', 'numerical calculations', 'field theory, vector', 'field theory, action', 'field theory, soliton', 'string model', 'knot theory', 'numerical calculations']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610193']
['Using methods of high performance computing, we have found indications that knotlike structures appear as stable finite energy solitons in a realistic 3+1 dimensional model. We have explicitly simulated the unknot and trefoil configurations, and our results suggest that all torus knots appear as solitons. Our observa...
['1996-10-25']
12,436
['eng']
['Booth, H', 'Radford, C']
['The Dirac-Maxwell Equations with Cylindrical Symmetry']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['gauge field theory, U(1)', 'fermion, Dirac', 'field equations, solution', 'symmetry, axial', 'numerical calculations']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610194']
['A reduction of the Dirac-Maxwell equations in the case of static cylindrical symmetry is performed. The behaviour of the resulting system of o.d.e.\'s is examined analytically and numerical solutions presented. There are two classes of solutions. The first type of solution is a Dirac field surrounding a charged "wire...
['1996-10-25']
12,437
['eng']
['Ardalan, Farhad', 'Fatollahi, A H']
['Point-Like Structure in Strings and Non-Commutative Geometry']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['particle, relativistic', 'string model', 'membrane model, p-brane', 'differential geometry, noncommutative', 'Hamiltonian formalism', 'constraint']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610181']
['Dynamics of a free point particle on a noncommutative world line is presented and shown to reduce to that of a bosonic string theory at the appropriate limit. Other p-branes are argued to appear at other regions of the space of configurations of the theory.']
['1996-10-24']
12,438
['eng']
['Gamboa-Rios, J', 'Schmidt, I', 'Vergara, L']
['Anomaly and Condensate in the Light-Cone Schwinger Model']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['Schwinger model', 'dimension, 2', 'light cone gauge', 'fermion, condensation', 'anomaly, axial', 'mass spectrum', 'path integral']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610173']
['The axial anomaly and fermion condensate in the light cone Schwinger model are studied following path integral methods. This formalism allows for a simple and direct calculation for these and other vacuum dependent phenomena.']
['1996-10-24']
12,439
['eng']
['Fabre, C']
['One-loop Effective Action in Open-string theory']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['talk, Warsaw 1996/07/25', 'string model', 'supersymmetry', 'string, open', 'effective action', 'perturbation theory, higher-order', 'spontaneous compactification, orbifold', 'duality']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610174']
['This is a summary of the analysis of the one-loop effective action in Z_2-orbifold compactifications of type-I theory presented in references [1,2]. We show how, for non-abelian group factors, the threshold effects are ultraviolet finite though given entirely by a six-dimensional field theory expression. We also disc...
['1996-10-24']
12,440
['eng']
['Lawrie, I D', 'McKernan, D B']
['Nonequilibrium perturbation theory for complex scalar fields']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['field theory, scalar', 'path integral', 'propagator', 'perturbation theory, higher-order', 'Dyson-Schwinger equation, solution', 'time dependence', 'potential, chemical']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610175']
['Real-time perturbation theory is formulated for complex scalar fields away from thermal equilibrium in such a way that dissipative effects arising from the absorptive parts of loop diagrams are approximately resummed into the unperturbed propagators. Low order calculations of physical quantities then involve quasipar...
['1996-10-24']
12,441
['eng']
['Tollstén, A K']
['String Solutions to Supergravity']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['talk, London 1996/07/05', 'supergravity', 'dimension, 10', 'string model, heterotic', 'soliton']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610176']
['We find the comlete solution to ten-dimensional supergravity coupled to a three-form field strength, given the ``standard ansatz" for the fields, and show that in addition to the well-known elementary and solitonic (heterotic) string solutions, one of the possibilities is an (unstable) elementary type I string soluti...
['1996-10-24']
12,442
['eng']
['Ho, C L']
['$w_{\\infty}$ and $sl_{q}(2)$ Algebras in the Landau Problem and Chern-Simons Theory on a Torus']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['algebra, W(infinity)', 'quantum algebra, SL(2)', 'Chern-Simons term', 'gauge field theory, torus', 'charged particle, magnetic field', 'wave function']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610177']
['We discuss $w_\\infty$ and $sl_q(2)$ symmetries in Chern-Simons theory and Landau problem on a torus. It is shown that when the coefficient of the Chern-Simons term, or when the total flux passing through the torus is a rational number, there exist in general two $w_\\infty$ and two $sl_q(2)$ algebras, instead of one...
['1996-10-24']
12,443
['eng']
['Ho, C L']
['Quantum Group Symmetry in Multiple Chern-Simons Theory on a Torus']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['quantum group, SL(2)', 'Chern-Simons term, multiple', 'gauge field theory, torus', 'algebra, W(infinity)']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610178']
['We discuss $w_\\infty$ and $sl_q(2)$ symmetries in multiple Chern-Simons theory on a torus. It is shown that these algebraic structures arise from the dynamics of the non-integrable phases of the Chern-Simons fields. The generators of these algebras are constructed from the Wilson line operators corresponding to thes...
