Vortex free energy and string tension at strong and intermediate coupling

We present results of high temperature expansions up to order g^?24 for the vortex free energy respectively string tension in pure lattice gauge theories with gauge groups SU(2) and Z₂ in 3 and 4 dimensions. For SU(2) in 4 dimensions the result is compared with Monte Carlo calculations of Creutz and is in good agreement. An intermediate coupling region is seen, where the string tension smoothly interpolates between strong coupling and weak coupling behaviour.     

Topological features of the nonlinear sigma model with Hopf term using chiral lagrangians

We rewrite the O(3) nonlinear sigma model in 2 + 1 dimensions in terms of SU(2) matrices, thereby solving the constraint. The lagrangian has the symmetry SU(2)_Global×U(1)_Local. Static soliton solutions to this lagrangian have energy 4πN as usual. We then show that the Hopf instantons, in the formalism of principle chiral fields, are just the skymions of QCD in 3 + 1 dimensions.     

On the fermion spectrum of spontaneously generated fuzzy extra dimensions with fluxes

We consider certain vacua of four‐dimensional SU(N) gauge theory with the same field content as the 𝒩 = 4 supersymmetric Yang‐Mills theory, resulting from potentials which break the 𝒩 = 4 supersymmetry as well as its global SO(6) symmetry down to SO(3) × SO(3). We show that the theory behaves at intermediate scales as Yang‐Mills theory on M⁴ × S_L² × S_R², where the extra dimensions are fuzzy spheres with magnetic fluxes. We determine in particular the structure of the zero modes due to the fluxes, which leads to low‐energy mirror models.     

N = 4 supergravity coupled to N = 4 matter and hidden symmetries

We present the N = 1 supergravity in 10 dimensions obtained by truncating the reduced N = 1 supergravity from 11 dimensions. This is further reduced to 4 dimensions to give SU(4) supergravity coupled to six SO(4) vector multiplets. As the reduction is from 10 dimensions, the theory is expected to have the symmetry SL(6R)_global×SO(6)_local, but we give a theoretical argument that this can be extended to SO(6,6)×SU(1,1)_global and SO(6)×SO(6)×U(1)_local.     

Strong coupling expansions for the mass gap in lattice gauge theories

We derive strong coupling expansions for the mass gap in euclidean lattice gauge theories in any space-time dimension. For gauge groups SU(2), SU(3), Z₂ and Z₃ the series are calculated up to order g^?16. They are used to get rough estimates for the lowest glueball mass in continuum SU(2) and SU(3) gauge theories, assuming a sudden crossover from strong to weak coupling behaviour in the lattice theory.     

Energy-momentum dispersion of glueballs and the restoration of Lorentz invariance in lattice gauge theories

The strong-coupling expansion for the energy-momentum dispersion of the scalar glueball is carried out for euclidean Z₂ and SU(2) lattice gauge theories up to 10th order in 3 dimensions and to 8th order in 4 dimensions. The results are used to study the restoration of Lorentz invariance in the continuum limit.     

A disorder parameter that test for confinement in gauge theories with quark fields

We propose to use a suitably defined vortex free energy as a disorder parameter in gauge field theories with matter fields. It is supposed to distinguish between the confinement phase, massless phase(s) and Higgs phase where they exist. The matter fields may transform according to an arbitrary representation of the gauge group. We compute the vortex free energy by series expansion for a Z₂ Higgs model and for SU(2) lattice models with quark or Higgs fields in the fundamental representation at strong coupling (confinement phase), and for the Z₂ Higgs model in the range of validity of low-temperature expansions (Higgs phase). The results are in agreement with the expected behavior.     

On the roughening transition in abelian lattice gauge theories

We study the width of the confining string between static quarks in abelian lattice gauge theories using strong coupling expansions. We consider gauge groups Z_n and U(1) in 3 and 4 dimensions. This extends previous work with Lüscher, where SU(2) and Z₂ were studied. In ν = 3 dimensions we find evidence for a roughening transition. It is characterized by a divergence of the string width for an infinitely far separated quark-antiquark pair, while the string tension remains non-zero. In ν = 4 dimensions for the abelian groups we do not have evidence for a roughening transition away from a phase transition.     

The high-temperature behaviour of lattice QCD with fermions

By Monte Carlo simulation on the lattice, we calculate the high-temperature behaviour of the energy density ? in SU(2) and SU(3) QCD with Wilson fermions. From the leading term of the hopping parameter expansion, we find that ? converges very rapidly to the Stefan-Boltzmann limit of an asymptotically free quark-gluon gas. The behaviour in the non-asymptotic region indicates that chiral symmetry restoration occurs at a higher temperature (T_ch) than colour deconfinement (T_c), with $\text{T}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>ch</mtext>}}\text{T}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>c</mtext>}}\text{≈ 1.3}$.     

Finite transformations of SU(4)

The problem of determining the representation matrices of SU(4) is investigated. A convenient set of parameters is first introduced by writing the general element of the group as a product of exponential functions of the generators, and the generators are expressed as differential operators involving these parameters. Special matrix elements of finite transformations with a SU(3) singlet as the initial state are then obtained by solving the eigenvalue equation of the quadratic Casimir operator of SU(4). The solution has the form of a product of elementary functions and threed _mm ^j functions of SU(2) and is free from summation over intermediate states. By expanding one of thed _mm ^j functions in an appropriate series a sum rule for the special matrix elements of the permutation operator 12343412 is obtained. The discussions are strictly confined to SU(4), but, some of the results given here can be extended to unitary groups of higher dimensions.     

