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No radiative generation of Chern-Simons-like term in Lorentz-violating QED: dealing with IR divergences
The issue intensively claimed in the literature on the generation of a
CPT-odd and Lorentz violating Chern-Simons-like term by radiative corrections
owing to a CPT violating interaction -- the axial coupling of fermions with a
constant vector field b_\m -- is mistaken. The presence of massless gauge
field triggers IR divergences that might show up from the UV subtractions,
therefore, so as to deal with the (actual physical) IR divergences, the
Lowenstein-Zimmermann subtraction scheme, in the framework of BPHZL
renormalization method, has to be adopted. The proof on the non generation of
such a Chern-Simons-like term is done, independent of any kind of
regularization scheme, at all orders in perturbation theory.Comment: In honor of Prof. Manfred Schweda (1939-2017). Work presented at the
XXXVIII National Meeting on Particle Physics and Fields, September 18-22,
2017 - Passa Quatro - Minas Gerais - Brazil. Reference [46] correcte
An algebraic proof on the finiteness of Yang-Mills-Chern-Simons theory in D=3
A rigorous algebraic proof of the full finiteness in all orders of
perturbation theory is given for the Yang-Mills-Chern-Simons theory in a
general three-dimensional Riemannian manifold. We show the validity of a trace
identity, playing the role of a local form of the Callan-Symanzik equation, in
all loop orders, which yields the vanishing of the beta-functions associated to
the topological mass and gauge coupling constant as well as the anomalous
dimensions of the fields.Comment: 5 pages, revte
Algebraic Renormalization of Parity-Preserving QED_3 Coupled to Scalar Matter II: Broken Case
In this letter the algebraic renormalization method, which is independent of
any kind of regularization scheme, is presented for the parity-preserving QED_3
coupled to scalar matter in the broken regime, where the scalar assumes a
finite vacuum expectation value, . The model shows to be stable
under radiative corrections and anomaly free.Comment: 9 pages, latex, no figure
Unified single-photon and single-electron counting statistics: from cavity-QED to electron transport
A key ingredient of cavity quantum-electrodynamics (QED) is the coupling
between the discrete energy levels of an atom and photons in a single-mode
cavity. The addition of periodic ultra-short laser pulses allows one to use
such a system as a source of single photons; a vital ingredient in quantum
information and optical computing schemes. Here, we analyze and ``time-adjust''
the photon-counting statistics of such a single-photon source, and show that
the photon statistics can be described by a simple `transport-like'
non-equilibrium model. We then show that there is a one-to-one correspondence
of this model to that of non-equilibrium transport of electrons through a
double quantum dot nanostructure. Then we prove that the statistics of the
tunnelling electrons is equivalent to the statistics of the emitted photons.
This represents a unification of the fields of photon counting statistics and
electron transport statistics. This correspondence empowers us to adapt several
tools previously used for detecting quantum behavior in electron transport
systems (e.g., super-Poissonian shot noise, and an extension of the
Leggett-Garg inequality) to single-photon-source experiments.Comment: 8 pages, 3 figure
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