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Renormalization of an effective Light-Cone QCD-inspired theory for the Pion and other Mesons
The renormalization of the effective QCD-Hamiltonian theory for the
quark-antiquark channel is performed in terms of a renormalized or fixed-point
Hamiltonian that leads to subtracted dynamical equations. The fixed
point-Hamiltonian brings the renormalization conditions as well as the
counterterms that render the theory finite. The approach is renormalization
group invariant. The parameters of the renormalized effective QCD-Hamiltonian
comes from the pion mass and radius, for a given constituent quark mass. The 1s
and excited 2s states of are calculated as a function of the mass of
the quark being s, c or b, and compared to the experimental values.Comment: 39 pages, 10 figure
Tube Model for Light-Front QCD
We propose the tube model as a first step in solving the bound state problem
in light-front QCD. In this approach we neglect transverse variations of the
fields, producing a model with 1+1 dimensional dynamics. We then solve the two,
three, and four particle sectors of the model for the case of pure glue SU(3).
We study convergence to the continuum limit and various properties of the
spectrum.Comment: 29 page
Effect of Zero Modes on the Bound-State Spectrum in Light-Cone Quantisation
We study the role of bosonic zero modes in light-cone quantisation on the
invariant mass spectrum for the simplified setting of two-dimensional SU(2)
Yang-Mills theory coupled to massive scalar adjoint matter. Specifically, we
use discretised light-cone quantisation where the momentum modes become
discrete. Two types of zero momentum mode appear -- constrained and dynamical
zero modes. In fact only the latter type of modes turn out to mix with the Fock
vacuum. Omission of the constrained modes leads to the dynamical zero modes
being controlled by an infinite square-well potential. We find that taking into
account the wavefunctions for these modes in the computation of the full bound
state spectrum of the two dimensional theory leads to 21% shifts in the masses
of the lowest lying states.Comment: LaTeX with 5 postscript file
Quantum Macrostates, Equivalence of Ensembles and an H-Theorem
Before the thermodynamic limit, macroscopic averages need not commute for a
quantum system. As a consequence, aspects of macroscopic fluctuations or of
constrained equilibrium require a careful analysis, when dealing with several
observables. We propose an implementation of ideas that go back to John von
Neumann's writing about the macroscopic measurement. We apply our scheme to the
relation between macroscopic autonomy and an H-theorem, and to the problem of
equivalence of ensembles. In particular, we show how the latter is related to
the asymptotic equipartition theorem. The main point of departure is an
expression of a law of large numbers for a sequence of states that start to
concentrate, as the size of the system gets larger, on the macroscopic values
for the different macroscopic observables. Deviations from that law are
governed by the entropy.Comment: 16 pages; v1 -> v2: Sec. 3 slightly rewritten, 2 references adde
Trends in diabetes prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control in French-speaking Switzerland.
Diabetes is increasing in Switzerland, but whether its management has improved is unknown. We aimed to assess diabetes prevalence, diagnosis, treatment, and control in French-speaking Switzerland. Our study used cross-sectional data for years 2005-2019 from a population-based study in Geneva, Switzerland. Overall prevalence (self-reported diagnosis and/or fasting plasma glucose level ≥ 7 mmol/L), diagnosed, treated (among diagnosed participants) and controlled diabetes (defined as a fasting plasma glucose FPG < 6.7 mmol/L among treated participants) were calculated for periods 2005-9, 2010-4 and 2015-9. Data from 12,348 participants (mean age ± standard deviation: 48.6 ± 13.5 years, 51.7% women) was used. Between 2005-9 and 2015-9, overall prevalence and frequency of diagnosed diabetes decreased (from 8.7 to 6.2% and from 7.0 to 5.2%, respectively). Among participants diagnosed with diabetes, treatment and control rates did not change from 44.1 to 51.9%, p = 0.251 and from 30.2 to 34.0%, p = 0.830, respectively. A trend towards higher treatment of participants with diabetes was found after multivariable adjustment, while no changes were found for overall prevalence, diagnosis, nor control. Among antidiabetic drugs, percentage of combinations increased from 12 to 23%; percentage of sulfonylureas and biguanides decreased from 15 to 6% and from 63 to 54%, respectively, while no trend was found for insulin. After multivariable analysis, women with diabetes were less likely to be treated but more likely to be controlled, the opposite association being found for obesity. In conclusion, in Canton Geneva, antidiabetic combination therapy is gaining importance, but only half of participants diagnosed with diabetes are treated, and glycaemic control remains poor
Compactification in the Lightlike Limit
We study field theories in the limit that a compactified dimension becomes
lightlike. In almost all cases the amplitudes at each order of perturbation
theory diverge in the limit, due to strong interactions among the longitudinal
zero modes. The lightlike limit generally exists nonperturbatively, but is more
complicated than might have been assumed. Some implications for the matrix
theory conjecture are discussed.Comment: 13 pages, 3 epsf figures. References and brief comments added.
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Convergence of Discretized Light Cone Quantization in the small mass limit
I discuss the slow convergence of Discretized Light Cone Quantization (DLCQ)
in the small mass limit and suggest a solution.Comment: 8 pages, 5 Postscript figures, uses boxedeps.te
Spontaneous symmetry breaking of (1+1)-dimensional theory in light-front field theory (III)
We investigate (1+1)-dimensional field theory in the symmetric and
broken phases using discrete light-front quantization. We calculate the
perturbative solution of the zero-mode constraint equation for both the
symmetric and broken phases and show that standard renormalization of the
theory yields finite results. We study the perturbative zero-mode contribution
to two diagrams and show that the light-front formulation gives the same result
as the equal-time formulation. In the broken phase of the theory, we obtain the
nonperturbative solutions of the constraint equation and confirm our previous
speculation that the critical coupling is logarithmically divergent. We discuss
the renormalization of this divergence but are not able to find a satisfactory
nonperturbative technique. Finally we investigate properties that are
insensitive to this divergence, calculate the critical exponent of the theory,
and find agreement with mean field theory as expected.Comment: 21 pages; OHSTPY-HEP-TH-94-014 and DOE/ER/01545-6
Quantum state tomography using a single apparatus
The density matrix of a two-level system (spin, atom) is usually determined
by measuring the three non-commuting components of the Pauli vector. This
density matrix can also be obtained via the measurement data of two commuting
variables, using a single apparatus. This is done by coupling the two-level
system to a mode of radiation field, where the atom-field interaction is
described with the Jaynes--Cummings model. The mode starts its evolution from a
known coherent state. The unknown initial state of the atom is found by
measuring two commuting observables: the population difference of the atom and
the photon number of the field. We discuss the advantages of this setup and its
possible applications.Comment: 7 pages, 8 figure, Phys. Rev.
Klein-Gordon Equation in Hydrodynamical Form
We follow and modify the Feshbach-Villars formalism by separating the
Klein-Gordon equation into two coupled time-dependent Schroedinger equations
for particle and antiparticle wave function components with positive
probability densities. We find that the equation of motion for the probability
densities is in the form of relativistic hydrodynamics where various forces
have their classical counterparts, with the additional element of the quantum
stress tensor that depends on the derivatives of the amplitude of the wave
function. We derive the equation of motion for the Wigner function and we find
that its approximate classical weak-field limit coincides with the equation of
motion for the distribution function in the collisionless kinetic theory.Comment: 13 page
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