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hep-th/9309096
Quantum Riemann surfaces, 2D gravity and the geometrical origin of minimal models
Based on a recent paper by Takhtajan, we propose a formulation of 2D quantum gravity whose basic object is the Liouville action on the Riemann sphere $\Sigma_{0,m+n}$ with both parabolic and elliptic points. The identification of the classical limit of the conformal Ward identity with the Fuchsian projective connection...
1993-09-17
2009-10-22
[ "hep-th" ]
M. Matone
hep-th/9309098
Thermal matter and radiation in a gravitational field
We study the one-loop contributions of matter and radiation to the gravitational polarization tensor at finite temperatures. Using the analytically continued imaginary-time formalism, the contribution of matter is explicitly given to next-to-leading ($T^2$) order. We obtain an exact form for the contribution of radiati...
1993-09-17
2009-10-22
[ "hep-th" ]
A. P. de Almeida, F. T. Brandt and J. Frenkel
hep-th/9309094
Physical States, Factorization and Nonlinear Structures in Two Dimensional Quantum Gravity
The nonlinear structures in 2D quantum gravity coupled to the $(q+1,q)$ minimal model are studied in the Liouville theory to clarify the factorization and the physical states. It is confirmed that the dressed primary states outside the minimal table are identified with the gravitational descendants. Using the discrete ...
1993-09-17
2009-10-22
[ "hep-th" ]
Ken-ji Hamada
hep-th/9309097
Calabi-Yau Moduli Space, Mirror Manifolds and Spacetime Topology Change in String Theory
We analyze the moduli spaces of Calabi-Yau threefolds and their associated conformally invariant nonlinear sigma-models and show that they are described by an unexpectedly rich geometrical structure. Specifically, the Kahler sector of the moduli space of such Calabi-Yau conformal theories admits a decomposition into ad...
1993-09-17
2009-10-22
[ "hep-th", "alg-geom", "math.AG" ]
P.S. Aspinwall, B.R. Greene and D.R. Morrison
hep-th/9309095
A Review of $W$ Strings
Recent progress on the physical states and scattering amplitudes of the $W_3$ string is reviewed with particular emphasis on the relation between this string theory and the Ising model.
1993-09-17
2007-05-23
[ "hep-th" ]
Peter West
hep-th/9309093
Maverick Examples Of Coset Conformal Field Theories
We present coset conformal field theories whose spectrum is not determined by the identification current method. In these ``maverick'' cosets there is a larger symmetry identifying primary fields than under the identification current. We find an A-D-E classification of these mavericks. }
1993-09-17
2015-06-26
[ "hep-th" ]
David C. Dunbar and Keith G. Joshi
hep-th/9309089
On dynamics of cylindrical and spherical relativistic domain walls of finite thickness
Dynamics of cylindrical and spherical relativistic domain walls is investigated with the help of a new method based on Taylor expansion of the scalar field in a vicinity of the core of the wall. Internal oscillatory modes for the domain walls are found. These modes are non-analytic in the "width" of the domain wall. Ra...
1993-09-16
2009-10-22
[ "hep-th" ]
H. Arodz and A.L. Larsen
hep-th/9309090
Toroidal Orbifold Models with a Wess-Zumino Term
Closed bosonic string theory on toroidal orbifolds is studied in a Lagrangian path integral formulation. It is shown that a level one twisted WZW action whose field value is restricted to Cartan subgroups of simply-laced Lie groups on a Riemann surface is a natural and nontrivial extension of a first quantized action o...
1993-09-16
2010-11-01
[ "hep-th" ]
J.O. Madsen and M. Sakamoto
hep-th/9309088
Deformed oscillator algebras for two dimensional quantum superintegrable systems
Quantum superintegrable systems in two dimensions are obtained from their classical counterparts, the quantum integrals of motion being obtained from the corresponding classical integrals by a symmetrization procedure. For each quantum superintegrable systema deformed oscillator algebra, characterized by a structure fu...
1993-09-16
2009-10-22
[ "hep-th" ]
Dennis Bonatsos, C. Daskaloyannis and K. Kokkotas
hep-th/9309091
Canonical quantisation of thermal gauge theories
Canonical quantisation gives a new and convenient finite-temperature perturbation theory in covariant gauges, and solves the problem of the zero-frequency mode in the temporal gauge. [Talk at Workshop on Thermal Field Theories and their Applications, Banff, August 1993]
1993-09-16
2007-05-23
[ "hep-th", "hep-ph" ]
P V Landshoff
hep-th/9309087
Recent Progress in Irrational Conformal Field Theory
In this talk, I will review the foundations of irrational conformal field theory (ICFT), which includes rational conformal field theory as a small subspace. Highlights of the review include the Virasoro master equation, the Ward identities for the correlators of ICFT and solutions of the Ward identities. In particular,...
1993-09-16
2007-05-23
[ "hep-th" ]
M.B. Halpern
hep-th/9309092
Electron Mass Anomalous Dimension at O(1/N^2_f) in Quantum Electrodynamics
The critical exponent corresponding to the renormalization of the composite operator $\bar{\psi}\psi$ is computed in quantum electrodynamics at $O(1/\Nf^2)$ in arbitrary dimensions and covariant gauge at the non-trivial zero of the $\beta$-function in the large $\Nf$ expansion and the exponent corresponding to the anom...
1993-09-15
2009-10-22
[ "hep-th" ]
J.A. Gracey
hep-th/9309086
Chaotic string-capture by black hole
We consider a macroscopic charge-current carrying (cosmic) string in the background of a Schwarzschild black hole. The string is taken to be circular and is allowed to oscillate and to propagate in the direction perpendicular to its plane (that is parallel to the equatorial plane of the black hole). Nurmerical investig...
