Rings of monopoles with discrete axial symmetry: explicit solution for N=3

It is shown that, in contrast to continuous axial symmetry, discrete axial symmetry admits separated SU(2) monopoles in static equilibrium. The Corrigan-Goddard conditions on the parameters are enormously simplified and for 3 equidistant monopoles are identically satisfied.     

On the Complete Integrability of the Discrete Nahm Equations

The discrete Nahm equations, a system of matrix valued difference equations, arose in the work of Braam and Austin on half-integral mass hyperbolic monopoles. We show that the discrete Nahm equations are completely integrable in a natural sense: to any solution we can associate a spectral curve and a holomorphic line-bundle over the spectral curve, such that the discrete-time DN evolution corresponds to walking in the Jacobian of the spectral curve in a straight line through the line-bundle with steps of a fixed size. Some of the implications for hyperbolic monopoles are also discussed.     

Platonic Hyperbolic Monopoles

We construct a number of explicit examples of hyperbolic monopoles, with various charges and often with some platonic symmetry. The fields are obtained from instanton data in ${\mathbb{R}^4}$ that are invariant under a circle action, and in most cases the monopole charge is equal to the instanton charge. A key ingredient is the identification of a new set of constraints on ADHM instanton data that are sufficient to ensure the circle invariance. Unlike for Euclidean monopoles, the formulae for the squared Higgs field magnitude in the examples we construct are rational functions of the coordinates. Using these formulae, we compute and illustrate the energy density of the monopoles. We also prove, for particular monopoles, that the number of zeros of the Higgs field is greater than the monopole charge, confirming numerical results established earlier for Euclidean monopoles. We also present some one-parameter families of monopoles analogous to known scattering events for Euclidean monopoles within the geodesic approximation.     

On the Tetrahedrally Symmetric Monopole

We study SU(2) BPS monopoles with spectral curves of the form η ³+χ(ζ ⁶+b ζ ³−1) = 0. Previous work has established a countable family of solutions to Hitchin’s constraint that L ² was trivial on such a curve. Here we establish that the only curves of this family that yield BPS monopoles correspond to tetrahedrally symmetric monopoles. We introduce several new techniques making use of a factorization theorem of Fay and Accola for theta functions, together with properties of the Humbert variety. The geometry leads us to a formulation purely in terms of elliptic functions. A more general conjecture than needed for the stated result is given.     

Magnetic monopoles with Zn charges

Under some circumstances magnetic monopoles can be formed with charges which are additive modulo n. We speak of these as monopoles with Z_n charges. The conditions under which such monopoles arise are examined, and illustrated with some specific examples. These monopoles can be produced at intermediate stages of symmetry breakdown and converted at subsequent stages to ones with ordinary additive charges, specified by the group Z ≡ Z_∞. Simultaneously, new light monopoles with n times the Dirac charge can be produced. It is argued that such monopoles may be exempt from the most stringent cosmological bounds, and hence may be easiest to observe.     

Topological order in an exactly solvable 3D spin model

We study a 3D generalization of the toric code model introduced recently by Chamon. This is an exactly solvable spin model with six-qubit nearest-neighbor interactions on an FCC lattice whose ground space exhibits topological quantum order. The elementary excitations of this model which we call monopoles can be geometrically described as the corners of rectangular-shaped membranes. We prove that the creation of an isolated monopole separated from other monopoles by a distance R requires an operator acting on Ω(R²) qubits. Composite particles that consist of two monopoles (dipoles) and four monopoles (quadrupoles) can be described as end-points of strings. The peculiar feature of the model is that dipole-type strings are rigid, that is, such strings must be aligned with face-diagonals of the lattice. For periodic boundary conditions the ground space can encode 4g qubits where g is the greatest common divisor of the lattice dimensions. We describe a complete set of logical operators acting on the encoded qubits in terms of closed strings and closed membranes.     

Motion of test particles around monopoles

We present a detailed analysis of the motion of test particles around gauge and global monopoles using the Hamilton-Jacobi (HJ) formalism. We find that particles cannot be trapped by gauge monopoles while there may exist bound orbits for global monopoles under certain conditions.     

Propagation of Smoothness and the Rate of Exponential Convergence to Equilibrium for a Spatially Homogeneous Maxwellian Gas

We prove an inequality for the gain term in the Boltzmann equation for Maxwellian molecules that implies a uniform bound on Sobolev norms of the solution, provided the initial data has a finite norm in the corresponding Sobolev space. We then prove a sharp bound on the rate of exponential convergence to equilibrium in a weak norm. These results are then combined, using interpolation inequalities, to obtain the optimal rate of exponential convergence in the strong L¹ norm, as well as various Sobolev norms. These results are the first showing that the spectral gap in the linearized collision operator actually does govern the rate of approach to equilibrium for the full non-linear Boltzmann equation, even for initial data that is far from equilibrium.     

Yangian Realisations from Finite ?-Algebras

We construct an algebra homomorphism between the Yangian Y(sl(n)) and the finite ª-algebras ª(sl(np),n.sl(p)) for any p. We show how this result can be applied to determine properties of the finite dimensional representations of such ª-algebras.     

Soliton supermultiplets and Kaluza-Klein theory

We show that the monopoles of five-dimensional Kaluza-Klein theory, considered as solutions of the N = 8 supergravity theory in five dimensions, fit into the same supermultiplets as the original fields in that theory. We show that there is an electric-magnetic duality between these magnetic monopoles and the electrically charged antigravitating objects anticipated by Scherk. We formulate a Bogomolny inequality for N = 8 supergravity, and we speculate on the wider significance of these monopoles.     

