The ground state energy of a classical gas

In this paper we study the ground state energy of a classical gas. Our interest centers mainly on Coulomb systems. We obtain some new lower bounds for the energy of a Coulomb gas. As a corollary of our results we can show that a fermionic system with relativistic kinetic energy and Coulomb interaction is stable. More precisely, letH _N (α) be theN particle Hamiltonian $$H_N (\alpha ) = \alpha \sum\limits_{i = 1}^N {( - \Delta _i )^{1/2} + } \sum\limits_{i< j} {\left| {x_i - x_j } \right|^{ - 1} } - \sum\limits_{i,j} {\left| {x_i - R_j } \right|^{ - 1} } + \sum\limits_{i< j} {\left| {R_i - R_j } \right|^{ - 1} } $$ where Δ _i is the Laplacian in the variablex _i ∈?³ andR ₁, ...,R _N are fixed points in ?³. We show that for sufficiently large α, independent ofN, the HamiltonianH _N (α) is nonnegative on the space of square integrable functions ψ(x ₁, ...,x _N ), antisymmetric in the variablesx _i , 1≦i≦N.     

Eine scheinbare Abschwächung der Lokalitätsbedingung. II

If for a relativistic field theory the expectation values of the commutator (Ω|[A (x),A(y)]|Ω) vanish in space-like direction like exp {? const|(x-y ²|^α/2#x007D; with α>1 for sufficiently many vectors Ω, it follows thatA(x) is a local field. Or more precisely: For a hermitean, scalar, tempered fieldA(x) the locality axiom can be replaced by the following conditions 1. For any natural numbern there exist a) a configurationX(n): $$X_1 ,...,X_{n - 1} X_1^i = \cdot \cdot \cdot = X_{n - 1}^i = 0i = 0,3$$ with \(\left[ {\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{n - 2} {\lambda _i } (X_i^1 - X_{i + 1}^1 )} \right]^2 + \left[ {\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{n - 2} {\lambda _i } (X_i^2 - X_{i + 1}^2 )} \right]^2 > 0\) for all λ _i ≧0i=1,...,n?2, \(\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{n - 2} {\lambda _i > 0} \) , b) neighbourhoods of theX _i 's:U _i (X _i )?R ⁴ i=1,...,n?1 (in the euclidean topology ofR ⁴) and c) a real number α>1 such that for all points (x):x ₁, ...,x _n?1:x _i ∈U _i (X _r ) there are positive constantsC ⁽ⁿ⁾{(x)},h ⁽ⁿ⁾{(x)} with: $$\left| {\left\langle {\left[ {A(x_1 )...A(x_{n - 1} ),A(x_n )} \right]} \right\rangle } \right|< C^{(n)} \left\{ {(x)} \right\}\exp \left\{ { - h^{(n)} \left\{ {(x)} \right\}r^\alpha } \right\}forx_n = \left( {\begin{array}{*{20}c} 0 \\ 0 \\ 0 \\ r \\ \end{array} } \right),r > 1.$$ 2. For any natural numbern there exist a) a configurationY(n): $$Y_2 ,Y_3 ,...,Y_n Y_3^i = \cdot \cdot \cdot = Y_n^i = 0i = 0,3$$ with \(\left[ {\sum\limits_{i = 3}^{n - 1} {\mu _i (Y_i^1 - Y_{i{\text{ + 1}}}^{\text{1}} } )} \right]^2 + \left[ {\sum\limits_{i = 3}^{n - 1} {\mu _i (Y_i^2 - Y_{i{\text{ + 1}}}^{\text{2}} } )} \right]^2 > 0\) for all μ _i ≧0,i=3, ...,n?1, \(\sum\limits_{i = 3}^{n - 1} {\mu _i > 0} \) , b) neighbourhoods of theY _i 's:V _i(Y _i )?R ⁴ i=2, ...,n (in the euclidean topology ofR ⁴) and c) a real number β>1 such that for all points (y):y ₂, ...,y _n y _i ∈V _i (Y _i there are positive constantsC _(n){(y)},h _(n){(y)} and a real number γ_(n){(y)∈a closed subset ofR?{0}?{1} with: γ_(n){(y)}\y ₂,y ₃, ...,y _n totally space-like in the order 2, 3, ...,n and $$\left| {\left\langle {\left[ {A(x_1 ),A(x_2 )} \right]A(y_3 )...A(y_n )} \right\rangle } \right|< C_{(n)} \left\{ {(y)} \right\}\exp \left\{ { - h_{(n)} \left\{ {(y)} \right\}r^\beta } \right\}$$ for \(x_1 = \gamma _{(n)} \left\{ {(y)} \right\}r\left( {\begin{array}{*{20}c} 0 \\ 0 \\ 0 \\ 1 \\ \end{array} } \right),x_2 = y_2 - [1 - \gamma _{(n)} \{ (y)\} ]r\left( {\begin{array}{*{20}c} 0 \\ 0 \\ 0 \\ 1 \\ \end{array} } \right)\) and for sufficiently large values ofr.     

