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De Sitter Waves and the Zero Curvature Limit
We show that a particular set of global modes for the massive de Sitter
scalar field (the de Sitter waves) allows to manage the group representations
and the Fourier transform in the flat (Minkowskian) limit. This is in
opposition to the usual acceptance based on a previous result, suggesting the
appearance of negative energy in the limit process. This method also confirms
that the Euclidean vacuum, in de Sitter spacetime, has to be preferred as far
as one wishes to recover ordinary QFT in the flat limit.Comment: 9 pages, latex no figure, to appear in Phys. Rev.
Monopole Percolation in the Compact Abelian Higgs Model
We have studied the monopole-percolation phenomenon in the four dimensional
Abelian theory that contains compact U(1) gauge fields coupled to unitary norm
Higgs fields. We have determined the location of the percolation transition
line in the plane . This line overlaps the confined-Coulomb
and the confined-Higgs phase transition lines, originated by a
monopole-condensation mechanism, but continues away from the end-point where
this phase transition line stops. In addition, we have determined the critical
exponents of the monopole percolation transition away from the phase transition
lines. We have performed the finite size scaling in terms of the monopole
density instead of the coupling, because the density seems to be the natural
parameter when dealing with percolation phenomena.Comment: 13 pages. REVTeX. 16 figs. included using eps
Entanglement and Nonunitary Evolution
We consider a collapsing relativistic spherical shell for a free quantum
field. Once the center of the wavefunction of the shell passes a certain radius
R, the degrees of freedom inside R are traced over. We show that an observer
outside this region will determine that the evolution of the system is
nonunitary. We argue that this phenomenon is generic to entangled systems, and
discuss a possible relation to black hole physics.Comment: 14 pages, 1 figure; Added a clarification regarding the relation with
black hole physic
Boson--fermion bound states in two dimensional QCD
We derive the boson--fermion bound state equation in a two dimensional gauge
theory in the large--\nc limit. We analyze the properties of this equation
and in particular, find that the mass trajectory is linear with respect to the
bound state level for the higher mass states.Comment: 5pp, 2 figs (as a separate file), TIT/HEP-23
Multi-scale Renormalisation Group Improvement of the Effective Potential
Using the renormalisation group and a conjecture concerning the perturbation
series for the effective potential, the leading logarithms in the effective
potential are exactly summed for scalar and Yukawa theories.Comment: 19 pages, DIAS STP 94-09. Expanded to check large N limit, typo's
corrected, to appear in Phys Rev
Chiral transition and monopole percolation in lattice scalar QED with quenched fermions
We study the interplay between topological observables and chiral and Higgs
transitions in lattice scalar QED with quenched fermions. Emphasis is put on
the chiral transition line and magnetic monopole percolation at strong gauge
coupling. We confirm that at infinite gauge coupling the chiral transition is
described by mean field exponents. We find a rich and complicated behaviour at
the endpoint of the Higgs transition line which hampers a satisfactory analysis
of the chiral transition. We study in detail an intermediate coupling, where
the data are consistent both with a trivial chiral transition clearly separated
from monopole percolation and with a chiral transition coincident with monopole
percolation, and characterized by the same critical exponent .
We discuss the relevance (or lack thereof) of these quenched results to our
understanding of the \chupiv\ model. We comment on the interplay of magnetic
monopoles and fermion dynamics in more general contexts.Comment: 29 pages, 13 figures included, LaTeX2e (elsart
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
Production of neutral scalar Higgs bosons at colliders
We study the production of neutral scalar (CP even) Higgs bosons in the
process by including supersymmetric corrections to the
dominant -channel photon exchange amplitude. In addition to the standard
model and fermion loops, there are substantial contributions from
chargino loops. For some cases, these contributions can exceed those of the
's and ordinary fermions. The cross sections in this channel are generally
one or two orders of magnitude larger than those in the related channel
.Comment: 12 pages RevTeX, 5 postscript figures included, uses epsf.st
Effective-Lagrangian approach to precision measurements: the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon
We investigate the use of effective Lagrangians to describe the effects on
high-precision observables of physics beyond the Standard Model. Using the
anomalous magnetic moment of the muon as an example, we detail the use of
effective vertices in loop calculations. We then provide estimates of the
sensitivity of new experiments measuring the muon's to the scale of
physics underlying the Standard Model.Comment: 22 pages, 1 figure, PHYZZX & EPSF, report #s UCRHEP-T98, UM_TH-92-17,
and NSF-ITP-92-122I Revision: The paper will now TeX properly; the content is
unchange
Topological Excitations in Compact Maxwell-Chern-Simons Theory
We construct a lattice model of compact (2+1)-dimensional Maxwell-Chern-
Simons theory, starting from its formulation in terms of gauge invariant
quantities proposed by Deser and Jackiw. We thereby identify the topological
excitations and their interactions. These consist of monopolo- antimonopole
pairs bounded by strings carrying both magnetic flux and electric charge. The
electric charge renders the Dirac strings observable and endows them with a
finite energy per unit length, which results in a linearly confining string
tension. Additionally, the strings interact via an imaginary, topological term
measuring the (self-) linking number of closed strings.Comment: harvmac, CERN-TH. 6906/93, DFUPG 80/9
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