Algebraic spinors and directed random walks in the McKane-Parisi-Sourlas theorem

We present the Dirac propagator as a random walk on anS ^D–1 sphere for Majorana spinors, even spinor space, Dirac spinors, and Chevalley-Crumeyrolle spinors built from Minkowski space. We propose the Dirac propagator constructed from Chevalley-Crumeyrolle spinors as the generators of a Markov process such that McKane-Parisi-Sourlas theorem can be applied to calculate the expectation values for functions of local times.     

Versal Deformations of a Dirac Type Differential Operator

Abstract

If we are given a smooth differential operator in the variable x ∈ R/2πZ, its normal form, as is well known, is the simplest form obtainable by means of the Diff(S ¹)-group action on the space of all such operators. A versal deformation of this operator is a normal form for some parametric infinitesimal family including the operator. Our study is devoted to analysis of versal deformations of a Dirac type differential operator using the theory of induced Diff(S ¹)-actions endowed with centrally extended Lie-Poisson brackets. After constructing a general expression for tranversal deformations of a Dirac type differential operator, we interpret it via the Lie-algebraic theory of induced Diff(S ¹)-actions on a special Poisson manifold and determine its generic moment mapping. Using a Marsden-Weinstein reduction with respect to certain Casimir generated distributions, we describe a wide class of versally deformed Dirac type differential operators depending on complex parameters.     

Monopoles and maps fromS 2 toS 2; the topology of the configuration space

The configuration space for the SU(2)-Yang-Mills-Higgs equations on ³ is shown to be homotopic to the space of smooth maps fromS ² toS ². This configuration space indexes a family of twisted Dirac operators. The Dirac family is used to prove that the configuration space does not retract onto any subspace on which the SU(2)-Yang-Mills-Higgs functional is bounded.National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in Mathematics     

Finite energy solutions for interacting Yang-Mills and Dirac fields on Minkowski space

The Lagrangian for a SU(2) Yang-Mills field interacting with a massless isospin 1/2 Dirac field is conformally invariant. Finite energy solutions are obtained by a conformal mapping of Minkowski space onto the compact manifoldS ¹×S³ with pseudo-Riemannian metric. They are symmetric with respect to the isometric group SO(2)×SO(4) ofS ¹×S³.     

Dynamics of Dirac and Weyl fermions on a two-dimensional surface

The determinants of Dirac and Weyl fermions coupled to the extrinsic geometry of a two-dimensional surface embedded in a 3D euclidean space are calculated exactly. The effective action produced by chiral fermions contains a Wess-Zumino term with the structure of the Hopf topological invariant of a map S³→S².     

On geometric quantization of the Dirac magnetic monopole

We give a simple derivation of the spectrum of the Dirac magnetic monopole on a unit sphere S² based on geometric quantization and the Frobenius reciprocity formula. The starting point is the calculation by Novikov and Schmelzer of the canonical symplectic structure on the coadjoint orbits of the isometry group of 3-dimensional Euclidean space E(3), which showed the appearance of the Dirac magnetic term.     

Principal Fibrations from Noncommutative Spheres

We construct noncommutative principal fibrations S_θ⁷→S_θ⁴ which are deformations of the classical SU(2) Hopf fibration over the four sphere. We realize the noncommutative vector bundles associated to the irreducible representations of SU(2) as modules of coequivariant maps and construct corresponding projections. The index of Dirac operators with coefficients in the associated bundles is computed with the Connes-Moscovici local index formula. “The algebra inclusion is an example of a not-trivial quantum principal bundle.”     

Entropies of a Toroidal Black Hole Due to Scalar and Dirac Fields

Using the thin film brick-wall model, the entropies of a toroidal black hole due to scalar and Dirac fields are investigated. The entropy due to the scalar field is one fourth of the horizon area, and that due to the Dirac field is seven eighth of the area. These results are similar to that in black holes with horizon topology S ². The cutoff in toroidal black hole is chosen as the same as one in black holes with horizon topology S ², which seems to mean that the thin film brick-wall model is universal.     

U(1) gauge theory for charged bosonic fields onR×S 3 topology

A model for U(1) gauge theories over a compact Lie group is described usingR×S ³ as background space. A comparison with other results is given. Electrodynamics equations are obtained. Finally, some considerations and observations about gravity onR×S ³ space are presented.     

Relativistic Landau levels in a hyperspherical finite cavity

We consider a Dirac electron in the hyperspherical cavityS ³. A uniform magnetic field is applied, and the electron is given an arbitraryg-factor. By exploiting the symmetry properties of the hypersphere, we obtain closed-form expressions for the energy levels. This will allow the rigorous analysis of infrared behaviour. The correspondence between hyperspherical states and ordinary quantum numbers is discussed. We also show that the infinite-volume limit reduces to the proper result for ordinary flat space. In the presence of a magnetic field, however, the rate at which the limit is approached depends on theg-factor anomaly as well as on an auxiliary parameter which occurs in the hyperspherical Dirac equation.This work was supported by the U.S. Dept. of Energy under contract DE-AC02-76ER-03066.     