Etude spectrale d'une famille d'opérateurs non-symétriques intervenant dans la théorie des champs de reggeons

In this paper, we study a few spectral properties of a non-symmetrical operator arising in the Gribov theory. The first and second section are devoted to Bargmann's representation and the study of general spectral properties of the operator: $$\begin{gathered} H_{\lambda ',\mu ,\lambda ,\alpha } = \lambda '\sum\limits_{j = 1}^N {A_j^{ * 2} A_j^2 + \mu \sum\limits_{j = 1}^N {A_j^ * A_j + i\lambda \sum\limits_{j = 1}^N {A_j^ * (A_j + A_j^ * )A_j } } } \hfill \\ + \alpha \sum\limits_{j = 1}^{N - 1} {(A_{j + 1}^ * A_j + A_j^ * A_{j + 1} ),} \hfill \\ \end{gathered}$$ whereA* _j andA _j ,j∈[1,N] are the creation and annihilation operators. In the third section, we restrict our study to the case of nul transverse dimension (N=1). Following the study done in [1], we consider the operator: $$H_{\lambda ',\mu ,\lambda } = \lambda 'A^{ * 2} A^2 + \mu A^ * A + i\lambda A^ * (A + A^ * )A,$$ whereA* andA are the creation and annihilation operators. For λ′>0 and λ′²≦μλ′+λ². We prove that the solutions of the equationu′(t)+H _{λ′, μ,λ} u(t)=0 are expandable in series of the eigenvectors ofH _λ′,μ,λ fort>0. In the last section, we show that the smallest eigenvalue σ(α) of the operatorH _{λ′,μ,λ,α} is analytic in α, and thus admits an expansion: σ(α)=σ₀+ασ₁+α²σ₂+..., where σ₀ is the smallest eigenvalue of the operatorH _{λ′,μ,λ,0}.     

Eine scheinbare Abschwächung der Lokalitätsbedingung

For a hermitean, scalar, tempered fieldA(x) the locality axiom can be replaced by the following condition: For any two natural numbersn andj with 1≦j<n and for any configurationX(n, j):X ₁, ...,X _j?1,X _j ,X _j+1,X _j+2, ...X _n that is totally space-like in both orders: 1, ...,j?1,j, j+1,j+2, ...,n and 1, ...,j?,j+1,j,j + 2, ...,n there exist constants α(n,j)>2,C(X(n, j))>0,h(X(n, j))>0 such that with \(x_k = X_k \sqrt { - x^2 } \) : $$\begin{gathered} |\langle A(x_1 ) \ldots A(x_{j - 1} )[A(x_j ), A(x_{j + 1} )] A(x_{j + 2} ) \ldots A(x_n )\rangle |< \hfill \\ \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,< C(X(n, j)) exp\{ - h(X(n, j))\sqrt { - x^2 } ^{\alpha (n, j)} \} \hfill \\ \end{gathered} $$ for ?x ²>1.     

