Infinitely many shape invariant discrete quantum mechanical systems and new exceptional orthogonal polynomials related to the Wilson and Askey–Wilson polynomials

Two sets of infinitely many exceptional orthogonal polynomials related to the Wilson and Askey–Wilson polynomials are presented. They are derived as the eigenfunctions of shape invariant and thus exactly solvable quantum mechanical Hamiltonians, which are deformations of those for the Wilson and Askey–Wilson polynomials in terms of a degree ?   (?=1,2,…$?=1,2,\dots$) eigenpolynomial. These polynomials are exceptional in the sense that they start from degree ??1$??1$ and thus not constrained by any generalisation of Bochner's theorem.     

A class of Lorentzian Kac–Moody algebras

We consider a natural generalisation of the class of hyperbolic Kac–Moody algebras. We describe in detail the conditions under which these algebras are Lorentzian. We also construct their fundamental weights, and analyse whether they possess a real principal so(1,2) subalgebra. Our class of algebras include the Lorentzian Kac–Moody algebras that have recently been proposed as symmetries of M-theory and the closed bosonic string.     

Geometric phase of a classical Aharonov–Bohm Hamiltonian

We present a gauge-invariant approach for associating a geometric phase with the phase space trajectory of a classical dynamical system. As an application, we consider the classical analog of the quantum Aharonov–Bohm (AB) Hamiltonian for a charged particle orbiting around a current carrying long thin solenoid. We compute the classical geometric phase of a closed phase space trajectory, and also determine its dependence on the magnetic flux enclosed by the orbit. We study the similarities and differences between this classical geometric phase and the AB phase acquired by the wave function of the quantum AB Hamiltonian. We suggest an experiment to measure the geometric phase for the classical AB system, by using an appropriate optical fiber ring interferometer.     

n-Extended Lorentzian Kac–Moody algebras

Letters in Mathematical Physics - We investigate a class of Kac–Moody algebras previously not considered. We refer to them as n-extended Lorentzian Kac–Moody algebras defined by their...     

Fuzzy σ algebras of physics

Following the idea of Zadeh, the concept of a statistical (or fuzzy) algebra is introduced. For two extreme cases of classical and quantum statistical algebras the representation theorems are proved. The basic feature distinguishing these two cases is the possibility of producing nontrivial superpositions of pure quantum states, which is absent in the classical case.A part of this work has been written during the author's stay at the Mathematics Department, University of Toronto (Canada). The financial support from the NSERC research grant No. A5206 is gratefully acknowledged.On leave of absence from the Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Gdask, 80-952 Gdask, Poland.     

Impact of quantum–classical correspondence on entanglement enhancement by single-mode squeezing

Quantum entanglement between two field modes can be achieved through the collective squeezing of the two respective modes. If single-mode squeezing is performed prior to such a two-mode squeezing, an enhancement of entanglement production can happen. Interestingly, the occurrence of this enhancement can be implicitly linked to the local classical dynamical behavior via the paradigm of quantum–classical correspondence. In particular, the entanglement generated through quantum chaos is found to be hardly enhanced by prior squeezing, since it is bounded by the saturation value of the maximally entangled Schmidt state with fixed energy. These results illustrate that entanglement enhancement via initial squeezing can serve as a useful indicator of quantum chaotic behaviour.     

Investigation of classical and fractional Bose–Einstein condensation for harmonic potential

In this study, classical and fractional Gross–Pitaevskii (GP) equations were solved for harmonic potential and repulsive interactions between the boson particles using the Homotopy Perturbation Method (HPM) to investigate the ground state dynamics of Bose–Einstein Condensation (BEC). The purpose of writing fractional GP equations is to consider the system in a more realistic manner. The memory effects of non-Markovian processes involving long-range interactions between bosons with the restriction of the ergodic hypothesis and the effect of non-Gaussian distributions of bosons in the condensation can be taken into account with time fractional and space fractional GP equations, respectively. The obtained results of the fractional GP equations differ from the results of the classical one. While the Gauss distribution describing the homogeneous, reversible and unitary system is obtained from the classical GP equation, the probability density of the solution function of fractional GP equations is non-conserved. This situation describes the inhomogeneous, irreversible and non-unitary systems.     

The structure of the Yang–Mills spectrum for arbitrary simple gauge algebras

The mass spectrum of pure Yang–Mills theory in 3+1 dimensions is discussed for an arbitrary simple gauge algebra within a quasigluon picture. The general structure of the low-lying gluelump and two-quasigluon glueball spectrum is shown to be common to all algebras, while the lightest C=− three-quasigluon glueballs only exist when the gauge algebra is A _r≥2, that is, in particular, \mathfraksu(N 3 3)\mathfrak{su}(N\geq3). Higher-lying C=− glueballs are shown to exist only for the A _r≥2, D_odd−r≥4 and E₆ gauge algebras. The shape of the static energy between adjoint sources is also discussed assuming the Casimir scaling hypothesis and a funnel form; it appears to be gauge-algebra dependent when at least three sources are considered. As a main result, the present framework’s predictions are shown to be consistent with available lattice data in the particular case of an \mathfraksu(N)\mathfrak{su}(N) gauge algebra within ’t Hooft’s large-N limit.     

Drinfeld–Sokolov reduction in quantum algebras: canonical form of generating matrices

We define the second canonical forms for the generating matrices of the Reflection Equation algebras and the braided Yangians, associated with all even skew-invertible involutive and Hecke symmetries. By using the Cayley–Hamilton identities for these matrices, we show that they are similar to their canonical forms in the sense of Chervov and Talalaev (J Math Sci (NY) 158:904–911, 2008).     

Extension of the classical Fabry–Perot formula to 1D multilayered structures

In any field theory the interaction of a wave packet with a multilayered potential is of high theoretical and practical relevance. In the present work we show an extension to any number of layers of the classical Fabry–Perot formula that works for any level of absorption, any thickness of the composing layers, any number of layers, any angle of incidence and for evanescent waves as well. More specifically, the ability of dealing with input evanescent waves and complex metal-based structures is of special interest for superlenses analysis and design. Some explicit examples in electromagnetism are also discussed.     

Poisson–Nijenhuis structures on quiver path algebras

We introduce a notion of noncommutative Poisson–Nijenhuis structure on the path algebra of a quiver. In particular, we focus on the case when the Poisson bracket arises from a noncommutative symplectic form. The formalism is then applied to the study of the Calogero–Moser and Gibbons–Hermsen integrable systems. In the former case, we give a new interpretation of the bihamiltonian reduction performed in Bartocci et al. (Int Math Res Not 2010:279–296, 2010. arXiv:0902.0953).     

Quantum–classical correspondence and the role of the dipole function in molecular dissociation

We consider the quantum and classical dissociation dynamics of heteronuclear diatomic molecules induced by infrared laser pulses. The field–molecule interaction is given by the product of the time-dependent electric field and the molecule permanent dipole. We investigate the influence of the dipole function in molecular dissociation. We show that the dissociation can be suppressed at certain external field frequencies for a nonlinear and finite-range dipole function. The correspondence between quantum and classical results is established by relating classical Fourier amplitudes to discrete–continuum quantum matrix elements.