Quasicrystals: A Matter of Definition

It is argued that the prevailing definition of quasicrystals, requiring them to contain an axis of symmetry that is forbidden in periodic crystals, is inadequate. This definition is too restrictive in that it excludes an important and interesting collection of structures that exhibit all the well-known properties of quasicrystals without possessing any forbidden symmetries.     

Asymptotic Symmetries in Cosmological Models

In the present article we study asymptotic isometries and asymptotic conformal Killing motions of some anisotropic Bianchi cosmological models. We show that asymptotically isotropic homogeneous cosmological spaces can be covariantly studied and characterized using scalars constructed with the help the Killing equations. We exhibit some illustrative examples of space-times possessing asymptotic Killing collineations. We apply our results in order to discuss asymptotic symmetries associated with scalar cosmological perturbations.     

Symmetries and motions in manifolds

In these lectures the relations between symmetries, Lie algebras, Killing vectors and Noether's theorem are reviewed. A generalisation of the basic ideas to include velocity-dependent co-ordinate transformations naturally leads to the concept of Killing tensors. Via their Poisson brackets these tensors generate an a priori infinite-dimensional Lie algebra. The nature of such infinite algebras is clarified using the example of flat space-time. Next the formalism is extended to spinning space, which in addition to the standard real co-ordinates is parametrised also by Grassmann-valued vector variables. The equations for extremal trajectories (“geodesics”) of these spaces describe the pseudo-classical mechanics of a Dirac fermion. We apply the formalism to solve for the motion of a pseudo-classical electron in Schwarzschild space-time.     

Laws, Symmetries, and Reality

It is argued that quantum mechanics follows naturally from the assumptions that there are no fundamental causal laws but only probabilities for physical processes that are constrained by symmetries, and reality is relational in the sense that an object is real only in relation to another object that it is interacting with. The first assumption makes it natural to include in the action for a gauge theory all terms that are allowed by the symmetries, enabling cancellation of infinities, with only the terms in the standard model observable at the energies at which we presently do our experiments. In this approach, it is also natural to have an infinite number of fundamental interactions.     

Symmetries of Energy-Momentum Tensor： Some Basic Facts

It has been pointed out by Hall et al. [Gen. Rel. Gray. 28 （1996） 299.] that matter collineations can be defined by using three different methods. But there arises the question whether one studies matter collineations by using LεTab=0, or LεT^ab = 0 or LεT^b a=0. These alternative conditions are, of. course, not generally equivalent. This problem has been explored by applying these three definitions to general static spherically symmetric spacetimes. We compare the results with each definition.     

Classical Lattice-Gas Models of Quasicrystals

One of the fundamental problems of quasicrystals is to understand their occurrence in microscopic models of interacting particles. We review here recent attempts to construct stable quasicrystalline phases. In particular, we compare two recently constructed classical lattice-gas models with translation-invariant interactions and without periodic ground-state configurations. The models are based on nonperiodic tilings of the plane by square-like tiles. In the first model, all interactions can be minimized simultaneously. The second model is frustrated; its nonperiodic ground state can arise only by the minimization of the energy of competing interactions. We put forward some hypotheses concerning stabilities of nonperiodic ground states. In particular, we introduce two criteria, the so-called strict boundary conditions, and prove their equivalence to the zero-temperature stability of ground states against small perturbations of potentials of interacting particles. We discuss the relevance of these conditions for the low-temperature stability, i.e., for the existence of thermodynamically stable nonperiodic equilibrium states.     

Hybrid Quasicrystals,Transport and Localization in Products of Minimal Sets

We consider convex combinations of finite-valued almost periodic sequences (mainly substitution sequences) and put them as potentials of one-dimensional tight-binding models. We prove that these sequences are almost periodic. We call such combinations hybrid quasicrystals and these studies are related to the minimality, under the shift on both coordinates, of the product space of the respective (minimal) hulls. We observe a rich variety of behaviors on the quantum dynamical transport ranging from localization to transport. CRdO thanks the partial support by CNPq     

Pseudo-Hermitian Hamiltonians and Generalized Involutory Symmetries

We propose definitions of generalized parity (P), time-reversal (T) and charge-conjugation (C) operators such, that any diagonalizable pseudo-Hermitian Hamiltonian is invariant under the involutory symmetries C, TP, and CPT. We inquire about the peculiarities of such symmetries showing that these constitute the P-unitary and P-antiunitary symmetry generators. Moreover, we give a necessary and sufficient condition for diagonalizable pseudo-Hermitian Hamiltonians to admit P-pseudounitary and P-pseudoantiunitary symmetries.     

