Higher order parabolic approximations of the reduced wave equation

Asymptotic solutions of order k⁻ⁿ are developed for the reduced wave equation. Here k is a dimensionless wave number and n is the arbitrary order of the approximation. These approximations are an extension of geometric acoustics theory and provide corrections to that theory in the form of multiplicative functions which satisfy parabolic partial differential equations. These corrections account for the diffraction effects caused by variation of the field normal to the ray path and the interaction of these transverse variations with the variation of the field along the ray. The theory is applied to the example of radiation from a piston, and it is demonstrated that the higher order approximations are more accurate for decreasing values of k.     

Zero point energies in light cone field theory

In this paper, we study the role of zero point energies in light front quantized field theories using a simple scalar field model with quartic coupling. In the equal time formalism, the zero point energies are renormalized by normal ordering with respect to some vacuum state, which is varied to determine the true, interacting vacuum. On the light front, we shall see that this procedure acquires an unexpected subtlety due to the equivalence of the ultraviolet (k ⁺→∞) and infrared (k ⁺→0) limits of the light front momentum. In order for the divergent zero point contributions toP ⁺ andP ^? to cancel, we find that the product of the infrared and ultraviolet cutoffs must be a finite constant whose value is determined by the coupling constants of the theory. As an application, we determine the vacuum structure of the theory in two dimensions as a function of the quartic coupling. Finally, we discuss the implications of our result for the discretized versions of light front quantization.     

The Hamilton Cartan formalism for rth-order Lagrangians and the integrability of the KdV and modified KdV equations

The Hamilton Cartan formalism for rth order Lagrangians is presented in a form suited to dealing with higher-order conserved currents. Noether's Theorem and its converse are stated and Poisson brackets are defined for conserved charges. An isomorphism between the Lie algebra of conserved currents and a Lie algebra of infinitesimal symmetries of the Cartan form is established. This isomorphism, together with the commutativity of the Bäcklund transformations for the KdV and modified KdV equations, allows a simple geometric proof that the infinite collections of conserved charges for these equations are in involution with respect to the Poisson bracket determined by their Lagrangians. Thus, the formal complete integrability of these equations appears as a consequence of the properties of their Bäcklund transformations.It is noted that the Hamilton Cartan formalism determines a symplectic structure on the space of functionals determined by conserved charges and that, in the case of the KdV equation, the structure is the same as that given by Miura et al. [5].     

Hopf Solitons and Area-Preserving Diffeomorphisms of the Sphere

We consider a (3+1)-dimensional local field theory defined on the sphere S ². The model possesses exact soliton solutions with nontrivial Hopf topological charges and an infinite number of local conserved currents. We show that the Poisson bracket algebra of the corresponding charges is isomorphic to that of the area-preserving diffeomorphisms of the sphere S ². We also show that the conserved currents under consideration are the Noether currents associated to the invariance of the Lagrangian under that infinite group of diffeomorphisms. We indicate possible generalizations of the model.     

Green function theory of Curie and order—order transitions in ferromagnetic systems

Dipolar critical temperatures in ferromagnetic systems with isotropic bilinear and biquadratic exchange are investigated by means of the Green function technique. Expressions are found for both the familiar Curie temperature, T_c, and the less well known order-order transition temperature, T_o, at which, under appropriate conditions, the magnetic ordering undergoes a change between fully aligned and canted ferromagnetism. At T = 0, a fully aligned state has <s_i^z = s for spin s and all lattice sites i, while a canted state has 〈s_i^z〉<s. It is shown independently of the Green function analysis that the T = 0 ground state is fully aligned if α, the ratio of biquadratic to bilinear exchange integrals, obeys ?[2s(s?1)]^?1<α< [2s²?2s+1]^?1. The region below the lower limit is identified as the range in which canted ferromagnetism can occur and is a range that does not appear to have been considered previously via the Green function formalism.The temperature dependence of the magnetic ordering is investigated by means of the double-time temperature-dependent Green function formalism. A new decoupling scheme is derived and used to reduce higher order Green functions to lowest order. It is found that a canted state, occuring at low temperatures, undergoes a transition to a fully aligned state at a temperature T₀ and subsequently becomes disordered at temperature T_c. Transitions to paramagnetism are found to be second order for α<α_c and first order for α?α_c where α_c is a critical value that depends on the atomic spin and weakly on the lattice structure. A phase diagram is given to illustrate the results, and a comparison is made with the corresponding results found in mean field theory.     

