Green functions in stochastic field theory

Functional representations are reviewed for the generating function of Green functions of stochastic problems stated either with the use of the Fokker-Planck equation or the master equation. Both cases are treated in a unified manner based on the operator approach similar to quantum mechanics. Solution of a second-order stochastic differential equation in the framework of stochastic field theory is constructed. Ambiguities in the mathematical formulation of stochastic field theory are discussed. The Schwinger-Keldysh representation is constructed for the Green functions of the stochastic field theory which yields a functional-integral representation with local action but without the explicit functional Jacobi determinant or ghost fields.     

The Continual Approach in the Yang-Mills Theory in the External Non-Abelian Field

The theory of Yang-Mills field in interaction with matter fields is considered in the presence of external gauge field. A closed expression for the generating functional of the Green functions is obtained, and a detailed analysis of the Green functions of the scalar, spinor, ghost and Yang-Mills fields is performed. The path-integral solution for all these Green functions is obtained, which includes the functional averaging over the classical trajectories in the space of commuting and anticommuting variables, the latter being anociated with the particle spin and isospin. For illustration an arbitrary Abelian-like external field is considered, as well as non-Abelian-like constant external field.     

Gauge symmetry and Slavnov-Taylor identities for randomly stirred fluids

The path integral for randomly forced incompressible fluids is shown to have an underlying Becchi-Rouet-Stora (BRS) symmetry as a consequence of Galilean invariance. This symmetry must be respected to have a consistent generating functional, free from both an overall infinite factor and spurious relations amongst correlation functions. We present a procedure for respecting this BRS symmetry, akin to gauge fixing in quantum field theory. Relations are derived between correlation functions of this gauge-fixed, BRS symmetric theory, analogous to the Slavnov-Taylor identities of quantum field theory.     

Faddeev–Jackiw canonical path integral quantization for a general scenario,its proper vertices and generating functionals

We generalize the Faddeev–Jackiw canonical path integral quantization for the scenario of a Jacobian with J=1 to that for the general scenario of non-unit Jacobian, give the representation of the quantum transition amplitude with symplectic variables and obtain the generating functionals of the Green function and connected Green function. We deduce the unified expression of the symplectic field variable functions in terms of the Green function or the connected Green function with external sources. Furthermore, we generally get generating functionals of the general proper vertices of any n-points cases under the conditions of considering and not considering Grassmann variables, respectively; they are regular and are the simplest forms relative to the usual field theory.     

规范不变系统量子水平的变换性质及应用

按Faddeev-Popov路径积分量子化方法,给出规范不变系统在位形空间中的生成泛函,导出了系统位形空间中量子水平的变换性质.讨论了该系统量子水平的守恒律问题,且给出了Poincar群变换下电磁场在介质分界面附近量子水平的变换性质,在量子水平上说明了电磁波反射和折射时能量中心的“横移”现象. 关键词： 规范理论 位形空间 路径积分 “横移”效应     

HORIZONS AND GENERATING FUNCTIONALS FOR THE TEMPERATURE GREEN FUNCTIONS

The generating functional approach to Green functions in the thermal equilibrium is used to explore the geometrical origin of the temperatures of the quantum fields in the Rindler space-time and black hole spacetimes. It is shown that under the transformation from Minkowski space to the Rindler space the path integral representation for the Euclidean generating functionals of Green functions at zero temperature would transform into the corresponding ones of the quantum fields at a certain finite temperature, and the Minkowski vacuum state would have the same properties as that of the quantum mixed state at the same temperatfire. All thermal Green functions for the mixed state are given. Similar results would be obtained for the Schwarzschild, the Reissner-NordstrOm and the Kerr black holes and whereupon the Hawking temperature for the black holes would have geometrical origin as well as that in the Rindler spacetime. The various density operators of the mixed states at the Hawking temperature for the black hole sacetimes are specified.     