1993-09-15
2010-04-06
[ "hep-th" ]
A.L. Larsen
hep-th/9309084
Improved Collective Field Formalism for an Antifield Scheme for Extended BRST Symmetry
We present a new collective field formalism with two rather than one collective field to derive the antifield formalism for extended BRST invariant quantisation. This gives a direct and physical proof of the scheme of Batalin, Lavrov and Tyutin, derived on algebraic grounds. The importance of the collective field in th...
1993-09-15
2007-05-23
[ "hep-th" ]
Frank De Jonghe
hep-th/9309083
Infinite Symmetry in the Fractional Quantum Hall Effect
We have generalized recent results of Cappelli, Trugenberger and Zemba on the integer quantum Hall effect constructing explicitly a ${\cal W}_{1+\infty}$ for the fractional quantum Hall effect such that the negative modes annihilate the Laughlin wave functions. This generalization has a nice interpretation in Jain's co...
1993-09-15
2011-07-19
[ "hep-th", "cond-mat" ]
Michael Flohr, Raimund Varnhagen
hep-th/9309085
Predictivity and Nonrenormalizability
We consider the problem of removing the divergences in an arbitrary gauge-field theory (possibly nonrenormalizable). We show that this can be achieved by performing, order by order in the loop expansion, a redefinition of some parameters (possibly infinitely many) and a canonical transformation (in the sense of Batalin...
1993-09-15
2009-10-22
[ "hep-th" ]
Damiano Anselmi
hep-th/9309076
A theory of tensor products for module categories for a vertex operator algebra, I
This is the first part in a series of papers developing a tensor product theory for modules for a vertex operator algebra. The goal of this theory is to construct a ``vertex tensor category'' structure on the category of modules for a suitable vertex operator algebra. The notion of vertex tensor category is essentially...
1993-09-14
2008-02-03
[ "hep-th", "math.QA" ]
Yi-Zhi Huang and James Lepowsky
hep-th/9309081
Hermiticity and the Cohomology Condition in Topological Yang-Mills Theory
The symmetries of the topological Yang-Mills theory are studied in the Hamiltonian formalism and the generators of the twisted N=2 superPoincar\'e algebra are explicitly constructed. Noting that the twisted Lorentz generators do not generate the Lorentz symmetry of the theory, we relate the two by extracting from the l...
1993-09-14
2016-09-06
[ "hep-th" ]
J.-G. Demers
hep-th/9309079
Operator product expansion of the energy momentum tensor in 2D conformal field theories on manifolds with boundary
Starting from the well-known expression for the trace anomaly we derive the $T\cdot T$ operator product expansion of the energy-momentum tensor in 2D conformal theories defined in the upper halfplane $without$ making use of the additional condition of no energy-momentum flux across the boundary. The OPE turns out to be...
1993-09-14
2009-10-22
[ "hep-th" ]
H. Dorn and V. Preuss
hep-th/9309082
Gauge Theories for Lineal Gravities
Here is summarized the gauge theoretical formulation and quantization of two popular gravity theories in (1+1)-dimensional time.
1993-09-14
2007-05-23
[ "hep-th", "gr-qc" ]
R. Jackiw
hep-th/9309078
Background Fields in 2+1 Topological Gravity
The partition function of 2+1 Chern-Simons Witten topological gravity has an attractive interpretation in terms of the unbroken and broken phases of gravity. We make this physical interpretation manifest using the background field method.
1993-09-14
2009-10-22
[ "hep-th" ]
A. Toon
hep-th/9309075
Pair Creation of Dilaton Black Holes
We consider dilaton gravity theories in four spacetime dimensions parametrised by a constant $a$, which controls the dilaton coupling, and construct new exact solutions. We first generalise the C-metric of Einstein-Maxwell theory ($a=0$) to solutions corresponding to oppositely charged dilaton black holes undergoing un...
1993-09-14
2014-11-18
[ "hep-th", "gr-qc" ]
Fay Dowker, Jerome P. Gauntlett, David A. Kastor and Jennie Traschen
hep-th/9309073
A Non-Principal Value Prescription for the Temporal Gauge
A non-principal value prescription is used to define the spurious singularities of Yang-Mills theory in the temporal gauge. Typical one-loop dimensionally-regularized temporal-gauge integrals in the prescription are explicitly calculated, and a regularization for the spurious gauge divergences is introduced. The diverg...
1993-09-14
2009-10-22
[ "hep-th" ]
Kuo-Cheng Lee and Su-Long Nyeo
hep-th/9309080
A Noncommutative Note on the Antibracket Formalism
We introduce a noncommutative calculus on the odd-symplectic superspace $\scri$ of fields and antifields. To this end we have to extend $\scri$ to $\exscri$ by including an extra anticommuting field $\eta$. As a consequence we show that the commutator induced on $\exnice\times T^\star(\exnice)$ is proportional to the a...
1993-09-14
2007-05-23
[ "hep-th" ]
F. Vanderseypen
hep-th/9309077
Another Look at Bell's Inequalities and Quantum Mechanics
Feynman's path integrals provide a hidden variable description of quantum mechanics (and quantum field theories). The expectation values defined through path integrals obey Bell's inequalities in Euclidean time, but not in Minkowski time. This observation allows us to pinpoint the origin of violation of Bell's inequali...
1993-09-14
2007-05-23
[ "hep-th", "hep-lat" ]
Apoorva Patel
hep-th/9309074
New Identities between Unitary Minimal Virasoro Characters
Two sets of identities between unitary minimal Virasoro characters at levels $m=3,4,5$ are presented and proven. The first identity suggests a connection between the Ising and tricritical Ising models since the $m=3$ Virasoro characters are obtained as bilinears of $m=4$ Virasoro characters. The second identity gives t...
