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.     

Stability of Quantum Electrodynamics and Quantum Chromodynamics

We consider the vacuum energy in QED viewed as in a system of charged fermions and bosons and in QCD viewed as in a system of quarks (fermions) and gluons (bosons) in a self-dual field with a constant strength. We show that the cause of instability is the instability of bosons in the self-dual vacuum field. For the global stability of a system consisting of fermions and bosons, the number of fermions should be sufficiently large. The nonzero self-dual field leading to the confinement of fermions realizes the minimum of the vacuum energy in the case where the boson has the smallest mass in the system. Confinement therefore does not arise in QED, where the fermion (electron) has the smallest mass, and does arise in QCD, where the boson (gluon) has the smallest mass.     

Explicit Expressions for Timelike and Spacelike Observables of Quantum Chromodynamics in Analytic Perturbation Theory

We study the possibility of expressing the invariant QCD coupling function (i.e., the effective coupling constant) in an explicit analytic form in two- and three-loop approximations as well as in the case of the Padé-transformed -function. Both the timelike and spacelike domains are investigated. Technical aspects of the Shirkov–Solovtsov analytic perturbation theory are considered. Explicit expressions for the two- and three-loop effective coupling functions in the timelike domain are obtained. In the last case, we apply a new method of expanding functions represented in an arbitrary loop order of perturbation theory in powers of the two-loop function. The comparison with numerical data in the infrared region shows that the obtained explicit expressions for the three-loop functions agree fully with the exact numerical results.     

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.     

Homological Perturbation Theory and Mirror Symmetry

We explain how deformation theories of geometric objects such as complex structures,Poisson structures and holomorphic bundle structures lead to differential Gerstenhaber or Poisson al-gebras.We use homological perturbation theory to construct A∞ algebra structures on the cohomology,and their canonically defined deformations.Such constructions are used to formulate a version of A∞ algebraic mirror symmetry.     

Conformal Quantum Field Theory and Subfactors

We survey a recent progress on algebraic quantum field theory in connection with subfactor theory. We mainly concentrate on one-dimensional conformal quantum field theory.     

拓扑量子场理论与相交指标

该文构造了一新的上同调型拓扑量子场理论并证明了其配分函数是相交指标 (crossingindex)     

Dispersion Relations for the Forward Elastic Scattering Amplitude in Noncommutative Quantum Field Theory

We show that the forward elastic scattering amplitude of two massive spinless particles in noncommutative quantum field theory has the same analytic properties as in the commutative case if the noncommutativity condition involves only the spatial variables.     

定态微扰论的一种处理新方法

利用渐近方法,直接由Ｌａｇｒａｎｇｅ常数变易法求解含微扰项的Ｓｔｕｒｍ－Ｌｉｏｕｖｉｌｅ本征值问题．最后举一实例证明,与传统的展开法（结果为无穷多项）相比较,两种方法完全一致,等价,适用范围也相同,而且本文所述方法简明（一般只含两项）更具有一定的物理意义     

多频常微分方程的几何奇异扰动理论

在该文中,作者把常微分方程的几何奇异扰动理论推广到具多个频率的系统,同时给出了一个例子来说明主要理论．     

Field Theory Approach to the Dynamics of a Continuous Medium: A Perturbation Theory

We propose a perturbation theory that allows solving the equations of motion for the displacement vector in the body of the Earth in the framework of the linear theory of elasticity. We show that tectonic processes are primarily determined by tidal actions. We analyze the tidal effects in the Earth–Moon–Sun system.     

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.     

Perturbation Theory of Resonances and Embedded Eigenvalues of the Schrodinger Operator For a Crystal Film

We obtain formulas for resonances and eigenvalues embedded in the continuous spectrum that are similar to formulas in the standard perturbation theory. We prove that although the imaginary part of the first-order correction to the eigenvalue embedded in the continuous spectrum is zero, the perturbed eigenfunction, as a rule, ceases to be square-summable.__________Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 143, No. 3, pp. 417–430, June, 2005.     

Perturbation Theory for the Two-Particle Schrodinger Operator on a One-Dimensional Lattice

We consider the two-particle Schrodinger operator H(k) on the one-dimensional lattice ℤ. The operator H(π) has infinitely many eigenvalues z_m(π) = v(m), m ∈ ℤ₊. If the potential v increases on ℤ₊, then only the eigenvalue z₀(π) is simple, and all the other eigenvalues are of multiplicity two. We prove that for each of the doubly degenerate eigenvalues z_m(π), m ∈ ℕ, the operator H(π) splits into two nondegenerate eigenvalues z _m ⁻ (k) and z _m ⁺ (k) under small variations of k ∈ (π − δ, π). We show that z _m ⁻ (k) < z _m ⁺ (k) and obtain an estimate for z _m ⁺ (k) − z _m ⁻ (k) for k ∈ (π − δ, π). The eigenvalues z₀(k) and z ₁ ⁻ (k) increase on [π − δ, π]. If (Δv)(m) > 0, then z _m ^± (k) for m ≥ 2 also has this property. __________ Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 145, No. 2, pp. 212–220, November, 2005.     

Quantum entropy of Dirac fields in black holes

We use the brick-wall model to study the quantum entropy of the Dirac field in a static black hole with a global monopole or a cosmic string. We show that the entropy of the Dirac field contains a quadratically divergent term and two logarithmically divergent ones and it is not proportional to the entropy of the scalar field. The contribution of the logarithmic term to the entropy depends on the black-hole characteristics and is always negative. __________ Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 149, No. 1, pp. 60–64, October, 2006.     

Discrete Quantum Scattering Theory

We formulate quantum scattering theory in terms of a discrete L ₂-basis of eigen differentials. Using projection operators in the Hilbert space, we develop a universal method for constructing finite-dimensional analogues of the basic operators of the scattering theory: S- and T-matrices, resolvent operators, and Möller wave operators as well as the analogues of resolvent identities and the Lippmann–Schwinger equations for the T-matrix. The developed general formalism of the discrete scattering theory results in a very simple calculation scheme for a broad class of interaction operators.     

Perturbation Theory for Simultaneous Bases of Singular Subspaces

New perturbation theorems are proved for simultaneous bases of singular subspaces of real matrices. These results improve the absolute bounds previously obtained in [6] for general (complex) matrices. Unlike previous results, which are valid only for the Frobenius norm, the new bounds, as well as those in [6] for complex matrices, are extended to any unitarily invariant matrix norm. The bounds are complemented with numerical experiments which show their relevance for the algorithms computing the singular value decomposition. Additionally, the differential calculus approach employed allows to easily prove new sin perturbation theorems for singular subspaces which deal independently with left and right singular subspaces.     

On the Extrapolation of Perturbation Series

We discuss certain special cases of algebraic approximants that are given as zeroes of so-called effective characteristic polynomials and their generalization to a multiseries setting. These approximants are useful for the convergence acceleration or summation of quantum mechanical perturbation series. Examples are given and some properties discussed.