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The Matsubara-Fradkin Thermodynamical Quantization of Podolsky Electrodynamics
In this work we apply the Matsubara-Fradkin formalism and the Nakanishi's
auxiliary field method to the quantization of the Podolsky electrodynamics in
thermodynamic equilibrium. This approach allows us to write consistently the
path integral representation for the partition function of gauge theories in a
simple manner. Furthermore, we find the Dyson-Schwinger-Fradkin equations and
the Ward-Fradkin-Takahashi identities for the Podolsky theory. We also write
the most general form for the polarization tensor in thermodynamic equilibrium.Comment: Submitted to Physical Review
Maximum Entanglement in Squeezed Boson and Fermion States
A class of squeezed boson and fermion states is studied with particular
emphasis on the nature of entanglement. We first investigate the case of
bosons, considering two-mode squeezed states. Then we construct the fermion
version to show that such states are maximum entangled, for both bosons and
fermions. To achieve these results, we demonstrate some relations involving
squeezed boson states. The generalization to the case of fermions is made by
using Grassmann variables.Comment: 4 page
A New Kind of Uniformly Accelerated Reference Frames
A new kind of uniformly accelerated reference frames with a line-element
different from the M{\o}ller and Rindler ones is presented, in which every
observer at consts. has the same constant acceleration. The laws of
mechanics are checked in the new kind of frames. Its thermal property is
studied. The comparison with the M{\o}ller and Rindler uniform accelerated
reference frames is also made.Comment: 10 pages, 2 figures. to appear in Int. J. Mod. Phys.
Quantum states of the spacetime, and formation of black holes in AdS
We argue that a non-perturbative description of quantum gravity should
involve two (non-interacting) copies of a dual field theory on the boundary,
and describe the states of the spacetimes accordingly. So, for instance, a
complete description of the asymptotically Anti-de-Sitter spacetimes is given
by two copies of the conformal field theory associated to the global AdS
spacetime. We also argue that, in this context, gravitational collapse and
formation of a black hole may be described by unitary evolution of the dual
non-perturbative degrees of freedom.Comment: 10 pages, work awarded with Honorable Mention, 2012 Awards for Essays
on Gravitation, Gravity Research Foundation. Some typos corrected. Published
in Int. J. Mod. Phys. D (2012
Color superconducting 2SC+s quark matter and gapless modes at finite temperatures
We investigate the phase diagram of color superconducting quark matter with
strange quarks (2SC+s quark matter) in beta equliibrium at zero as well as
finite temperatures within a Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model. The variational method
as used here allows us to investigate simultaneous formation of condensates in
quark--antiquark as well as in diquark channels. Color and electric charge
neutrality conditions are imposed in the calculation of the thermodynamic
potential. Medium dependance of strange quark mass plays a sensitve role in
maintaining charge neutrality conditions. At zero temperature the system goes
from gapless phase to usual BCS phase through an intermediate normal phase as
density is increased. The gapless modes show a smooth behaviour with respect to
temperature vanishing above a critical temperature which is larger than the BCS
transition temperature. We observe a sharp transition from gapless
superconducting phase to the BCS phase as density is increased for the color
neutral matter at zero temperature. As temperature is increased this however
becomes a smooth transition.Comment: 18 pages, 14 figure
QED symmetries in real-time thermal field theory
We study the discrete and gauge symmetries of Quantum Electrodynamics at
finite temperature within the real-time formalism.
The gauge invariance of the complete generating functional leads to the
finite temperature Ward identities. These Ward identities relate the eight
vertex functions to the elements of the self-energy matrix. Combining the
relations obtained from the and the gauge symmetries of the theory we
find that only one out of eight longitudinal vertex functions is independent.
As a consequence of the Ward identities it is shown that some elements of the
vertex function are singular when the photon momentum goes to zero.Comment: New version as it will appear in Phys RevD 19 pages, RevTex, 1figur
Thermofield Dynamics for Twisted Poincare-Invariant Field Theories: Wick Theorem and S-matrix
Poincare invariant quantum field theories can be formulated on
non-commutative planes if the statistics of fields is twisted. This is
equivalent to state that the coproduct on the Poincare group is suitably
twisted. In the present work we present a twisted Poincare invariant quantum
field theory at finite temperature. For that we use the formalism of
Thermofield Dynamics (TFD). This TFD formalism is extend to incorporate
interacting fields. This is a non trivial step, since the separation in
positive and negative frequency terms is no longer valid in TFD. In particular,
we prove the validity of Wick's theorem for twisted scalar quantum field at
finite temperature.Comment: v1: 25 pages, no figure v2: references added; typos corrected; typo
in title correcte
Thermal Conditions for Scalar Bosons in a Curved Space Time
The conditions that allow us to consider the vacuum expectation value of the
energy-momentum tensor as a statistical average, at some particular
temperature, are given. When the mean value of created particles is stationary,
a planckian distribution for the field modes is obtained. In the massless
approximation, the temperature dependence is as that corresponding to a
radiation dominated Friedmann-like model.Comment: 14 pages (TeX manuscript
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