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Lattice theory for nonrelativistic fermions in one spatial dimension
I derive a loop representation for the canonical and grand-canonical
partition functions for an interacting four-component Fermi gas in one spatial
dimension and an arbitrary external potential. The representation is free of
the "sign problem" irrespective of population imbalance, mass imbalance, and to
a degree, sign of the interaction strength. This property is in sharp contrast
with the analogous three-dimensional two-component interacting Fermi gas, which
exhibits a sign problem in the case of unequal masses, chemical potentials, and
repulsive interactions. The one-dimensional system is believed to exhibit many
phenomena in common with its three-dimensional counterpart, including an analog
of the BCS-BEC crossover, and nonperturbative universal few- and many-body
physics at scattering lengths much larger than the range of interaction, making
the theory an interesting candidate for numerical study. Positivity of the
probability measure for the partition function allows for a mean-field
treatment of the model; here, I present such an analysis for the interacting
Fermi gas in the SU(4) (unpolarized, mass-symmetric) limit, and demonstrate
that there exists a phase in which a continuum limit may be defined.Comment: 12 pages, 6 figures, references adde
Lattice sum rules for the colour fields
We analyse the sum rules describing the action and energy in the colour
fields around glueballs, torelons and static potentials.Comment: 9 pages LATEX, (typos corrected, to appear in Phys Rev D
The Calculus of M-estimation in R with geex
M-estimation, or estimating equation, methods are widely applicable for point
estimation and asymptotic inference. In this paper, we present an R package
that can find roots and compute the empirical sandwich variance estimator for
any set of user-specified, unbiased estimating equations. Examples from the
M-estimation primer by Stefanski and Boos (2002) demonstrate use of the
software. The package also includes a framework for finite sample variance
corrections and a website with an extensive collection of tutorials
PNJL model for adjoint fermions
Recent work on QCD-like theories has shown that the addition of adjoint
fermions obeying periodic boundary conditions to gauge theories on R^3 X S^1
can lead to a restoration of center symmetry and confinement for sufficiently
small circumference L of S^1. At small L, perturbation theory may be used
reliably to compute the effective potential for the Polyakov loop P in the
compact direction. Periodic adjoint fermions act in opposition to the gauge
fields, which by themselves would lead to a deconfined phase at small L. In
order for the fermionic effects to dominate gauge field effects in the
effective potential, the fermion mass must be sufficiently small. This
indicates that chiral symmetry breaking effects are potentially important. We
develop a Polyakov-Nambu-Jona Lasinio (PNJL) model which combines the known
perturbative behavior of adjoint QCD models at small L with chiral symmetry
breaking effects to produce an effective potential for the Polyakov loop P and
the chiral order parameter psi-bar psi. A rich phase structure emerges from the
effective potential. Our results are consistent with the recent lattice
simulations of Cossu and D'Elia, which found no evidence for a direct
connection between the small-L and large-L confining regions. Nevertheless, the
two confined regions are connected indirectly if an extended field theory model
with an irrelevant four-fermion interaction is considered. Thus the small-L and
large-L regions are part of a single confined phase.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures; presented at INPC 201
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