['1996-10-24']
12,444
['eng']
['Moretti, V', 'Iellici, D']
['Optical Approach for the Thermal Partition Function of Photons']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['space-time', 'field theory, scalar', 'field theory, massless', 'electromagnetic field', 'effective action', 'optics', 'regularization, zeta function']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610180']
["The optical manifold method to compute the one-loop effective action in a static space-time is extended from the massless scalar field to the Maxwell field in any Feynman-like covariant gauge. The method applied in the case of the Rindler space obtaining the same results as the point-splitting procedure. The result i...
['1996-10-24']
12,445
['eng']
['Giovannini, M']
['Scalar and Tensor Inhomogeneities from Dimensional Decoupling']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['relativity theory, general', 'space-time, background field', 'perturbation theory', 'fluctuation', 'bibliography']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610179']
['We discuss some perturbative techniques suitable for the gauge-invariant treatment of the scalar and tensor inhomogeneities of an anisotropic and homogeneous background geometry whose spatial section naturally decomposes into the direct product of two maximally symmetric Eucledian manifolds, describing a general situ...
['1996-10-24']
12,446
['eng']
['Bärwald, O', 'Gebert, R W']
['Explicit determination of a 727-dimensional root space of the hyperbolic Lie algebra $E_{10}$']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['string model', 'algebra, E(10)', 'algebra, Kac-Moody', 'algebra, representation']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610182']
['The 727-dimensional root space associated with the level-2 root $\\bLambda_1$ of the hyperbolic Kac--Moody algebra $E_{10}$ is determined using a recently developed string theoretic approach to hyperbolic algebras. The explicit form of the basis reveals a complicated structure with transversal as well as longitudinal...
['1996-10-24']
12,447
['eng']
['Kim, Y S']
['Group Contractions']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['talk, Dubna 1996/07/08', 'space-time, symmetry', 'group theory, representation', 'light cone gauge', 'group theory, Lorentz', 'group theory, E(2)']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610183']
["Einstein's $E = mc^{2}$ unifies the momentum-energy relations for massive and massless particles. According to Wigner, the internal space-time symmetries of massive and massless particles are isomorphic to $O(3)$ and $E(2)$ respectively. According to Inonu and Wigner, $O(3)$ can be contracted to $E(2)$ in the large-r...
['1996-10-24']
12,448
['eng']
['Martin, L', 'McKeon, D G C']
['A Functional Approach to the Heat Kernel in Curved Space']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['relativity theory', 'space-time', 'perturbation theory, higher-order', 'regularization, heat kernel', 'path integral']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610185']
['The heat kernel $M_{xy} = <x\\mid exp [ 1/\\sqrt{g} \\partial_\\mu g^{\\mu\\nu} \\sqrt{g} \\partial_\\nu ]t \\mid y>$ is of central importance when studying the propagation of a scalar particle in curved space. It is quite convenient to analyze this quantity in terms of classical variables by use of the quantum mecha...
['1996-10-24']
12,449
['eng']
['Parthasarathy, R', 'Viswanathan, K S']
['Modification of black-hole entropy by strings']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['black hole, entropy', 'string model, action', 'gravitation', 'space-time, singularity', 'temperature']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610186']
['A generalized action for strings which is a sum of the Nambu-Goto and the extrinsic curvature (the energy integral of the surface) terms, is used to couple strings to gravity. It is shown that the conical singularity has deficit angle that has contributions from both the above terms. It is found that the effect of ex...
['1996-10-24']
12,450
['eng']
['Poppe, R', 'Schwager, S']
['String Kaluza-Klein cosmologies with RR-fields']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['Friedman model', 'string model', 'space-time, Robertson-Walker', 'membrane model, p-brane', 'supergravity', 'Kaluza-Klein model', 'symmetry, SL(2,R)', 'spontaneous compactification', 'dimension, 10', 'dimension, 5', 'dimension, 4', 'inflationary universe', 'black hole', 'numerical calculations']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610166']
['We construct 4-dimensional cosmological FRW--models by compactifying a black 5-brane solution of type IIB supergravity, which carries both magnetic NS-NS-charge and RR-charge. The influence of nontrivial RR-fields on the dynamics of the cosmological models is investigated.']
['1996-10-23']
12,451
['eng']
['Edelstein, J D']
['Semi-local Cosmic Strings and the Cosmological Constant Problem']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['astrophysics, fundamental constant', 'supergravity', 'dimension, 3', 'gauge field theory, U(1)', 'symmetry, SU(2)', 'astrophysics, string', 'soliton, stability', 'spinor']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610163']
['We study the cosmological constant problem in a three-dimensional N=2 supergravity theory with gauge group SU[2]_{global}xU[1]_{local}. The model we consider is known to admit string-like configurations, the so-called semi-local cosmic strings. We show that the stability of these solutions is provided by supersymmetr...
