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Model of supersymmetric quantum field theory with broken parity symmetry
Recently, it was observed that self-interacting scalar quantum field theories
having a non-Hermitian interaction term of the form ,
where is a real positive parameter, are physically acceptable in the
sense that the energy spectrum is real and bounded below. Such theories possess
PT invariance, but they are not symmetric under parity reflection or time
reversal separately. This broken parity symmetry is manifested in a nonzero
value for , even if is an even integer. This paper extends
this idea to a two-dimensional supersymmetric quantum field theory whose
superpotential is . The resulting quantum
field theory exhibits a broken parity symmetry for all . However,
supersymmetry remains unbroken, which is verified by showing that the
ground-state energy density vanishes and that the fermion-boson mass ratio is
unity.Comment: 20 pages, REVTeX, 11 postscript figure
Multiple-Scale Analysis of the Quantum Anharmonic Oscillator
Conventional weak-coupling perturbation theory suffers from problems that
arise from resonant coupling of successive orders in the perturbation series.
Multiple-scale perturbation theory avoids such problems by implicitly
performing an infinite reordering and resummation of the conventional
perturbation series. Multiple-scale analysis provides a good description of the
classical anharmonic oscillator. Here, it is extended to study the Heisenberg
operator equations of motion for the quantum anharmonic oscillator. The
analysis yields a system of nonlinear operator differential equations, which is
solved exactly. The solution provides an operator mass renormalization of the
theory.Comment: 12 pages, Revtex, no figures, available through anonymous ftp from
ftp://euclid.tp.ph.ic.ac.uk/papers/ or on WWW at
http://euclid.tp.ph.ic.ac.uk/Papers/papers_95-6_.htm
Systematics of quadrupolar correlation energies
We calculate correlation energies associated with the quadrupolar shape
degrees of freedom with a view to improving the self-consistent mean-field
theory of nuclear binding energies. The Generator Coordinate Method is employed
using mean-field wave functions and the Skyrme SLy4 interaction. Systematic
results are presented for 605 even-even nuclei of known binding energies, going
from mass A=16 up to the heaviest known. The correlation energies range from
0.5 to 6.0 MeV in magnitude and are rather smooth except for large variations
at magic numbers and in light nuclei. Inclusion of these correlation energies
in the calculated binding energy is found to improve two deficiencies of the
Skyrme mean field theory. The pure mean field theory has an exaggerated shell
effect at neutron magic numbers and addition of the correlation energies reduce
it. The correlations also explain the phenomenon of mutually enhanced magicity,
an interaction between neutron and proton shell effects that is not explicable
in mean field theory.Comment: 4 pages with 3 embedded figure
Level Crossings in Complex Two-Dimensional Potentials
Two-dimensional PT-symmetric quantum-mechanical systems with the complex
cubic potential V_{12}=x^2+y^2+igxy^2 and the complex Henon-Heiles potential
V_{HH}=x^2+y^2+ig(xy^2-x^3/3) are investigated. Using numerical and
perturbative methods, energy spectra are obtained to high levels. Although both
potentials respect the PT symmetry, the complex energy eigenvalues appear when
level crossing happens between same parity eigenstates.Comment: 9 pages, 4 figures. Submitted as a conference proceeding of PHHQP
Pairing correlations beyond the mean field
We discuss dynamical pairing correlations in the context of configuration
mixing of projected self-consistent mean-field states, and the origin of a
divergence that might appear when such calculations are done using an energy
functional in the spirit of a naive generalized density functional theory.Comment: Proceedings of the XIII Nuclear Physics Workshop ``Maria and Pierre
Curie'' on ``Pairing and beyond - 50 years of the BCS model'', held at
Kazimierz Dolny, Poland, September 27 - October 1, 2006. Int. J. Mod. Phys.
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Beyond-mean-field-model analysis of low-spin normal-deformed and superdeformed collective states of S32, Ar36, Ar38 and Ca40
We investigate the coexistence of spherical, deformed and superdeformed
states at low spin in S32, Ar36, Ar38 and Ca40. The microscopic states are
constructed by configuration mixing of BCS states projected on good particle
number and angular momentum. The BCS states are themselves obtained from
Hartree-Fock BCS calculations using the Skyrme interaction SLy6 for the
particle-hole channel, and a density-dependent contact force in the pairing
channel. The same interaction is used within the Generator Coordinate Method to
determine the configuration mixing and calculate the properties of even-spin
states with positive parity. Our calculations underestimate moments of inertia.
Nevertheless, for the four nuclei, the global structural properties of the
states of normal deformation as well as the recently discovered superdeformed
bands up to spin 6 are correctly reproduced with regard to both the energies
and the transition rates.Comment: 14 pages revtex4, 15 eps figures, 8 table
Vector Casimir effect for a D-dimensional sphere
The Casimir energy or stress due to modes in a D-dimensional volume subject
to TM (mixed) boundary conditions on a bounding spherical surface is
calculated. Both interior and exterior modes are included. Together with
earlier results found for scalar modes (TE modes), this gives the Casimir
effect for fluctuating ``electromagnetic'' (vector) fields inside and outside a
spherical shell. Known results for three dimensions, first found by Boyer, are
reproduced. Qualitatively, the results for TM modes are similar to those for
scalar modes: Poles occur in the stress at positive even dimensions, and cusps
(logarithmic singularities) occur for integer dimensions . Particular
attention is given the interesting case of D=2.Comment: 20 pages, 1 figure, REVTe
Symmetry restoration for odd-mass nuclei with a Skyrme energy density functional
In these proceedings, we report first results for particle-number and
angular-momentum projection of self-consistently blocked triaxial
one-quasiparticle HFB states for the description of odd-A nuclei in the context
of regularized multi-reference energy density functionals, using the entire
model space of occupied single-particle states. The SIII parameterization of
the Skyrme energy functional and a volume-type pairing interaction are used.Comment: 8 pages, 3 figures, workshop proceeding
Microscopic models for exotic nuclei
Starting from successful self-consistent mean-field models, this paper
discusses why and how to go beyond the mean field approximation. To include
long-range correlations from fluctuations in collective degrees of freedom, one
has to consider symmetry restoration and configuration mixing, which give
access to ground-state correlations and spectroscopy.Comment: invited talk at ENAM0
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