431 research outputs found
Classical Trajectories for Complex Hamiltonians
It has been found that complex non-Hermitian quantum-mechanical Hamiltonians
may have entirely real spectra and generate unitary time evolution if they
possess an unbroken \cP\cT symmetry. A well-studied class of such
Hamiltonians is (). This paper
examines the underlying classical theory. Specifically, it explores the
possible trajectories of a classical particle that is governed by this class of
Hamiltonians. These trajectories exhibit an extraordinarily rich and elaborate
structure that depends sensitively on the value of the parameter and
on the initial conditions. A system for classifying complex orbits is
presented.Comment: 24 pages, 34 figure
Effect of Wavefunction Renormalisation in N-Flavour Qed3 at Finite Temperature
A recent study of dynamical chiral symmetry breaking in N-flavour QED at
finite temperature is extended to include the effect of fermion wavefunction
renormalisation in the Schwinger-Dyson equations. The simple ``zero-frequency''
truncation previously used is found to lead to unphysical results, especially
as . A modified set of equations is proposed, whose solutions behave
in a way which is qualitatively similar to the solutions of Pennington et
al. [5-8] who have made extensive studies of the effect of wavefunction
renormalisation in this context, and who concluded that there was no critical
(at T=0) above which chiral symmetry was restored. In contrast, we find
that our modified equations predict a critical at , and an
phase diagram very similar to the earlier study neglecting wavefunction
renormalisation. The reason for the difference is traced to the different
infrared behaviour of the vacuum polarisation at and at .Comment: 17 pages + 13 figures (available upon request), Oxford preprint
OUTP-93-30P, IFUNAM preprint FT94-39, LaTe
Effect of retardation on dynamical mass generation in two-dimensional QED at finite temperature
The effect of retardation on dynamical mass generation in is studied, in the
imaginary time formalism. The photon porarization tensor is evaluated to
leading order in 1/N (N is the number of flavours), and simple closed form
expressions are found for the fully retarded longitudinal and transverse
propagators, which have the correct limit when T goes to zero. The resulting
S-D equation for the fermion mass (at order 1/N) has an infrared divergence
associated with the contribution of the transverse photon propagator; only the
longitudinal contribution is retained, as in earlier treatments. For solutions
of constant mass, it is found that the retardation reduces the value of the
parameter r (the ratio of twice the mass to the critical temperature) from
about 10 to about 6. The gap equation is then solved allowing for the mass to
depend on frequency. It was found that the r value remained close to 6.
Possibilities for including the transverse propagator are discussed.Comment: 26 pages 8 figure
Instanton Calculus and SUSY Gauge Theories on ALE Manifolds
We study instanton effects along the Coulomb branch of an N=2 supersymmetric
Yang-Mills theory with gauge group SU(2) on Asymptotically Locally Euclidean
(ALE) spaces. We focus our attention on an Eguchi-Hanson gravitational
background and on gauge field configurations of lowest Chern class.Comment: 15 pages, LaTeX file. Extended version to be published in Physical
Review
Chirality of wave functions for three coalescing levels
The coalescence of three levels has particular attractive features. Even
though it may be difficult to realise such event in the laboratory (three
additional real parameters must be adjusted), to take up the challenge seems
worthwhile. In the same way as the chiral behaviour of a usual EP can give a
direction on a line, the state vectors in the vicinity of an EP3 provide an
orientation in the plane. The distinction between left and right handedness
depends on the distribution of the widths of the three levels in the vicinity
of the point of coalescence.Comment: Manuscript has been discussed in June 2007 with the experimental
group under Professor Achim Richter at the TU Darmstadt. It has been
presented at the 6th International Workshop on Pseudo Hermitian Hamiltonians,
London, 16-18 July 2007. An expanded version is being prepared for
publication. 3 Figures, 11 page
Heterotic/type I duality, D-instantons and an N=2 AdS/CFT correspondence
D-instanton effects are studied for the IIB orientifold T^2/I\Omega(-1)^{F_L}
of Sen using type I/heterotic duality. An exact one loop threshold calculation
of t_8 \tr F^4 and t_8(\tr F^2)^2 terms for the heterotic string on T^2 with