On the free energy of the hopfield model

The general theory of inhomogeneous mean-field systems of Raggio and Werner provides a variational expression for the (almost sure) limiting free energy density of the Hopfield model $$H_{N,p}^{\{ \xi \} } (S) = - \frac{1}{{2N}}\sum\limits_{i,j = 1}^N {\sum\limits_{\mu = 1}^N {\xi _i^\mu \xi _j^\mu S_i S_j } } $$ for Ising spinsS _i andp random patterns ξ^μ=(ξ ₁ ^μ ,ξ ₂ ^μ ,...,ξ _N ^μ ) under the assumption that $$\mathop {\lim }\limits_{N \to \gamma } N^{ - 1} \sum\limits_{i = 1}^N {\delta _{\xi _i } = \lambda ,} \xi _i = (\xi _i^1 ,\xi _i^2 ,...,\xi _i^p )$$ exists (almost surely) in the space of probability measures overp copies of {?1, 1}. Including an “external field” term ?ξ _μ ^p h^μμξ _i=1 ^N ξ _i ^μ S_i, we give a number of general properties of the free-energy density and compute it for (a)p=2 in general and (b)p arbitrary when λ is uniform and at most the two componentsh ^μ1 andh ^μ2 are nonzero, obtaining the (almost sure) formula $$f(\beta ,h) = \tfrac{1}{2}f^{ew} (\beta ,h^{\mu _1 } + h^{\mu _2 } ) + \tfrac{1}{2}f^{ew} (\beta ,h^{\mu _1 } - h^{\mu _2 } )$$ for the free energy, wheref ^cw denotes the limiting free energy density of the Curie-Weiss model with unit interaction constant. In both cases, we obtain explicit formulas for the limiting (almost sure) values of the so-called overlap parameters $$m_N^\mu (\beta ,h) = N^{ - 1} \sum\limits_{i = 1}^N {\xi _i^\mu \left\langle {S_i } \right\rangle } $$ in terms of the Curie-Weiss magnetizations. For the general i.i.d. case with Prob {ξ _i ^μ =±1}=(1/2)±?, we obtain the lower bound 1+4?²(p?1) for the temperatureT _c separating the trivial free regime where the overlap vector is zero from the nontrivial regime where it is nonzero. This lower bound is exact forp=2, or ε=0, or ε=±1/2. Forp=2 we identify an intermediate temperature region between T_*=1?4?² and T_c=1+4?² where the overlap vector is homogeneous (i.e., all its components are equal) and nonzero.T _* marks the transition to the nonhomogeneous regime where the components of the overlap vector are distinct. We conjecture that the homogeneous nonzero regime exists forp≥3 and that T_*=max{1?4?²(p?1),0}.     

Existence of free energy for models with long-range random Hamiltonians

Classical lattice systems with random Hamiltonians $$\frac{1}{2}\sum\limits_{x_1 \ne x_2 } {\frac{{\varepsilon (x_1 ,x_2 )\varphi (x_1 )\varphi (x_2 )}}{{\left| {x_1 - x_2 } \right|^{\alpha d} }}}$$ are considered, whered is the dimension, andε(x ₁,x ₂) are independent random variables for different pairs (x ₁,x ₂),Eε(x ₁,x ₂) = 0. It is shown that the free energy for such a system exiists with probability 1 and does not depend on the boundary conditions, providedα > 1/2.     

