Diffusion in a symmetric bistable potential: A variational approach

An approximation procedure for the solution of stochastic nonlinear equations, which was derived from a variational principle in a previous paper, is applied to the problem of a particle that diffuses in a symmetric bistable potential starting from the point of unstable equilibrium. The second moment and variance for the particle's position are calculated as functions of the timet. Good agreement is found with results recently obtained by Baibuzet al. from an approximate evaluation of a path integral expression for the probability density.     

Ensemble and trajectory statistics in a nonlinear partial differential equation

We have examined the influence of parametric noise on the solution behavioru(t, x) of a nonlinear initial value() problem arising in cell kinetics. In terms of ensemble statistics, the eventual limiting solution mean and variance are well-characterized functions of the noise statistics, and and depend on . When noise is continuously present along the trajectory, and are independent of the noise statistics and . However, in their evolution toward and , both _u (t, x) and _u ² (t, x) depend on the noise and.     

Isospectral Hamiltonian flows in finite and infinite dimensions

The approach to isospectral Hamiltonian flow introduced in part I is further developed to include integration of flows with singular spectral curves. The flow on finite dimensional Ad^*-invariant Poisson submanifolds of the dual of the positive part of the loop algebra is obtained through a generalization of the standard method of linearization on the Jacobi variety of the invariant spectral curveS. These curves are embedded in the total space of a line bundleTP ₁(C), allowing an explicit analysis of singularities arising from the structure of the image of a moment map from the space of rank-r deformations of a fixedN×N matrixA. It is shown how the linear flow of line bundles over a suitably desingularized curve may be used to determine both the flow of matricial polynomialsL() and the Hamiltonian flow in the spaceM _N,r×M_N,r in terms of -functions. The resulting flows are proved to be completely integrable. The reductions to subalgebras developed in part I are shown to correspond to invariance of the spectral curves and line bundles under certain linear or anti-linear involutions. The integration of two examples from part I is given to illustrate the method: the Rosochatius system, and the CNLS (coupled non-linear Schrödinger) equation.Research supported in part by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and by U.S. Army grant DAA L03-87-K-0110     

On affine yangians

A Yangian , a deformation of the universal enveloping algebra of the two-dimensional loop algebra sl(2) C [t ^–1,t;u], is constructed. This deformation is an analogue of a Yangian which was constructed by V. Drinfeld for any simple Lie algebra. The PBW theorem for is proved and some representations are constructed. Like usual Yangians, possesses a one-dimensional group of auto- morphisms and at zero level - a two-dimensional group of automorphisms. This observation allows one to conjecture that the representation theory of should give rise to new solutions of QYBE.Yangians of other affine algebras can be constructed similarly and they enjoy similar properties.     

Comments on “power-law falloff in the Kosterlitz-Thouless phase of a two-dimensional lattice Coulomb gas”

A simple argument is presented by which one can show that the critical inverse temperature _c of a two-dimensional Coulomb gas (standard or hard-core) with activityz satisfies , where in the low-activity limit. Previous results yield .     

Bethe subalgebras in twisted Yangians

We study analogues of the Yangian of the Lie algebra for the other classical Lie algebras and . We call them twisted Yangians. They are coideal subalgebras in the Yangian of and admit homomorphisms onto the universal enveloping algebras U( ) and U( ) respectively. In every twisted Yangian we construct a family of maximal commutative subalgebras parametrized by the regular semisimple elements of the corresponding classical Lie algebra. The images in U( ) and U( ) of these subalgebras are also maximal commutative.     

Fields,observables and gauge transformations II

We wish to study the construction of charge-carrying fields given the representation of the observable algebra in the sector of states of zero charge. It is shown that the set of those covariant sectors which can be obtained from the vacuum sector by acting with localized automorphisms has the structure of a discrete Abelian group. An algebra of fields can be defined on the Hilbert space of a representation of the observable algebra which contains each of the above sectors exactly once. The dual group of acts as a gauge group on in such a way that is the gauge invariant part of is made up of Bose and Fermi fields and is determined uniquely by the commutation relations between spacelike separated fields.     

Isospectral hamiltonian flows in finite and infinite dimensions

A moment map is constructed from the Poisson manifold _A of rank-r perturbations of a fixedN×N matrixA to the dual of the positive part of the formal loop algebra =gl(r)[[, ^–1]]. The Adler-Kostant-Symes theorem is used to give hamiltonians which generate commutative isospectral flows on . The pull-back of these hamiltonians by the moment map gives rise to commutative isospectral hamiltonian flows in _A. The latter may be identified with flows on finite dimensional coadjoint orbits in and linearized on the Jacobi variety of an invariant spectral curveX _r which, generically, is anr-sheeted Riemann surface. Reductions of _A are derived, corresponding to subalgebras ofgl(r, ) andsl(r, ), determined as the fixed point set of automorphism groupes generated by involutions (i.e., all the classical algebras), as well as reductions to twisted subalgebras of . The theory is illustrated by a number of examples of finite dimensional isospectral flows defining integrable hamiltonian systems and their embeddings as finite gap solutions to integrable systems of PDE's.This research was partially supported by NSF grants MCS-8108814 (A03), DMS-8604189, and DMS-8601995     

Dual moment maps into loop algebras

Moment maps are defined from the space of rank-r deformations of a fixedn xn matrixA to the duals of the positive half of the loop algebras . These maps are shown to give rise to the same invariant manifolds under Hamiltonian flow obtained through the Adler-Kostant-Symes theorem from the rings of invariant functions. This gives a dual characterization of integrable Hamiltonian systems as isospectral flow in the two loop algebras.This research partially funded by NSF grant DMS-8601995, U.S. Army grant DAAL03-87-K-0110, and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.     

