Particle Distribution in Quantum Field Theory

The change of the particle distribution in space-time is analysed in the framework of quantum field theory. The formalism is turned out to be thermo field dynamics. The formulation suggests a unification of quantum field theory and statistical physics.     

Particle Correlation in Quantum Field Theory

The paper deals with studies of the angular correlation of two mono-energetic particles produced in several fundamental processes in quantum field theory. The angular correlation is defined as the average (expectation value) of the cosine of the angle between the momenta of the two outgoing particles. A positive correlation indicates, in a statistical sense, that the particles tend to travel in the same directions (as in beam formation) while a negative one indicates that they tend to travel in opposing directions. The angular correlations for photons and electrons produced by sources, and in quantum eletrodynamics, to lowest order, γγ produced in e⁺e⁻ collision (annihilation), e⁺e⁻ pair production in γγ collision, and finally e⁺e⁻ pair production by a Nambu string are studied in detail.     

Particle Correlation in Quantum Field Theory. II

This is the second and last instalment of the investigation of particle correlation in quantum field theory for fundamental processes with two-mono-energetic particle productions. The angular correlation is defined as the average (epectation value) of the cosine of the angle between the momenta of the two outgoing particles. A positive correlation indicates, in a statistical sense, that the particles tend to travel in the same directions (as in beam formation) while a negative one that they tend to travel in opposing directions. The angular correlation of γγ produced in pair annihilation of charged particles in scalar quantum electrodynamics, scalar-pair production by charged and neutral Nambu strings, as well as e⁺e^— pair-production by a Neutral Nambu string are studied in detail.     

Topological Quantum Field Theory for the Universal Quantum Invariant

We extend the universal quantum invariant defined in [15] to an invariant of 3-manifolds with boundaries, and show that the invariant satisfies modified axioms of TQFT. Received: 22 August 1996 / Accepted: 17 January 1997     

Braided Quantum Field Theory

We develop a general framework for quantum field theory on noncommutative spaces, i.e., spaces with quantum group symmetry. We use the path integral approach to obtain expressions for n-point functions. Perturbation theory leads us to generalised Feynman diagrams which are braided, i.e., they have non-trivial over- and under-crossings. We demonstrate the power of our approach by applying it to φ⁴-theory on the quantum 2-sphere. We find that the basic divergent diagram of the theory is regularised. Received: 3 July 1999 / Accepted: 10 November 2000     

Relative Quantum Field Theory

We highlight the general notion of a relative quantum field theory, which occurs in several contexts. One is in gauge theory based on a compact Lie algebra, rather than a compact Lie group. This is relevant to the maximal superconformal theory in six dimensions.     

PT-Symmetric Quantum Field Theory

In the context of the PT-symmetric version of quantum electrodynamics, it is argued that the C-operator introduced in order to define a unitary inner product has nothing to do with charge conjugation.     

Shuffling Quantum Field Theory

We discuss shuffle identities between Feynman graphs using the Hopf algebra structure of perturbative quantum field theory. For concrete exposition, we discuss vertex function in massless Yukawa theory.     

Charged Particle Emission and Detection Sources in Quantum Field Theory and Infrared Photons

A study is carried out of the fundamental roles played by emission and detection sources of charged particles in quantum field theory by incorporating the unavoidable fact that charged particles feel the presence of each other even when they are widely separated at the emission and detection sites due to the long range effect of the electromagnetic interaction. It is shown that the emission and detection sources as amplitudes of emission and detection of charged particles are to have given specific coupling dependent phase factors for a correct formulation of the problem. Composite sources are introduced for emitting and detecting “clusters” of charged particles. Finally a complete cancellation of the so-called relativistic Dalitz phase factor occurs prior to computing transition rates and probabilities. This work generalizes our earlier work (Fortschr. Phys. 34 , 835 (1986)) dealing with the non-relativistic Coulomb problem.     

Single Particle Trajectories in a Nonadiabatic Cusp Magnetic Field Configuration

Charged particle trajectories are numerically analyzed in a cusp magnetic field. One of the significant observations is that the initial phase of the particle is a critical parameter controlling the conversion of the parallel component of velocity to the perpendicular component. This conversion is also studied for different magnetic field gradient scale lengths in the cusp field region.     

Relativistic Nonlocal Quantum Field Theory

A theory is defined to be relativistic if its Hamiltonian, total momenta, and boost's generators satisfy commutation relations of the Poincaré group. Field theories with usual local interactions are known to be relativistic. A simple example of a relativistic nonlocal theory is found. However, it has divergences. Some conditions are obtained which are necessary in order that a nonlocal theory be relativistic and divergenceless.     

