Summation of diagrams in N=1 supersymmetric electrodynamics regularized by higher derivatives

For the massless N=1 supersymmetric electrodynamics regularized by higher derivatives, we partially sum the Feynman diagrams that define the divergent part of the two-point Green’s function and cannot be found from Schwinger—Dyson equations and Ward identities. The result can be written as a special identity for Green’s functions. __________ Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 146, No. 3, pp. 385–401, March, 2006.     

Investigating the anomaly puzzle in <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>=1 supersymmetric electrodynamics

Using Schwinger-Dyson equations and Ward identities in the N=1 supersymmetric electrodynamics regularized by higher derivatives, we find that we can calculate some contributions to the two-point Greens function of the gauge field and to the -function exactly in all orders of the perturbation theory. We use the results to investigate the anomaly puzzle in the considered theory.Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 142, No. 1, pp. 35–56, January, 2005.     

Anomaly Problem in the N=1 Supersymmetric Electrodynamics as a Consequence of the Inconsistency of the Dimensional Reduction Method

We compare the calculation of the two-loop -function in the N=1 supersymmetric electrodynamics regularized via higher derivatives and via dimensional reduction. We show that the renormalized effective action is the same for both regularizations. But in the method of higher derivatives, unlike in the dimensional reduction, the -function defined as the derivative of the renormalized coupling constant with respect to log turns out to be purely one-loop. The anomaly problem therefore does not occur in this regularization, because in the method of higher derivatives, the diagrams with counterterm insertions make a nonzero contribution, which is evaluated exactly in all orders of the perturbation theory. When dimensional reduction is used, this contribution is zero. We argue that this result is a consequence of the mathematical inconsistency of the dimensional reduction method and that just this inconsistency leads to the anomaly problem.     

Three-Loop β-Function of N=1 Supersymmetric Electrodynamics Regularized by Higher Derivatives

We calculate three-loop corrections to the effective action for N=1 supersymmetric electrodynamics regularized by higher derivatives. Using the obtained results, we investigate the anomaly problem in the considered model.     

Contribution of matter fields to the Gell-Mann-Low function for the $$\mathcal{N} = 1$$ supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory regularized by higher covariant derivatives

We use the Schwinger-Dyson equations and Slavnov-Tailor identities to obtain the contribution of matter fields to the Gell-Mann-Low function for the supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory regularized by higher covariant derivatives. We discuss the possible deviation of the result from the corresponding contribution to the exact Novikov-Shifman-Vainshtein-Zakharov β-function. __________ Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 150, No. 3, pp. 441–460, March, 2007.     

Two-loop Gell-Mann-Low function of the <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>=1 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory regularized by higher covariant derivatives

We calculate the two-loop Gell-Mann-Low function for the N=1 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory regularized by higher covariant derivatives. We show that the integrals determining this function reduce to total derivatives and can be easily calculated analytically. __________ Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 155, No. 3, pp. 398–414, June, 2008.     

Verifying a new identity for Green’s functions of the n=1 supersymmetric non-Abelian Yang-Mills theory with matter fields

We use the higher covariant derivative regularization to investigate a new identity for Green’s functions. It relates certain coefficients of the matter superfield vertex function for which one of the external matter legs is not chiral. Calculations in the first nontrivial order (for the two-loop vertex function) demonstrate that the new identity also holds in the non-Abelian Yang-Mills theory with matter fields. We demonstrate that the new identity follows because the three-loop integrals determining the Gell-Mann-Low function are integrals of total derivatives. __________ Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 156, No. 2, pp. 270–281, August, 2008.     

On the successive supersymmetric rank‐1 decomposition of higher‐order supersymmetric tensors

In this paper, a successive supersymmetric rank‐1 decomposition of a real higher‐order supersymmetric tensor is considered. To obtain such a decomposition, we design a greedy method based on iteratively computing the best supersymmetric rank‐1 approximation of the residual tensors. We further show that a supersymmetric canonical decomposition could be obtained when the method is applied to an orthogonally diagonalizable supersymmetric tensor, and in particular, when the order is 2, this method generates the eigenvalue decomposition for symmetric matrices. Details of the algorithm designed and the numerical results are reported in this paper. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

One-loop effective action in the $$ \mathcal{N} $$=2 supersymmetric massive Yang-Mills field theory

We consider the =2 supersymmetric massive Yang-Mills field theory formulated in the =2 harmonic superspace. We present various gauge-invariant forms of writing the mass term in the action (in particular, using the Stueckelberg superfield), which result in dual formulations of the theory. We develop a gaugeinvariant and explicitly supersymmetric scheme of the loop expansion of the superfield effective action beyond the mass shell. In the framework of this scheme, we calculate gauge-invariant and explicitly =2 supersymmetric one-loop counterterms including new counterterms depending on the Stueckelberg superfield. We analyze the component structure of one of these counterterms. __________ Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 157, No. 1, pp. 22–40, October, 2008.     

