Functional Integrals and Variational-Cumulant Expansion in sine-Gordon-Thirring Model

The free energy in 1D sine-Gordon-Thirring model with impurity coupling is studied by means of functional integrals and variational-cumulant expansion methods. Two variational parameters are introduced to evaluate free energy and statistical averages. It is shown that the non-perturbation method of functional integrals can be applied to strong-coupling range of fermion systems.     

Functional Integrals and Convergence of Partition Function in Sine–Gordon–Thirring Model

The effective action in 1D sine-Gordon-Thirring model with impurities coupling is derived by means of functional integral method. For strong coupling model, the convergence of partition function is proved when coupling constants and wave vector satisfy certain constraint conditions. The fermion condense density in stable phase structure is obtained from the extremum of two-order effective action. The results showed that the non-perturbation method of functional integrals can be applied to study strong coupling rang of fermion system.     

Generalized lattice model of liquid state and its relation to Ginzburg–Landau theory

Basic principles of the generalized lattice model of multicomponent condensed systems are formulated. Short-range parts of interatomic interactions are taken into account by means of the geometric constraints method. Long-range parts of the interactions are taken into account in mean field approximation. The expression for Helmholtz free energy is obtained. A system of integral equations for the equilibrium distributions of components is derived. The asymptotic properties of its solutions are investigated. Moment expansion of interatomic interactions and localization of integral terms in free energy is obtained. A Ginzburg–Landau-like functional of free energy is derived.     

Entropy of Sonic Black Hole in the Brick Wall Approach

We calculate the free energy and the entropy of a massive scalar field in a sonic black hole by using the brick wall method. The leading order entropy turns out to be precisely in agreement with the entropy-area law.     

Effects of dark energy interacting with massive neutrinos and dark matter on universe evolution

In this paper we investigate the evolution of the cosmology model with dark energy interacting with massive neutrinos and dark matter. Using the numerical method to investigate the dynamical system, we find that the stronger the interaction between dark energy and dark matter, the lower the ratio of dark matter in the universe is; also, the stronger the interaction between dark energy and massive neutrinos, the lower the ratio of massive neutrinos in the universe is. On the other hand, the interaction between dark energy and dark matter or massive neutrinos has an effect on disturbing the universe's acceleration; we also find that our universe is still accelerating.     

Landau–Ginzburg theory for ‘star’-shaped droplets

ABSTRACT

Molecular simulations have shown that when a nano-drop comprising a single spherical central ion and a dielectric solvent is charged above a well-defined threshold, it acquires a stable star morphology. A linear continuum model of the ‘star’-shapes comprised electrostatic and surface energy is not sufficient to describe these shapes. We employ combined molecular dynamics, continuum electrostatics and macroscopic modelling in order to construct a unified free energy functional that describes the observed star-shaped droplets. We demonstrate that the Landau free energy coupled to the third-order Steinhardt invariant mimics the shapes of droplets detected in molecular simulations. Using the maximum likelihood technique we build a universal free energy functional that describes droplets for a range of Rayleigh fissility parameter. The analysis of the macroscopic free energy demonstrates the origin of the finite amplitude perturbations just above the Rayleigh limit. We argue that the presence of the finite amplitude perturbations precludes the use of the small parameter perturbation method for the analysis of the shapes above the Rayleigh limit of the corresponding spherical shape.     

Is there a tachyon in the Nambu-Goto string with massive ends?

The dependence of Casimir energy on quark mass is investigated in the model of relativistic strings with massive quarks attached to the ends. The quark dynamics are treated in the nonrelativistic approximation, and the equations of motion and boundary conditions are linearized. The Casimir energyE as a function of quark massm is found by two methods (numerically and analytically). Different subtraction procedures for both approaches result in different functional dependences ofE onm. But both cases have values ofm for which the Casimir energy is definitely positive. The sign of this energy is known to coincide with the sign of the squared mass of the ground state in the string spectrum. Hence, the obtained result indicates that it is possible at least in principle to solve the tachyon problem in the model of relativistic strings with massive ends.     

Functional integral approach to quantum double-well oscillator

The functional integral method, as developed by Wang, Evenson and Schrieffer and by Hamann is applied to calculate the partition function for a double well oscillator, which is a simple model for a ferroelectric crystal. The free energy and the polarizability of the system are evaluated using the static approximation and the RPA′. The results in the former case resemble those of the classical solution whereas those of the latter agree fairly well with the exact results from high temperatures down to the ground state energy.     

Schwinger's method for the fermionic Casimir effect

The Casimir energy of a massive Dirac field confined between two parallel infinite plates is computed using a method proposed by Schwinger. The massless case is obtained as a limit of the massive case. The boundary conditions are those of zero current through the plates, as inspired by quark confinement in the MIT bag model for hadrons. We use an analytical continuation method of regularization which allows the employment of Epstein function techniques. The calculation using Schwinger's original regularization by a cutoff in proper time is also outlined.     

