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The Euler-Heisenberg Lagrangian beyond one loop
We review what is presently known about higher loop corrections to the
Euler-Heisenberg Lagrangian and its Scalar QED analogue. The use of those
corrections as a tool for the study of the properties of the QED perturbation
series is outlined. As a further step in a long-term effort to prove or
disprove the convergence of the N photon amplitudes in the quenched
approximation, we present a parameter integral representation of the three-loop
Euler-Heisenberg Lagrangian in 1+1 dimensional QED, obtained in the worldline
formalism.Comment: 11 pages, 2 figures, talk given by Christian Schubert at QFEXT11,
Benasque, Spain, Sept. 18-24, 2011, to appear in the conference proceeding
Center Symmetry and Abelian Projection at Finite Temperature
At finite temperature, there is an apparent conflict between Abelian
projection and critical universality. For example, should the deconfinement
transition of an SU(2) gauge theory projected to U(1) lie in the Z(2)
universality class of the parent SU(2) theory or in the U(1) universality
class? I prove that the projected theory lies in the universality class of the
parent gauge theory. The mechanism is shown to be non-local terms in the
projected effective action involving Polyakov loops. I connect this to the
recent work by Dunne et al. on the deconfinement transition in the 2+1
dimensional Georgi-Glashow model.Comment: 3 pages, no figures, Lattice 2002 conference contribution,
Lattice2002(topology
Managing Phytophthora dieback in the Fitzgerald River National Park on the south coast of Western Australia
Fitzgerald River National Park on the south coast of WA is one of the most diverse botanical regions in the world, reflected in its designation as a World Biosphere Reserve. Around 2000 species and subspecies of native flowering plants are found in the park, representing nearly 20 per cent of the total number of plant species in W A. Included in this are over 62 endemic plant species with a further 48 plant species more Of less confined to the park. This diverse flora supports a number of threatened animals including the critically endangered western ground parrot and the endangered dibbler
Mass Spectra of N=2 Supersymmetric SU(n) Chern-Simons-Higgs Theories
An algebraic method is used to work out the mass spectra and symmetry
breaking patterns of general vacuum states in N=2 supersymmetric SU(n)
Chern-Simons-Higgs systems with the matter fields being in the adjoint
representation. The approach provides with us a natural basis for fields, which
will be useful for further studies in the self-dual solutions and quantum
corrections. As the vacuum states satisfy the SU(2) algebra, it is not
surprising to find that their spectra are closely related to that of angular
momentum addition in quantum mechanics. The analysis can be easily generalized
to other classical Lie groups.Comment: 17 pages, use revte
Euler-Heisenberg lagrangians and asymptotic analysis in 1+1 QED, part 1: Two-loop
We continue an effort to obtain information on the QED perturbation series at
high loop orders, and particularly on the issue of large cancellations inside
gauge invariant classes of graphs, using the example of the l - loop N - photon
amplitudes in the limit of large photons numbers and low photon energies. As
was previously shown, high-order information on these amplitudes can be
obtained from a nonperturbative formula, due to Affleck et al., for the
imaginary part of the QED effective lagrangian in a constant field. The
procedure uses Borel analysis and leads, under some plausible assumptions, to a
number of nontrivial predictions already at the three-loop level. Their direct
verification would require a calculation of this `Euler-Heisenberg lagrangian'
at three-loops, which seems presently out of reach. Motivated by previous work
by Dunne and Krasnansky on Euler-Heisenberg lagrangians in various dimensions,
in the present work we initiate a new line of attack on this problem by
deriving and proving the analogous predictions in the simpler setting of 1+1
dimensional QED. In the first part of this series, we obtain a generalization
of the formula of Affleck et al. to this case, and show that, for both Scalar
and Spinor QED, it correctly predicts the leading asymptotic behaviour of the
weak field expansion coefficients of the two loop Euler-Heisenberg lagrangians.Comment: 28 pages, 1 figures, final published version (minor modifications,
refs. added
"Background Field Integration-by-Parts" and the Connection Between One-Loop and Two-Loop Heisenberg-Euler Effective Actions
We develop integration-by-parts rules for Feynman diagrams involving massive
scalar propagators in a constant background electromagnetic field, and use
these to show that there is a simple diagrammatic interpretation of mass
renormalization in the two-loop scalar QED Heisenberg-Euler effective action
for a general constant background field. This explains why the square of a
one-loop term appears in the renormalized two-loop Heisenberg-Euler effective
action. No integrals need be evaluated, and the explicit form of the background
field propagators is not needed. This dramatically simplifies the computation
of the renormalized two-loop effective action for scalar QED, and generalizes a
previous result obtained for self-dual background fields.Comment: 13 pages; uses axodraw.st
Exotic galilean symmetry and the Hall effect
The ``Laughlin'' picture of the Fractional Quantum Hall effect can be derived
using the ``exotic'' model based on the two-fold centrally-extended planar
Galilei group. When coupled to a planar magnetic field of critical strength
determined by the extension parameters, the system becomes singular, and
``Faddeev-Jackiw'' reduction yields the ``Chern-Simons'' mechanics of Dunne,
Jackiw, and Trugenberger. The reduced system moves according to the Hall law.Comment: Talk given by P. A. Horvathy at the Joint APCTP- Nankai Symposium.
Tianjin (China), Oct.2001. To appear in the Proceedings, to be published by
Int. Journ. Mod. Phys. B. 7 pages, LaTex, IJMPB format. no figure
Exotic plasma as classical Hall Liquid
A non-relativistic plasma model endowed with an ``exotic'' structure
associated with the two-parameter central extension of the planar Galilei group
is constructed. Introducing a Chern-Simons statistical gauge field provides us
with a self-consistent system; when the magnetic field takes a critical value
determined by the extension parameters, the fluid becomes incompressible and
moves collectively, according to the Hall law.Comment: 11 pages, LaTex, no figures. Revised version: Some details better
explained. To appear in Int. Journ. Mod. Phys.
Symmetry Aspects and Finite-Size Scaling of Quantum Hall Fluids
The exactness and universality observed in the quantum Hall effect suggests
the existence of a symmetry principle underlying Laughlin's theory. We review
the role played by the infinite and conformal algebras as
dynamical symmetries of incompressible quantum fluids and show how they predict
universal finite-size effects in the excitation spectrum.Comment: 15 pages, CERN-TH-6784/93, LateX fil
Potash for pastures.
Insofar as potassium is concerned, dairying in the South-West part of the State is a rather exhaustive type of farming. In the main, this is due to the necessity for cutting hay and removing it from the paddocks on which it was grown. The potassium in a two-ton crop of clover hay is at least equal to that in 90 lb. of potash fertiliser and is often much more
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