Hydrogen atom on null-plane and Melosh transformation

The null-plane dynamics of hydrogen-like atoms is studied in approximations depending on c, the velocity of light, being large. Neglecting terms in the Hamiltonian of order c^?3 (relative to electron rest energy) a symmetry SU (2)_W appears which is analogous to the SU (6)_W of hadron classification. This symmetry, if accurate, would dictate zero ground state magnetic moment. The symmetry is broken by terms of third order, which can, however, be transformed a way by the appropriate approximation to the Melosh transformation. There then emerges a better symmetry, SU (2)_M, broken only at fourth order. The ground state magnetic moment acquires its usual non-relativistic value. The symmetry SU (2)_M corresponds to a subgroup of a symmetry [U (2) × U (2)]_FW which appears in the old Foldy-Wouthuysen approach when spin-orbit coupling is neglected. As well as “current” and “constituent” pictures, “classification” pictures are distinguished; it is to one of the latter that the Melosh transformation transforms.     

The lamb shift in helium from a self-consistent field theory of electrodynamics

In this paper we present the results of an investigation of the finite self-consistent field theory of electrodynamics applied earlier to the calculation of the Lamb shift in hydrogen (Sachs & Schwebel, 1961; Sachs, 1972), now applied to the problem of the Lamb shift in the low-lying states of Helium. We construct the covariant nonlinear field equations of this theory for Helium, from the Lagrangian formalism. In the linear approximation, the Hamiltonian associated with this field theory for the two-electron atom is set up. It is equivalent to the Breit Hamiltonian plus two extra terms. This generalization is a direct consequence of the two-component spinor formalism of the factorization of the Maxwell theory of electromagnetism that is contained in this theory of electrodynamics (Sachs, 1971). Thus, the energy spectrum predicted for the Helium atom is the spectrum predicted by the Breit Hamiltonian, shifted by amounts in the different energy states according to the effects of the extra terms in the Hamiltonian. The latter can be associated with the corrections to the Helium spectrum that are conventionally attributed to the Lamb shift. The level shifts for the 1¹ S and 2³ S states are calculated using the Foldy-Wouthuysen transformation, with the generalization of Charplvy for the two-electron atom. The results are found to be in close agreement with the experimental values for the energy shifts not predicted by the Dirac theory, and with the theoretical values predicted by quantum electrodynamics.     

Gauge fixing for gravity-coupled theories and the super-Higgs effect beyond the unitary gauge

A straightforward gauge-fixing procedure is presented for a general gauge theory coupled to gravity, which relies on the geometrical nature of the BRS symmetry. It promotes the Stueckelberg “auxiliary” field (and its generalizations) to the level of a fundamental quantum field, like ghosts and antighosts. In this way, the Nielsen-Kallosh phenomenon is fully clarified, and a complete derivation of the quantum lagrangian of N = 1, D = 4 “new minimal” supergravity is given. As an output we analyze the super-Higgs effect beyond the unitary gauge and find a particularly simple gauge analogous to the 't Hooft-Feynman one for spontaneously broken Yang-Mills theories.     

Nonlinear canonical transformations in the coupling between degenerate high and low energy excitations

In microscopic many-body physics the coupling between the motion of fast particles (electrons) and slow particles (nuclei) is universal. The standard Born-Oppenheimer decoupling procedure breaks down, if the energy separation in the “fast” system is of the same order as the elementary excitation in the “slow” system. In this case “dynamical resonance” effects are to be expected. In the present investigation a model system of a coupling between a doubly degenerate high energy excitation and doubly degenerate low energy oscillator is handled by a non-linear canonical transformation which is shown to be quasi-exact in the sense that it diagonalizes the Hamiltonian in both extremal coupling cases. The transformation has some flexibility, so that the diagonalization regions can be enlarged. It is employed to calculate the “zero-phonon” optical response, which indeed displays aresonance effect. Likewise, another nonlinear transformation is devised, which only in the strong coupling limit yields diagonalization. This latter transformation in a natural way leads to the conventional semi-classical approaches to the dynamical Jahn-Teller problem. The results gotten with it are identical with those from our transformation in the strong coupling limit. On the basis of our results some remarks are made concerning the possible impact of the breakdown of the adiabatic approximation in other regions.     

Feynman disentangling of noncommuting operators in quantum mechanics

Feynman’s disentangling theorem is applied to noncommuting operators in the problem of quantum parametric oscillator, which is mathematically equivalent to the problem of SU(1, 1) pseudospin rotation. The number states of the oscillator correspond to unitary irreducible representations of the SU(1, 1) group. Feynman disentangling is combined with group-theoretic arguments to obtain simple analytical formulas for the matrix elements and transition probabilities between the initial and final states of the oscillator. Feynman disentangling of time evolution operators is also discussed for an atom or ion interacting with a laser field and for a model Hamiltonian possessing the “ hidden” symmetry of the hydrogen atom.     

