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New results for two-loop off-shell three-point diagrams
A number of exact results for two-loop three-point diagrams with massless
internal particles and arbitrary (off-shell) external momenta are presented.
Divergent contributions are calculated in the framework of dimensional
regularization.Comment: 10 pages, 3 figures, standard LaTEX (PS-file is also available by
anonymous FTP at node VSFYS1.FI.UIB.NO in subdirectory DAVYDYCHEV, the file
BERGEN94-03.PS), Bergen Scientific/Technical Report No.1994-0
Validation of the Dutch Freiburg mindfulness inventory in patients with medical illness
Most validation studies of the Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory (FMI) involved healthy subjects. Validation in patients who suffer from a life-threatening medical illness is needed, to investigate the FMI’s validity in medical psychology research and practice. Psychometric properties of the Dutch FMI were examined in two patient groups of two different studies: (Sample 1) cardiac patients (n = 114, M age = 56 ± 7 years, 18% women) and (Sample 2) severely fatigued cancer survivors (n = 158, M age = 50 ± 10 years, 77% women). Confirmatory factor analysis (studied only in Sample 2) provided good fit for the two-factor solution (Acceptance and Presence), while the one-factor solution provided suboptimal fit indices. Internal consistency was good for the whole scale in both samples (Sample 1 α = .827 and Sample 2 α = .851). The two-factor model showed acceptable to good internal consistency in Sample 2 (Presence: α = .823; Acceptance α = .744), but poor to acceptable in Sample 1 (Presence subscale: α = .577, Acceptance subscale: α = .791). Clinical sensitivity was supported in both samples, and construct validity (studied only in Sample 1) was acceptable. The Dutch FMI is an acceptable instrument to measure mindfulness in patients who experienced a life-threatening illness in a Dutch-speaking populatio
Infinities within graviton scattering amplitudes
We present unitarity as a method for determining the infinities present in
graviton scattering amplitudes. The infinities are a combination of IR and UV.
By understanding the soft singularities we may extract the UV infinities and
relate these to counter-terms in the effective action. As an demonstration of
this method we rederive the UV infinities present at one-loop when gravity is
coupled to matter.Comment: revised versio
Dimensional Reduction in Non-Supersymmetric Theories
It is shown that regularisation by dimensional reduction is a viable
alternative to dimensional regularisation in non-supersymmetric theories.Comment: 13 pages, phyzzx, LTH 32
Symmetry breaking from Scherk-Schwarz compactification
We analyze the classical stable configurations of an extra-dimensional gauge
theory, in which the extra dimensions are compactified on a torus. Depending on
the particular choice of gauge group and the number of extra dimensions, the
classical vacua compatible with four-dimensional Poincar\'e invariance and zero
instanton number may have zero energy. For SU(N) on a two-dimensional torus, we
find and catalogue all possible degenerate zero-energy stable configurations in
terms of continuous or discrete parameters, for the case of trivial or
non-trivial 't Hooft non-abelian flux, respectively. We then describe the
residual symmetries of each vacua.Comment: 24 pages, 1 figure, Section 4 modifie
Massive gravity as a quantum gauge theory
We present a new point of view on the quantization of the massive
gravitational field, namely we use exclusively the quantum framework of the
second quantization. The Hilbert space of the many-gravitons system is a Fock
space where the one-particle Hilbert
space carries the direct sum of two unitary irreducible
representations of the Poincar\'e group corresponding to two particles of mass
and spins 2 and 0, respectively. This Hilbert space is canonically
isomorphic to a space of the type where is a gauge charge
defined in an extension of the Hilbert space
generated by the gravitational field and some ghosts fields
(which are vector Fermi fields) and (which
are vector field Bose fields.)
Then we study the self interaction of massive gravity in the causal
framework. We obtain a solution which goes smoothly to the zero-mass solution
of linear quantum gravity up to a term depending on the bosonic ghost field.
This solution depends on two real constants as it should be; these constants
are related to the gravitational constant and the cosmological constant. In the
second order of the perturbation theory we do not need a Higgs field, in sharp
contrast to Yang-Mills theory.Comment: 35 pages, no figur
Confinement, Chiral Symmetry Breaking, and Axial Anomaly from Domain Formation at Intermediate Resolution
Based on general renormalization group arguments, Polyakov's loop-space
formalism, and recent analytical lattice arguments, suggesting, after Abelian
gauge fixing, a description of pure gluodynamics by means of a Georgi-Glashow
like model, the corresponding vacuum fields are defined in a non-local way.