Lie Symmetries for Hamiltonian Systems Methodological Approach

This paper proposes an algorithm for the Lie symmetries investigation in the case of a 2D Hamiltonian system. General Lie operators are deduced firstly and, in the the next step, the associated Lie invariants are derived. The 2D Yang-Mills mechanical model is chosen as a test model for this method. PACS: 05.45.-a; 02.30.Ik     

Permutation Representations Defined by G-Clusters with Application to Quasicrystals

Starting from each finite union of orbits (called G- cluster) of an R-irreducible orthogonal representation of a finite group G, we define a representation of G in a higher-dimensional space (called permutation representation), and we prove that it can be decomposed into an orthogonal sum of two representations such that one of them is equivalent to the initial representation. This decomposition allows us to use the strip projection method and to obtain some patterns useful in quasicrystal physics. We show that certain self-similarities of such a pattern can be obtained by using the decomposition into R-irreducible components of the corresponding permutation representation, and we present two examples.     

十二次对称准周期结构的自相似变换及准晶胞构造

研究十二次对称准晶体模型的几何结构性质.修正了Socolar在正方形-菱形-六边形拼图模型中自相似变换的错误.在Stampfli-Ghler正方形-菱形-三角形拼图模型的基础上,成功地构造出了准晶胞,使得十二次对称准周期结构可以用覆盖理论描述.关键词：准晶体拼图模型自相似变换覆盖理论     

D相准晶显示强烈的各向异性电—声子质量增强效应

对ＡｌＮｉＣｏＤ相准晶和热电势测量表明，沿准晶面的电－声子质量增强效应比沿周期方向要大一个数量级以上。     

Noether Symmetries Versus Killing Vectors and Isometries of Spacetimes

Symmetries of spacetime manifolds which are given by Killing vectors are compared with the symmetries of the Lagrangians of the respective spacetimes. We find the point generators of the one parameter Lie groups of transformations that leave invariant the action integral corresponding to the Lagrangian (Noether symmetries). In the examples considered, it is shown that the Noether symmetries obtained by considering the Larangians provide additional symmetries which are not provided by the Killing vectors. It is conjectured that these symmetries would always provide a larger Lie algebra of which the KV symmetres will form a subalgebra. PACS: 04.25.-g, 02.20.Sv, 11.30.-j     

Algebras of Random Operators Associated to Delone Dynamical Systems

We carry out a careful study of operator algebras associated with Delone dynamical systems. A von Neumann algebra is defined using noncommutative integration theory. Features of these algebras and the operators they contain are discussed. We restrict our attention to a certain C ^*-subalgebra to discuss a Shubin trace formula.     

Symmetries in a Constrained System with a Singular Higher-Order Lagrangian

A simple algorithm to construct the generator of gauge transformation for a constrained canonical system with a singular higher-order Lagrangian in field theories is developed. Based on phase-space generating functional of Green function for such a system, the generalized canonical Ward identities under the non-local transformation have been deduced. For the gauge-invariant system, based on configuration-space generating functional, the generalized Ward identities under the non-local transformation have been also derived.The conservation laws are deduced at the quantum level. The applications of the above results to the gauge invariance massive vector field and non-Abelian Chern–Simons(CS) theories with higher-order derivatives are given, a new form of gauge-ghost proper vertices, and Ward–Takahashi identity under BRS transformation and BRS charge at the quantum level are obtained. In the canonical formulation one does not need to carry out the integration over canonical momenta in phase-space path integral as usually performed.     

The Symmetries of Fermion Fluids at Low Dimensions

We point out that the quasiparticle spectrum of the Landau Fermi liquid theory has an extra Z₂ symmetry, local in momentum space, which is not generic to the Hamiltonian with interactions. Thus the Fermi liquid is in this sense a (quantum) zero-temperature critical point.     

Tiles and Colors

Tiling models are classical statistical models in which different geometric shapes, the tiles, are packed together such that they cover space completely. In this paper we discuss a class of two-dimensional tiling models in which the tiles are rectangles and isosceles triangles. Some of these models have been solved recently by means of Bethe Ansatz. We discuss the question why only these models in a larger family are solvable, and we search for the Yang–Baxter structure behind their integrability. In this quest we find the Bethe Ansatz solution of the problem of coloring the edges of the square lattice in four colors, such that edges of the same color never meet in the same vertex.     

Symmetries of the standard model without and with a right-handed neutrino

Given the particle content of the standard model without and with a right-handed neutrino, the requirement that all anomalies cancel singles out a set of possible global symmetries which can be gauged. I review this topic and propose a new gauge symmetryB — 3L _T in the context of the minimal standard model consisting of the usual three families of quarks and leptons plus just onev _R. The many interesting phenomenological consequences of this hypothesis are briefly discussed.