Block diagonal dominance for systems of nonlinear equations with application to load flow calculations in power systems

AbstractThe concept of a pointwise strict (or Ω) diagonally dominant nonlinear function, first introduced by Moré, is generalized to the blockwise case. A sufficient condition is obtained for the convergence of underrelaxed block Jacobi and block Gauss– Seidel iterations for a nonlinear system of equations in terms of the strict (or Ω) diagonal dominance of an associated matrix. A new formulation for the determination of the steady-state load flow in lossless electric power systems is described and it is shown that this formulation leads to the solution of a system of quadratic equations in the unknown (complex-valued) voltages. Under suitable assumptions on the power system the sufficient condition is satisfied. Numerical examples, consisting of an illustrative three bus system and a realistic thirty bus system, are presented. Results of our block Gauss–Seidel iteration are compared with those of Newton–Raphson iteration

Off-diagonal mass generation for Yang-Mills theories in the maximal Abelian gauge

We investigate a dynamical mass generation mechanism for the off-diagonal gluons and ghosts in SU(N) Yang-Mills theories, quantized in the maximal Abelian gauge. Such a mass can be seen as evidence for the Abelian dominance in that gauge. It originates from the condensation of a mixed gluon-ghost operator of mass dimension two, which lowers the vacuum energy. We construct an effective potential for this operator by a combined use of the local composite operators technique with algebraic renormalization and we discuss the gauge parameter independence of the results. We also show that it is possible to connect the vacuum energy, due to the mass dimension two condensate discussed here, with the non-trivial vacuum energy originating from the condensate , which has attracted much attention in the Landau gauge.Comment: 15 pages. Revtex. 1 .eps figure. Talk given by D.Dudal at XXV Encontro Nacional de Fisica de Particulas e Campos, Caxambu, Minas Gerais, Brasil, 24-28 Aug 2004. To appear in Brazilian Journal of Physic

Ordering of Energy Levels for Extended SU(N) Hubbard Chain

The Lieb-Mattis theorem on the antiferromagnetic ordering of energy levels is generalized to SU(N) extended Hubbard model with Heisenberg exchange and pair-hopping terms. It is proved that the minimum energy levels among the states from equivalent representations are nondegenerate and ordered according to the dominance order of corresponding Young diagrams. In particular, the ground states form a unique antisymmetric multiplet. The relation with the similar ordering among the spatial wavefunctions with different symmetry classes of ordinary quantum mechanics is discussed also

Yang-Mills Theory as a Deformation of Topological Field Theory, Dimensional Reduction and Quark Confinement

We propose a reformulation of Yang-Mills theory as a perturbative deformation of a novel topological (quantum) field theory. We prove that this reformulation of the four-dimensional QCD leads to quark confinement in the sense of area law of the Wilson loop. First, Yang-Mills theory with a non-Abelian gauge group G is reformulated as a deformation of a novel topological field theory. Next, a special class of topological field theories is defined by both BRST and anti-BRST exact action corresponding to the maximal Abelian gauge leaving the maximal torus group H of G invariant. Then we find the topological field theory ($D>2$) has a hidden supersymmetry for a choice of maximal Abelian gauge. As a result, the D-dimensional topological field theory is equivalent to the (D-2)-dimensional coset G/H non-linear sigma model in the sense of Parisi and Sourlas dimensional reduction. After maximal Abelian gauge fixing, the topological property of magnetic monopole and anti-monopole of four-dimensional Yang-Mills theory is translated into that of instanton and anti-instanton in two-dimensional equivalent model. It is shown that the linear static potential in four-dimensions follows from the instanton--anti-instanton gas in the equivalent two-dimensional non-linear sigma model obtained from the four-dimensional topological field theory by dimensional reduction, while the remaining Coulomb potential comes from the perturbative part in four-dimensional Yang-Mills theory. The dimensional reduction opens a path for applying various exact methods developed in two-dimensional quantum field theory to study the non-perturbative problem in low-energy physics of four-dimensional quantum field theories.Comment: 58 pages, Latex, no figures, version accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. D (additions of Discussion, references and minor changes

An analytic study of the off-diagonal mass generation for Yang-Mills theories in the maximal Abelian gauge

We investigate a dynamical mass generation mechanism for the off-diagonal gluons and ghosts in SU(N) Yang-Mills theories, quantized in the maximal Abelian gauge. Such a mass can be seen as evidence for the Abelian dominance in that gauge. It originates from the condensation of a mixed gluon-ghost operator of mass dimension two, which lowers the vacuum energy. We construct an effective potential for this operator by a combined use of the local composite operators technique with the algebraic renormalization and we discuss the gauge parameter independence of the results. We also show that it is possible to connect the vacuum energy, due to the mass dimension two condensate discussed here, with the non-trivial vacuum energy originating from the condensate , which has attracted much attention in the Landau gauge.Comment: 24 pages, 2 .eps figures. v2: version accepted for publication in Phys.Rev.