Kowalewski's asymptotic method,Kac-Moody lie algebras and regularization

We use an effective criterion based on the asymptotic analysis of a class of Hamiltonian equations to determine whether they are linearizable on an abelian variety, i.e., solvable by quadrature. The criterion is applied to a system with Hamiltonian $$H = {1 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 2}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 2}\sum\limits_{i = 1}^l {p_i^2 } + \sum\limits_{i = 1}^{l + 1} {\exp \left( {\sum\limits_{j = 1}^l {N_{ij} x_j } } \right)} ,$$ parametrized by a real matrixN=(N _ij ) of full rank. It will be solvable by quadrature if and only if for alli≠j, 2(N N^T) _ij (N N ^T ) _jj ^?1 is a nonpositive integer, i.e., the interactions correspond to the Toda systems for the Kac-Moody Lie algebras. The criterion is also applied to a system of Gross-Neveu.     

On the asymptotic behavior of Wightman functions in space-like directions

The asymptotic behavior of the truncated vacuum expectation value of a product ofN (unbounded) quasilocal operators,F(x)=Q ₁(x ₁) ...Q _N (x _N ) _T , is investigated for some of the separations space-like. It is shown that unless all clusters {x _i1, ...,x _ij } are partially time-like (or light-like) separated from their complements ,F(x) decreases faster than any inverse power of the diameter of the set {x ₁, ...,x _N }.This work was supported in part by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.Research supported in part by the National Science Foundation.     

Absence of Negative Energy Spectrum for N-Particle Hamiltonians

We consider the spectrum of the quantum Hamiltonian H for a system of N one-dimensional particles. H is given by $H = \sum\nolimits_{i = 1}^n { - \frac{1}{{2m_i }}\frac{{\partial ^2 }}{{\partial x_i^2 }}} + \sum {_{1 \leqslant i < j \leqslant N} } V_{ij} \left( {x_i - x_j } \right)$ acting in L ²(R ^N ). We assume that each pair potential is a sum of a hard core for |x|≤a, a>0, and a function V _ij (x), |x|>a, with $\smallint _a^\infty \left| {x - a} \right|\left| {V_{ij} \left( x \right)} \right|dx < \infty $ . We give conditions on V ^? _ij (x), the negative part of V _ij (x), which imply that H has no negative energy spectrum for all N. For example, this is the case if V ^? _ij (x) has finite range 2a and $$2m_i \smallint _a^{2a} \left| {x - a} \right|\left| {V_{ij}^ - \left( x \right)} \right|dx < 1.$$ If V ^? _ij is not necessarily small we also obtain a thermodynamic stability bound inf?σ(H)≥?cN, where 0<c<∞, is an N-independent constant.     

Limit behavior of saturated approximations of nonlinear Schrödinger equation

We consider the solutionu _?(t) of the saturated nonlinear Schrödinger equation (1) $$i\partial u/\partial t = - \Delta u - \left| u \right|^{4/N} u + \varepsilon \left| u \right|^{q - 1} uandu(0,.) = \varphi (.)$$ where \(N \geqslant 2,\varepsilon > 0,1 + 4/N< q< (N + 2)/(N - 2),u:\mathbb{R} \times \mathbb{R}^N \to \mathbb{C},\varphi \) , ? is a radially symmetric function inH ¹(R ^N ). We assume that the solution of the limit equation is not globally defined in time. There is aT>0 such that \(\mathop {\lim }\limits_{t \to T} \left\| {u(t)} \right\|_{H^1 } = + \infty \) , whereu(t) is solution of (1) $$i\partial u/\partial t = - \Delta u - \left| u \right|^{4/N} uandu(0,.) = \varphi (.)$$ For ?>0 fixed,u _?(t) is defined for all time. We are interested in the limit behavior as ?→0 ofu _?(t) fort≥T. In the case where there is no loss of mass inu _? at infinity in a sense to be made precise, we describe the behavior ofu _? as ? goes to zero and we derive an existence result for a solution of (1) after the blow-up timeT in a certain sense. Nonlinear Schrödinger equation with supercritical exponents are also considered.     