Spatially localized heteronuclear scalar order

The spatial localization of the heteronuclear scalar order produced for an AX _N spin-1/2 system by adiabatic demagnetization in the rotating frame is discussed. The density operator formalism is used for an exact evaluation of the produced scalar order in the presence of the main field gradient. A pulse sequence to record the scalar order profile is presented.     

Covariantized Nœther identities and conservation laws for perturbations in metric theories of gravity

A construction of conservation laws and conserved quantities for perturbations in arbitrary metric theories of gravity is developed. In an arbitrary field theory, with the use of incorporating an auxiliary metric into the initial Lagrangian covariantized N?ther identities are carried out. Identically conserved currents with corresponding superpotentials are united into a family. Such a generalized formalism of the covariantized identities gives a natural basis for constructing conserved quantities for perturbations. A new family of conserved currents and correspondent superpotentials for perturbations on arbitrary curved backgrounds in metric theories is suggested. The conserved quantities are both of pure canonical N?ther and of Belinfante corrected types. To test the results each of the superpotentials of the family is applied to calculate the mass of the Schwarzschild-anti-de Sitter black hole in the Einstein–Gauss–Bonnet gravity. Using all the superpotentials of the family gives the standard accepted mass.     

A Migdal-Kadanoff renormalization-group approach for the XY spin glass

Superconducting rings with mesoscopic Josephson junctions are considered in the presence of a do voltage bias V _o and of non-classical electromagnetic fields (coherent states, squeezed states, number eigenstates etc.). Due to the quantum nature of these devices the current I is a quantum mechanical operator and therefore «I²» is in general different from «I»². Using «I ²» we define the rms current I _rms, and using the various harmonics of «I» as if they belong to a classical current we define the “classical rms current” I _{rms, class}. In the case of classical currents these two quantities are identical, but for quantum currents they are different. We study their difference for various non-classical fields, and find that in some cases this difference is large. These predictions could be observed experimentally through the electromagnetic power that these currents radiate. An experiment that confirms the I _rms and refutes the Irms, class would prove the quantum nature of these currents.     

Time dependent contributions to the effective order of non-linearity for two photon ionization

The typical definition of the effective order of non-linearity, k = ?_lnIlnN_ion is found to be time dependent for high light intensities. An alternative definition is presented for comparison of theoretical and experimental quantities.     

Advection of a passive vector field by the Gaussian velocity field with finite correlations in time

Using the field theoretic renormalization group technique the model of a passive vector field advected by an incompressible turbulent flow is investigated up to the second order of the perturbation theory (two-loop approximation). The turbulent environment is given by statistical fluctuations of the velocity field that has a Gaussian distribution with zero mean and defined noise with finite correlations in time. Two-loop analysis of all possible scaling regimes in general d-dimensional space is done in the plane of exponents ? ? η, where ? characterizes the energy spectrum of the velocity field in the inertial range E ∝ k ^{1 ? 2ε}, and η is related to the correlation time at the wave number k which is scaled as k ^{?2 + η}. It is shown that the scaling regimes of the present model of vector advection have essentially different properties than the scaling regimes of the corresponding model of passively advected scalar quantity. The results demonstrate the fact that within the present model of passively advected vector field the internal tensor structure of the advected field can have nontrivial impact on the diffusion processes deep inside in the inertial interval of given turbulent flow.     

Second order gauge theory

A gauge theory of second order in the derivatives of the auxiliary field is constructed following Utiyama’s program. A novel field strength G = ∂F + fAF arises besides the one of the first order treatment, F = ∂A − ∂A + fAA. The associated conserved current is obtained. It has a new feature: topological terms are determined from local invariance requirements. Podolsky Generalized Eletrodynamics is derived as a particular case in which the Lagrangian of the gauge field is L_P ∝ G². In this application the photon mass is estimated. The SU (N) infrared regime is analysed by means of Alekseev-Arbuzov-Baikov’s Lagrangian.     