Renormalization of the N=1 supersymmetric 4-dimensional nonlinear sigma model with higher derivatives

Institute of High-Current Electronics, Siberian Branch, USSR Academy of Sciences. Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 77, No. 2, pp. 224–233, November, 1988.     

Eden-Staudacher and Beisert-Eden-Staudacher equations in the $$\mathcal{N} = 4$$ supersymmetric gauge theory

We investigate the Eden-Staudacher and Beisert-Eden-Staudacher equations for the anomalous dimension of twist-2 operators at a large spin s in the supersymmetric gauge theory. We reduce these equations to a set of linear algebraic equations and calculate their kernels analytically. We demonstrate that in the perturbation theory, the anomalous dimension is a sum of products of the Euler functions ζ(k) having the maximum transcendentality property. We also show that at a large coupling, the “singular” solution of the Beisert-Eden-Staudacher equation reproduces the anomalous dimension constants predicted from the string side of the AdS/CFT correspondence. __________ Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 155, No. 1, pp. 117–129, April, 2008.     

On the accelerating property of an algorithm for function minimization without calculating derivatives

It is shown that the alogrithm of Ref. E1, when converging on a uniformly convex function and when technical condition (13) of Ref. E1 is satisfied, has ann-iterationQ-superlinear rate of convergence and a behaviour which is a precursor of every-iterationQ-superlinearity. This result overrides and corrects main result Theorem 3.1 of Ref. E1.     

On the accelerating property of an algorithm for function minimization without calculating derivatives

This paper studies the speed of convergence of a general algorithm for function minimization without calculating derivatives. This algorithm contains Powell's 1964 algorithm as well as Zangwill's second modification of this procedure. The main results are Theorems 3.1 and 4.1 which show that, if the algorithm behaves well, then asymptotically almost conjugate directions are built; therefore, the algorithm has an every-iteration superlinear speed of convergence. The paper hinges on ideas of McCormick and Ritter and Powell.The authors wish to thank the Namur Department of Mathematics, especially its optimization group, for many discussions and encouragements. The authors also thank the reviewer for many helpful suggestions.     

Finite difference calculations of buoyant convection in an enclosure: verification of the nonlinear algorithm

Solutions are presented to nonlinear finite difference equations used to represent fire-driven buoyant convection in enclosures. The solutions depend upon the fact that these difference equations permit the decomposition of the discretized velocity field into solenoidal and irrotational components. The irrotational field is shown to satisfy a finite difference analog of Bernoulli's equation when the density is constant. This leads to a three-dimensional time-dependent solution to the difference equations. The solenoidal field is shown to possess steady-state two-dimensional solutions corresponding to a constant non-zero value of the discretized vorticity. The two solutions, together with results presented elsewhere describing finite difference approximations to linear internal waves in enclosures, have been used in the development and testing of the computer-based algorithms used to solve these equations. They have proved particularly useful in assessing the accuracy of finite difference approximations to the equations of inviscid fluid mechanics, as well as in debugging the computer codes implementing these algorithms.     

On Solutions of the q-Hypergeometric Equation with q N = 1

We consider the q-hypergeometric equation with q ^N = 1 and , , . We solve this equation on the space of functions given by a power series multiplied by a power of the logarithmic function. We prove that the subspace of solutions is two-dimensional over the field of quasi-constants. We get a basis for this space explicitly. In terms of this basis, we represent the q-hypergeometric function of the Barnes type constructed by Nishizawa and Ueno. Then we see that this function has logarithmic singularity at the origin. This is a difference between the q-hypergeometric functions with 0 < |q| < 1 and at |q| = 1.     

A polynomial-time algorithm for computing an optimal admission policy in a GI/M/1/N queue

A polynomial-time algorithm is proposed for computing an optimal admission policy for GI/M/1/N queueing systems. The approach is based upon mathematical programming in which a pointwise minimal value functions is to be found subject to a finite number of DP type constraints. The program is transformed by Fourier-Motzkin elimination into equivalent reduced systems to which a simple, forward-substitution type algorithm can be applied.