Improved mean field analysis of spontaneous symmetry breaking in a bidirectional two-lane system with narrow entrances

This Letter presents an improved mean field analysis of a bidirectional two-lane asymmetric exclusion process with narrow entrances, which exhibits spontaneous symmetry breaking. The method takes into account the correlation of the vertical cluster at system boundaries, which shows better agreement with simulations than the simple mean field method.     

The robustness in dynamics of out of equilibrium bidirectional transport systems with constrained entrances

Macroscopic and microscopic long-distance bidirectional transfer depends on connections between entrances and exits of various transport mediums. Persuaded by the associations, we introduce a small system module of Totally Asymmetric Simple Exclusion Process including oppositely directed species of particles moving on two parallel channels with constrained entrances. The dynamical rules which characterize the system obey symmetry between the two species and are identical for both the channels. The model displays a rich steady-state behavior, including symmetry breaking phenomenon. The phase diagram is analyzed theoretically within the mean-field approximation and substantiated with Monte Carlo simulations. Relevant mean-field calculations are also presented. We further compared the phase segregation with those observed in previous works, and it is examined that the structure of phase separation in proposed model is distinguished from earlier ones. Interestingly, for phases with broken symmetry, symmetry with respect to channels has been observed as the distinct particles behave differently while the similar type of particles exhibits the same conduct in the system. For symmetric phases, significant properties including currents and densities in the channels are identical for both types of particles. The effect of symmetry breaking occurrence on the Monte Carlo simulation results has also been examined based on particle density histograms. Finally, phase properties of the system having strong size dependency have been explored based on simulations findings.     

Effective Hamiltonian for scalar theories in the Gaussian approximation

We use a Gaussian wave functional for the ground state to reorder the Hamiltonian into a free part with a variationally determined mass and the rest. Once spontaneous symmetry breaking is taken into account, the residual Hamiltonian can, in principle, be treated perturbatively. In this scheme we analyze the O(1) and O(2) scalar models. For the O(2)-theory we first explicitly calculate the massless Goldstone excitation and then show that the one-loop corrections of the effective Hamiltonian do not generate a mass.     

Bose–Einstein condensation in binary mixture of Bose gases

The Bose–Einstein condensation (BEC) in a binary mixture of Bose gases is studied by means of the Cornwall–Jackiw–Tomboulis (CJT) effective action approach. The equations of state (EoS) and various scenarios of phase transitions of the system are considered in detail, in particular, the numerical computations are carried out for symmetry restoration (SR), symmetry nonrestoration (SNR) and inverse symmetry breaking (ISB) for getting an insight into their physical nature. It is shown that due to the cross interaction between distinct components of mixture there occur two interesting phenomena: the high temperature BEC and the inverse BEC, which could be tested in experiments.     

Viscosities in chiral symmetry breaking phase

In the chiral symmetry breaking phase described by the NJL model at quark level,along with the chiral symmetry restoration the ratio of shear viscosity to entropy density η/s drops down monotonously and reaches the minimum at the critical point,while the ratio of bulk viscosity to entropy density ζ/s behaves oppositely.     

Viscosities in chiral symmetry breaking phase

In the chiral symmetry breaking phase described by the NJL model at quark level,along with the chiral symmetry restoration the ratio of shear viscosity to entropy density η/s drops down monotonously and reaches the minimum at the critical point,while the ratio of bulk viscosity to entropy density ζ/s behaves oppositely.     

Symmetry-breaking vortex-lattice of a binary superfluid in a rotating bucket

We study spontaneous-symmetry-broken phase-separated vortex lattice in a weakly interacting uniform rapidly rotating binary Bose superfluid contained in a quasi-two-dimensional circular or square bucket. For the inter-species repulsion above a critical value, the two superfluid components separate and form a demixed phase with practically no overlap in the vortex lattices of the two components, which will permit an efficient experimental observation of such vortices and study their properties. In case of a circular bucket with equal intra-species energies of the two components, the two components separate into two non-overlapping semicircular domains for all frequencies of rotation Ω generating distinct demixed vortex lattices. In case of a binary Bose superfluid in both circular and square buckets, (a) the number of vortices increases linearly with Ω in agreement with a suggestion by Feynman, and (b) the rotational energy in the rotating frame decreases quadratically with Ω in agreement with a suggestion by Fetter.     

Spontaneous breaking of the BRST symmetry in the presence of the Gribov horizon: Renormalizability

An all orders algebraic proof of the multiplicative renormalizability of the novel formulation of the Gribov–Zwanziger action proposed in Dudal (2012) [39], and allowing for an exact but spontaneously broken BRST symmetry, is provided.     

从Sn质子滴线核到Sn中子滴线核的自旋对称性和赝自旋对称性

在球形相对论平均场模型下, 采用NLSH相互作用全面研究了从Sn质子滴线核到Sn中子滴线核的自旋对称性和赝自旋对称性. 发现: 1) 随着核子数的增大, 中子和质子的赝自旋波函数劈裂基本上都是减小的, 并且质子的变化趋势更加明显. 中子高能级的自旋波函数劈裂随着核子数的增大也是减小的. 2) 对于特定的同位素, 当n=1时, 赝自旋波函数劈裂随着l的增大而增大. 当n=2时, 中子的自旋波函数劈裂随着l的增大而增大. 当l=2或l=3时, 中子的自旋波函数劈裂随着n的增大而增大. 3) 中子和质子的赝自旋劈裂之间的差别总是比自旋劈裂的差别更大一些.     