Generating functional for the average field in quantum electrodynamics with an unstable vacuum

The generating functional for calculating the average field in the case of an unstable vacuum in quantum field theory is proposed. A continuous representation is found for the generating functional of the average field in the case of quantum electrodynamics with an external field, generating electron-positron pairs out of the vacuum.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 10, pp. 80–84, October, 1981.     

Quantum perturbation theory of solitons

We develop a systematic perturbation theory for amplitudes involving a single soliton (extended finite energy solution of a classical field theory). These methods allow one in principle to compute to any desired order quantum corrections to soliton masses, form factors and Green functions. The major technical problem encountered is an infrared divergence of the naive perturbation theory rules. This divergence is dominated by a modification of the usual functional methods so as to properly define the soliton as a momentum eigenstate. The extension of these methods to soliton-soliton scattering is discussed.     

Composite field condensation and the renormalization group

The renormalization group is applied to the generating functional of connected Green functions of composite fields. Conditions for composite field condensation are formulated for the β and γ functions in a new renormalization scheme. The vacuum expectation value of a composite field is given completely in terms of the renormalization group parameters. As an example the formalism is applied to the Gross-Neveu model.     

Thermo field dynamics of a quantum algebra

Thermo field dynamics (a real-time finite-temperature quantum field theory) is used to construct a reduction formula for the causal multipoint Green function. The method is applicable to the case in which the field operators form some algebra. The application to current problems in physics is suggested.     

Far-from-equilibrium quantum many-body dynamics

A theory of real-time quantum many-body dynamics is evaluated in detail. It is based on a generating functional of correlation functions where the closed time contour extends only to a given time. Expanding the contour from this time to a later time leads to a dynamic flow of the generating functional. This flow describes the dynamics of the system and has an explicit causal structure. In the present work it is evaluated within a vertex expansion of the effective action leading to time-evolution equations for Green functions. These equations are applicable for strongly interacting systems as well as for studying the late-time behavior of non-equilibrium time evolution. For the specific case of a bosonic $\mathcal{N}$ -component φ ⁴-theory with contact interactions an s-channel truncation is identified to yield equations identical to those derived from the 2PI effective action in next-to-leading order of a $1/\mathcal{N}$ expansion. The presented approach allows to directly obtain non-perturbative dynamic equations beyond the widely used 2PI approximations.     

Thermal fluctuations of a quantized electromagnetic field in weakly absorbing media

The quantum fluctuations of an electromagnetic field in thermally excited media are calculated using the quantum electrodynamical method of Γ operators and without invoking phenomenological elements. The drawbacks of the standard theory based on the fluctuation-dissipation theorem and on the Matsubara technique of temperature Green’s functions are indicated. The decisive role of the correct consideration of higher order photon-photon correlators and the inadmissibility of their approximation by products of lower order correlators are underlined. It is shown that, contrary to the accepted opinion, the quantum fluctuations of an electromagnetic field cannot be expressed via the refractive indices of media introduced into the theory for the calculation of mean fields. The results obtained are compared with those previously derived using the Matsubara technique for calculation of the Green’s functions of an electromagnetic field in dispersive media under conditions of thermodynamic equilibrium. The previous results are shown to be incorrect at least for media consisting of atoms or molecules with a discrete energy spectrum.     

From classical mechanics with doubled degrees of freedom to quantum field theory for nonconservative systems

The 2×2$2\times 2$-matrix structure of Green?s functions is a common feature for the real-time formalisms of quantum field theory under thermal situations, such as the closed time path formalism and Thermo Field Dynamics (TFD). It has been believed to originate from quantum nature. Recently, Galley has proposed the Hamilton?s principle with initial data for nonconservative classical systems, doubling each degree of freedom [1]. We show that the Galley?s Hamilton formalism can be extended to quantum field and that the resulting theory is naturally identical with nonequilibrium TFD.     