On thermodynamic properties of the chromoplasma

We calculate the contributions of electric and magnetic modes to some thermodynamic functions in SU(2)-gauge theory on the lattice 4×12³. It is shown that the behaviour of the chromoelectric part of the energy E_E can be interpreted within the Ising-type model in agreement with the universality hypothesis. At the same time the behaviour of the magnetic parts of the internal energy and pressure (i.e. E_M and P_M) differs drastically from that of E_E and P_M. The character of the temperature dependence of E_M and P_M exhibited here testifies to the presence of highly nonidentical properties of electric and magnetic excitation modes of chromoplasma and may shed light on the role of unstable modes in gauge theories.     

Nonabelian electric and magnetic flux in unified SU(5) gauge theory

We study the long-distance behaviour of pure unified SU(5) gauge theory in the limit when the electroweak subgroup is unbroken. We show that the symmetry breaking pattern SU(5)→SU(3)_c×SU(2)×U(1)_Y, with SU(3)_c and SU(2) ×U(1)_Y realized, respectively, in confining and coulombic phases, is a possible dynamical phase of the SU(5) theory. The proof relies on showing that the duality equation of 't Hooft, relating the electric and magnetic flux, is exactly satisfied for the above symmetry breaking pattern. The infrared structure of SU(5), broken down to SU(3)_c×SU(2)×U(1)_Y, is not self-dual.     

A dynamical theory for the rishon model

We propose a composite model for quarks and leptons based on an exact SU(3)_C × SU(3)_H gauge theory and two fundamental $\text{J=}\text{1}\text{2}$ fermions: a charged T-rishon and a neutral V-rishon. Quarks, leptons and W-bosons are SU(3)_H-singlet composites of rishons. A dynamically broken effective SU(3)_C × SU(2)_L × SU(2)_R × U(1)_B?L gauge theory emerges at the composite level. The theory is “natural”, anomaly free, has no fundamental scalar particles, and describes at least three generations of quarks and leptons.     

Types of two-dimensionalN = 4 superconformal field theories

Various types ofN = 4 superconformal symmetries in two dimensions are considered. It is proposed that apart from the well-known cases ofSU (2)and SU(2) × SU(2) ×U (1), their Kac-Moody symmetry can also be SU(2) × (U (1))⁴. Operator product expansions for the last case are derived. A complete free field realization for the same is obtained     

STRING THEORY WITH THREE FAMILIES OF CHIRAL FERMIONS

A heterotic string theory is constructed by compactifying directly from 26 to 4 dimensions via a smooth manifold T²²/G. In the low energy limit, there are three families of chiral fermions with exactly the same quantum numbers as thatin the standard supersymmetric SU(3)×SU(2)×XU(1) model. They couple to supergravity and supergauge fields with the gauge symmetry SU(3)_F×SU(3)_c×SU(3)_L×U(1)_YR×U(1)_I3R.     

A<Subscript>4</Subscript> model for the quark mass matrices

We propose a model for the quark masses and mixings based on an A₄ family symmetry. Three scalar SU(2) doublets form a triplet of A₄. The three left-handed-quark SU(2) doublets are also united in a triplet of A₄. The right-handed quarks are singlets of A₄. The A₄-symmetric scalar potential leads to a vacuum in which two of the three scalar SU(2) doublets have expectation values with equal moduli. Our model makes an excellent fit of the observed |V_ub/V_cb|. CP symmetry is respected in the charged gauge interactions of the quarks.     

Gauged N = 8 supergravity in five dimensions

We construct gauged N = 8 supergravity theories in five dimensions. Instead of the twenty-seven vector fields of the ungauged theory, the gauged theories contain fifteen vector fields and twelve second-rank antisymmetric tensor fields satisfying self-dual field equations. The fifteen vector fields can be used to gauge any of the fifteen-dimensional semisimple subgroups of SL(6,R), specially SO(p, 6?p) for p = 0, 1, 2, 3. The gauged theories also have a physical global SU(1,1) symmetry which survives from the E₆₍₆₎ symmetry of the ungauged theory. This SU(1,1) for the SO(6) gauging is presumably related to that of the chiral N = 2 theory in ten dimensions. In our formalism we maintain a composite local USp(8) symmetry analogous to SU(8) in four dimensions.     

On the characterization of the higgs phase in lattice gauge theories

We consider Higgs models on a lattice in 3 or 4 dimensions. Higgs scalars are assumed to transform trivially under a finite subgroup Γ of the compact gauge groupG. We adopt 't Hooft's definition of the Higgs phase, it is characterized by a nonvanishing free energy per unit length (area) of a vortex in 3 (4) dimensions. By using a Peierls argument we show that the models are in the Higgs phase in this sense for suitable coupling constants.     

ELECTRO-WEAK UNIFIED TNEQRY AND RELATED PROBLEMS

The minimum SU(2)×U(1) electro-weak unified theory is described and several related problems including the connection between anomaly free and charge quantization, Kobayashi-Maskawa mixing and CP violation and Higgs sector are dis-cussed. The experimental verification minimum of SU(2)×U(1) model in low energy range is presented briefly. Physical conseguences concerning to free W and Z particles are discussed. The possibilities of the existence or gauge symmetry higher than SU(2)×U(1) for electro-weak interaction and with the minimum SU(2)×U(1) model as the first order of approximation in the low energy range are given. New phenomena involving Z Partice and their implication based on SU(2)×U(1) model are examined.