The construction of a representation of loop algebras

By considering the cohomology of the loop algebraL , a representation ofL is constructed. the construction is based on a derivation ofL and a two-dimensional closed cochain ofl with coefficients in real numbersR ¹. In the case of =0, the differential of the energy representation of the corresponding loop groupLG is derived.This work was supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.     

Slepton and squark production and decay inep collisions at the LHC

We present a detailed study of and and the subsequent decays of , , and at the LHC . We explore the relevant supersymmetry parameter range. We calculate the cross sections as well as the rates for interesting signatures such as the production of one or two leptons on the lepton side.     

Symmetry breaking in Landau gauge a comment to a paper by T. Kennedy and C. King

For the non-compact abelian lattice Higgs model in Landau gauge Kennedy and King (Princeton preprint, 1985) showed that the two point function does not decay in the Higgs phase. We generalize their methods to show that for the same range of parameters there are states parametrized by an angle [0, 2) such that and 0$$ " align="middle" border="0"> .     

Level-rank duality of WZW models in conformal field theory

We consider the decomposition of the conformal blocks under the conformal embeddings. The case (â is an affine extension of the abelian subalgebra of the central elements ofgl(lr)) is studied in detal. The reciprocal decompositions of -modules induce a pairing between the spaces of conformal blocks of and Wess-Zumino-Witten models on the Riemann sphere. The completeness of the pairing is shown. Hence it defines aduality between two spaces.Dedicated to Professor Masahisa Adachi on his 60th birthday     

Refined q-Trinomial Coefficients and Character Identities

A refinement of the q-trinomial coefficients is introduced, which has a very powerful iterative property. This -invariance is applied to derive new Virasoro character identities related to the exceptional simply-laced Lie algebras E , E and E .     

Test of the Pauli exclusion principle for nucleons and atomic electrons by accelerator mass spectrometry

The Pauli exclusion principle was tested by searching with accelerator mass spectrometry for non-Paulian atoms with three electrons in theK-shell and for non-Paulian nuclei with three protons or three neutrons in the nuclear 1 s_1/2 shell. For non-Paulian atoms of and the following limits have been obtained: and . For non-Paulian nuclei of and with three protons or three neutrons, respectively, in the nuclear 1 s_1/2 shell the following limits have been measured: for a range of proton separation energies of between 0 and 50 MeV and for neutron separation energies between 0 and 32 MeV. The result for⁵Li is used to deduce a limit for the probability ²/2 of finding two colliding protons in the symmetric state with respect to exchange to be ²/2<>^–32.Dedicated to Prof. Dr. P. Kienle on the occasion of his 60th birthday. Supported by the BMFT     

The van Kampen expansion for the Fokker-Planck equation of a duffing oscillator excited by colored noise

In Rodríguez and van Kampen's 1976 paper a method of extracting information from the Fokker-Planck equation without having to solve the equation is outlined. The Fokker-Planck equation for a Duffing oscillator excited by white noise is expanded about the intensity of the forcing function. In Weinstein and Benaroya, the effect of the order of expansion is investigated by carrying the expansion to a higher order. The effect of varying the system parameters is also investigated. All results are verified by comparison to Monte Carlo experiments. In this paper, the van Kampen expansion is modified and applied to the case of a Duffing oscillator excited by colored noise. The effect of the correlation time is investigated. Again the results are compared to those of Monte Carlo experiments. It is found that the expansion compares closely with those of the Monte Carlo experiments as the correlation time _c is varied from 0.001 to 10 sec. Examination of the results reveals that the colored noise can be categorized in one of four ways: (1) for the noise can be considered as white for all intents and purposes, (2) for the noise can be considered white for some purposes, (3) for the correlated nature of the noise must be considered in an analysis, and (4) for the noise can be considered as deterministic.     

A mathematical condition for a sublattice of a propositional system to represent a physical subsystem,with a physical interpretation

We display three equivalent conditions for a sublattice, isomorphic to aP , of the propositional systemP() of a quantum system to be the representation of a physical subsystem (see [1]). These conditions are valid for dim 3. We prove that one of them is still necessary and sufficient if dim <3. A physical interpretation of this condition is given.Wetenschappelijke medewerkers bij het Interuniversitair Instituut voor Kernwetenschappen (in het kader van navorsingsprogramma 21 EN).     

Regularized,continuum Yang-Mills process and Feynman-Kac functional integral

Giving an ultraviolet regularization and volume cut off we construct a nuclear Riemannian structure on the Hilbert manifold of gauge orbits. This permits us to define a regularized Laplace-Beltrami operator on and an associated global diffusion in governed by . This enables us to define, via a Feynman-Kac integral, a Euclidean, continuum regularized Yang-Mills process corresponding to a suitable regularization (of the kinetic term) of the classical Yang-Mills Lagrangian onT .On leave of absence from Zaragoza University (Spain)Laboratoire associé au CNRS     

Precise calculation of the dynamical exponent of two-dimensional percolation

We report numerical data obtained on the special-purpose computer PERCOLA for the exponent of the electrical conductivity of 2D percolation. The extrapolation yields and a correction to the scaling exponent=1.2±0.2.     

Functional Relations in Stokes Multipliers—Fun with x6+αx2 Potential

We consider eigenvalue problems in quantum mechanics in one dimension. Hamiltonians contain a class of double well potential terms, x +x , for example. The space coordinate is continued to a complex plane and the connection problem of fundamental system of solutions is considered. A hidden U ( (2 1)) structure arises in fusion relations of Stokes multipliers. With this observation, we derive coupled nonlinear integral equations which characterize the spectral properties of both ± potentials simultaneously.