Post-Hartree-Fock methods and dynamic correlation in atoms and molecules

The methods of calculation of the matrix of the exchange-correlation interaction are considered within the framework of one post-Hartree-Fock one-electron method of investigation of the properties of many-electron systems. Such post-Hartree-Fock methods are based on two-step variational self-consistent calculations of the spin orbitals and superposition coefficients of configurations in the multiconfiguration approximation. The post-Hartree-Fock method used involves an approach related to the extended Koopmans’ theorem, which, in turn, proves to be a high-energy approximation for quantum Green’s functions. Obvious application areas of the calculations of the exchange-correlation interaction within the framework of the method proposed are the multiparticle perturbation theory, the parameterization of the energy representation as a functional of the single-particle density matrix, and the theory of Green’s functions in the multiconfiguration approximation. A relativistic generalization of the method with the aim of calculating the radiative corrections for many-electron atoms and for problems of interaction with an external field in the nonstationary Floquet theory is possible.     

Furry Picture for Quantum Electrodynamics with Pair-Creating External Field

In the paper the perturbation theory is constructed for QED, for which the interaction with the external pair-creating field is kept exactly. An explicit expression for the perturbation theory causal electron propagator is found. Special features of usage of the unitarity conditions for calculating the total probabilities of radiative processes in the case are discussed. Exact Green functions are introduced and the functional formulation is discussed. Perturbation theory for calculating the mean values of the Heisenberg operators, in particular, of the mean electromagnetic field is built in the case under consideration. Effective Lagrangian which generates the exact equation for the mean electromagnetic field is introduced. Functional representations for the generating functionals introduced in the paper are discussed.     

Stability of Covariant Relativistic Quantum Theory

In this paper we study the relativistic quantum-mechanical interpretation of the solution of the inhomogeneous Euclidean Bethe-Salpeter equation. Our goal is to determine conditions on the input to the Euclidean Bethe-Salpeter equation so the solution can be used to construct a model Hilbert space and a dynamical unitary representation of the Poincaré group. We prove three theorems that relate the stability of this construction to properties of the kernel and driving term of the Bethe-Salpeter equation. The most interesting result is that the positivity of the Hilbert space norm in the non-interacting theory is not stable with respect to Euclidean covariant perturbations defined by Bethe-Salpeter kernels. The long-term goal of this work is to understand which model Euclidean Green functions preserve the underlying relativistic quantum theory of the original field theory. Understanding the constraints imposed on the Green functions by the existence of an underlying relativistic quantum theory is an important consideration for formulating field-theory motivated relativistic quantum models.This work supported in part by the U.S. Department of Energy, under contract DE-FG02-86ER40286     

A functional integration approach to the theory of the one-dimensional bag

A functional integration in the euclidean domain is used to define and to evaluate the Green functions in the theory of the one-dimensional relativistic bag. It is shown that the Green functions so defined have factorized poles corresponding to the quantum states of excitation of the system. An analysis is presented of the main properties of the on-mass-shell amplitudes, of the two current vacuum correlation function and of the form factors.     

Green Functions for the Wrong-Sign Quartic

It has been shown that the Schwinger-Dyson equations for non-Hermitian theories implicitly include the Hilbert-space metric. Approximate Green functions for such theories may thus be obtained, without having to evaluate the metric explicitly, by truncation of the equations. Such a calculation has recently been carried out for various PT-symmetric theories, in both quantum mechanics and quantum field theory, including the wrong-sign quartic oscillator. For this particular theory the metric is known in closed form, making possible an independent check of these approximate results. We do so by numerically evaluating the ground-state wave-function for the equivalent Hermitian Hamiltonian and using this wave-function, in conjunction with the metric operator, to calculate the one- and two-point Green functions. We find that the Green functions evaluated by lowest-order truncation of the Schwinger-Dyson equations are already accurate at the 6% level. This provides a strong justification for the method and a motivation for its extension to higher order and to higher dimensions, where the calculation of the metric is extremely difficult.