A unitary correlation operator method

The short range repulsion between nucleons is treated by a unitary correlation operator which shifts the nucleons away from each other whenever their uncorrelated positions are within the repulsive core. By formulating the correlation as a transformation of the relative distance between particle pairs, general analytic expressions for the correlated wave functions and correlated operators are given. The decomposition of correlated operators into irreducible n-body operators is discussed. The one- and two-body-irreducible parts are worked out explicitly and the contribution of three-body correlations is estimated to check convergence. Ground state energies of nuclei up to mass number A = 48 are calculated with a spin-isospin-dependent potential and single Slater determinants as uncorrelated states. They show that the deduced energy- and mass-number-independent correlated two-body Hamiltonian reproduces all “exact” many-body calculations surprisingly well.     

Effective Hamiltonian for degenerate vibrational states in symmetric top molecules

A mixed matrix-operator form of the effective rotational Hamiltonian has been discussed for the degenerate vibrational states of symmetric top molecules. In this scheme, a rotational contact transformation can be applied to the effective Hamiltonian such that the operators of the “2, +2,” “2, −2,” and “2, −1” l-type interactions as well as the operators of the Δk = ±3 and ±4 interactions are eliminated from the first-order terms of the expansion of the rotational Hamiltonian in terms of the small parameter λ. The results have been used to discuss the correlation between various interaction parameters in the effective rotational Hamiltonian for the doubly degenerate fundamental vibrational levels of semirigid symmetric top molecules. For example, for C_3v or D₃ molecules, the parameter of the “2, −1” interaction is correlated with other parameters and cannot be determined separately by fitting the experimental data (unless there are certain accidental resonances between vibrational-rotational levels).     

New gravitational instantons and universal spin structures

An infinite class of new gravitational instantons for the axial anomaly is found. It consists entirely of algebraic spin- manifolds. In theories that allow manifolds without ordinary spin structure we find the presence of spinorial matter fields to require the existence of a “universal” gauged SU(2) or higher internal symmetry (e.g., SU(2) × SU(2) × G) and of an “internal-spin” -statistics connection. The possible relation of this to the gauge theory of weak and electromagnetic interactions is explored.     

Role of surface integrals in the Hamiltonian formulation of general relativity

It is shown that if the phase space of general relativity is defined so as to contain the trajectories representing solutions of the equations of motion then, for asymptotically flat spaces, the Hamiltonian does not vanish but its value is given rather by a nonzero surface integral. If the deformations of the surface on which the state is defined are restricted so that the surface moves asymptotically parallel to itself in the time direction, then the surface integral gives directly the energy of the system, prior to fixing the coordinates or solving the constraints. Under more general conditions (when asymptotic Poincaré transformations are allowed) the surface integrals giving the total momentum and angular momentum also contribute to the Hamiltonian. These quantities are also identified without reference to a particular fixation of the coordinates. When coordinate conditions are imposed the associated reduced Hamiltonian is unambiguously obtained by introducing the solutions of the constraints into the surface integral giving the numerical value of the unreduced Hamiltonian. In the present treatment there are therefore no divergences that cease to be divergences after coordinate conditions are imposed. The procedure of reduction of the Hamiltonian is explicity carried out for two cases: (a) Maximal slicing, (b) ADM coordinate conditions.A Hamiltonian formalism which is manifestly covariant under Poincaré transformations at infinity is presented. In such a formalism the ten independent variables describing the asymptotic location of the surface are introduced, together with corresponding conjugate momenta, as new canonical variables in the same footing with the g_ij, π^ij. In this context one may fix the coordinates in the “interior” but still leave open the possibility of making asymptotic Poincaré transformations. In that case all ten generators of the Poincaré group are obtained by inserting the solution of the constraints into corresponding surface integrals.     

Self-adjoint formulation of spherically symmetric hydrodynamics

We present here a new formalism applicable to spherically symmetric gas flow, in which all the known symmetries of the Euler equations of inviscid adiabatic gas flow are made manifest (including the symmetry t ↔ 1/t which holds for monatomic gases only).The formalism is manifestly invariant under a duality transformation called here (T̃), at least for the flow of monatomic gases with a particular entropy distribution.The associated self-similar problem is found to be entirely integrable in closed form; the axisymmetric case with combined expansion and rotation is found to be integrable too.This raises the question of whether the “Painlevé conjecture” of Ablowitz, Ramani and Segur applies, i.e. whether the corresponding partial differential systems are completely integrable, in particular through the inverse scattering transform or Bäcklund transformations. In this connection it must be noted that, in the case of plane symmetry, we have already shown the existence of an infinite number of conversition laws (ref. 2).     