Monopoles in an antiferromagnetic Bose-Einstein condensate

We show that even in three dimensions an antiferromagnetic spin-1 Bose-Einstein condensate, which can, for instance, be created with (23)Na atoms in an optical trap, has not only singular linelike vortex excitations, but also allows for singular pointlike topological excitations, i.e., monopoles similar to the 't Hooft-Polyakov monopoles. We discuss the static and dynamic properties of these monopoles.     

Monopoles without strings: a conflict between the one-photon condition and duality invariance

We prove a new no-go theorem in the Dirac-algebra formulation of generalized electromagnetic theory, which includes magnetic monopoles and uses two potentialsA andM : It is impossible to construct a Lagrangian which is duality invariant and satisfies the one-photon assumption, from which Maxwell's equations and the equations of motion can be derived. Such a Lagrangian can be found only if either duality invariance or the one-photon assumption is sacrificed. These constraints as well as others discussed here are based on recently published results on monopoles without strings in the Dirac algebra, but they do not arise from any artificial restrictions in the Dirac-algebra formulation.     

Formulas for q-Spherical Functions Using Inverse Scattering Theory of Reflectionless Jacobi Operators

We study the spectral problem associated to a Ruijsenaars-type (q-)difference version of the one-dimensional Schrödinger operator with Pöschl-Teller potential. The eigenfunctions are constructed explicitly with the aid of the inverse scattering theory of reflectionless Jacobi operators. As a result, we arrive at combinatorial formulas for basic hypergeometric deformations of zonal spherical functions on odd-dimensional hyperboloids and spheres.     

Towards Abelian-like formulation of the dual gluodynamics

We consider gluodynamics in case when both color and magnetic charges are present. We discuss first short distance physics, where only the fundamental |Q_m|=1 monopoles introduced via the 't Hooft loop can be considered consistently. We show that at short distances the external monopoles interact as pure Abelian objects. This result can be reproduced by a Zwanziger-type Lagrangian with an Abelian dual gluon and ordinary gluons in an adjoint representation. We introduce also an effective dual gluodynamics which might be a valid approximation at distances where the monopoles |Q_m|=2 can be considered as point-like as well. Assuming the monopole condensation we arrive at a model which is reminiscent in some respect of the Abelian Higgs model but, unlike the latter leaves space for the Casimir scaling.     

基于有约束非负矩阵分解的原稿基色色料光谱预测方法

针对直接在光谱反射率空间,对原稿颜色样本光谱的主成分分析会导致特征向量的数目超过真实物理维度(原稿所用基色色料)的数量,以及特征向量和对应系数存在负值,不能直接表示原稿基色色料的光谱特性和对应浓度等情况。创新性的提出需根据原稿色料的光学特性建立一个完全线性的光谱空间,并在该空间中使用带约束条件的非负矩阵分解实现对原稿基色数量和光谱形状进行预测的方法。对此,首先设计了一个实现对原稿基色色料光谱预测方法的总体研究方案和实现步骤,再以透明色料原稿为例,研究如何选择和构建一个符合其光学特性的光谱线性空间,然后再在基本非负矩阵分解(BNMF)基础上提出针对基色色料光谱预测的有约束非负矩阵分解算法(SCNMF)。针对BNMF算法会出现多重最优解,为了提高预测精度,使矩阵分解结果有明确的物理意义,所提出的SCNMF算法需要满足4个约束条件：非负性约束;全加性约束;平滑性约束;稀疏性约束。建立了满足约束条件的目标函数和迭代算法。预测结果表明本文提出的新方法能有效的实现对原稿基色物理维度和基色色料光谱的准确预测。     

On the determination of double diffraction dissociation cross section at HERA

The excitation of the proton into undetected multiparticle states (double diffraction dissociation) is an important background to single diffractive deep-inelastic processes epMe'p'A⁰,r e'p'J/O,r e'p'X at HERA. We present estimates of the admixture of the double diffraction dissociation events in all diffractive events. We find that in the J/O photoproduction, electroproduction of the A⁰ at large Q² and diffraction dissociation of real and virtual photons into high mass states X the contamination of the double diffraction dissociation can be as large as ~30%, thus affecting substantially the experimental tests of the pomeron exchange in deep inelastic scattering at HERA. We discuss a possibility of tagging the double diffraction dissociation by neutrons observed in the forward neutron calorimeter. We present evaluations of the spectra of neutrons and efficiency of neutron tagging based on the experimental data for diffractive processes in the proton-proton collisions.     

Inverse Spectral Problem with Partial Information¶on the Potential: The Case of the Whole Real Line

The Schrödinger operator -d²/dx²+q(x)-d^2/dx^2+q(x) is considered on the real axis. We discuss the inverse spectral problem where discrete spectrum and the potential on the positive half-axis determine the potential completely. We do not impose any restrictions on the growth of the potential but only assume that the operator is bounded from below, has discrete spectrum, and the potential obeys q(-|x|) 3 q(|x|)q(-|x|)\geq q(|x|). Under these assertions we prove that the potential for xS 0 and the spectrum of the problem uniquely determine the potential on the whole real axis. Also, we study the uniqueness under slightly different conditions on the potential. The method employed uses Weyl m-function techniques and asymptotic behavior of the Herglotz functions.