['1996-10-23']
12,452
['eng']
['Chen, Y H', 'Hsieh, R J', 'Lin, C']
['Split Dimensional Regularization for the Temporal Gauge']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['gauge field theory, Yang-Mills', 'temporal gauge', 'regularization, dimensional', 'perturbation theory, higher-order']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610165']
['A split dimensional regularization, which was introduced for the Coulomb gauge by Leibbrandt and Williams, is used to regularize the spurious singularities of Yang-Mills theory in the temporal gauge. Typical one-loop split dimensionally regularized temporal gauge integrals, and hence the renormalization structure of ...
['1996-10-23']
12,453
['eng']
['Tabar, M R R', 'Aghamohammadi, A', 'Khorrami, M']
['The logarithmic conformal field theories']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['field theory, conformal', 'dimension, 2', 'correlation function', 'operator product expansion']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610168']
['We study the correlation functions of logarithmic conformal field theories. First, assuming conformal invariance, we explicitly calculate two- and three- point functions. This calculation is done for the general case of more than one logarithmic field in a block, and more than one set of logarithmic fields. Then we s...
['1996-10-23']
12,454
['eng']
['Rasmussen, J', 'Petersen, J L']
['Applications of Free Fields in 2D Current Algebra']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['thesis', 'field theory, conformal', 'dimension, 2', 'operator product expansion', 'algebra, Virasoro', 'operator, determinant', 'ghost', 'current algebra, affine', 'current algebra, SL(2)', 'Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov equation', 'algebra, Hopf', 'quantum group', 'n-point function', 'algebra, fusion', 'crossing', 'phase s...
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610167']
["In this thesis steps are taken in the direction of formulating non-critical strings in the framework of the $G/G$ approach. A major part of the thesis is concerned with conformal field theory based on affine $SL(2)$ current algebra, in particular for admissible representations which are relevant in the $SL(2)/SL(2)$ ...
['1996-10-23']
12,455
['eng']
['Emparan, R']
['Composite black holes in external fields']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['black hole, composite', 'black hole, static', 'flux tube, background field', 'electromagnetic field, external field', 'black hole, pair production', 'black hole, acceleration', 'space-time, Minkowski', 'stability']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610170']
['The properties of composite black holes in the background of electric or magnetic flux tubes are analyzed, both when the black holes remain in static equilibrium and when they accelerate under a net external force. To this effect, we present a number of exact solutions (generalizing the Melvin, C and Ernst solutions)...
['1996-10-23']
12,456
['eng']
['Horowitz, Gary T', 'Marolf, D M']
['Where is the Information Stored in Blackholes?']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['black hole, horizon', 'string model', 'gravitation', 'entropy', 'space-time, singularity', 'information theory']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610171']
['It is shown that many modes of the gravitational field exist only inside the horizon of an extreme black hole in string theory. At least in certain cases, the number of such modes is sufficient to account for the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy. These modes are associated with sources which carry Ramond-Ramond charge, and...
['1996-10-23']
12,457
['eng']
['Callan, C G', 'Gubser, S S', 'Klebanov, Igor R', 'Tseytlin, Arkady A']
['Absorption of Fixed scalars and the D-brane Approach to Black Holes']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['black hole', 'dimension, 5', 'dimension, 4', 'field theory, scalar', 'membrane model, p-brane', 'string model', 'effective action', 'absorption, quasiclassical', 'cross section, emission', 'string tension']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610172']
['We calculate the emission and absorption rates of fixed scalars by the near-extremal five-dimensional black holes that have recently been modeled using intersecting D-branes. We find agreement between the semi-classical and D-brane computations. At low energies the fixed scalar absorption cross-section is smaller tha...
['1996-10-23']
12,458
['eng']
['Fernández, V I', 'Naón, C M']
['Functional integral approach to multipoint correlators in 2d critical systems']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['statistical mechanics', 'fermion, field theory', 'operator, determinant', 'path integral', 'n-point function']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610161']
["We extend a previously developed technique for computing spin-spin critical correlators in the 2d Ising model, to the case of multiple correlations. This enables us to derive Kadanoff-Ceva's formula in a simple and elegant way. We also exploit a doubling procedure in order to evaluate the critical exponent of the pol...
['1996-10-22']
12,459
['eng']
['Rey, S J']
['Classical and Quantum Aspects of BPS Black Holes in N=2, D=4 Heterotic String Compactifications']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['black hole, mass spectrum', 'string model, heterotic', 'spontaneous compactification', 'entropy', 'supersymmetry', 'correction, nonperturbative', 'space-time, Calabi-Yau', 'duality', 'space-time, Kaehler', 'renormalization', 'bibliography']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610157']
["We study classical and quantum aspects of D=4, N=2 BPS black holes for T_2 compactification of D=6, N=1 heterotic string vacua. We extend dynamical relaxation phenomena of moduli fields to background consisting of a BPS soliton or a black hole and provide a simpler but more general derivation of the Ferrara-Kallosh's...