Three-jet cross sections to next-to-leading order

One- and two-jet inclusive quantities in hadron collisions have already been calculated to next-to-leading order accuracy, using both the subtraction and the slicing method. Since the one-loop corrections have recently been obtained for all five-parton amplitudes, three-jet inclusive quantities can also be predicted to next-to-leading order. The subtraction method presented in the literature is based on a systematic use of boost-invariant kinematical variables, and therefore its application to three-jet production is quite cumbersome. In this paper we re-analyze the subtraction method and point out the advantage of using angle and energy variables. This leads to simpler results and has complete generality, extending its validity to n-jet production. The formalism is also applicable to n-net production in e⁺e⁻ annihilation and in photon-hardon collisions. All the analytical results necessary to construct an efficient numerical program for next-to-leading order three-jet inclusive quantities in hadroproduction are given explicitly. As a new analytical result, we also report the collinear limits of all the two-to-four processes.     

Density functional theory simulation of liquid helium-4 in aerogel

Thermodynamic properties of cubic Heisenberg ferromagnets with competing exchange interactions are considered near the frustration point where the coefficient D in the spin-wave spectrum E _k ～ Dk ² vanishes. Within the Dyson-Maleev formalism, it is found that, at low temperatures, thermal fluctuations stabilize ferromagnetism by increasing the value of D. For not overly strong frustration, this leads to an unusual “concave” shape of the temperature dependence of magnetization, which is in agreement with experimental data on europium chalcogenides. The phase diagram is constructed by means of Monte Carlo simulation, and suppression of the magnetization and Curie temperature is found in comparison with the results of the spin-wave theory. This effect is explained by the presence of nonanalytical corrections to the spin-wave spectrum which are represented in the lowest order by the term ～(T/S)² k ²lnk.     

Coherence transfer between nuclear spins in paramagnetic systems: effects of nucleus—electron dipole—dipole cross-correlation

In nuclear magnetic resonance of paramagnetic systems, cross-correlations between the fluctuations of a nucleus—nucleus dipole—dipole coupling I^k I^l and a nucleus—electron dipole coupling I^kS induces cross-relaxation and makes it possible to generate bilinear terms in the density matrix of the type 2I^k _xI^l _z from coherence I^k _x that can lead to ‘relaxation-allowed’ coherence transfer between two nuclei I^k and I^l . In this paper these effects are demonstrated in a complex involving a fragment of double-stranded DNA and two chromomycin molecules complexing a paramagnetic cobalt ion. Analytical expressions are given for the cross-correlation rates in particular conditions, while the extension to anisotropic g tensors or zero field splittings are addressed. It is shown that relaxation-allowed coherence transfer leads to characteristic signals in double-quantum filtered correlation spectroscopy (DQF—COSY), but not in total correlation spectroscopy (TOCSY). Analytical expressions are unable to reproduce the observed cross-peak patterns. A careful numerical study reveals that in the high spin Co(II) complex studied here, the cross-correlation dynamic shift contribution is of the same order of magnitude as the cross-correlation rate, a value much larger than what can be computed assuming isotropic Brownian motion and complete separation between the electron spin and the lattice.     

Advection of passive magnetic field by the Gaussian velocity field with finite correlations in time and spatial parity violation

Using the field theoretic renormalization group technique the model of passively advected weak magnetic field by an incompressible isotropic helical turbulent flow is investigated up to the second order of the perturbation theory (two-loop approximation) in the framework of an extended Kazantsev-Kraichnan model of kinematic magnetohydrodynamics. Statistical fluctuations of the velocity field are taken in the form of a Gaussian distribution with zero mean and defined noise with finite correlations in time. The two-loop analysis of all possible scaling regimes is done and the influence of helicity on the stability of scaling regimes is discussed and shown in the plane of exponents ? ? η, where ? characterizes the energy spectrum of the velocity field in the inertial range E ∞ k ^{1 ? 2ε}, and η is related to the correlation time at the wave number k which is scaled as k ^{?2 + η}. It is shown that in non-helical case the scaling regimes of the present vector model are completely identical and have also the same properties as those obtained in the corresponding model of passively advected scalar field. Besides, it is also shown that when the turbulent environment under consideration is helical then the properties of the scaling regimes in models of passively advected scalar and vector (magnetic) fields are essentially different. The results demonstrate the importance of the presence of a symmetry breaking in a given turbulent environment for investigation of the influence of an internal tensor structure of the advected field on the inertial range scaling properties of the model under consideration and will be used in the analysis of the influence of helicity on the anomalous scaling of correlation functions of passively advected magnetic field.     