S 1 actions and elliptic genera

A proof is given of Witten's conjectures for the rigidity of the index of the Dirac-Ramond operator on the loop space of a spin manifold which admits anS ¹ symmetry.Research supported in part by the National Science Foundation     

Lamb shifts for hydrogen,using the sachs elementary interaction theory

The Lamb shifts of theS _1/2 andP _1/2 states of hydrogen atoms are calculated using the Sachs elementary interaction theory. BothS _1/2 andP _1/2 levels are shifted with respect to the Dirac levels by energies of the same order of magnitude. Agreement with experiment is obtained for the² S _1/2 –² P _1/2 and³ S _1/2 –³ P _1/2 Lamb shifts, but the predicted¹ S _1/2 –² P _1/2 Lamb shift term of 12,164 MHz is in disagreement with the experimental value of 7860 ± 1140 MHz.     

Around Polygons in ℝ3 and S3

We survey certain moduli spaces in low dimensions and some of the geometric structures that they carry, and then construct identifications among all of these spaces. In particular, we identify the moduli spaces of polygons in ℝ³ and S ³, the moduli space of restricted representations of the fundamental group of a punctured 2-sphere, the moduli space of flat connections on a punctured sphere, the moduli space of parabolic bundles on a sphere, the moduli space of weighted points on ℂℙ¹ and the symplectic quotient of SO(3) acting diagonally on (S ²) ⁿ . All of these spaces depend on parameters and some the above identifications require the parameters to be small. One consequence of this work is that these spaces are all biholomorphic with respect to the most natural complex structures they can each be given. Received: 20 September 1999 / Accepted: 28 November 2000     

Colored,spinning classical particle in an external non-abelian gauge field

We derive classical non-relativistic equations of motion for a colored, spinning point-like particle in an external SU(2) gauge field from Dirac equation. We find that in addition to the classical spin and color spin vector, S, I, it is necessary to introduce a new classical dynamical variable [J^ab], a, b = 1, 2, 3, describing a mixing of the spin and color. The constraint relations between [J^ab], S, I are also found.     

Noncommutative Manifolds, the Instanton Algebra¶and Isospectral Deformations

We give new examples of noncommutative manifolds that are less standard than the NC-torus or Moyal deformations of ℝ ⁿ . They arise naturally from basic considerations of noncommutative differential topology and have non-trivial global features. The new examples include the instanton algebra and the NC-4-spheres S ⁴ _θ. We construct the noncommutative algebras ?=C ^∞ (S ⁴ _θ) of functions on NC-spheres as solutions to the vanishing, ch _j (e) = 0, j < 2, of the Chern character in the cyclic homology of ? of an idempotent e∈M ₄ (?), e ²=e, e=e ^*. We describe the universal noncommutative space obtained from this equation as a noncommutative Grassmannian as well as the corresponding notion of admissible morphisms. This space Gr contains the suspension of a NC-3-sphere S ³ _θ distinct from quantum group deformations SU _q (2) of SU (2). We then construct the noncommutative geometry of S _θ ⁴ as given by a spectral triple ?, ℋ, D) and check all axioms of noncommutative manifolds. In a previous paper it was shown that for any Riemannian metric g _μν on S ⁴ whose volume form is the same as the one for the round metric, the corresponding Dirac operator gives a solution to the following quartic equation,

几种典型背景中Green-Schwarz超弦的κ-对称性

Metsaev和Tseytlin(MT)给出的AdS₅S⁵背景中Green-Schwarz(GS) IIB超弦的Polyakov作用量可以写成等价的Nambu-Goto形式.对于这种形式，给出了新的与靶空间的流有关的投影算子，并用其构造了使作用量不变的局域κ-变换.κ-对称性的这种新方案是由Schwarz对于GS模型提出的.由于MT模型与GS模型有所不同，文中所构造的局域κ-变换有一些新的特点，且适用于其他类似于MT模型的系统.文中分别以AdS₅S¹背景中IIB弦及Polyakov新提出的模型为例，构造了κ-对称性的靶空间形式. 关键词： Green-Schwarz超弦 κ-对称性')" href="#">κ-对称性 AdS₅S⁵')" href="#">AdS₅S⁵ AdS₅S¹')" href="#">AdS₅S¹     

Kβ X-ray emission from He-like ions

Relativistic calculations on the energies and electric dipole rates of K_β X-rays from 1s3p(¹P₁,³P₁)-1s² (¹S₀) transitions for He-like ions in the range Z=14–54 are carried out using multi-configuration Dirac–Fock (MCDF) wave functions in the active space interaction approach. The contributions from Breit interaction and quantum electrodynamics have also been included in the calculation. An attempt has been made to find a scaling expression for Breit energy in terms of Zα .The scaled Breit energies are in good agreement with the earlier accurate relativistic results and this ensures the reliability of our scaling procedure. The behavior of MCDF wavefunctions for a given J in the non-relativistic limit has also been studied. The calculated K_β X-ray energies and rates agree well with other available experimental and theoretical values.     

Curvature of super diff(S1)/S1

Motivated by the work of Bowick and Rajeev, we calculate the curvature of the infinite-dimensional flag manifolds Diff(S¹)/S¹ and Super Diff(S¹)/S¹ using standard finite-dimensional coset space techniques. We regularize the infinity by ζ-function regularization and recover the conformal and superconformal anomalies respectively for a specific choice of the torsion.