274 research outputs found
Single State Supermultiplet in 1+1 Dimensions
We consider multiplet shortening for BPS solitons in N=1 two-dimensional
models. Examples of the single-state multiplets were established previously in
N=1 Landau-Ginzburg models. The shortening comes at a price of loosing the
fermion parity due to boundary effects. This implies the disappearance
of the boson-fermion classification resulting in abnormal statistics. We
discuss an appropriate index that counts such short multiplets.
A broad class of hybrid models which extend the Landau-Ginzburg models to
include a nonflat metric on the target space is considered. Our index turns out
to be related to the index of the Dirac operator on the soliton reduced moduli
space (the moduli space is reduced by factoring out the translational modulus).
The index vanishes in most cases implying the absence of shortening. In
particular, it vanishes when there are only two critical points on the compact
target space and the reduced moduli space has nonvanishing dimension.
We also generalize the anomaly in the central charge to take into account the
target space metric.Comment: LaTex, 42 pages, no figures. Contribution to the Michael Marinov
Memorial Volume, ``Multiple facets of quantization and supersymmetry'' (eds.
M.Olshanetsky and A. Vainshtein, to be publish by World Scientific). The
paper is drastically revised compared to the first version. We add sections
treating the following issues: (i) a new index counting one-state
supermultiplets; (ii) analysis of hybrid models of general type; (iii)
generalization of the anomaly in the central charge accounting for the target
space metri
Calculations of the Local Density of States for some Simple Systems
A recently proposed convolution technique for the calculation of local
density of states is described more thouroughly and new results of its
application are presented. For separable systems the exposed method allows to
construct the ldos for a higher dimensionality out of lower dimensional parts.
Some practical and theoretical aspects of this approach are also discussed.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figure
Rigidity percolation on aperiodic lattices
We studied the rigidity percolation (RP) model for aperiodic (quasi-crystal)
lattices. The RP thresholds (for bond dilution) were obtained for several
aperiodic lattices via computer simulation using the "pebble game" algorithm.
It was found that the (two rhombi) Penrose lattice is always floppy in view of
the RP model. The same was found for the Ammann's octagonal tiling and the
Socolar's dodecagonal tiling. In order to impose the percolation transition we
used so c. "ferro" modification of these aperiodic tilings. We studied as well
the "pinwheel" tiling which has "infinitely-fold" orientational symmetry. The
obtained estimates for the modified Penrose, Ammann and Socolar lattices are
respectively: , , . The bond RP threshold of the pinwheel tiling was estimated to
. It was found that these results are very close to the
Maxwell (the mean-field like) approximation for them.Comment: 9 LaTeX pages, 3 PostScript figures included via epsf.st
Mirror symmetry in two steps: A-I-B
We suggest an interpretation of mirror symmetry for toric varieties via an
equivalence of two conformal field theories. The first theory is the twisted
sigma model of a toric variety in the infinite volume limit (the A-model). The
second theory is an intermediate model, which we call the I-model. The
equivalence between the A-model and the I-model is achieved by realizing the
former as a deformation of a linear sigma model with a complex torus as the
target and then applying to it a version of the T-duality. On the other hand,
the I-model is closely related to the twisted Landau-Ginzburg model (the
B-model) that is mirror dual to the A-model. Thus, the mirror symmetry is
realized in two steps, via the I-model. In particular, we obtain a natural
interpretation of the superpotential of the Landau-Ginzburg model as the sum of
terms corresponding to the components of a divisor in the toric variety. We
also relate the cohomology of the supercharges of the I-model to the chiral de
Rham complex and the quantum cohomology of the underlying toric variety.Comment: 50 pages; revised versio
On Microscopic Origin of Integrability in Seiberg-Witten Theory
We discuss microscopic origin of integrability in Seiberg-Witten theory,
following mostly the results of hep-th/0612019, as well as present their
certain extension and consider several explicit examples. In particular, we
discuss in more detail the theory with the only switched on higher perturbation
in the ultraviolet, where extra explicit formulas are obtained using
bosonization and elliptic uniformization of the spectral curve.Comment: 24 pages, 1 figure, LaTeX, based on the talks at 'Geometry and
Integrability in Mathematical Physics', Moscow, May 2006; 'Quarks-2006',
Repino, May 2006; Twente conference on Lie groups, December 2006 and
'Classical and Quantum Integrable Models', Dubna, January 200
Electron-Beam Driven Relaxation Oscillations in Ferroelectric Nanodisks
Using a combination of computational simulations, atomic-scale resolution
imaging and phenomenological modelling, we examine the underlying mechanism for
nanodomain restructuring in lead zirconate titanate (PZT) nanodisks driven by
electron beams. The observed subhertz nanodomain dynamics are identified with
relaxation oscillations where the charging/discharging cycle time is determined
by saturation of charge traps and nanodomain wall creep. These results are
unusual in that they indicate very slow athermal dynamics in nanoscale systems.Comment: 5 pages, 2 figure
On Combinatorial Expansions of Conformal Blocks
In a recent paper (arXiv:0906.3219) the representation of Nekrasov partition
function in terms of nontrivial two-dimensional conformal field theory has been
suggested. For non-vanishing value of the deformation parameter
\epsilon=\epsilon_1+\epsilon_2 the instanton partition function is identified
with a conformal block of Liouville theory with the central charge c = 1+
6\epsilon^2/\epsilon_1\epsilon_2. If reversed, this observation means that the
universal part of conformal blocks, which is the same for all two-dimensional
conformal theories with non-degenerate Virasoro representations, possesses a
non-trivial decomposition into sum over sets of the Young diagrams, different
from the natural decomposition studied in conformal field theory. We provide
some details about this intriguing new development in the simplest case of the
four-point correlation functions.Comment: 22 page
Spherical orbit closures in simple projective spaces and their normalizations
Let G be a simply connected semisimple algebraic group over an algebraically
closed field k of characteristic 0 and let V be a rational simple G-module of
finite dimension. If G/H \subset P(V) is a spherical orbit and if X is its
closure, then we describe the orbits of X and those of its normalization. If
moreover the wonderful completion of G/H is strict, then we give necessary and
sufficient combinatorial conditions so that the normalization morphism is a
homeomorphism. Such conditions are trivially fulfilled if G is simply laced or
if H is a symmetric subgroup.Comment: 24 pages, LaTeX. v4: Final version, to appear in Transformation
Groups. Simplified some proofs and corrected minor mistakes, added
references. v3: major changes due to a mistake in previous version
Holomorphic Currents and Duality in N=1 Supersymmetric Theories
Twisted supersymmetric theories on a product of two Riemann surfaces possess
non-local holomorphic currents in a BRST cohomology. The holomorphic currents
act as vector fields on the chiral ring. The OPE's of these currents are
invariant under the renormalization group flow up to BRST-exact terms. In the
context of electric-magnetic duality, the algebra generated by the holomorphic
currents in the electric theory is isomorphic to the one on the magnetic side.
For the currents corresponding to global symmetries this isomorphism follows
from 't Hooft anomaly matching conditions. The isomorphism between OPE's of the
currents corresponding to non-linear transformations of fields of matter
imposes non-trivial conditions on the duality map of chiral ring. We consider
in detail the SQCD with matter in fundamental and adjoint
representations, and find agreement with the duality map proposed by Kutasov,
Schwimmer and Seiberg.Comment: 19 pages, JHEP3 LaTex, typos correcte
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