States of non-zero density in the chiral invariant gross-neveu model

States describing a non-zero number density of massive particles are investigated in the SU(2) chiral-invariant Gross-Neveu model. It is found that for a fixed positive density, the lowest energy state is color ferromagnetic, with all color spins aligned. For asymptotically large densities, the total energy and density are calculated as functions of the Fermi momentum. These quantities tend toward their counterparts in a non-interacting theory, with logarithmic corrections typical of an asymptotically free system.     

Exact Solution of the New Bosonization of the Chiral Schwinger Model

A newly bosonized version of the chiral Schwinger model is quantized using Dirac's method. It. is shown to be exactly solvable and the spectrum containsp free massive boson plus an antichiral boson.     

Statistical characterization of an ensemble of functional neural networks

The Ginzburg-Landau free energy functional with two order parameters has been widely used to describe surfactant adsorption phenomena at the interface between two immiscible fluids such as oil and water. To model surfactant adsorption, additional surfactant related terms are added to the original free energy functional which models an immiscible binary mixture. In this paper, we present a detailed comparison of phase-field models for an immiscible binary mixture with surfactant. In particular, we investigate the effects of mathematical model parameters on equilibrium surfactant profile across the interface between the immiscible binary mixture. Most previous models have severe time-step constraints due to the nonlinear coupling of order parameters. To solve these stability problems, we propose a special case of these models which allows the use of a much larger time-step size. We also apply a type of unconditionally gradient stable scheme and a fast multigrid method to solve the proposed model efficiently and accurately.     

A Sharpened Nuclearity Condition and the Uniqueness of the Vacuum in QFT

It is shown that only one vacuum state can be prepared with a finite amount of energy and it appears, in particular, as a limit of physical states under large timelike translations in any theory which satisfies a phase space condition proposed in this work. This new criterion, related to the concept of additivity of energy over isolated subsystems, is verified in massive free field theory. The analysis entails very detailed results about the momentum transfer of local operators in this model.     

Quantum Tunneling Radiation of Charged Massive Particle from Reissner-Nordström-NUT Spacetime

By extending the semi-classical quantum tunneling method, the tunneling radiation of the massive charged particle from a charged Reissner-Nordström-NUT black hole was investigated. Difference from the uncharged mass-less particle, the geodesics of the charged massive particle tunneling from the black hole is not light-like, but determined by the phase velocity. The result shows that the tunneling rate depends on the emitted particle’s energy, NUT parameter and electric charge, and takes the same functional form as uncharged particle. It also proves that the exact emission spectrum is not strictly pure thermal, but is consistent with the underlying unitary theory.     

Pressure behaviour and thermal expansion of NiMnSb from first principles calculations

A computational study of the pressure and thermal behaviour of NiMnSb within the framework of density functional theory and the Debye-Grüneisen model is reported. The theoretical values of equilibrium lattice parameter, bulk modulus, its pressure derivative, Debye temperature, Grüneisen constant and coefficient of thermal expansion are estimated from electronic structure calculated by the full-potential nonorthogonal local-orbital minimum basis method (FPLO). The bulk modulus and its pressure derivative have been computed using the Murnaghan form of the equation of states. The volume-temperature dependence was obtained by minimisation of the free energy as a sum of the total energy of the rigid lattice and the free energy of the vibration lattice. The thermal expansion coefficient for the studied NiMnSb, obtained within the Debye theory including anharmonicity, is in good agreement with experimental results.     

On the lattice spectrum contribution to the free energy of defect solids

The energy functional of lattice vibrations of a defect solid is derived. Using the ζ-function method the contribution of the lattice spectrum on defect states of solids to the free energy is then calculated perturbatively by means of differential geometric methods.     

An adaptation of the lattice gas to the water problem. II. Second-order approximation

The adaptation of the lattice-gas model to embody features possessed by water is further explored. On the basis of Martin's functional derivative formulation of Ising problems, a perturbation scheme is developed which allows calculation of the free energy to any desired order in the interaction potential at fixed density. The free energy correct to second order in the interaction strength is utilized here for calculation of other thermodynamic properties of the model. With reasonable choices of values of the interaction parameters these thermodynamic properties of the model can be brought into agreement with those of real water.     

On the short range magnetic order of iron aboveT c

A derivation of the ordering part of the free energy functional based on an expansion about the free energy of a random CPA tight-binding paramagnetic effective medium is presented. Considering the dominant term of this functional, which is of Heisenberg form, the static magnetic correlation function is calculated within a spherical model approximation. For some parameters a behaviour characteristics for systems with tendency to form helicoidal ordered structure belowT _c is observed.     

Density functional theory of vapor to liquid heterogeneous nucleation: Lennard–Jones fluid on solid substrate

Density functional theory has been applied to investigate the vapor to liquid heterogeneous nucleation on a flat solid surface, by invoking a model free energy density functional along with an exponential density model. The effects of supersaturation of the vapor and the strength of the solid-fluid interaction on the nucleation barrier have been investigated for Lennard–Jones fluid with 12–6 fluid–fluid and 9–3 solid–fluid interaction model. The spinodal decomposition of vapor has been observed at higher supersaturation or at higher strength of the solid–fluid interaction. The shape, density profile and the free energy of formation of droplets of any arbitrary size have been obtained in this work.