1993-09-13
2011-07-19
[ "hep-th" ]
Anne Taormina
hep-th/9309069
Study of Minimal String Unification in $Z_8$ Orbifold Models
We study the construction of the minimal supersymmetric standard model from the $Z_8$ orbifold models. We use a target-space duality anomaly cancellation and a unification of gauge couplings as constraints. It is shown that some models obtained through a systematical search realize the unification of SU(3) and SU(2) co...
1993-09-13
2009-10-22
[ "hep-th" ]
H. Kawabe, T. Kobayashi and N. Ohtsubo
hep-th/9309071
New Conformal Models with $c<2/5$
The zoo of two-dimensional conformal models has been supplemented by a series of nonunitary conformal models obtained by cosetting minimal models. Some of them coincide with minimal models, some do not have even Kac spectrum of conformal dimensions.
1993-09-13
2009-10-22
[ "hep-th" ]
M. Yu. Lashkevich
hep-th/9309070
On Diff(S^1) Covariantization Of Pseudodifferential Operator
A study of diff($S^1$) covariant properties of pseudodifferential operator of integer degree is presented. First, it is shown that the action of diff($S^1$) defines a hamiltonian flow defined by the second Gelfand-Dickey bracket if and only if the pseudodifferential operator transforms covariantly. Secondly, the covari...
1993-09-13
2009-10-22
[ "hep-th", "math.QA" ]
Wen-Jui Huang
hep-th/9309072
On Coherent States and q-Deformed Algebras
We review some aspects of the relation between ordinary coherent states and q-deformed generalized coherent states with some of the simplest cases of quantum Lie algebras. In particular, new properties of (q-)coherent states are utilized to provide a path integral formalism allowing to study a modified form of q-classi...
1993-09-13
2016-11-03
[ "hep-th" ]
Demosthenes Ellinas
hep-th/9309068
The Kosterlitz-Thouless Phenomenon on a Fluid Random Surface
The problem of a periodic scalar field on a two-dimensional dynamical random lattice is studied with the inclusion of vortices in the action. Using a random matrix formulation, in the continuum limit for genus zero surfaces the partition function is found exactly, as a function of the chemical potential for vortices of...
1993-09-12
2011-07-19
[ "hep-th", "cond-mat" ]
S.Dalley
hep-th/9309061
Supersymmetry and the Atiyah-Singer Index Theorem II: The Scalar Curvature Factor in the Schr{\" o}dinger Equation
The quantization of the superclassical system used in the proof of the index theorem results in a factor of $\hbar^{2}R/8 $ in the Hamiltonian. The path integral expression of the kernel is analyzed up to and including 2-loop order. The existence of the scalar curvature term is confirmed by comparing the linear term in...
1993-09-10
2009-10-22
[ "hep-th" ]
Ali Mostafazadeh
hep-th/9309066
Topological Conformal Algebra in $2d$ Gravity Coupled to Minimal Matter
An infinite number of topological conformal algebras with varying central charges are explicitly shown to be present in $2d$ gravity (treated both in the conformal gauge and in the light-cone gauge) coupled to minimal matter. The central charges of the underlying $N=2$ theory in two different gauge choices are generica...
1993-09-10
2007-05-23
[ "hep-th" ]
Sudhakar Panda and Shibaji Roy
hep-th/9309064
Duality Symmetries and Topology Change in String Theory
Duality symmetries for strings moving in non-trivial spacetime backgrounds are analysed. It is shown that for backgrounds generated from WZW and coset CFT models such duality symmetries are exact to all orders in string perturbation theory. Their implications for string dynamics in non-trivial/singular spacetimes are d...
1993-09-10
2007-05-23
[ "hep-th" ]
E. Kiritsis
hep-th/9309058
Additional Symmetries of Supersymmetric KP Hierarchies
We investigate the additional symmetries of several supersymmetric KP hierarchies: the SKP hierarchy of Manin and Radul, the $\hbox{SKP}_2$ hierarchy, and the Jacobian SKP hierarchy. In all three cases we find that the algebra of symmetries is isomorphic to the algebra of superdifferential operators, or equivalently $\...
1993-09-10
2009-10-22
[ "hep-th" ]
Sonia Stanciu
hep-th/9309065
Inequivalent Quantizations of Yang-Mills Theory on a Cylinder
Yang-Mills theories on a 1+1 dimensional cylinder are considered. It is shown that canonical quantization can proceed following different routes, leading to inequivalent quantizations. The problem of the non-free action of the gauge group on the configuration space is also discussed. In particular we re-examine the rel...
1993-09-10
2009-10-22
[ "hep-th" ]
L.Chandar and E.Ercolessi
hep-th/9309067
Strings, Loops, Knots and Gauge Fields
The loop representation of quantum gravity has many formal resemblances to a background-free string theory. In fact, its origins lie in attempts to treat the string theory of hadrons as an approximation to QCD, in which the strings represent flux tubes of the gauge field. A heuristic path-integral approach indicates a ...
1993-09-10
2007-05-23
[ "hep-th", "gr-qc" ]
John C. Baez
hep-th/9309059
Supersymmetry and the Atiyah-Singer Index Theorem I: Peierls Brackets, Green's Functions, and a Supersymmetric Proof of the Index Theorem
The Peierls bracket quantization scheme is applied to the supersymmetric system corresponding to the twisted spin index theorem. A detailed study of the quantum system is presented, and the Feynman propagator is exactly computed. The Green's function methods provide a direct derivation of the index formula. Note: This ...
1993-09-10
2009-10-22
[ "hep-th" ]
Ali Mostafazadeh (Dep. of Physics, U. Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas)
hep-th/9309060
Topological Aspects of the Non-adiabatic Berry Phase
The topology of the non-adiabatic parameter space bundle is discussed for evolution of exact cyclic state vectors in Berry's original example of split angular momentum eigenstates. It turns out that the change in topology occurs at a critical frequency. The first Chern number that classifies these bundles is proportion...