['1996-10-22']
12,460
['eng']
['Avdeev, L V', 'Kazakov, D I', 'Kalmykov, M Yu']
['Noninvariant renormalization in the background-field method']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['talk, Zvenigorod 1994/09/16', 'gauge field theory, Yang-Mills', 'regularization, dependence', 'renormalization, dependence', 'background field', 'sigma model, nonlinear']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610158']
['We investigate the consistency of the background-field formalism when applying various regularizations and renormalization schemes. By an example of a two-dimensional $\\sigma$ model it is demonstrated that the background-field method gives incorrect results when the regularization (and/or renormalization) is noninva...
['1996-10-22']
12,461
['eng']
['Giveon, Amit', 'Porrati, Massimo']
['Aspects of Dualities']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['talk, Warsaw 1996/07/25', 'gauge field theory, Yang-Mills', 'string model', 'duality', 'spontaneous compactification']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610159']
['In this talk, some aspects of duality symmetries are presented.']
['1996-10-22']
12,462
['eng']
['Nieto, J A', 'Socorro, J']
['Is nonsymmetric gravity related to string theory?']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['gravitation, model', 'gravitation, asymmetry', 'string model', 'gauge field theory', 'action']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610160']
['In this work we raise the question whether nonsymmetric gravity and string theory are related. We start making the observation, that the gravitational field $ g_{\\mu\\nu}$ and the nonsymmetric gauge field $ A_{\\mu\\nu}$ arising in the low energy limit in the string theory are exactly the same two basic fields used ...
['1996-10-22']
12,463
['eng']
['Mayr, Peter']
['Mirror Symmetry, $N=1$ Superpotentials and Tensionless Strings on Calabi-Yau Four-Folds']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['field theory, Calabi-Yau', 'field theory, F-theory', 'spontaneous compactification', 'symmetry, mirror', 'string model', 'string tension, 0', 'geometry, algebra', 'bibliography']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610162']
['We study aspects of Calabi--Yau four-folds as compactification manifolds of F-theory, using mirror symmetry. Correlation functions of the topological field theory are determined directly in terms of a natural ring structure of divisors and the period integrals, and subsequently used to extract invariants of moduli sp...
['1996-10-22']
12,464
['eng']
['Sailer, K', 'Greiner, W']
['Non-Trivial Fixed Points of the Scalar Field Theory']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['field theory, scalar', 'field theory, action', 'derivative, high', 'renormalization group, transformation']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610143']
['The phase structure of the scalar field theory with arbitrary powers of the gradient operator and a local non-analytic potential is investigated by the help of the RG in Euclidean space. The RG equation for the generating function of the derivative part of the action is derived. Infinitely many non-trivial fixed poin...
['1996-10-21']
12,465
['eng']
['Johnson, C V', 'Myers, R C']
['Aspects of Type IIB Theory on ALE Spaces']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['string model', 'supersymmetry', 'field theory, Calabi-Yau', 'instanton', 'sigma model, nonlinear', 'membrane model, p-brane', 'vacuum state', 'moduli space', 'duality']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610140']
["D-brane technology and strong/weak coupling duality supplement traditional orbifold techniques by making certain background geometries more accessible. In this spirit, we consider some of the geometric properties of the type IIB theory on R^6 \\times M where M is an `Asymptotically Locally Euclidean (ALE)' gravitatio...
['1996-10-21']
12,466
['eng']
['Braden, H W', 'Sutcliffe, P M']
['A Monopole Metric']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['gauge field theory, SU(2)', 'Higgs model', 'field theory, monopole', 'moduli space', 'geometry']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610141']
['We calculate explicitly in terms of complete elliptic integrals the metric on the moduli space of tetrahedrally-symmetric, charge four, SU(2) monopoles. Using this we verify that in the asymptotic regime the metric of Gibbons and Manton is exact up to exponentially suppressed corrections.']
['1996-10-21']
12,467
['eng']
['Cederwall, Martin', 'Von Gussich, A', 'Nilsson, B E W', 'Westerberg, A']
['The Dirichlet Super-Three-Brane in Ten-Dimensional Type IIB Supergravity']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['membrane model, p-brane', 'supersymmetry, superspace', 'action', 'background field, superfield', 'supergravity', 'dimension, 10', 'Wess-Zumino term', 'bibliography']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610148']
['We give the full supersymmetric and kappa-symmetric action for the Dirichlet three-brane, including its coupling to background superfields of ten-dimensional type IIB supergravity.']