Chern–Simons theory with vector fermion matter

We study three-dimensional conformal field theories described by U(N) Chern?CSimons theory at level k coupled to massless fermions in the fundamental representation. By solving a Schwinger?CDyson equation in light-cone gauge, we compute the exact planar free energy of the theory at finite temperature on ?² as a function of the ??t?Hooft coupling ??=N/k. Employing a dimensional reduction regularization scheme, we find that the free energy vanishes at |??|=1; the conformal theory does not exist for |??|>1. We analyze the operator spectrum via the anomalous conservation relation for higher spin currents, and in particular show that the higher spin currents do not develop anomalous dimensions at leading order in 1/N. We present an integral equation whose solution in principle determines all correlators of these currents at leading order in 1/N and present explicit perturbative results for all three-point functions up to two loops. We also discuss a light-cone Hamiltonian formulation of this theory where a W _?? algebra arises. The maximally supersymmetric version of our theory is ABJ model with one gauge group taken to be U(1), demonstrating that a pure higher spin gauge theory arises as a limit of string theory.     

Lift order problems for ordinary differential equations on manifolds

Fork≥0, let ττ_k:T ^k+1(M)=T(T ^k(M))→T ^k(M) denote the (k+1)th iterated tangent bundle in relation to a base manifoldT ⁰(M)=M. LetV represent a possibly nonstationary vector field overT ^k(M), and letQ be a subset/submanifold inT ^k(M). Sufficient conditions (and, whenV is completely integrable inQ, necessary and sufficient conditions) are established to ensure that all solutionsg toy′=V(t, y) lying entirely inQ have the formG=f ^[k], wheref ^[k] is thekth-order differential lift of a curvef lying inM. The relevance of the issue for higher order dynamical systems (especially in mechanics) is discussed. Higher order involutions and complete vector field lifts are examined from the viewpoint of the differential equations they present. Collateral results on the general solvability of initial value problems are obtained and numerous examples are discussed in detail. To the memory of my teacher and friend M. Kuga (1928–1990).     

Beyond the first order of the Hyperspherical Harmonic Expansion Method

In this paper we demonstrate the inadequacy of the first order of the Hyperspherical Harmonic Expansion Method, the L_m approximation, for the calculation of the binding energies, charge form factors and charge densities of doubly magic nuclei like ¹⁶O and ⁴⁰Ca. We then extend the Hyperspherical Expansion Method to many-fermion systems, consisting of an arbitrary number of fermions, and develop an exact formalism capable of generating the complete optimal subset of the hyperspherical harmonic basis functions. This optimal subset consists of those hyperspherical harmonic basis functions directly connected to the dominant first term in the expansion, the hyperspherical harmonic of minimal order L_m, through the total interaction between the particles. The required many-body coefficients are given using either the Gogny or Talmi-Moshinsky coefficients for the two-body operators. Using the two-body coefficients the weight function generating the orthogonal polynomials associated with the optimal subset is constructed.     

Magnetic barrier in a two-dimensional hole gas

Transport properties of a magnetic barrier in a Ga_xAl_1−xAs based two-dimensional hole gas are reported. A ferromagnetic cobalt film, separated by an AlO_x layer from the semiconductor in order to prevent leakage currents, is magnetized in-plane, such that the fringe field generates a localized perpendicular magnetic field acting as a magnetic barrier. The resistance as a function of the in-plane magnetic field shows a characteristic minimum at the coercive field of the ferromagnetic film. Semiclassical simulations based on the Landauer–Büttiker formalism show good agreement with the experiment.     

Variational formulation of covariant eikonal theory for vector waves

The eikonal theory of wave propagation is developed by means of a Lorentz-covariant variational principle, involving functions defined on the natural eight-dimensional phase space of rays. The wave field is a four-vector representing the electromagnetic potential, while the medium is represented by an anisotropic, dispersive nonuniform dielectric tensor D^μν(k,x). The eikonal expansion yields, to lowest order, the hamiltonian ray equations, which define the lagrangian manifold k(x), and the wave-action conservation law, which determines the wave-amplitude transport along the rays. The first-order contribution to the variational principle yields a concise expression for the transport of the polarization phase. The symmetry between k-space and x-space allows for a simple implementation of the Maslov transform, which avoids the difficulties of caustic singularities.