Coupled Fermion and Boson Production in a Strong Background Mean Field

 We derive quantum kinetic equations for fermion and boson production starting from a φ⁴ Lagrangean with minimal coupling to fermions. Decomposing the scalar field into a mean-field part and fluctuations we obtain spontaneous pair creation driven by a self-interacting strong background field. The produced fermion and boson pairs are self-consistently coupled. Consequently back reactions arise from fermion and boson currents determining the time-dependent self-interacting background mean field. We explore the numerical solution with cylindric boundary conditions for the time evolution of the mean field as well as for the number- and energy densities for fermions and bosons. We find that after a characteristic time all energy is converted from the background mean field to particle creation. Applying this general approach to the production of “quarks” and “gluons” a typical time scale for the collapse of the flux tube is 1.5 fm/c. Received February 14, 2002; accepted March 29, 2002 Published online June 24, 2002     

Schwinger boson mapping of SO(8) fermion model

The Schwinger representation of the SO(8) fermion pair algebra in terms ofd and quasispin vector (u, s, v) bosons is used in deriving a microscopic boson coherent state having both particle-hole and pair excitations. The coherent state is the exact boson image of the HFB variational solution. We can study the shape phase transition and pairing behaviour of the nuclear ground states using the coherent states.     

On the character of chiral symmetry breaking and fermion vacuum structure in QED<Subscript>3</Subscript>

Equation for the Bethe-Salpeter wave function of the Goldstone boson in QED₃ is considered in the ladder approximation with the use of the Landau gauge for the photon propagator. With the help of standard simplifications, the existence of nonzero solutions for this equation is demonstrated, which testifies to the production of the above-described boson in the process of chiral symmetry breaking. At the same time, it is demonstrated that only one of the entire set of solutions describing the Goldstone boson corresponds to the stable ground state; this solution has the greatest fermion mass. In the remaining cases, the compound boson state with zero mass is excited, and all other states having smaller energies appear tachyon states and hence are unstable. The fermion condensate is calculated; it is demonstrated that in the examined case, it is finite. Based on the foregoing, conclusions are drawn about spontaneous rather than dynamic character of chiral symmetry breaking in QED₃, complex structure of fermion vacuum for the examined model, and at the same time, simple structure of the massive phase vacuum.     

On the correspondence between fermion and boson states and operators

Mapping of shell-model (fermion) Hamiltonians onto boson Hamiltonians which underly the interaction boson model ^1–5) is investigated. A simple correspondence is defined and a sufficient condition given for shell-model Hamiltonians to simply correspond to finite hermitian boson Hamiltonians. A special case is discussed where diagonalization of a shell-model Hamiltonian for valence protons and neutrons can be exactly carried out in an equivalent (but different) boson space. If, however, the proton Hamiltonian and neutron Hamiltonian are diagonal in the seniority scheme, mapping of fermion states onto orthogonal boson states cannot be a simple correspondence. In that case the boson quadrupole operators equivalent to fermion guadrupole operators cannot be single-boson operators but must be more complicated, ones.     

Fermions and bosons in a two-dimensional world

We derive the formal equivalence of a free massless two-dimensional theory and a free massless two-dimensional boson theory constructed from the bilinear products of the self-same fermion theory. The sense of this equivalence is investigated. Using a box normalization, it is found that the fermion states are Glauber coherent states of bosons, where the boson vacuum is the ground state of the charge sector corresponding to the given fermion state. The massless boson is the Goldstone boson and the degenerate vacua are the ground states of the various charge sectors. A complete operator identity between fermion and boson operators can be obtained, but to do this an additional boson operator must be introduced which cannot be defined in terms of bilinear products of the fermion operators. Doing this makes the charge spectrum continuous.     

An operatorially solved model of massless two-dimensional quantum chromodynamics

An operator solution is constructed in (1,1) dimensions to the massless quantum chromodynamics of n fermion quarks and n² ? 1 vector boson gluons with local colour SU(n) symmetry. The interacting quark field is a confined SU(n) Thirring field with zero Abelian coupling. The colour gluons are dependent Lie fields obeying the gluon-free fermionic current identity. Explicit local infinitesimal operator colour transformations (with an arbitrary coordinate-independent Lorentz vector coefficient defining the gauge) are given and the requirement of proper colour covariance linked to the vanishing of the coloured quark source currents and hence to the absence of coloured quark-composite states. The status of Noether's theorem is also clarified.     