['1996-10-21']
12,468
['eng']
['Billó, M', 'Caselle, M', "D'Adda, A", 'Panzeri, S']
['Finite Temperature Lattice QCD in the Large N Limit']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['lattice field theory, action', 'gauge field theory, SU(N)', 'finite temperature', 'expansion 1/N', 'critical phenomena, confinement', 'Polyakov loop', 'approximation, heat kernel', 'Kazakov-Migdal model', 'expansion, weak coupling', 'expansion, strong coupling', 'effective action', 'instanton, condensation', 'dimensi...
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610144']
['Our aim is to give a self-contained review of recent advances in the analytic description of the deconfinement transition and determination of the deconfinement temperature in lattice QCD at large N. We also include some new results, as for instance in the comparison of the analytic results with Montecarlo simulation...
['1996-10-21']
12,469
['eng']
['De Souza, M M']
['Classical Fields and the Quantum Concept']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['talk, Serra Negra 1996/09/02', 'gauge field theory, U(1)', 'field theory, classical', 'quantization, constraint']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610145']
["We do a critical review of the Faraday-Maxwell concept of classical field and of its quantization process. With the hindsight knowledge of the essentially quantum character of the interactions, we use a naive classical model of field, based on exchange of classical massless particles, for a comparative and qualitativ...
['1996-10-21']
12,470
['eng']
['Rusakov, B']
['Two-dimensional dynamics of $QCD_3$']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['gauge field theory, U(N)', 'lattice field theory', 'dimension, 2', 'partition function', 'transverse momentum, higher-order']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610147']
['Pure gauge lattice QCD_3 is considered. After a change of variables from links to holonomies the model becomes two-dimensional. The corresponding surface is of infinite genus and is regularly embedded in 3d. This phenomenon is a unique property of the gauge field. The picture survives the RG transformation and, thus,...
['1996-10-21']
12,471
['eng']
['Haller, K', 'Lim-Lombridas, E']
["Gauss's Law, Gauge-Invariant States, and Spin and Statistics In Abelian Chern-Simons Theories"]
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['talk, Telluride 1996/08/05', 'gauge field theory, U(1)', 'Chern-Simons term', 'dimension, 3', 'fermion', 'quantization, constraint', 'Hamiltonian formalism', 'Gauss law', 'spin, statistics']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610146']
["We discuss topologically massive QED --- the Abelian gauge theory in which (2+1)-dimensional QED with a Chern-Simons term is minimally coupled to a spinor field. We quantize the theory in covariant gauges, and construct a class of unitary transformations that enable us to embed the theory in a Fock space of states th...
['1996-10-21']
12,472
['eng']
['Srivastava, P P']
['$\\Theta$-Vacua in the Light-Front Quantized Schwinger Model']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['talk, Campinas 1996/07/30', 'talk, Ames 1996/03', 'Schwinger model', 'dimension, 2', 'quantization, light front', 'vacuum state, Theta parameter', 'fermion, condensation', 'bosonization']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610149']
['The light-front (LF) quantization of the bosonized Schwinger model is discussed in the "continuum formulation". The proposal, successfully used earlier for describing the spontaneous symmetry breaking (SSB) on the LF, of separating first the scalar field into the dynamical condensate and the fluctuation fields before...
['1996-10-21']
12,473
['eng']
['Michelson, J']
['Compactifications of Type IIB Strings to Four Dimensions with Non-trivial Classical Potential']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['string model', 'supersymmetry', 'spontaneous compactification', 'field theory, Calabi-Yau', 'field theory, dilaton', 'potential, classical']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610151']
['Type IIB strings are compactified on a Calabi-Yau three-fold. When Calabi-Yau-valued expectation values are given to the NS-NS and RR three-form field strengths, the dilaton hypermultiplet becomes both electrically and magnetically charged. The resultant classical potential is calculated, and minima are found. At sin...
['1996-10-21']
12,474
['eng']
['Buchbinder, I L', 'Pershin, V D', 'Toder, G B']
['Canonical Approach to String Theory in Massive Background Fields']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['string model', 'background field, massive', 'quantization', 'Hamiltonian formalism', 'field equations', 'algebra, gauge']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610152']
['A method of constructing a canonical gauge invariant quantum formulation for a non-gauge classical theory depending on a set of parameters is advanced and then applied to the theory of closed bosonic string interacting with massive background fields. Choosing an ordering prescription and developing a suitable regular...
['1996-10-21']
12,475
['eng']
['Adler, Stephen Louis', 'Horwitz, L P']
['Equilibrium Statistical Ensembles and Structure of the Entropy Functional in Generalized Quantum Dynamics']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['talk, Berlin 1996/07/29', 'quantum mechanics, measurement', 'statistics', 'entropy', 'Hamiltonian formalism']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610153']
['We review here the microcanonical and canonical ensembles constructed on an underlying generalized quantum dynamics and the algebraic properties of the conserved quantities. We discuss the structure imposed on the microcanonical entropy by the equilibrium conditions.']