1993-09-10
2009-10-22
[ "hep-th" ]
Ali Mostafazadeh and Arno Bohm
hep-th/9309057
Manin pairs and topological field theory
Kazama has described an extension of the N=2 superconformal algebra in which the operator product of G^- with itself is singular. In this paper, we relate actions of this chiral algebra to Drinfeld's theory of Manin pairs, or equivalently, quasi-Lie bialgebras. We also show how to couple topological conformal field the...
1993-09-10
2009-10-22
[ "hep-th", "math.QA" ]
Ezra Getzler (MIT)
hep-th/9309056
Chromodynamics and Gravity as Theories on Loop Space
We review some attempts of reformulating both gauge theory and general relativity in terms of holonomy-dependent loop variables. The emphasis lies on exhibiting the underlying mathematical structures, which often are not given due attention in physical applications. An extensive list of references is included.
1993-09-10
2007-05-23
[ "hep-th", "gr-qc" ]
R. Loll
hep-th/9309063
Evaluating the Crane-Yetter Invariant
We provide an explicit formula for the invariant of 4-manifolds introduced by Crane and Yetter (in hep-th 9301062). A consequence of our result is the existence of a combinatorial formula for the signature of a 4-manifold in terms of local data from a triangulation. Potential physical applications of our result exist i...
1993-09-10
2008-02-03
[ "hep-th", "math.QA" ]
Louis Crane, Louis H. Kauffman, David N. Yetter
hep-th/9309062
Cosmological Solutions in 2D Poincar\'E Gravity
Abtract: The 2D model of gravity with zweibeins $e^{a}$ and the Lorentz connection one-form $\omega^{a}_{\ b}$ as independent gravitational variables is considered. The solutions of classical equations of motion which can be interpreted as cosmological ones are studied.
1993-09-10
2011-04-20
[ "hep-th" ]
S.N.Solodukhin
hep-th/9309048
Particle Mechanics Models with W-symmetries
We introduce a particle mechanics model with Sp($2M$) gauge invariance. Different partial gauge-fixings by means of sl(2) embeddings on the gauge algebra lead to reduced models which are invariant under diffeomorphisms and classical non-linear \W-transformations as the residual gauge symmetries thus providing a set of ...
1993-09-09
2009-10-22
[ "hep-th" ]
J.Gomis, J.Herrero, K.Kamimura and J.Roca
hep-th/9309054
An Alternative Perturbative Expansion in Quantum Mechanics. Scaling and cut-off Resummation
An alternative perturbative expansion in quantum mechanics which allows a full expression of the scaling arbitrariness is introduced. This expansion is examined in the case of the anharmonic oscillator and is conveniently resummed using a method which consists in introducing an energy cut-off that is carefully removed ...
1993-09-09
2015-06-26
[ "hep-th", "hep-ph" ]
J.M. Prats
hep-th/9309051
Following a "Collapsing" Wavefunction
I study the quantum mechanics of a spin interacting with an ``apparatus''. Although the evolution of the whole system is unitary, the spin evolution is not. The system is chosen so that the spin exhibits loss of quantum coherence, or ``wavefunction collapse'', of the sort usually associated with a quantum measurement. ...
1993-09-09
2010-04-08
[ "hep-th", "gr-qc" ]
Andreas Albrecht
hep-th/9309053
Unitary Continuous Representations of Compact Quantum Groups
Generalizing the notion of continuous Hilbert space representations of compact topological groups we define unitary continuous correpresentations of $C^*$-completions of compact quantum group Hopf algebras on arbitrary Hilbert spaces. It is proved that the unitary continuous correpresentations decompose in finite dimen...
1993-09-09
2008-02-03
[ "hep-th", "math.OA", "math.QA" ]
Bernhard Drabant, Wolfgang Weich
hep-th/9309052
New Linear Systems for 2D Poincare Supergravities
A new linear system is constructed for Poincar\'e supergravities in two dimensions. In contrast to previous results, which were based on the conformal gauge, this linear system involves the topological world sheet degrees of freedom (the Beltrami and super-Beltrami differentials). The associated spectral parameter like...
1993-09-09
2009-10-22
[ "hep-th" ]
H. Nicolai (Hamburg University)
hep-th/9309050
The Heat Kernel Expansion on a Cone and Quantum Fields Near Cosmic Strings
An asymptotic expansion of the trace of the heat kernel on a cone where the heat coefficients have a delta function behavior at the apex is obtained. It is used to derive the renormalized effective action and total energy of a self-interacting quantum scalar field on the cosmic string space-time. Analogy is pointed out...
1993-09-09
2010-04-06
[ "hep-th" ]
D.V.Fursaev
hep-th/9309049
Abelian Chern-Simons theory as the strong large-mass limit of topologically massive abelian gauge theory: the Wilson loop
We show that the renormalized vacuum expectation value of the Wilson loop for topologically massive abelian gauge theory in $\RR^3$ can be defined so that its large-mass limit be the renormalized vacuum expectation value of the Wilson loop for abelian Chern-Simons theory also in $\RR^3$.
1993-09-09
2009-10-22
[ "hep-th" ]
G. Giavarini, C.P. Martin and F. Ruiz Ruiz
hep-th/9309055
On the Calculation of Effective Actions by String Methods
Strassler's formulation of the string-derived Bern-Kosower formalism is reconsidered with particular emphasis on effective actions and form factors. Two- and three point form factors in the nonabelian effective action are calculated and compared with those obtained in the heat kernel approach of Barvinsky, Vilkovisky e...