Unparticle example in 2D

We discuss what can be learned about unparticle physics by studying simple quantum field theories in one space and one time dimension. We argue that the exactly soluble 2D theory of a massless fermion coupled to a massive vector boson, the Sommerfield model, is an interesting analog of a Banks-Zaks model, approaching a free theory at high energies and a scale-invariant theory with nontrivial anomalous dimensions at low energies. We construct a toy standard model coupling to the fermions in the Sommerfield model and study how the transition from unparticle behavior at low energies to free particle behavior at high energies manifests itself in interactions with the toy standard model particles.     

Nonlinear sigma model and the origin of geometric frustration on curved manifolds

Classical Heisenberg spins considered on an elastic two-dimensional curved manifold in the continuum limit correspond to the nonlinear σ model. If the corresponding Euler-Lagrange (EL) equations support a soliton solution, a mismatch of length scales induces geometrical frustration in the region of the soliton which is relieved by a deformation of the manifold in the region of the soliton. We illustrate the origin of this elastic effect in four different cases: (i) A single soliton on a circular cylinder with anisotropic spin-spin coupling, (ii) a soliton lattice on a circular cylinder with isotropic spin-spin coupling, (iii) a single soliton on an elliptic cylinder, and (iv) a circular cylinder in an external axial magnetic field. For the first three cases the EL equation is the sine-Gordon equation while for the last case it is the double sine-Gordon equation. Geometrical frustration results whenever the solution of the EL equation does not satisfy the self-dual equations of Bogomol’nyi which are a necessary condition to reach the minimum energy configuration in each homotopy class.     

S-Matrix formalism for particles interacting with phonon fields: Coherent state representation

We apply the quasiparticle picture to the interaction between a fermion and a boson field using a coherent states representation of theS matrix. Its matrix elements between single particle states are explicitly evaluated in terms of a path integral. The method is extended to include dispersion in the excitation spectrum and applied to the case of a metal with electron-hole symmetry. Its relation with perturbation theory is discussed and the second order perturbative result for polarons in insulators is recovered.     

No Approximate Complex Fermion Coherent States

Whereas boson coherent states with complex parametrization provide an elegant, and intuitive representation, there is no counterpart for fermions using complex parametrization. However, a complex parametrization provides a valuable way to describe amplitude and phase of a coherent beam. Thus we pose the question of whether a fermionic beam can be described, even approximately, by a complex-parametrized coherent state and define, in a natural way, approximate complex-parametrized fermion coherent states. Then we identify four appealing properties of boson coherent states (eigenstate of annihilation operator, displaced vacuum state, preservation of product states under linear coupling, and factorization of correlators) and show that these approximate complex fermion coherent states fail all four criteria. The inapplicability of complex parametrization supports the use of Grassman algebras as an appropriate alternative.      

Born–Infeld–Chern–Simons theory: Hamiltonian embedding,duality and bosonization

In this paper we study in detail the equivalence of the recently introduced Born–Infeld self-dual model to the Abelian Born–Infeld–Chern–Simons model in 2+1 dimensions. We first apply the improved Batalin, Fradkin and Tyutin scheme, to embed the Born–Infeld self-dual model to a gauge system and show that the embedded model is equivalent to Abelian Born–Infeld–Chern–Simons theory. Next, using Buscher's duality procedure, we demonstrate this equivalence in a covariant Lagrangian formulation and also derive the mapping between the n-point correlators of the (dual) field strength in Born–Infeld–Chern–Simons theory and of basic field in Born–Infeld self-dual model. Using this equivalence, the bosonization of a massive Dirac theory with a non-polynomial Thirring type current–current coupling, to leading order in (inverse) fermion mass is also discussed. We also rederive it using a master Lagrangian. Finally, the operator equivalence between the fermionic current and (dual) field strength of Born–Infeld–Chern–Simons theory is deduced at the level of correlators and using this the current–current commutators are obtained.     

