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Non-Chern-Simons Topological Mass Generation in (2+1) Dimensions
By dimensional reduction of a massive BF theory, a new topological field
theory is constructed in (2+1) dimensions. Two different topological terms, one
involving a scalar and a Kalb-Ramond fields and another one equivalent to the
four-dimensional BF term, are present. We constructed two actions with these
topological terms and show that a topological mass generation mechanism can be
implemented. Using the non-Chern-Simons topological term, an action is proposed
leading to a classical duality relation between Klein-Gordon and Maxwell
actions. We also have shown that an action in (2+1) dimensions with the
Kalb-Ramond field is related by Buscher's duality transformation to a massive
gauge-invariant Stuckelberg-type theory.Comment: 8 pages, no figures, RevTE
Consistent deformations of [p,p]-type gauge field theories
Using BRST-cohomological techniques, we analyze the consistent deformations
of theories describing free tensor gauge fields whose symmetries are
represented by Young tableaux made of two columns of equal length p, p>1. Under
the assumptions of locality and Poincare invariance, we find that there is no
consistent deformation of these theories that non-trivially modifies the gauge
algebra and/or the gauge transformations. Adding the requirement that the
deformation contains no more than two derivatives, the only possible
deformation is a cosmological-constant-like term.Comment: 17 pages, details of a proof added, accepted for publication in JHE
Extended excitons and compact heliumlike biexcitons in type-II quantum dots.
We have used magneto-photoluminescence measurements to establish that InP/GaAs quantum dots have a type-II band (staggered) alignment. The average excitonic Bohr radius and the binding energy are estimated to be 15 nm and 1.5 meV respectively. When compared to bulk InP, the excitonic binding is weaker due to the repulsive (type-II) potential at the hetero-interface. The measurements are extended to over almost six orders of magnitude of laser excitation powers and to magnetic fields of up to 50 tesla. It is shown that the excitation power can be used to tune the average hole occupancy of the quantum dots, and hence the strength of the electron-hole binding. The diamagnetic shift coe±cient is observed to drastically reduce as the quantum dot ensemble makes a gradual transition from a regime where the emission is from (hydrogen-like) two-particle excitonic states to a regime where the emission from (helium-like) four-particle biexcitonic states also become significant
Functional Bosonization of Non-Relativistic Fermions in Dimensions
We analyze the universality of the bosonization rules in non-relativistic
fermionic systems in . We show that, in the case of linear fermionic
dispersion relations, a general fermionic theory can be mapped into a gauge
theory in such a way that the fermionic density maps into a magnetic flux and
the fermionic current maps into a transverse electric field. These are
universal rules in the sense that they remain valid whatever the interaction
considered. We also show that these rules are universal in the case of
non-linear dispersion relations provided we consider only density-density
interactions. We apply the functional bosonization formalism to a
non-relativistic and non-local massive Thirring-like model and evaluate the
spectrum of collective excitations in several limits. In the large mass limit,
we are able to exactly calculate this spectrum for arbitrary density-density
and current-current interactions. We also analyze the massless case and show
that it has no collective excitations for any density-density potential in the
Gaussian approximation. Moreover, the presence of current interactions may
induce a gapless mode with a linear dispersion relation.Comment: 26 Pages, LaTeX, Final version to appear in International Journal of
Modern Physics
Quasi-degenerate neutrinos and tri-bi-maximal mixing
Assuming high-energy tri-bi-maximal mixing we study the radiative running of
leptonic mixing angles and obtain limits on the high-energy scale from
requiring consistency with the observed mixing. We construct a model in which a
non-Abelian discrete family symmetry leads both to a quasi-degenerate neutrino
mass spectrum and to near tri-bi-maximal mixing.Comment: 7 pages, to appear in the proceedings of DISCRETE'0
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