1993-09-09
2009-10-22
[ "hep-th" ]
M.G. Schmidt and C. Schubert
hep-th/9309042
Curved Spacetime Geometry for Strings and Affine Non-compact Algebras
Based on lectures delivered at (1) the AMS meeting at USC, Nov. 1992 (2) Conference on Quantum Aspects of Black Holes, ITP, UC- Santa %Barbara, %%June 1993. (3) 25th Summer Institute, Ecole Normale Superieure, % Paris, Aug. 1992. To appear in "Interface Between Mathematics and Physics", Ed. S.-T. Yau. 1--Itrodu...
1993-09-08
2007-05-23
[ "hep-th" ]
Itzhak Bars
hep-th/9309043
A zeta function approach to the relation between the numbers of symmetry planes and axes of a polytope
A derivation of the Ces\`aro-Fedorov relation from the Selberg trace formula on an orbifolded 2-sphere is elaborated and extended to higher dimensions using the known heat-kernel coefficients for manifolds with piecewise-linear boundaries. Several results are obtained that relate the coefficients, $b_i$, in the Shephar...
1993-09-08
2009-10-22
[ "hep-th", "alg-geom", "math.DG" ]
J. S. Dowker
hep-th/9309047
Superconductivity in $2+1$ dimensions via Kosterlitz-Thouless Mechanism: Large-N and Finite-Temperature Analyses
We analyse a $2+1$ dimensional model with charged, relativistic fermions interacting through a four-Fermi term. Taking advantage of its large-$N$ renormalizability, the various phases of this model are studied at finite temperature and beyond the leading order in $1/N$. Although the vacuum expectation value (VEV) of a ...
1993-09-08
2010-11-01
[ "hep-th", "cond-mat" ]
R. MacKenzie, P.K. Panigrahi and S. Sakhi
hep-th/9309044
Interacting Fermion Systems from Two Dimensional QCD
We consider two dimensional U(N) QCD on the cylinder with a timelike Wilson line in an arbitrary representation. We show that the theory is equivalent to N fermions with internal degrees of freedom which interact among themselves with a generalized Sutherland-type interaction. By evaluating the expectation value of the...
1993-09-08
2009-10-22
[ "hep-th", "cond-mat" ]
Joseph A. Minahan and Alexios P. Polychronakos
hep-th/9309046
Singularities in Low Energy $d = 4$ Heterotic String and Brans-Dicke Theories
We present the static, spherically symmetric solutions of the low energy $d = 4$ string. They form a simple generalisation of the Schwarzschild solution and describe the gravitational field of a spherical star in perturbative string theory. If the Robertson parameter $\gamma$ is different from one, these solutions desc...
1993-09-08
2008-02-03
[ "hep-th", "astro-ph", "gr-qc", "hep-ph" ]
S. Kalyana Rama
hep-th/9309045
The Hidden Spatial Geometry of Non-Abelian Gauge Theories
The Gauss law constraint in the Hamiltonian form of the $SU(2)$ gauge theory of gluons is satisfied by any functional of the gauge invariant tensor variable $\phi^{ij} = B^{ia} B^{ja}$. Arguments are given that the tensor $G_{ij} = (\phi^{-1})_{ij}\,\det B$ is a more appropriate variable. When the Hamiltonian is expres...
1993-09-08
2007-05-23
[ "hep-th", "hep-ph" ]
D.Z. Freedman, P.E. Haagensen, K. Johnson and J.I. Latorre
hep-th/9309040
Correlation Functions and Multicritical Flows in $c<1$ String Theory
We compute all string tree level correlation functions of vertex operators in $c<1$ string theory. This is done by using the ring structure of the theory. In order to study the multicritical behaviour, we calculate the correlation functions after perturbation by physical vertex operators. We show that the $(2k-1,2)$ mo...
1993-09-08
2015-06-26
[ "hep-th" ]
Suresh Govindarajan, T. Jayaraman and Varghese John
hep-th/9309039
Some Global Aspects of Duality is String Theory
We explore some of the global aspects of duality transformations in String Theory and Field Theory. We analyze in some detail the equivalence of dual models corresponding to different topologies at the level of the partition function and in terms of the operator correspondence for abelian duality. We analyze the behavi...
1993-09-07
2009-10-22
[ "hep-th" ]
E. Alvarez, L. Alvarez-Gaume, J.L.F. Barbon and Y. Lozano
hep-th/9309041
The Complete Cohomology of the W3 String
We present a simple procedure for constructing the complete cohomology of the BRST operator of the two-scalar and multi-scalar $W_3$ strings. The method consists of obtaining two level--15 physical operators in the two-scalar $W_3$ string that are invertible, and that can normal order with all other physical operators....
1993-09-07
2010-04-06
[ "hep-th" ]
H. Lu, C.N. Pope, X.J. Wang and K.W. Xu
hep-th/9309035
Graphical Representation of Invariants and Covariants in General Relativity
We present a grapical way to describe invariants and covariants in the (4 dim) general relativity. This makes us free from the complexity of suffixes . Two new off-shell relations between (mass)$\ast\ast 6$\ invariants are obtained. These are important for 2-loop off-shell calculation in the perturbative quantum gravit...
1993-09-07
2010-04-06
[ "hep-th" ]
Shoichi Ichinose
hep-th/9309036
Reflection equations and q-Minkowski space algebras
We express the defining relations of the $q$-deformed Minkowski space algebra as well as that of the corresponding derivatives and differentials in the form of reflection equations. This formulation encompasses the covariance properties with respect the quantum Lorentz group action in a straightforward way.
1993-09-07
2009-10-22
[ "hep-th", "math.QA" ]
J. A. de Azc\'arraga, P. P. Kulish, and F. R\'odenas
hep-th/9309038
Higher Gel'fand-Dikii structures
We apply the procedure of Magri and Weinstein to produce an infinity of compatible Poisson structures on a bihamiltonian manifold, to the case of the KdV phase space. The higher Gel'fand-Dikii structures thus obtained contain non local terms, which we express with the help of the r.h.s. of the KdV hierarchy. We also gi...