Absence of long-range order in one-dimensional spin systems

For a one-dimensional Ising model with interaction energy $$E\left\{ \mu \right\} = - \sum\limits_{1 \leqslant i< j \leqslant N} {J(j - i)} \mu _\iota \mu _j \left[ {J(k) \geqslant 0,\mu _\iota = \pm 1} \right]$$ it is proved that there is no long-range order at any temperature when $$S_N = \sum\limits_{k = 1}^N {kJ\left( k \right) = o} \left( {[\log N]^{{1 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 2}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 2}} } \right)$$ The same result is shown to hold for the corresponding plane rotator model when $$S_N = o\left( {\left[ {{{\log N} \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {{\log N} {\log \log N}}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} {\log \log N}}} \right]} \right)$$      

One-electron relativistic molecules with Coulomb interaction

As an approximation to a relativistic one-electron molecule, we study the operator \(H = ( - \Delta + m^2 )^{1/2} - e^2 \sum\limits_{j = 1}^K {Z_j } |x - R_j |^{ - 1}\) withZ _j ≧0,e ^?2=137.04.H is bounded below if and only ife ² Z _j ≦2/π allj. Assuming this condition, the system is unstable whene ²∑Z _j >2/π in the sense thatE ₀=inf spec(H)→?∞ as the R _j →0, allj. We prove that the nuclear Coulomb repulsion more than restores stability; namely \(E_0 + 0.069e^2 \sum\limits_{i< j} {Z_i Z_j } |R_i - R_j |^{ - 1} \geqq 0\) . We also show thatE ₀ is an increasing function of the internuclear distances |R _i ?R _j |.     

The Relativistic non-abelian Chern-Simons Equations

We study ther xr system of nonlinear elliptic equations ,a=1,2,...,r,x∈R ², where λ τ 0 is a constant parameter,K = (K_ab) is the Cartan matrix of a semi-simple Lie algebra, and β_p is the Dirac measure concentrated atp R ². This system of equations arises in the relativistic non-Abelian Chern-Simons theory and may be viewed as a nonintegrable deformation of the integrable Toda system. We establish the existence of a class of solutions known as topological multivortices. The crucial step in our method is the use of the decomposition theorem of Cholesky for positive definite matrices so that a variational principle can be formulated. Research supported in part by the National Science Foundation under grant DMS-9596041     

One-dimensional random Ising systems with interaction decayr −(1+ɛ): A convergent cluster expansion

WE consider a one-dimensional random Ising model with Hamiltonian $$H = \sum\limits_{i\ddag j} {\frac{{J_{ij} }}{{\left| {i - j} \right|^{1 + \varepsilon } }}S_i S_j } + h\sum\limits_i {S_i } $$ , where ε>0 andJ _ij are independent, identically distributed random variables with distributiondF(x) such that i) $$\int {xdF\left( x \right) = 0} $$ , ii) $$\int {e^{tx} dF\left( x \right)< \infty \forall t \in \mathbb{R}} $$ . We construct a cluster expansion for the free energy and the Gibbs expectations of local observables. This expansion is convergent almost surely at every temperature. In this way we obtain that the free energy and the Gibbs expectations of local observables areC ^∞ functions of the temperature and of the magnetic fieldh. Moreover we can estimate the decay of truncated correlation functions. In particular for every ε′>0 there exists a random variablec(ω)m, finite almost everywhere, such that $$\left| {\left\langle {s_0 s_j } \right\rangle _H - \left\langle {s_0 } \right\rangle _H \left\langle {s_j } \right\rangle _H } \right| \leqq \frac{{c\left( \omega \right)}}{{\left| j \right|^{1 + \varepsilon - \varepsilon '} }}$$ , where 〈 〉 _H denotes the Gibbs average with respect to the HamiltonianH.     