No Approximate Complex Fermion Coherent States

Whereas boson coherent states with complex parametrization provide an elegant, and intuitive representation, there is no counterpart for fermions using complex parametrization. However, a complex parametrization provides a valuable way to describe amplitude and phase of a coherent beam. Thus we pose the question of whether a fermionic beam can be described, even approximately, by a complex-parametrized coherent state and define, in a natural way, approximate complex-parametrized fermion coherent states. Then we identify four appealing properties of boson coherent states (eigenstate of annihilation operator, displaced vacuum state, preservation of product states under linear coupling, and factorization of correlators) and show that these approximate complex fermion coherent states fail all four criteria. The inapplicability of complex parametrization supports the use of Grassman algebras as an appropriate alternative.      

Nature of correlations in the atomic limit of the boson fermion model

Using the equation of motion technique for Green's functions we derive the exact solution of the boson fermion model in the atomic limit. Both (fermion and boson) subsystems are characterised by the effective three level excitation spectra. We compute the spectral weights of these states and analyse them in detail with respect to all possible parameters. Although in the atomic limit there is no true phase transition, we notice that upon decreasing temperature some pairing correlations start to appear. Their intensity is found to be proportional to the depleted amount of the fermion nonbonding state. We notice that pairing correlations behave in a fashion observed for the optimally doped and underdoped high T_c superconductors. We try to identify which parameter of the boson fermion model can possibly correspond to the actual doping level. This study clarifies the origin of pairing correlations within the boson fermion model and may elucidate how to apply it for interpretation of experimental data. Received 31 January 2003 / Received in final form 18 March 2003 Published online 23 May 2003 RID="a" ID="a"e-mail: doman@kft.umcs.lublin.pl     

Propagator of the Lattice Domain Wall Fermion and the Staggered Fermion

We calculate the propagator of the domain wall fermion (DWF) of the RBC/UKQCD collaboration with 2 + 1 dynamical flavors of 16³ × 32 × 16 lattice in Coulomb gauge, by applying the conjugate gradient method. We find that the fluctuation of the propagator is small when the momenta are taken along the diagonal of the 4-dimensional lattice. Restricting momenta in this momentum region, which is called the cylinder cut, we compare the mass function and the running coupling of the quark-gluon coupling α _s,g1(q) with those of the staggered fermion of the MILC collaboration in Landau gauge. In the case of DWF, the ambiguity of the phase of the wave function is adjusted such that the overlap of the solution of the conjugate gradient method and the plane wave at the source becomes real. The quark-gluon coupling α _s,g1(q) of the DWF in the region q > 1.3 GeV agrees with ghost-gluon coupling α _s (q) that we measured by using the configuration of the MILC collaboration, i.e., enhancement by a factor (1 + c/q ²) with c ≃ 2.8 GeV² on the pQCD result. In the case of staggered fermion, in contrast to the ghost-gluon coupling α _s (q) in Landau gauge which showed infrared suppression, the quark-gluon coupling α _s,g1(q) in the infrared region increases monotonically as q→ 0. Above 2 GeV, the quark-gluon coupling α _s,g1(q) of staggered fermion calculated by naive crossing becomes smaller than that of DWF, probably due to the complex phase of the propagator which is not connected with the low energy physics of the fermion taste. An erratum to this article can be found at     

Boson description of collective states: (II). Description of odd vibrational nuclei

By addition of the so-called ideal quasiparticle to the boson space one can represent the odd fermion states in that product space. In such a way one finds various representations of the fermion operators in terms of the boson operators and ideal quasiparticles. From these boson expansions of the fermion operators a finite one is selected by considering non-unitary transformations. Thus, the direct generalization, of the Dyson representation for even systems is given for the case of odd systems. The Hamiltonian can be divided into three parts: the boson term which describes the vibrational motion of the even core, the unperturbed motion of the quasiparticle, and the interaction between the quasiparticle and the bosons. This interaction consists of two terms, one of which agrees with the term used by Kisslinger and Sorensen ²), which is usually called the dynamical interaction, and the additional term is due to the antisymmetrization between the extra particle and the even core. The latter term can be identified as kinematical interaction which is responsible for the anomalous coupling states. For example, it is demonstrated that this term produces qualitatively the same splitting of the one-phonon multiplet as was obtained by Kuriyama et al. ³) for the j-shell. Furthermore, it is shown for the more complicated case of ¹¹⁷Sn that the effect of this additional interaction between phonons and quasiparticle is important when many shells to the states in the odd nucleus are taken into account.     