1993-09-07
2007-05-23
[ "hep-th" ]
B. Enriquez, A. Orlov and V. Rubtsov
hep-th/9309037
Planckian Energy Scattering and Surface Terms in the Gravitational Action
This is a revised version of our previous paper by the same name and preprint number. It contains various changes, two figures and new results in sect.5. We propose a new approach to four-dimensional Planckian-energy scattering in which the phase of the ${\cal S}$-matrix is written---to leading order in $\hbar$ and to ...
1993-09-07
2009-10-22
[ "hep-th", "gr-qc" ]
M. Fabbrichesi, R. Pettorini, G. Veneziano and G.A. Vilkovisky
hep-th/9309031
Star products and deformed oscillators
A star-product formalism describing deformations of the standard quantum mechanical harmonic oscillator is introduced. A number of existing generalized oscillators occur as particular choises of star-products between the elements of the ordinary oscillator algebra. Star dynamics and coherent states are introduced and s...
1993-09-06
2008-02-03
[ "hep-th", "math.QA" ]
Demosthenes Ellinas
hep-th/9309030
The Seven-sphere and its Kac-Moody Algebra
We investigate the seven-sphere as a group-like manifold and its extension to a Kac-Moody-like algebra. Covariance properties and tensorial composition of spinors under $S^7$ are defined. The relation to Malcev algebras is established. The consequences for octonionic projective spaces are examined. Current algebras are...
1993-09-06
2009-10-22
[ "hep-th", "alg-geom", "math.QA" ]
Martin Cederwall and Christian R. Preitschopf
hep-th/9309033
$R$-matrices for Elliptic Calogero-Moser Models
The classical $R$-matrix structure for the $n$-particle Calogero-Moser models with (type IV) elliptic potentials is investigated. We show there is no momentum independent $R$-matrix (without spectral parameter) when $n\ge4$. The assumption of momentum independence is sufficient to reproduce the dynamical $R$-matrices o...
1993-09-06
2011-07-19
[ "hep-th", "nlin.SI", "solv-int" ]
H. W. Braden and Takashi Suzuki
hep-th/9309034
The algebraic structure of the generalized uncertainty principle
We show that a deformation of the Heisenberg algebra which depends on a dimensionful parameter $\kappa$ is the algebraic structure which underlies the generalized uncertainty principle in quantum gravity. The deformed algebra and therefore the form of the generalized uncertainty principle are fixed uniquely by rather s...
1993-09-06
2009-10-22
[ "hep-th" ]
Michele Maggiore
hep-th/9309032
Motion of Wavefunction Zeros in Spin-Boson Systems
In the analytic-Bargmann representation associated with the harmonic oscillator and spin coherent states, the wavefunction as entire complex functions can be factorized in terms of their zeros in a unique way. The Schr\"odinger equation of motion for the wavefunction is turned to a system of equations for its zeros. Th...
1993-09-06
2008-02-03
[ "hep-th", "chao-dyn", "cond-mat", "nlin.CD" ]
Demosthenes Ellinas and Vassilios Kovanis
hep-th/9309029
Multivariable Invariants of Colored Links Generalizing the Alexander Polynomial
We discuss multivariable invariants of colored links associated with the $N$-dimensional root of unity representation of the quantum group. The invariants for $N>2$ are generalizations of the multi-variable Alexander polynomial. The invariants vanish for disconnected links. We review the definition of the invariants th...
1993-09-06
2008-02-03
[ "hep-th", "math.QA" ]
Tetsuo Deguchi
hep-th/9309028
$W_\infty$ coherent states and path-integral derivation of bosonization of non-relativistic fermions in one dimension
We complete the proof of bosonization of noninteracting nonrelativistic fermions in one space dimension by deriving the bosonized action using $W_\infty$ coherent states in the fermion path-integral. This action was earlier derived by us using the method of coadjoint orbits. We also discuss the classical limit of the b...
1993-09-05
2010-11-01
[ "hep-th" ]
Avinash Dhar, Gautam Mandal and Spenta R. Wadia
hep-th/9309024
Topological quantum field theory and invariants of graphs for quantum groups
On basis of generalized 6j-symbols we give a formulation of topological quantum field theories for 3-manifolds including observables in the form of coloured graphs. It is shown that the 6j-symbols associated with deformations of the classical groups at simple even roots of unity provide examples of this construction. C...
1993-09-03
2009-10-22
[ "hep-th", "math.QA" ]
Anna Beliakova and Bergfinnur Durhuus
hep-th/9309023
Inflation Deflation and Frame-Independence in String Cosmology
The inflationary scenarios suggested by the duality properties of string cosmology in the Brans-Dicke (or String) frame are shown to correspond to accelerated contraction (deflation) when Weyl-transformed to the Einstein frame. We point out that the basic virtues of inflation (solving the flatness and horizon problem...
1993-09-03
2009-10-22
[ "hep-th", "astro-ph", "gr-qc" ]
M Gasperini and G Veneziano
hep-th/9309025
The Dynamics of Relativistic Membranes II: Nonlinear Waves and Covariantly Reduced Membrane Equations
By explicitly eliminating all gauge degrees of freedom in the $3+1$-gauge description of a classical relativistic (open) membrane moving in $\Real^3$ we derive a $2+1$-dimensional nonlinear wave equation of Born-Infeld type for the graph $z(t,x,y)$ which is invariant under the Poincar\'e group in four dimensions. Alter...
1993-09-03
2011-07-19
[ "hep-th" ]
Martin Bordemann and Jens Hoppe
hep-th/9309020
Universal bundle for gravity, local index theorem, and covariant gravitational anomalies
Consistent and covariant Lorentz and diffeomorphism anomalies are investigated in terms of the geometry of the universal bundle for gravity. This bundle is explicitly constructed and its geometrical structure will be studied. By means of the local index theorem for families of Bismut and Freed the consistent gravitatio...
