Kinetic Theory of Quantum Electrodynamic Plasma in a Strong Electromagnetic Field: I. The Covariant Formalism

We present a covariant approach to the kinetic theory of quantum electrodynamic plasma in a strong electromagnetic field. The method is based on the relativistic von Neumann equation for the nonequilibrium statistical operator defined on spacelike hyperplanes in Minkowski space. We use the canonical quantization of the system on hyperplanes and a covariant generalization of the Coulomb gauge. The condensate mode associated with the mean electromagnetic field is separated from the photon degrees of freedom by a time-dependent unitary transformation of the dynamic variables and the nonequilibrium statistical operator. This allows using expansions of correlation functions and of the statistical operator in powers of the fine structure constant even in the presence of a strong electromagnetic field. We present a general scheme for deriving kinetic equations in the hyperplane formalism.     

Relativistically Covariant Quantum Field Theory of the Maslov Complex Germ

We consider an explicitly covariant formulation of the quantum field theory of the Maslov complex germ (semiclassical field theory) in the example of a scalar field. The main object in the theory is the “semiclassical bundle” whose base is the set of classical states and whose fibers are the spaces of states of the quantum theory in an external field. The respective semiclassical states occurring in the Maslov complex germ theory at a point and in the theory of Lagrangian manifolds with a complex germ are represented by points and surfaces in the semiclassical bundle space. We formulate semiclassical analogues of quantum field theory axioms and establish a relation between the covariant semiclassical theory and both the Hamiltonian formulation previously constructed and the axiomatic field theory constructions Schwinger sources, the Bogoliubov S-matrix, and the Lehmann-Symanzik-Zimmermann R-functions. We propose a new covariant formulation of classical field theory and a scheme of semiclassical quantization of fields that does not involve a postulated replacement of Poisson brackets with commutators.__________Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 144, No. 3, pp. 492–512, September, 2005.     

New Perturbation Theory for Quantum Field Theory: Convergent Series Instead of Asymptotic Expansions

We present a new approach to perturbation theory for quantum field theory based on convergent series instead of asymptotic expansions. This approach could be considered as the next step after traditional perturbation theory calculations, which allows more comprehensive use of previously obtained information in finding numerical values with greater accuracy.     

Spontaneous Generation of Effective Interaction in a Renormalizable Quantum Field Theory Model

We consider the theory of a massless scalar field with the g³ coupling in a six-dimensional space. We use Bogoliubov's method of quasiaverages to study the possibility of a breaking of the original scaling symmetry and of the corresponding spontaneous generation of the effective G⁴ coupling. We show that the linearized compensation equation for the form factor of this coupling has a nontrivial solution through the third-order approximation. In the same approximation, the Bethe–Salpeter equation for a massless scalar bound state of two fields also has a solution. Matching the values of the form factor and the scalar field mass m at zero leads to a unique solution that gives a relation between the parameters of the g³ coupling and the parameters G and m. We argue in favor of the stability of the nontrivial solution obtained.     

On Copositive Approximation in Spaces of Continuous Functions Ⅱ:The Uniqueness of Best Copositive Approximation

This paper is part Ⅱ of "On Copositive Approximation in Spaces of Continuous Functions". In this paper, the author shows that if Q is any compact subset of real numbers, and M is any finite dimensional strict Chebyshev subspace of C(Q), then for any admissible function f ∈C(Q)\M, the best copositive approximation to f from M is unique.     

关于苏联科学院数学研究所在函数逼近论方面的工作（下）

关于苏联科学院数学研究所在函数逼近论方面的工作（下）ＣＡ．捷里亚可夫斯基（原苏联科学院数学研究所）６多元函数逼近多元函数逼近的正逆定理最早是由Ｄ．Ｊａｃｋｓｏｎ［４］和Ｓ．Ｎ．Ｂｅｒｎｓｔｅｉｎ［５］与一元函数的定理同时给出的，对多元函数的系统研究要...     

