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q-Legendre Transformation: Partition Functions and Quantization of the Boltzmann Constant
In this paper we construct a q-analogue of the Legendre transformation, where
q is a matrix of formal variables defining the phase space braidings between
the coordinates and momenta (the extensive and intensive thermodynamic
observables). Our approach is based on an analogy between the semiclassical
wave functions in quantum mechanics and the quasithermodynamic partition
functions in statistical physics. The basic idea is to go from the
q-Hamilton-Jacobi equation in mechanics to the q-Legendre transformation in
thermodynamics. It is shown, that this requires a non-commutative analogue of
the Planck-Boltzmann constants (hbar and k_B) to be introduced back into the
classical formulae. Being applied to statistical physics, this naturally leads
to an idea to go further and to replace the Boltzmann constant with an infinite
collection of generators of the so-called epoch\'e (bracketing) algebra. The
latter is an infinite dimensional noncommutative algebra recently introduced in
our previous work, which can be perceived as an infinite sequence of
"deformations of deformations" of the Weyl algebra. The generators mentioned
are naturally indexed by planar binary leaf-labelled trees in such a way, that
the trees with a single leaf correspond to the observables of the limiting
thermodynamic system
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High-pressure structural, elastic and electronic properties of the scintillator host material, KMgF_3
The high-pressure structural behaviour of the fluoroperovskite KMgF_3 is
investigated by theory and experiment. Density functional calculations were
performed within the local density approximation and the generalized gradient
approximation for exchange and correlation effects, as implemented within the
full-potential linear muffin-tin orbital method. In situ high-pressure powder
x-ray diffraction experiments were performed up to a maximum pressure of 40 GPa
using synchrotron radiation. We find that the cubic Pm\bar{3}m crystal symmetry
persists throughout the pressure range studied. The calculated ground state
properties -- the equilibrium lattice constant, bulk modulus and elastic
constants -- are in good agreement with experimental results. By analyzing the
ratio between the bulk and shear modulii, we conclude that KMgF_3 is brittle in
nature. Under ambient conditions, KMgF_3 is found to be an indirect gap
insulator with the gap increasing under pressure.Comment: 4 figure
On the Covariant Quantization of the 2nd-Ilk Superparticle
This paper is devoted to the quantization of the second-ilk superparticle
using the Batalin-Vilkovisky method. We show the full structure of the master
action. By imposing gauge conditions on the gauge fields rather than on
coordinates we find a gauge-fixed quantum action which is free. The structure
of the BRST charge is exhibited and the BRST cohomology yields the same
physical spectrum as the light- cone quantization of the usual superparticle.Comment: 17 page
Covariant Quantization of the Brink-Schwarz Superparticle
The quantization of the Brink-Schwarz-Casalbuoni superparticle is performed
in an explicitly covariant way using the antibracket formalism. Since an
infinite number of ghost fields are required, within a suitable off-shell
twistor-like formalism, we are able to fix the gauge of each ghost sector
without modifying the physical content of the theory. The computation reveals
that the antibracket cohomology contains only the physical degrees of freedom.Comment: 24 page
Conquest of the ghost pyramid of the superstring
We give a new Becchi-Rouet-Stora-Tyutin operator for the superstring. It
implies a quadratic gauge-fixed action, and a new gauge-invariant action with
first-class constraints. The infinite pyramid of spinor ghosts appears in a
simple way through ghost gamma matrices.Comment: 30 pages, 1 figure, Late
An Introduction to the Covariant Quantization of Superstrings
We give an introduction to a new approach to the covariant quantization of
superstrings. After a brief review of the classical Green--Schwarz superstring
and Berkovits' approach to its quantization based on pure spinors, we discuss
our covariant formulation without pure spinor constraints. We discuss the
relation between the concept of grading, which we introduced to define vertex
operators, and homological perturbation theory, and we compare our work with
recent work by others. In the appendices, we include some background material
for the Green-Schwarz and Berkovits formulations, in order that this
presentation be self contained.Comment: LaTex, 23 pp. Contribution to the Proceedings of the Workshop in
String Theory, Leuven 2002, some references added and a comment on ref. [16
The Quantum Superstring as a WZNW Model with N=2 Superconformal Symmetry
We present a new development in our approach to the covariant quantization of
superstrings in 10 dimensions which is based on a gauged WZNW model. To
incorporate worldsheet diffeomorphisms we need the quartet of ghosts
(b_{zz},c^{z}, \b_{zz}, \g^{z}) for topological gravity. The currents of this
combined system form an N=2 superconformal algebra. The model has vanishing
central charge and contains two anticommuting BRST charges, Q_{S}=Q_{W} +
\oint \g^{z} b_{zz} + \oint \eta_{z} and Q_{V} = \oint c^{z} \Big(T^{W}_{zz}
+ {1\over 2} T^{top}_{zz}\Big) + \g^{z} (B^{W}_{zz} + {1\over 2} B^{top}_{zz}
\Big), where is obtained by the usual fermionization of \b_{zz},
\g^{z}. Physical states form the cohomology of , have nonnegative
grading, and are annihilated by and . We no longer introduce
any ghosts by hand, and the formalism is completely Lorentz covariant.Comment: 26 pages, harmvac; major additions and new result
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