Wilson lines breaking SO(32) to SO(8)^4 is related to D-instanton induced terms
in the worldvolume of D7 branes in the orientifold. Introducing D3 branes and
using the AdS/CFT correspondence in this case, these terms are used to
calculate Yang-Mills instanton contributions to four point functions of the
large N_c limit of N=2 USp(2N_c) SYM with four fundamental and one
antisymmetric tensor hypermultiplets.Comment: 25 pages, harvmac(b), one figure, v2: minor changes, version to
appear in PR
On the determinant representations of Gaudin models' scalar products and form factors
We propose alternative determinant representations of certain form factors
and scalar products of states in rational Gaudin models realized in terms of
compact spins. We use alternative pseudo-vacuums to write overlaps in terms of
partition functions with domain wall boundary conditions. Contrarily to
Slavnovs determinant formulas, this construction does not require that any of
the involved states be solutions to the Bethe equations; a fact that could
prove useful in certain non-equilibrium problems. Moreover, by using an
atypical determinant representation of the partition functions, we propose
expressions for the local spin raising and lowering operators form factors
which only depend on the eigenvalues of the conserved charges. These
eigenvalues define eigenstates via solutions of a system of quadratic equations
instead of the usual Bethe equations. Consequently, the current work allows
important simplifications to numerical procedures addressing decoherence in
Gaudin models.Comment: 15 pages, 0 figures, Published versio
Negative-energy PT-symmetric Hamiltonians
The non-Hermitian PT-symmetric quantum-mechanical Hamiltonian
has real, positive, and discrete eigenvalues for all
. These eigenvalues are analytic continuations of the
harmonic-oscillator eigenvalues (n=0, 1, 2, 3, ...) at .
However, the harmonic oscillator also has negative eigenvalues
(n=0, 1, 2, 3, ...), and one may ask whether it is equally possible to continue
analytically from these eigenvalues. It is shown in this paper that for
appropriate PT-symmetric boundary conditions the Hamiltonian
also has real and {\it negative} discrete eigenvalues.
The negative eigenvalues fall into classes labeled by the integer N (N=1, 2, 3,
...). For the Nth class of eigenvalues, lies in the range
. At the low and high ends of this range, the
eigenvalues are all infinite. At the special intermediate value
the eigenvalues are the negatives of those of the conventional Hermitian
Hamiltonian . However, when , there are
infinitely many complex eigenvalues. Thus, while the positive-spectrum sector
of the Hamiltonian has an unbroken PT symmetry (the
eigenvalues are all real), the negative-spectrum sector of
has a broken PT symmetry (only some of the eigenvalues
are real).Comment: 12 pages, 8 figure
Complex Extension of Quantum Mechanics
It is shown that the standard formulation of quantum mechanics in terms of
Hermitian Hamiltonians is overly restrictive. A consistent physical theory of
quantum mechanics can be built on a complex Hamiltonian that is not Hermitian
but satisfies the less restrictive and more physical condition of space-time
reflection symmetry (PT symmetry). Thus, there are infinitely many new
Hamiltonians that one can construct to explain experimental data. One might
expect that a quantum theory based on a non-Hermitian Hamiltonian would violate
unitarity. However, if PT symmetry is not spontaneously broken, it is possible
to construct a previously unnoticed physical symmetry C of the Hamiltonian.
Using C, an inner product is constructed whose associated norm is positive
definite. This construction is completely general and works for any
PT-symmetric Hamiltonian. Observables exhibit CPT symmetry, and the dynamics is
governed by unitary time evolution. This work is not in conflict with
conventional quantum mechanics but is rather a complex generalisation of it.Comment: 4 Pages, Version to appear in PR
Canonical Expansion of PT-Symmetric Operators and Perturbation Theory
Let be any \PT symmetric Schr\"odinger operator of the type on , where is
any odd homogeneous polynomial and . It is proved that is
self-adjoint and that its eigenvalues coincide (up to a sign) with the singular
values of , i.e. the eigenvalues of . Moreover we
explicitly construct the canonical expansion of and determine the singular
values of through the Borel summability of their divergent
perturbation theory. The singular values yield estimates of the location of the
eigenvalues \l_j of by Weyl's inequalities.Comment: 20 page
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