1993-09-03
2009-10-22
[ "hep-th" ]
Gerald Kelnhofer
hep-th/9309026
$q$--Hypergeometric Functions in the Formalism of Free Fields
We describe a representation of the $q$--hypergeometric functions of one variable in terms of correlators of vertex operators made out of free scalar fields on the Riemann sphere.
1993-09-03
2015-06-26
[ "hep-th" ]
Alexei Morozov and Luc Vinet
hep-th/9309022
Exact solution of the $SU_{q}(n)$ invariant quantum spin chains
The Nested Bethe Ansatz is generalized to open boundary conditions. This is used to find the exact eigenvectors and eigenvalues of the $A_{n-1}$ vertex model with fixed open boundary conditions and the corresponding $SU_{q}(n)$ invariant hamiltonian. The Bethe Ansatz equations obtained are solved in the thermodynamic...
1993-09-03
2009-10-22
[ "hep-th", "math.QA" ]
H. J. de Vega and A. Gonz\'alez--Ruiz
hep-th/9309027
A Note on Gauge Transformations in Batalin-Vilkovisky Theory
We give a generally covariant description, in the sense of symplectic geometry, of gauge transformations in Batalin-Vilkovisky quantization. Gauge transformations exist not only at the classical level, but also at the quantum level, where they leave the action-weighted measure $d\mu_S = d\mu e^{2S/\hbar}$ invariant. Th...
1993-09-03
2009-09-15
[ "hep-th" ]
Ashoke Sen and Barton Zwiebach
hep-th/9309016
Strings in Cosmological and Black Hole Backgrounds: Ring Solutions
The string equations of motion and constraints are solved for a ring shaped Ansatz in cosmological and black hole spacetimes. In FRW universes with arbitrary power behavior [$R(X^0) = a\;|X^0|^{\a}\, $], the asymptotic form of the solution is found for both $X^0 \to 0$ and $X^0 \to \infty$ and we plot the numerical sol...
1993-09-02
2009-10-22
[ "hep-th", "astro-ph", "gr-qc" ]
H.J. de Vega and I.L. Egusquiza
hep-th/9309012
Adjoint Fermion Matrix Models
We study fermionic one-matrix, two-matrix and $D$-dimensional gauge invariant matrix models. In all cases we derive loop equations which unambiguously determine the large-$N$ solution. For the one-matrix case the solution is obtained for an arbitrary interaction potential and turns out to be equivalent to the one for t...
1993-09-02
2009-10-22
[ "hep-th" ]
Yu. Makeenko and K. Zarembo
hep-th/9308158
U(N) Gauge Theory and Lattice Strings
We explain, in a slightly modified form, an old construction allowing to reformulate the U(N) gauge theory defined on a D-dimensional lattice as a theory of lattice strings (a statistical model of random surfaces). The world surface of the lattice string is allowed to have pointlike singularities (branch points) locate...
1993-09-02
2009-10-22
[ "hep-th" ]
Ivan K. Kostov
hep-th/9309006
Classical Theta Functions and Quantum Tori
The Schwartz kernel of the multiplication operation on a quantum torus is shown to be the distributional boundary value of a classical multivariate theta function. The kernel satisfies a Schr\"odinger equation in which the role of time is played by the deformation parameter $\hbar$ and the role of the hamiltonian by a ...
1993-09-02
2008-02-03
[ "hep-th", "math.QA" ]
Alan Weinstein
hep-th/9309015
Proper Time Formalism and Gauge Invariance in Open String Interactions
The issue of gauge invariances in the sigma model formalism is discussed at the free and interacting level. The problem of deriving gauge invariant interacting equations can be addressed using the proper time formalism. This formalism is discussed, both for point particles and strings. The covariant Klein Gordon equati...
1993-09-02
2010-11-01
[ "hep-th" ]
B. Sathiapalan
hep-th/9309018
Soliton quantization and internal symmetry
We apply the method of collective coordinate quantization to a model of solitons in two spacetime dimensions with a global $U(1)$ symmetry. In particular we consider the dynamics of the charged states associated with rotational excitations of the soliton in the internal space and their interactions with the quanta of t...
1993-09-02
2010-11-01
[ "hep-th", "hep-ph" ]
Nicholas Dorey, James Hughes and Michael P. Mattis
hep-th/9309014
Null vectors of the $WBC_2$ algebra
Using the fusion principle of Bauer et al. we give explicit expressions for some null vectors in the highest weight representations of the \bc algebra in two different forms. These null vectors are the generalization of the Virasoro ones described by Benoit and Saint-Aubin and analogues of the $W_3$ ones constructed by...
1993-09-02
2009-10-22
[ "hep-th" ]
Z. Bajnok
hep-th/9309017
Tau functions for the Dirac operator on the Poincare' disk
Correlation functions for holonomic fields on the Poincare' disk are analyzed. The two point functions are shown to be expressible in terms of Painleve' functions of type VI.
1993-09-02
2009-07-11
[ "hep-th", "math-ph", "math.MP", "nlin.SI", "solv-int" ]
John Palmer, Morris Beatty, Craig A. Tracy
hep-th/9309021
On squaring the primary constraints in a generalized Hamiltonian dynamics
Consideration of the model of the relativistic particle with curvature and torsion in the three-dimensional space-time shows that the squaring of the primary constraints entails a wrong result. The complete set of the Hamiltonian constraints arising here correspond to another model with an action similar but not identi...