Using lattice information on the gauge invariant field strength correlator in
full QCD, the resolution scale \La_b, at which these fields become relevant
in the vacuum, is determined. For SU(3) gauge theory it is found that
\La_b\sim 2.4 GeV, 3.1 GeV, and 4.2 GeV for ( MeV), ( MeV), and pure gluodynamics, repectively. Implications for the operator
product expansion of physical correlators are discussed. It is argued that the
emergence of magnetic (anti)monopoles in the vacuum at resolution \La_b is a
direct consequence of the randomness in the formation of a low entropy Higgs
condensate. This implies a breaking of chiral symmetry and a proliferation of
the axial U(1) anomaly at this scale already. Justifying Abelian projection, a
decoupling of non-Abelian gauge field fluctuations from the dynamics occurs.
The condensation of (anti)monopoles at \La_c<\La_b follows from the demand
that vacuum fields ought to have vanishing action at any resolution. As
monopoles condense they are reduced to their cores, and hence they become
massless. Apparently broken gauge symmetries at resolutions \La_c<\La\le\La_b
are restored in this process.Comment: 11 pages, 3 figure
Renormalizing a BRST-invariant composite operator of mass dimension 2 in Yang-Mills theory
We discuss the renormalization of a BRST and anti-BRST invariant composite
operator of mass dimension 2 in Yang-Mills theory with the general BRST and
anti-BRST invariant gauge fixing term of the Lorentz type. The interest of this
study stems from a recent claim that the non-vanishing vacuum condensate of the
composite operator in question can be an origin of mass gap and quark
confinement in any manifestly covariant gauge, as proposed by one of the
authors. First, we obtain the renormalization group flow of the Yang-Mills
theory. Next, we show the multiplicative renormalizability of the composite
operator and that the BRST and anti-BRST invariance of the bare composite
operator is preserved under the renormalization. Third, we perform the operator
product expansion of the gluon and ghost propagators and obtain the Wilson
coefficient corresponding to the vacuum condensate of mass dimension 2.
Finally, we discuss the connection of this work with the previous works and
argue the physical implications of the obtained results.Comment: 49 pages, 35 eps-files, A number of typographic errors are corrected.
A paragraph is added in the beginning of section 5.3. Two equations (7.1) and
(7.2) are added. A version to be published in Phys. Rev.
Two-loop three-gluon vertex in zero-momentum limit
The two-loop three-gluon vertex is calculated in an arbitrary covariant
gauge, in the limit when one of the external momenta vanishes. The differential
Ward-Slavnov-Taylor (WST) identity related to this limit is discussed, and the
relevant results for the ghost-gluon vertex and two-point functions are
obtained. Together with the differential WST identity, they provide another
independent way for calculating the three-gluon vertex. The renormalization of
the results obtained is also presented.Comment: 22 pages, LaTeX, including 4 figures, uses eps
Confinement in Covariant Gauges
We examine the weak coupling limit of Euclidean SU(n) gauge theory in
covariant gauges. Following an earlier suggestion, an equivariant
BRST-construction is used to define the continuum theory on a finite torus. The
equivariant gauge fixing introduces constant ghost fields as moduli of the
model. We study the parameter- and moduli- space perturbatively. For quark flavors, the moduli flow to a non-trivial fixed point in certain
critical covariant gauges and the one-loop effective potential indicates that
the global SU(n) color symmetry of the gauge fixed model is spontaneously
broken to . Ward identities and renormalization group arguments
imply that the longitudinal gauge boson propagator at long range is dominated
by Goldstone bosons in these critical covariant gauges. In the large
limit, we derive a nonlinear integral equation for the expectation value of
large Wilson loops assuming that the exchange of Goldstone bosons dominates the
interaction at long range in critical covariant gauges. We find numerically
that the expectation value of large circular Wilson loops decreases
exponentially with the enclosed area in the absence of dynamical fermions. The
gauge invariance of this mechanism for confinement in critical covariant gauges
is discussed.Comment: 45 pages, Latex, uses psfig.sty and epsfig.sty to include
postscript-figure
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