Eigenvalue density of the non-Hermitian Wilson Dirac operator

We find the lattice spacing dependence of the eigenvalue density of the non-Hermitian Wilson Dirac operator in the ? domain. The starting point is the joint probability density of the corresponding random matrix theory. In addition to the density of the complex eigenvalues we also obtain the density of the real eigenvalues separately for positive and negative chiralities as well as an explicit analytical expression for the number of additional real modes.     

Microscopic correlation functions for the QCD Dirac operator with chemical potential

A chiral random matrix model with complex eigenvalues is solved as an effective model for QCD with nonvanishing chemical potential. The new correlation functions derived from it are conjectured to predict the local fluctuations of complex Dirac operator eigenvalues at zero virtuality. The parameter measuring the non-Hermiticity of the random matrix is related to the chemical potential. In the phase with broken chiral symmetry all spectral correlations are calculated for finite matrix size N and in the large-N limit at weak and strong non-Hermiticity. The derivation uses the orthogonality of the Laguerre polynomials in the complex plane.     

Statistical properties at the spectrum edge of the QCD Dirac operator

The statistical properties of the spectrum of the staggered Dirac operator in an SU(2) lattice gauge theory are analyzed both in the bulk of the spectrum and at the spectrum edge. Two commonly used statistics, the number variance and the spectral rigidity, are investigated. While the spectral fluctuations at the edge are suppressed to the same extent as in the bulk, the spectra are more rigid at the edge. To study this effect, we introduce a microscopic unfolding procedure to separate the variation of the microscopic spectral density from the fluctuations. For the unfolded data, the number variance shows oscillations of the same kind as before unfolding, and the average spectral rigidity becomes larger than the one in the bulk. In addition, the short-range statistics at the origin is studied. The lattice data are compared to predictions of chiral random-matrix theory, and agreement with the chiral Gaussian Symplectic Ensemble is found. Received: 6 November 1997 / Revised version: 19 January 1998     

Dirac operator spectrum in the linear σ model

The spectrum of the Dirac operator for the linear σ Model with quarks in the large N_c approximation is presented. The spectral density can be related to the chiral condensate which is obtained using renormalization group flow equations. For small eigenvalues, the Banks-Casher relation and the vanishing linear correaction are recovered. The spectrum beyond the low energy regime is discussed.     

Extended supersymmetries and the Dirac operator

We consider supersymmetric quantum mechanical systems in arbitrary dimensions on curved spaces with nontrivial gauge fields. The square of the Dirac operator serves as Hamiltonian. We derive a relation between the number of supercharges that exist and restrictions on the geometry of the underlying spaces as well as the admissible gauge field configurations. From the superalgebra with two or more real supercharges we infer the existence of integrability conditions and obtain a corresponding superpotential. This potential can be used to deform the supercharges and to determine zero modes of the Dirac operator. The general results are applied to the Kähler spaces CPⁿ.     

Semiclassical limits for the QCD Dirac operator

We identify three semiclassical parameters in the QCD Dirac operator. Mutual coupling of the different types of degrees of freedom (translational, colour and spin) depends on how the semiclassical limit is taken. We discuss various semiclassical limits and their potential to describe spectrum and spectral statistics of the QCD Dirac operator close to zero virtuality.     

Pin structures and the modified Dirac operator

General theorems on pin structures on products of manifolds and on homogeneous (pseudo-) Riemannian spaces are given and used to find explicitly all such structures on odd-dimensional real projective quadrics, which are known to be non-orientable (Cahen et al. 1993). It is shown that the product of two manifolds has a pin structure if and only if both are pin and at least one of them is orientable. This general result is illustrated by the example of the product of two real projective planes. It is shown how the Dirac operator should be modified to make it equivariant with respect to the twisted adjoint action of the Pin group. A simple formula is derived for the spectrum of the Dirac operator on the product of two pin manifolds, one of which is orientable, in terms of the eigenvalues of the Dirac operators on the factor spaces.     

A simple derivation of the overlap Dirac operator

We derive the vector-like four-dimensional overlap Dirac operator starting from a five-dimensional Dirac action in the presence of a delta-function space–time defect. The effective operator is obtained by first integrating out all the fermionic modes in the fixed gauge background, and then identifying the contribution from the localized modes as the determinant of an operator in one dimension less. We define physically relevant degrees of freedom on the defect by introducing an auxiliary defect-bound fermion field and integrating out the original five-dimensional bulk fields.     

The first eigenvalue of the transversal Dirac operator

On a foliated Riemannian manifold with a transverse spin structure, we give a lower bound for the square of the eigenvalues of the transversal Dirac operator. We prove, in the limiting case, that the foliation is a minimal, transversally Einsteinian with constant transversal scalar curvature.     

Dirac operator zero-modes on a torus

We study Dirac operator zero-modes on a torus for gauge background with uniform field strengths. Under the basic translations of the torus coordinates the wave functions are subject to twisted periodic conditions. In suitable torus coordinates the zero-mode wave functions can be related to holomorphic functions of the complex torus coordinates. Half of the twisted boundary conditions for the holomorphic part of the zero-mode wave function can be made periodic or anti-periodic. The remaining half is until coordinate dependent but diagonal. We completely solve the twisted boundary conditions and construct the zero-mode wave functions. The chirality and the degeneracy of the zero-modes are uniquely determined by the gauge background and are consistent with the index theorem.     

Lower bounds for the eigenvalues of the Dirac operator

On a compact Riemannian spin manifold we give new lower bounds for the eigenvalues of the Dirac operator in terms of the curvature and of the norm of an appropriate endomorphism of the tangent bundle. As a corollary, one gets all known results in this direction. The limiting-case is then studied.     

Connections on Clifford bundles and the Dirac operator

It is shown, how, in the setting of Clifford bundles, the spin connection (or Dirac operator) may be obtained by averaging the Levi-Civita connection (or Kähler-Dirac operator) over the finite group generated by an orthonormal frame of the base manifold.The familiar covariance of the Dirac equation under a simultaneous transformation of spinors and matrix representations emerges very naturally in this scheme, which can also be applied when the manifold does not possess a spin structure.     

Dirac operator on the sphere with attached wires

An explicitly solvable model for tunnelling of relativistic spinless particles through a sphere is suggested. The model operator is constructed by an operator extensions theory method from the orthogonal sum of the Dirac operators on a semiaxis and on the sphere. The transmission coefficient is obtained. The dependence of the transmission coefficient on the particle energy has a resonant character. One observes pairs of the Breit–Wigner and the Fano resonances. It correlates with the corresponding results for a non-relativistic particle.     

On the Bunge-Kalnay position operator for the Dirac electron

A similarity is noted between a constant of the motion for the Dirac equation, with position operators as discussed by Bunge and Kalnay, and a constant of the motion discussed by Corben in connection with a nonrelativistic spinning particle.     

The Dirac operator with highly singular potentials

Time-dependent scattering theory for a Dirac particle with highly singular potential is developed. Criteria for asymptotic completeness of wave operators are obtained, and an example is given of a potential which violates asymptotic completeness and the unitarity of the scattering operator. (Completeness breaks down for a regular sequence of values of the coupling constant.)     

Chirality and Dirac operator on noncommutative sphere

We give a derivation of the Dirac operator on the noncommutative 2-sphere within the framework of the bosonic fuzzy sphere and define Connes' triple. It turns out that there are two different types of spectra of the Dirac operator and correspondingly there are two classes of quantized algebras. As a result we obtain a new restriction on the Planck constant in Berezin's quantization. The map to the local frame in noncommutative geometry is also discussed.