1993-09-02
2016-09-06
[ "hep-th" ]
V.V. Nesterenko
hep-th/9309019
Three Dimensional Black Holes and Four Dimensional Black Strings as Nonlinear Sigma Models
Two solutions of stringy gravity in three and four dimensions which admit interpretation as a black hole and a black string, respectively, are discussed. It is demonstrated that they are exact WZWN nonlinear sigma models to all orders in the inverse string tension, and hence represent exact conformal field theories on ...
1993-09-02
2007-05-23
[ "hep-th" ]
Nemanja Kaloper
hep-th/9309013
Perturbative Renormalization in Quantum Mechanics
Some quantum mechanical potentials, singular at short distances, lead to ultraviolet divergences when used in perturbation theory. Exactly as in quantum field theories, but much simpler, regularization and renormalization lead to finite physical results, which compare correctly to the exact ones. The Dirac delta potent...
1993-09-02
2009-10-22
[ "hep-th" ]
Cristina Manuel and Rolf Tarrach
hep-th/9309004
BRST quantization of relativistic particles on inner product spaces
Recent results of BRST quantization on inner product spaces are reviewed. It is shown how relativistic particle models may be quantized with finite norms and that the relation between the operator method and the conventional path integral treatments is nontrivial.
1993-09-01
2007-05-23
[ "hep-th" ]
Robert Marnelius
hep-th/9309007
On the integrability of N=2 Landau-Ginzburg models: A graph generalization of the Yang-Baxter equation
The study of the integrability properties of the N=2 Landau- Ginzburg models leads naturally to a graph generalization of the Yang-Baxter equation which synthetizes the well known vertex and RSOS Yang-Baxter equations. A non trivial solution of this equation is found for the $t_2$ perturbation of the A-models, which tu...
1993-09-01
2009-10-22
[ "hep-th", "cond-mat", "nlin.SI", "solv-int" ]
C.Gomez and G.Sierra
hep-th/9309011
On the multilevel generalization of the field--antifield formalism
The multilevel geometrically--covariant generalization of the field--antifield BV--formalism is suggested. The structure of quantum generating equations and hypergauge conditions is studied in details. The multilevel formalism is established to be physically--equivalent to the standard BV--version.
1993-09-01
2015-06-26
[ "hep-th" ]
I.A.Batalin and I.V.Tyutin
hep-th/9309003
A note on path integrals and time evolutions in BRST quantization
Recent formal solutions of BRST quantization on inner product spaces within the operator method are shown to lead to an unexpected interpretation of the conventional path integral formulation. The relation between the Hamiltonians in the two formulations is nontrivial. For the operator method the correspondence require...
1993-09-01
2010-11-01
[ "hep-th" ]
Robert Marnelius
hep-th/9309001
Bethe Ansatz for Lattice Analogues of $N=2$ Superconformal Theories
The critical Boltzmann weights for lattice analogues of the $N=2$ superconformal coset models $\frac{G_1 \times SO(dim(G/H))}{H}$ were given in \cite{nick}. In this paper Bethe Ansatz methods are employed to calculate the spectrum of the transfer matrix obtained from these Boltzmann weights. {}From this the central cha...
1993-09-01
2007-05-23
[ "hep-th" ]
Z. Maassarani
hep-th/9309008
Scenario for Seeding a Singularity in $d = 2$ String Black Hole with Tachyon
The $d = 2$ string admits a black hole solution and also a singular solution when tachyon back reaction is included. It is of importance to know if the former solution can evolve into a later one. An explicit solution describing this process is difficult to obtain. We present here a scenario in which such an evolution ...
1993-09-01
2008-02-03
[ "hep-th", "gr-qc" ]
S. Kalyana Rama
hep-th/9309009
Resonance Point Interactions
A new construction is presented for point interactions (PI) and generalised point interactions (GPI). The construction is an inverse scattering procedure, using integral transforms suggested by the required scattering theory. The usual class of PI in 3 dimensions (i.e. the self adjoint extensions of the Laplacian on th...
1993-09-01
2007-05-23
[ "hep-th" ]
C.J.Fewster
hep-th/9309010
Boundary-Induced Phase Transitions in Equilibrium and Non-Equilibrium Systems
Boundary conditions may change the phase diagram of non-equilibrium statistical systems like the one-dimensional asymmetric simple exclusion process with and without particle number conservation. Using the quantum Hamiltonian approach, the model is mapped onto an XXZ quantum chain and solved using the Bethe ansatz. Thi...
1993-09-01
2009-10-22
[ "hep-th", "cond-mat", "hep-lat", "nlin.SI", "solv-int" ]
Malte Henkel and Gunter Sch\"utz
hep-th/9309005
Finite N analysis of matrix models for n-Ising spin on a random surface
The saddle point equation described by the eigenvalues of N by N Hermitian matrices is analized for a finite N case and the scaling relation for the large N is considered. The critical point and the critical exponents of matrix model are obtained by the finite N scaling. One matrix model and two matrix model are studie...
1993-09-01
2009-10-22
[ "hep-th" ]
Shinobu Hikami
hep-th/9309002
Proper BRST quantization of relativistic particles
Recently derived general formal solutions of a BRST quantization on inner product spaces of irreducible Lie group gauge theories are applied to trivial models and relativistic particle models for particles with spin 0, 1/2 and 1. In the process general quantization rules are discovered which make the formal solutions e...
1993-09-01
2010-11-01
[ "hep-th" ]
Robert Marnelius
hep-th/9308151
Introduction to Vertex Algebras, Borcherds Algebras, and the Monster Lie Algebra
The theory of vertex algebras constitutes a mathematically rigorous axiomatic formulation of the algebraic origins of conformal field theory. In this context Borcherds algebras arise as certain ``physical'' subspaces of vertex algebras. The aim of this review is to give a pedagogical introduction into this rapidly-deve...
1993-08-31
2010-11-01
[ "hep-th", "math.QA" ]
R. W. Gebert