Symmetry and Topology of the Topological Counterparts in Non-Hermitian Systems

The symmetries and topological properties of the topological counterparts in 1D non-Hermitian systems are investigated. It is found that, after applying the non-unitary similarity transformation, the non-unitary topological counterpart in real space exhibits completely different global symmetries except for the sublattice symmetry and reveals many brand new local symmetries. Due to the abundant symmetries of non-unitary topological counterparts, it is also found that the unique overlapping projections about the unit sphere vector representing the eigenstates appear in the nontrivial regions, and the triviality of the point-gap topology of non-unitary topological counterpart completely eliminate the intrinsic skin effect in non-Hermitian systems. It is also shown that the unitary topological counterpart never arises any changes for the original symmetries and topological structures even in real space. Unitary topological counterparts are further summarized about the two-band Bloch Hamiltonian, which can expand the definition of non-Bloch winding number. Furthermore, it is demonstrated theoretically that the Bloch Hamiltonian would still hold time-reversal symmetry, abnormal particle-hole symmetry, and sublattice symmetry even suffering from the non-unitary transformation. This work provides a new way to understand the roles of symmetry and topology in non-Hermitian systems from the perspective of topological counterparts.     

The representation theory of the symmetry group of lattice fermions as a basis for kinematics in lattice QCD

The symmetry group of staggered lattice fermions is discussed as a discrete subgroup of the symmetry group of the Dirac-Kähler equation. For the representation theory of this group, G. Mackey's generalization of E.P. Wigner's procedure for the construction of unitary representations of groups with normal subgroups is used. A complete classification of these irreducible representations by “momentum stars”, “flavour orbits” and “reduced spins” is given.     

Quantum radiation theory in a diffusion model version

Using the diffusion model associated by the author with the wave equations, a part of current quantum radiation theory is reformulated so that the characteristic divergences in the associated calculations no longer arise. The reformulation does this by stipulating, on purely physical grounds, that a transition involving a “virtual” quantum must include a high frequency “cutoff” factor in its interaction Hamiltonian. For a transition involving a “real” quantum, the stipulation is that the “cutoff” factor is not to be included.     

A reduced form of the spin-rotation Hamiltonian for asymmetric-top molecules,with applications to HO2 and NH2

The spin-rotational Hamiltonian for an asymmetric-top molecule in a given vibrational level of an open-shell electronic state may contain more parameters than can be determined from the observed energy levels. This paper describes the reduction of the Hamiltonian by means of a unitary transformation to a form suitable for fitting to observed energies. It is shown that, for molecules of lower than orthorhombic symmetry, there are fewer determinable quadratic spin-rotation parameters than have been used previously. For example, for a molecule belonging to the group C₈, there are four, not five, determinable spin-rotation constants, ?_αβ. Similar indeterminacies exist among the quartic terms of the spin-rotation Hamiltonian. The case of a molecule of orthorhombic symmetry, for which there are six determinable quartic parameters, is considered in detail. The results are applied to the experimental data available on the spin-rotation splittings of the HO₂ and NH₂ radicals in their ground vibrational and electronic states.     

A reduced form of the spin-spin centrifugal distortion Hamiltonian for orthorhombic asymmetric top molecules

The spin-spin centrifugal distortion Hamiltonian for an asymmetric top molecule in a given vibrational level of an open-shell electronic state with S ? 1 may contain more parameters than can be determined from the observed energy levels. This paper describes the reduction of the Hamiltonian by means of a unitary transformation to a form suitable for fitting to observed energies. It is established that there are six determinable spin-spin centrifugal distortion parameters for a molecule of orthorhombic symmetry; the corresponding matrix elements are derived for both Hund’s case (a) and case (b) coupling schemes.     

双模压缩数态及参量放大器中的压缩对称性

得到了参量放大器哈密顿量与广义双模压缩算符共同本征的双模压缩数态。提出了压缩荷与压缩对称性的概念来解释哈密顿量在由广义压缩算符生成的一维么正群变换下的不变性。     

Dynamical approach to supersymmetry

Using new techniques for deriving bounds satisfying the requirements of unitarity and analiticity, optimal constraints on the scalar K_?3 form factor are obtained, given the s-wave, $\text{I =}\text{1}\text{2}\text{,}\text{K}\text{π}$ elastic phase shift. It is assumed that the propagators of current divergences satisfy unsubtracted dispersion relations, that axial divergences are dominated by pion and kaon poles and that the chiral symmetry breaking Hamiltonian transforms as $\text{(3,}\text{3}\text{) + (}\text{3}\text{,3)}$. Recent SLAC-Santa Cruz data satisfy these constraints, as does the Callan-Treiman relation. The constraint on the slope of the form factor, given either the Callan-Treiman relation or the data, is badly violated by the current algebra prediction of Dashen and Weinstein. This violation suggests the necessity for subtraction, corresponding to a chiral symmetry breaking Hamiltonian density with scale dimension greater than or equal to two. The results depend only weakly on the elastic phase shift.