On the equivalence between sine-Gordon model and Thirring model in the chirally broken phase of the Thirring model

We investigate the equivalence between Thirring model and sine-Gordon model in the chirally broken phase of the Thirring model. This is unlike all other available approaches where the fermion fields of the Thirring model were quantized in the chiral symmetric phase. In the path integral approach we show that the bosonized version of the massless Thirring model is described by a quantum field theory of a massless scalar field and exactly solvable, and the massive Thirring model bosonizes to the sine-Gordon model with a new relation between the coupling constants. We show that the non-perturbative vacuum of the chirally broken phase in the massless Thirring model can be described in complete analogy with the BCS ground state of superconductivity. The Mermin–Wagner theorem and Coleman's statement concerning the absence of Goldstone bosons in the 1+1-dimensional quantum field theories are discussed. We investigate the current algebra in the massless Thirring model and give a new value of the Schwinger term. We show that the topological current in the sine-Gordon model coincides with the Noether current responsible for the conservation of the fermion number in the Thirring model. This allows one to identify the topological charge in the sine-Gordon model with the fermion number. Received: 16 December 2000 / Revised version: 23 April 2001 / Published online: 13 June 2001     

Shape transitions in even Mo and Sm isotopes: Study in a new microscopic interacting boson model scheme

A simple dynamic procedure, based on the deformed Hartree-Fock solution of a nucleus, is presented to construct the IBM operators in microscopic basis. The parameters of these operators are evaluated by establishing a Marumori mapping from the truncated shell model space onto the boson space. The transitions from spherical to axial-rotor shape observed in the low-lying levels ofeven ^96–108Mo and^146–154Sm isotopes are reproduced qualitatively by applying this procedure with a fixed set of fermion input parameters to each chain. Variation of a few parameters in fermion space leads to quantitative agreement.     

Spin fluctuation contribution to the specific heat of strongly correlated fermions

We calculate the free energy of a system of fermions at low temperatures within the Hubbard model using a slave boson representation, which generalizes the approach of Kotliar and Ruckenstein. The mean field approximation is identical to Gutzwiller's solution. The one-loop corrections provide aT ³ lnT spin fluctuation contribution to the specific heat, which reduces for weak coupling to the result of paramagnon theory first derived by Brenig et al.Dedicated to Professor W. Brenig on the occasion of his 60th birthday     

Physical particles of the massive Schwinger model

The massive Schwinger model is considered in the infinite momentum frame. By assuming its physical particles consist of two fermion bound states, we compute a spectrum. For fermions with large bare masses, the method is reliable. For low-mass fermions, we find we must include states of higher fermion number to adequately describe excited states of the fundamental boson of the theory. We do this for the scalar state in the limit of small bare fermion mass. This representation of the theory provides a unified treatment of both the weak and strong coupling limits, remaining in the fermion representation throughout. We have checked our numerical results with exact calculations wherever possible, and find good agreement.     

A schematic model for monopole and quadrupole pairing in nuclei

A schematic Hamiltonian with a pairing interaction plus a quadrupole-quadrupole interaction between nucleons is presented. It is shown that all the states of the fermion system can be classified according to the number of nucleons u not coupled to coherent monopole or quadrupole pairs. The states with u = 0 are shown to have a one-to-one correspondence to the states of the interacting boson model. The spectra for these states are derived analytically for various limits of the pairing strength and the quadrupole strength. Analytical forms for the matrix elements of operators are derived for these limits. The operators in fermion space are mapped onto boson operators. The matrix elements of operators in the fermion space are shown to be equal to matrix elements of the boson operators multiplied by analytical Pauli factors which are state dependent. The two-nucleon transfer strength is calculated in two limits and is compared to experimental values.