Spontaneous symmetry breaking in quantum many-body systems (A solid-state physicist’s view of Goldstone’s theorem and all that)

The concept of spontaneous symmetry breaking arose first in the context of superconductivity, before it became important for elementary particle physics. Starting with its original discovery, a comparison of the workings of the Goldstone mechanism in relativistic quantum fixed theory on the one hand and in quantum statistical mechanics on the other is given. The roles of locality and of long range forces are traced. For condensed matter physics, an approach using functional integral methods and macroscopic order parameter fields, valid near critical points is outlined. A possibly more widely valid approach is also presented, to complete this review of the Goldstone theories in quantum statistical mechanics. Talk delivered at the International Symposium on Theoretical Physics, Bangalore, November 1984.     

原子核反核子谱的自旋对称性

简要介绍原子核反核子谱的自旋对称性。通过分析包含标量势和矢量势的核子及反核子Dirac方程的性质,给出核子谱的赝自旋对称性和反核子谱的自旋对称性的起因。对于反核子双重态,除了它们的能量非常接近以外,它们的波函数也几乎严格地满足自旋对称性所要求的关系。     

Pion Effect of Nuclear Matter in a Chiral Sigma Model

We develop a new framework for the study of the nuclear matter based on the linear sigma model.We introduce a completely new viewpoint on the treatment of the nuclear matter with the inclusion of the pion.We extend the relativistic chiral mean field model by using the similar method in the tensor optimized shell model.We also regulate the pion-nucleon interaction by considering the form-factor and short range repulsion effects.We obtain the equation of state of nuclear matter and study the importance of the pion effect.     

Gravity-Mediated Modifications of the Dispersion Relation in Nontrivial Backgrounds

Radiative corrections evaluated in nontrivial backgrounds lead to dispersion relations which effectively break the local Lorentz symmetry even if Lorentz invariance holds at a fundamental level. We report on progress made toward the calculation of radiative corrections which are induced by gravity. These should be relevant when approaching Planck scale. We first present the properties of the self-energy of a scalar particle traveling in a thermal graviton bath. We then discuss the possibility of performing the corresponding calculation in a curved background. We give the connection between two different approaches to the dispersion relation, based on the self-energy and the effective action, and we emphasize the need for the closed-time-path formalism in curved backgrounds.     

Numerical Evaluation of a Two-Loop Diagram in the Cutoff Regularization

The sunset diagram of λφ4 theory is evaluated numerically in cutoff scheme and a nonzero finite term(in accordance with dimensional regularization (DR) result) is found in contrast to published calculations. This findingdramatically reduces the critical couplings for symmetry breaking in the two-loop effective potential discussed in ourprevious work.     

Chiral perturbation theory: Introduction and recent results in the one-nucleon sector

We provide an introduction to the basic concepts of chiral perturbation theory and discuss some recent developments in the manifestly Lorentz-invariant formulation of the one-nucleon sector.     

Second order phase transition in two dimensional sine-Gordon field theory—Lattice model

Two dimensional sine-Gordon (SG) field theory on a lattice is studied using the single-site basis variational method of Drell and others. The nature of the phase transition associated with the spontaneous symmetry breakdown in a SG field system is clarified to be of second order. A generalisation is offered for a SG-type field theory in two dimensions with a potential of the from [cos ⁿ (√λ/m)ϕ−1].     

Numerical Evaluation of a Two-Loop Diagram in the Cutoff Regularization

The sunset diagram of λΦ^4 theory is evaluated numerically in cutoff scheme and a nonzero finite term (in accordance with dimensional regularization (DR) result) is found in contrast to published calculations. This finding dramatically reduces the critical couplings for symmetry breaking in the two-loop effective potential discussed in our previous work.     

Weak equivalence principle from a spontaneously broken gauge theory of gravity

Further consequences of a finite topological field theory for gravity based on the SL(5,R) gauge group are reported. After symmetry breaking, it induces four-dimensional Einstein spaces with a cosmological constant related to the tiny scale of the symmetry breaking. It is shown that not only a ‘background’ metric emerges from a Higgs-like mechanism, but also consistently the geodesic equation central to Einstein?s equivalence principle. In next order of the symmetry breaking scale, the induced torsion could even provoke a tiny Lorentz violation.     

Domain growth in chiral phase transitions

We study the kinetics of chiral phase transitions in quark matter. We discuss the phase diagram of this system in both a microscopic framework (using the Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model) and a phenomenological framework (using the Landau free energy). Then, we study the far-from-equilibrium coarsening dynamics subsequent to a quench from the chirally-symmetric phase to the massive quark phase. Depending on the nature of the quench, the system evolves via either spinodal decomposition or nucleation and growth. The morphology of the ordering system is characterized using the order-parameter correlation function, structure factor, domain growth laws, etc.