['1996-10-21']
12,476
['eng']
['Avram, A C', 'Kreuzer, M', 'Mandelberg, M', 'Skarke, H']
['Searching for K3 Fibrations']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['field theory, Calabi-Yau', 'geometry, algebra', 'charge, topological']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610154']
['We present two methods for studying fibrations of Calabi-Yau manifolds embedded in toric varieties described by single weight systems. We analyse 184,026 such spaces and identify among them 124,701 which are K3 fibrations. As some of the weights give rise to two or three distinct types of fibrations, the total number...
['1996-10-21']
12,477
['eng']
['Chamseddine, A H', 'Ferrara, Sergio', 'Gibbons, G W', 'Kallosh, R']
['Enhancement of Supersymmetry Near 5d Black Hole Horizon']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['supersymmetry', 'spinor, Killing', 'membrane model, p-brane', 'space-time, horizon', 'black hole, entropy', 'dimension, 5', 'supergravity']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610155']
['Geometric Killing spinors which exist on AdS_{p+2} X S^{d-p-2} sometimes may be identified with supersymmetric Killing spinors. This explains the enhancement of unbroken supersymmetry near the p-brane horizon in d dimensions. The corresponding p-brane interpolates between two maximally supersymmetric vacua, at infini...
['1996-10-21']
12,478
['eng']
["D'Hoker, E", 'Krichever, I M', 'Phong, D H']
['The Renormalization Group Equation in N=2 Supersymmetric Gauge Theories']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['gauge field theory, Yang-Mills', 'supersymmetry', 'fermion, flavor', 'effective potential', 'mass spectrum', 'renormalization group, beta function']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610156']
['We clarify the mass dependence of the effective prepotential in N=2 supersymmetric SU(N_c) gauge theories with an arbitrary number N_f<2N_c of flavors. The resulting differential equation for the prepotential extends the equations obtained previously for SU(2) and for zero masses. It can be viewed as an exact renorma...
['1996-10-21']
12,479
['eng']
['Babukhadia, L R', 'Khelashvili, A A', 'Kiknadze, N A']
['Parity-Preserving Pauli-Villars Regularization in (2+1)-Dimensional Gauge Models']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['gauge field theory', 'dimension, 3', 'fermion, pair', 'fermion, massive', 'massive, fermion', 'regularization, Pauli-Villars', 'invariance, parity', 'parity, invariance']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9709150']
['It is shown that, in QED$_{3}$, the Pauli-Villars regularization involving a pair of auxiliary fermion fields with masses of opposite sign leads to results that are consistent with those obtained using all other parity-preserving schemes of regularization. At the same time, ambiguity problems remain unsolved in non-A...
['1997-09-22']
12,480
['eng']
['Fry, M P']
['Paramagnetism, zero modes and mass singularities in QED in $1+1$, $2+1$ and $3+1$ dimensions']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['quantum electrodynamics', 'dimension, 2-4', 'fermion, determinant', 'magnet, paramagnet', 'operator, Dirac', 'zero mode', 'mass, singularity']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9611055']
['The interplay of paramagnetism, zero modes of the Dirac operator and fermionic mass singularities on the fermionic determinants in quantum electrodynamics in two, three and four dimensions is discussed.']
['1996-11-11']
12,481
['eng']
['Csáki, C', 'Schmaltz, M', 'Skiba, W']
['A Systematic Approach to Confinement in N=1 Supersymmetric Gauge Theories']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['gauge field theory, Yang-Mills', 'supersymmetry', 'symmetry breaking, chiral', 'confinement', 'group theory, representation']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610139']
['We give necessary criteria for N=1 supersymmetric theories to be in a smoothly confining phase without chiral symmetry breaking and with a dynamically generated superpotential. Using our general arguments we find all such confining SU and Sp theories with a single gauge group and no tree level superpotential.']
['1996-10-18']
12,482
['eng']
['Meissner, K A']
['Symmetries of higher-order string gravity actions']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['string model', 'gravitation, time dependence', 'action, higher-order', 'effective Lagrangian', 'symmetry, O(N,N)']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610131']
['In this paper we explicitly prove the invariance of the time-dependent string gravity Lagrangian with up to four derivatives under the global $O(d,d)$ symmetry.']
['1996-10-18']
12,483
['eng']
['Berkovits, N']
['Local Actions with Electric and Magnetic Sources']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['string model', 'supersymmetry', 'effective action', 'field theory, tensor', 'differential forms, 5', 'field theory, action', 'membrane model, p-brane']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610134']
['Superstring field theory was recently used to derive a covariant action for a self-dual five-form field strength. This action is shown to be a ten-dimensional version of the McClain-Wu-Yu action. By coupling to D-branes, it can be generalized in the presence of sources. In four dimensions, this gives a local Maxwell ...