On a third-order phase transition

The asymptotic behaviour of random variables of the general form $$\ln \sum\limits_{i = 1}^{\kappa ^N } {\exp (N^{1/p} \beta \zeta _i )} $$ with independent identically distributed random variables ζ _i is studied. This generalizes the random energy model of Derrida. In the limitN→∞, there occurs a particular kind of phase transition, which does not incorporate a bifurcation phenomenon or symmetry breaking. The hypergeometric character of the problem (see definitions of Sect. 4), its Φ-function, and its entropy function are discussed.     

Absence of symmetry breaking forN-vector spin glass models in two dimensions

We prove the absence of continuous symmetry breaking at arbitrary temperatures for two-dimensionalN-vector spin glass models with Hamilton function $$H = - \sum\limits_{i,j} {J(i,j)\left| {i - j} \right|^{ - 2 - \varepsilon } S_i \cdot S_j ,} \varepsilon > 0$$ whereJ (i, j) has mean 0 and variance 1, for alli, j. We comment on the role of boundary conditions in spin glasses and on their critical behaviour in high dimensions.     

Green's function approach to quantum field theory in locally convex space and question of uniqueness

If the set of many point functions ((G ₂ -G ⁰,G ₄, ...,G _N )) satisfies the set of equations arising in the ø⁴ model of quantum field theory, then for a givenG _N the set ((G ₂ -G ⁰,G ₄, ...,G _N-2)), is unique in the domain $$V = \{ ((G_2 - G^0 ,G_4 , \ldots ,G_{N - 2} )) \vdots \left| {((G_2 } \right. - G^0 ,G_4 , \ldots ,G_{N - 2}^{irred} ))\left| {_\iota } \right.< f_l g^{ - {1 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 4}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 4}} \forall \iota \in \Im \}$$ in a locally convex space equipped with a directed family of semi-norms, wheref _l are positive numbers that depend on details ofG _N , andg?1 is the effective coupling constant.     

On the similarity solution of evolution equation u t =H(x,t, u,u x,u xx , ...)

Let $$\begin{gathered} u^* = u + \in \eta (x,{\text{ }}t,{\text{ }}u), \hfill \\ \hfill \\ \hfill \\ x^* = x + \in \xi (x, t, u{\text{),}} \hfill \\ \hfill \\ \hfill \\ {\text{t}}^{\text{*}} = {\text{ }}t + \in \tau {\text{(}}x,{\text{ }}t,{\text{ }}u), \hfill \\ \end{gathered}$$ be an infinitesimal invariant transformation of the evolution equation u _t =H(x,t,u,?u/?x,...,? ⁿ :u/?x ⁿ . In this paper we give an explicit expression for \(\eta ^{X^i }\) in the ‘determining equation’ $$\eta ^T = \sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{\text{ }}\eta ^{X^i } {\text{ }}\frac{{\partial H}}{{\partial u_i }} + \eta \frac{{\partial H}}{{\partial u_{} }} + \xi \frac{{\partial H}}{{\partial x}} + \tau } \frac{{\partial H}}{{\partial t}},$$ where u _i =? ⁱ u/?x ⁱ . By using this expression we derive a set of equations with η, ξ, τ as unknown functions and discuss in detail the cases of heat and KdV equations.     

The algebraic complete integrability of geodesic flow onSO(N)

We study for which left invariant diagonal metrics λ onSO(N), the Euler-Arnold equations $$\dot X = [x,\lambda (X)], X = (x_{ij} ) \in so(N), \lambda _{ij} x_{ij} , \lambda _{ij} = \lambda _{ji} $$ can be linearized on an abelian variety, i.e. are solvable by quadratures. We show that, merely by requiring that the solutions of the differential equations be single-valued functions of complex timet∈?, suffices to prove that (under a non-degeneracy assumption on the metric λ) the only such metrics are those which satisfy Manakov's conditions λ _ij =(b _i ?b _j ) (a _i ?a _j )^?1. The case of degenerate metrics is also analyzed. ForN=4, this provides a new and simpler proof of a result of Adler and van Moerbeke [3].