The Asymptotic Form of the Lower Landau Bands in a Strong Magnetic Field

The asymptotic form of the bottom part of the spectrum of the two-dimensional magnetic Schrödinger operator with a periodic potential in a strong magnetic field is studied in the semiclassical approximation. Averaging methods permit reducing the corresponding classical problem to a one-dimensional problem on the torus; we thus show the almost integrability of the original problem. Using elementary corollaries from the topological theory of Hamiltonian systems, we classify the almost invariant manifolds of the classical Hamiltonian. The manifolds corresponding to the bottom part of the spectrum are closed or nonclosed curves and points. Their geometric and topological characteristics determine the asymptotic form of parts of the spectrum (spectral series). We construct this asymptotic form using the methods of the semiclassical approximation with complex phases. We discuss the relation of the asymptotic form obtained to the magneto-Bloch conditions and asymptotics of the band spectrum.     

Causality Principle for a Reissner–Nordstrom Field in the RTG: The Small-Charge Case q2≤m2

We analyze the validity of the causality principle for the external electrovac solution generated by a static spherically symmetric and electrically charged body in the relativistic theory of gravity with a vanishing graviton mass, i.e., the Reissner–Nordstrom solution. We show that this principle restricts values of the constant in the external solution and also sets a lower bound for the source radius. We demonstrate that the external field of superdense star configurations satisfies the causality principle.     

The Study of Electromagnetic Scattering by a Non-perfectly Conductor in Chiral Media by Potential Theory

This paper is concerned with the electromagnetic scattering by a nonperfectly conductor obstacle in chiral environment.A two-dimensional mathematical model is established.The existence and uniqueness o...     

Remarks on Nonassociative Structures in Quantum Projective Field Theory: the Central Extension jl(2,C) of the Double sl(2,C)+sl(2,C) of the Simple Lie Algebra sl(2,C) and Related Topics

This paper is a revised and expanded version of two notes devoted to nonassociative structures in quantum projective field theory.     

Interaction of Two Charges in a Uniform Magnetic Field: II. Spatial Problem

The interaction of two charges moving in ℝ³ in a magnetic field B can be formulated as a Hamiltonian system with six degrees of freedom. Assuming that the magnetic field is uniform and the interaction potential has rotation symmetry, we reduce this system to one with three degrees of freedom. For special values of the conserved quantities, choices of parameters or restriction to the coplanar case, we obtain systems with two degrees of freedom. Specialising to the case of Coulomb interaction, these reductions enable us to obtain many qualitative features of the dynamics. For charges of the same sign, the gyrohelices either “bounce-back”, “pass-through”, or exceptionally converge to coplanar solutions. For charges of opposite signs, we decompose the state space into “free” and “trapped” parts with transitions only when the particles are coplanar. A scattering map is defined for those trajectories that come from and go to infinite separation along the field direction. It determines the asymptotic parallel velocities, guiding centre field lines, magnetic moments and gyrophases for large positive time from those for large negative time. In regimes where gyrophase averaging is appropriate, the scattering map has a simple form, conserving the magnetic moments and parallel kinetic energies (in a frame moving along the field with the centre of mass) and rotating or translating the guiding centre field lines. When the gyrofrequencies are in low-order resonance, however, gyrophase averaging is not justified and transfer of perpendicular kinetic energy is shown to occur. In the extreme case of equal gyrofrequencies, an additional integral helps us to analyse further and prove that there is typically also transfer between perpendicular and parallel kinetic energy.      

Spectral Properties of Hamiltonians of Charged Systems in a Homogeneous Magnetic Field: II. The Structure of the Pure Point Spectrum

We study the pure point spectrum of the energy operator H(P ) of a many-particle charged quantum system in a homogeneous magnetic field based on the results in our previous work under fixation of the sum P of the pseudomomentum components of the system. We prove that the discrete spectrum H(P ) of a short-range system is infinite under some conditions (which, for example, hold for a system of two oppositely charged particles) even in the case of a finitely supported potential. For a long-range system of the type of a (+)-ion of an atom (including the ion), the discrete spectrum is infinite.