['1996-10-18']
12,484
['eng']
['Kreimer, D']
['On knots in subdivergent diagrams']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['Feynman graph, higher-order', 'knot theory']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610128']
['We investigate Feynman diagrams which are calculable in terms of generalized one-loop functions, and explore how the presence or absence of transcendentals in their counterterms reflects the entanglement of link diagrams constructed from them.']
['1996-10-18']
12,485
['eng']
['Migdal, A']
['Hidden Symmetries of Large N QCD']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['gauge field theory, SU(N)', 'supersymmetry', 'hidden symmetry', 'energy, vacuum state', 'loop space', 'perturbation theory, higher-order', 'current, correlation function', 'anomaly, chiral', 'expansion 1/N']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610126']
['The local SUSY symmetry of the loop dynamics of QCD is found. The remarkable thing is, there is no einbein-gravitino on this theory, which makes it a 1D topological supergravity, or locally SUSY quantum mechanics. Using this symmetry, we derive the large $N_c$ loop equation in momentum superloop space. Introducing as...
['1996-10-18']
12,486
['eng']
['Nesti, F']
['Three dimensional large N monopole gas']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['gauge field theory, SU(N)', 'Higgs model', 'dimension, 3', 'field equations, monopole', 'gas', 'Wilson loop', 'fluctuation', 'approximation, quasiclassical', 'operator, determinant', 'dependence, gauge', 'mass spectrum']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610127']
['We study the large N limit in the presence of magnetic monopoles in the Yang-Mills/Higgs model in three dimensions. The physics in the limit depends strongly on the distribution of eigenvalues of the Higgs field in the vacuum, and we propose a particular, nondegenerate configuration. It minimizes the free energy at t...
['1996-10-18']
12,487
['eng']
['Shapiro, I L']
['On the conformal transformation and duality in gravity']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['relativity theory, general', 'field theory, scalar', 'conformal', 'duality', 'dilaton', 'space-time, any-dimensional', 'sigma model', 'quantum gravity', 'gauge fixing', 'effective action', 'correction, higher-order', 'background field']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610129']
["The theory described by the sum of the Einstein-Hilbert action and the action of conformal scalar field possesses the duality symmetry which includes some special conformal transformation of the metric, and also inversion of scalar field and of the gravitational constant. In the present paper the conformal duality is...
['1996-10-18']
12,488
['eng']
['Zupnik, B M']
['Zero-Curvature Representation and Dual Formulations of $N=2$ Supersymmetric Gauge Theory in Harmonic Superspace']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['talk, Goslar 1996/07/15', 'gauge field theory, Yang-Mills', 'supersymmetry, superspace', 'superspace, harmonic']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610130']
['Analytical harmonic superfields are the basic variables of a standard harmonic formalism of $SYM^2_4$-theory. We consider alternative formulations of this theory using the unconstrained harmonic prepotentials. The corresponding equations of motion are equivalent to the component field equations of $SYM^2_4$-theory. T...
['1996-10-18']
12,489
['eng']
['DeGrand, T A']
['Nonperturbative Quantum Field Theory on the Lattice']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['lectures, Boulder 1996/06/02', 'field theory, nonperturbative', 'lattice field theory, action', 'fermion', 'quantum chromodynamics', 'duality, abelian', 'hadron spectroscopy', 'glueball, mass', 'strong interaction, coupling constant', 'critical phenomena', 'scaling', 'numerical calculations, Monte Carlo', 'bibliograp...
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610132']
['These lectures provide an introduction to lattice methods for nonperturbative studies of quantum field theories, with an emphasis on Quantum Chromodynamics. Lecture 1 (Ch. 2): gauge field basics lecture 2 (Ch. 3): Abelian duality with a lattice regulator (Ch. 4): simple lattice intuition lecture 3 (Ch. 5): standard m...
['1996-10-18']
12,490
['eng']
['Esposito, G']
['Green Functions for Classical Euclidean Maxwell Theory']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['gauge field theory, U(1)', 'gauge field theory, Euclidean', 'gauge field theory, classical', 'propagator', 'invariance, conformal', 'dependence, gauge']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610133']
['Recent work on the quantization of Maxwell theory has used a non-covariant class of gauge-averaging functionals which include explicitly the effects of the extrinsic-curvature tensor of the boundary, or covariant gauges which, unlike the Lorentz case, are invariant under conformal rescalings of the background 4-metri...
['1996-10-18']
12,491
['eng']
['Krauss, L M', 'Liu, H', 'Heo, J']
['Dirty Black Holes and Hairy Black Holes']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['black hole, horizon', 'tensor, energy-momentum', 'black hole, hair', 'temperature', 'instanton', 'thermodynamics', 'Higgs model, abelian', 'vortex']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610135']
['An approach based on considerations of the non-classical energy momentum tensor outside the event horizon of a black hole provides additional physical insight into the nature of discrete quantum hair on black holes and its effect on black hole temperature. Our analysis both extends previous work based on the Euclidea...