Ultraviolet Finite Quantum Field Theory on Quantum Spacetime

 We discuss a formulation of quantum field theory on quantum space time where the perturbation expansion of the S-matrix is term by term ultraviolet finite. The characteristic feature of our approach is a quantum version of the Wick product at coinciding points: the differences of coordinates q _j −q _k are not set equal to zero, which would violate the commutation relation between their components. We show that the optimal degree of approximate coincidence can be defined by the evaluation of a conditional expectation which replaces each function of q _j −q _k by its expectation value in optimally localized states, while leaving the mean coordinates invariant. The resulting procedure is to a large extent unique, and is invariant under translations and rotations, but violates Lorentz invariance. Indeed, optimal localization refers to a specific Lorentz frame, where the electric and magnetic parts of the commutator of the coordinates have to coincide [11]. Employing an adiabatic switching, we show that the S-matrix is term by term finite. The matrix elements of the transfer matrix are determined, at each order in the perturbative expansion, by kernels with Gaussian decay in the Planck scale. The adiabatic limit and the large scale limit of this theory will be studied elsewhere. Received: 15 January 2003 / Accepted: 20 March 2003 Published online: 5 May 2003 RID="*" ID="*" Research supported by MIUR and GNAMPA-INDAM RID="*" ID="*" Research supported by MIUR and GNAMPA-INDAM Communicated by H. Araki and D. Buchholz     

A Quantum Particle in a One-Dimensional Fractal Field

Algorithms have been obtained for calculating reflection coefficients for a particle incident on a fractal potential barrier or on a fractal potential well. It has been investigated how these coefficients vary with the energy of the particle and with the fractal dimension and other parameters of the barrier or well. The energies of the bound states of fractal potential wells have been calculated.     

Scattering Matrix in Quantum Field Theory

We show that a relativistically covariant, unitary, and causative scattering matrix, which is finite in each order of perturbation theory, can be constructed using fundamental postulates of quantum field theory and give a physical interpretation of the results obtained.     

A Naturally Renormalized Quantum Field Theory

It was shown that quantum metric fluctuations smear out the singularities of Green functions on the light cone (Ford, ), but it does not remove other ultraviolet divergences of the quantum field theory (QFT). We have proved that quantization in indefinite metric, i.e. QFT in Krein space, removes all divergences of the theory except light cone singularity (Gazeau, et al., Class. Quantum Gravity, 17:1415, 2000, ; Takook, Int. J. Mod. Phys. E, 11:509, 2002, ). In this paper, by considering the QFT in Krein space and the quantum metric fluctuations, it is shown that all divergences can be removed.     

PT Symmetry in Quantum Field Theory

The Hamiltonian H specifies the energy levels and the time evolution of a quantum theory. It is an axiom of quantum mechanics that H be Hermitian. The Hermiticity of H guarantees that the energy spectrum is real and that the time evolution is unitary (probability preserving). In this talk we investigate an alternative formulation of quantum mechanics in which the mathematical requirement of Hermiticity is replaced by the more physically transparent condition of space-time reflection (PT) symmetry. We show that if the PT symmetry of a Hamiltonian H is not broken, then the spectrum of H is real. Examples of PT-symmetric non-Hermitian Hamiltonians are H=p ²+ix ³ and H=p ²-x ⁴. The crucial question is whether PT-symmetric Hamiltonians specify physically acceptable quantum theories in which the norms of states are positive and the time evolution is unitary. The answer is that a Hamiltonian that has an unbroken PT symmetry also possesses a physical symmetry that we call C. Using C, we show how to construct an inner product whose associated norm is positive definite. The result is a new class of fully consistent complex quantum theories. Observables exhibit CPT symmetry, probabilities are positive, and the dynamics is governed by unitary time evolution.     

Quantum Field Theory of Black-Swan Events

Free and weakly interacting particles are described by a second-quantized nonlinear Schrödinger equation, or relativistic versions of it. They describe Gaussian random walks with collisions. By contrast, the fields of strongly interacting particles are governed by effective actions, whose extremum yields fractional field equations. Their particle orbits perform universal Lévy walks with heavy tails, in which rare events are much more frequent than in Gaussian random walks. Such rare events are observed in exceptionally strong windgusts, monster or rogue waves, earthquakes, and financial crashes. While earthquakes may destroy entire cities, the latter have the potential of devastating entire economies.