['1996-10-18']
12,492
['eng']
['Ichinose, S', 'Ikeda, N']
['Gauge Symmetry of the Heat-Kernel and Anomaly Formulas']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['field theory, scalar', 'fermion, chiral', 'gauge field theory, background field', 'phase space, Hilbert space', 'invariance, gauge', 'anomaly', 'regularization, heat kernel']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610136']
["We consider a gauge symmetry in a quantum Hilbert space. The symmetry leads to that of the heat-kernel and of the anomaly formulae which were previously obtained by the authors. This greatly simplifies and clarifies the structure of the formulae. We explicitly obtain the anomaly formulae in two and four dimensions, w...
['1996-10-18']
12,493
['eng']
['Costa, M S']
['Black composite M-branes']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['membrane model, p-brane', 'supersymmetry', 'model, composite', 'Kaluza-Klein model', 'thermodynamics', 'entropy']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610138']
['We generalise all the known supersymmetric composite M-branes to the corresponding black configurations. Thermodynamical formulae is written by using the simple rules to construct these black branes.']
['1996-10-18']
12,494
['eng']
['Adler, M', 'Morozov, A', 'Shiota, T', 'Van Moerbeke, P']
['A Matrix Integral Solution to [P,Q]=P and Matrix Laplace Transforms']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['quantization', 'Hamiltonian formalism', 'operator, algebra', 'algebra, Lie', 'differential equations, solution', 'mathematical methods']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610137']
["In this paper we solve the following problems: (i) find two differential operators P and Q satisfying [P,Q]=P, where P flows according to the KP hierarchy \\partial P/\\partial t_n = [(P^{n/p})_+,P], with p := ørd P\\ge 2; (ii) find a matrix integral representation for the associated $\\t au$-function. First we const...
['1996-10-18']
12,495
['eng']
['Costa, M S', 'Perry, M J']
['Kaluza-Klein electrically charged black branes in M-theory']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['string model', 'supersymmetry', 'boson, effective action', 'Kaluza-Klein model', 'membrane model, p-brane', 'charge, electric', 'topology', 'field theory, M-theory', 'any-dimensional']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610112']
['We present a class of Kaluza-Klein electrically charged black p-brane solutions of ten-dimensional, type IIA superstring theory. Uplifting to eleven dimensions these solutions are studied in the context of M-theory. They can be interpreted either as a p+1 extended object trapped around the eleventh dimension along wh...
['1996-10-17']
12,496
['eng']
['Laciana, C E']
['Thermal and Dynamical Particle Creation in a Curved Geometry']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['space-time', 'finite temperature', 'field theory, scalar', 'quantization', 'Hamiltonian formalism', 'particle, production']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610116']
["A generalization of ``Termo Field Dynamics'' to a curved geometry is proposed. In particular a neutral scalar field minimally coupled to gravity is considered as matter content in a Robertson-Walker metric. A non linear amplification in the particle creation is obtained, due to the altogether action of thermal and ge...
['1996-10-17']
12,497
['eng']
['Contreras, C S', 'Vergara, L']
['The Nielsen Identities for the generalized $R_\\xi$-gauge']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['gauge field theory, U(1)', 'Higgs model', 'effective action', 'dependence, gauge', 'perturbation theory, higher-order']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610109']
['We show that it is possible, in opposition to a previous conjecture, to derive a Nielsen identity for the effective action in the case of the generalized $R_\\xi $-gauge, where the gauge function explicitly depends on the gauge parameter $\\xi $. Also the Nielsen identity for the effective potential is verified to on...
['1996-10-17']
12,498
['eng']
['Lechner, K', 'Tonin, M']
['World-manifold and target space anomalies in heterotic Green-Schwarz strings and five-branes']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['talk, London 1996/07/05', 'string model, heterotic', 'anomaly', 'membrane model, p-brane', 'p-brane, 5', 'supersymmetry', 'duality']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610110']
['The quantum consistency of sigma-models describing the dynamics of extended objects in a curved background requires the cancellation of their world-volume anomalies, which are conformal anomalies for the heterotic string and $SO(1,5)$ Lorentz-anomalies for the heterotic five-brane, and of their ten dimensional target...
['1996-10-17']
12,499
['eng']
['Bershadsky, M', 'Johansen, A']
['Colliding Singularities in F-theory and Phase Transitions']
['Particle Physics - Theory']
['string model', 'supersymmetry', 'spontaneous compactification', 'field theory, Calabi-Yau', 'field theory, F-theory', 'anomaly', 'duality', 'symmetry breaking', 'group theory, representation']
['http://preprints.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=preprint&categ=hep-th&id=9610111']
['We study F-theory on elliptic threefold Calabi-Yau near colliding singularities. We demonstrate that resolutions of those singularities generically lead to a new phase of the theory characterized by new tensor multiplets and enhanced gauge symmetry. The transition point is governed by the dynamics of tensionless stri...
['1996-10-17']