Bound-state solutions of the Dirac-Rosen-Morse potential with spin and pseudospin symmetry<Superscript>⋆</Superscript>

The energy spectra and the corresponding two-component spinor wave functions of the Dirac equation for the Rosen-Morse potential with spin and pseudospin symmetry are obtained. The s -wave ( k \kappa = 0 state) solutions for this problem are obtained by using the basic concept of the supersymmetric quantum mechanics approach and function analysis (standard approach) in the calculations. Under the spin symmetry and pseudospin symmetry, the energy equation and the corresponding two-component spinor wave functions for this potential and other special types of this potential are obtained. The extension of this result to the k \kappa 1 \neq 0 state is suggested.     

Features of the bremsstrahlung accompanying collisions with a hydrogen atom in an excited state

The features of the bremsstrahlung appearing during a collision of a fast charged particle with a hydrogen atom (or hydrogenic ion) in an excited state are investigated. It is shown that the emission spectrum of photons with energies greater than the ionization potential of a given excited state (except the 2s state) displays narrow lines, which are caused by de-excitation of the atom in an intermediate state. It is demonstrated that the scattering of a charged particle on an excited hydrogen atom produces a feature which is not observed in the case of scattering on a ground-state hydrogen atom. Expressions are obtained for the generalized dynamic polarizability of the hydrogen atom and hydrogenic ions in the 1s, 2s, and 3s states. A method is developed for deriving expressions for the generalized dynamic polarizabilities of other excited states through the use of the Coulomb Green’s function and representation of the electronic wave function in terms of the differentiation of the generating functions of Laguerre polynomials. The bremsstrahlung cross sections for electrons and positrons colliding with hydrogen atoms in the 1s, 2s, and 3s states are calculated. Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 69, 7–13 (October 1999)     

Helicity amplitudes and crossing relations for one-photon exchange antiproton proton reactions

Antiproton proton annihilation reactions allow unique access to the moduli and phases of nucleon electromagnetic form factors in the time-like region. We present the helicity amplitudes for the unequal-mass single-photon reaction pˉ → l ⁺ l ^- in the s channel including the lepton mass. The relative signs of these amplitudes are determined using simple invariance properties. Helicity amplitudes for one-photon exchange annihilation reaction pˉ → Bˉ are also given, where B is any spin-one-half particle with structure. Crossing relations between the ep → ep scattering and the pˉ → l ⁺ l ^- annihilation channels are discussed and the crossing matrix for the helicity amplitudes is given. This matrix may be used to verify known expressions for the space-like helicity amplitudes due to one-photon exchange.     

Temperature-dependent particle production and stimulated emissions by external sources

Exact solutions for transition amplitudes for particle production and stimulated emission by external sources are derived forfinite temperatures. More precisely, we obtain the expressions for amplitudes for the emission of an arbitrary number of particles by the sources, and correspondingstimulated emission processes, when one is dealing with a generalized multiparticle state (rather than the vacuum) at finite temperatures. The solutions are given for spin-0, massive and massless (photons) spin-1, and spin-1/2 particles. As applications, we study the process: photon any photons, in the presence of a strong external electromagnetic current, with the net release of a specified energy, and work out the power radiated by a given electromagnetic current distribution, all at finite temperatures. The latter application includes the radiation emitted by a point charged particle atT 0 as a special case.     

Algebraic structure of nonassociative spinor field

An analysis of the algebra of octonions, the algebraic structure of nonassociative spinors, is presented, and a spinor field theory that is completely identical to Dirac theory is constructed in an associative basis. A spinor covariance transformation is introduced, and it is shown that it coincides with the Poincaré group of 4-dimensional space. The field equation is introduced through a spinor invariance transformation. Constraints imposed by the field equation on the eigenvalues of the transformation generators are considered. It is proved that the particles in a system at rest which are nonzero are , the unit; , the energysign of the particle; and s ₆, one of the spin components of the particle. Tbilisi University. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 11, pp. 59–65, November, 1998.     

Optimal Measurements of Spin Direction

The accuracy of a measurement of the spin direction of a spin-s particle ischaracterized for arbitrary half-integral s. The disturbance caused by themeasurement is also characterized. The approach is based on that taken in severalprevious papers concerning joint measurements of position and momentum. Asin those papers, a distinction is made between the errors of retrodiction andprediction. Retrodictive and predictive error relationships are derived. The POVMdescribing the outcome of a maximally accurate measurement process isinvestigated. It is shown that if the measurement is retrodictively optimal, thenthe distribution of measured values is given by the initial state SU(2) Q-function.If the measurement is predictively optimal, then the distribution of measuredvalues is related to the final state SU(2) P-function. The general form of theunitary evolution operator producing an optimal measurement is characterized.     

Vacuum charge and the eta function

The vacuum charge of a second quantized spinor field in a static classical background field on a static spacetime is studied. Wheng ₀₀=1 the vacuum charge is shown to be essentially the eta function of the spinor Hamiltonian ats=0. This is computed for compact and noncompact spaces and a boundary dependence is derived in the latter case.     

ππ Scattering Amplitudes that Satisfy Inelastic Unitarity Constraints

We construct amplitudes which are represented by a Mandelstam representation with a finite number of subtractions and that satisfy ππ crossing symmetry and the unitarity constraints Im f_l^I(s) ≧|f_l^I (s)|², l=0, 1, 2,…, for all energies above threshold s > 4, in the three isospin channels I=0, 1, 2. The following types of solutions are derived.

• 1 The amplitudes have a positive double spectral function ϱ(s, t) ≧ 0. The total cross section decreases like σ_T(s) ∼ (log s)^-δ for arbitrary δ ≧ 1, including the limiting case δ=1.
• 2 The amplitudes are dominated by Regge poles, the total cross section can reach a constant asymptotic value, σ_T(s) → const.
• 3 The amplitudes are dominated by Regge cuts, the total cross section can increase logarithmically σ_T(s) → log s.

     

Vector-spinor space and field equations

Generalizing the work of Einstein and Mayer, it is assumed that at each point of space-time there exists a vector-spinor space with N_v vector dimensions and N_s spinor dimensions, where N_v=2k and N_s=2 ^k, k3. This space is decomposed into a tangent space with4 vector and4 spinor dimensions and an internal space with N_v–4 vector and N_s–4 spinor dimension. A variational principle leads to field equations for geometric quantities which can be identified with physical fields such as the electromagnetic field, Yang-Mills gauge fields, and wave functions of bosons and fermions.     

Theory of Nucleon-Nucleon Scattering

We present a new study of kinematical problems of relativistic nucleon-nucleon interactions, more complete than the previous studies. Two-component spinor formalism is used throughout. Several choices of spinor bases, their relations, crossing relations in all channels, helicity amplitudes, partial-wave amplitudes, the absence of kinematical singularities, and unitarity are discussed. The contributions of arbitrary intermediate states J in the unitarity are summed and the Regge forms for all five scalar amplitudes are obtained.     

Partial Wave Crossing Relations for Meson-Baryon Scattering

Three different types of relations for meson-baryon partial wave amplitudes following from the s ↔ u crossing symmetry of the invariant amplitudes are investigated: i) the partial wave crossing relations directly derived from the s ↔ u crossing symmetry and the partial wave projection, ii) the partial wave crossing relations following from a combined use of s ↔ u crossing symmetry and analyticity, and iii) the crossing sum rules, which are a direct consequence of the s ↔ u crossing symmetry. The kernels entering the crossing relations i) and ii) are given in an analytic form, valid for arbitrary angular momentum. Their properties are studied in detail. By means of the partial wave crossing relations ii) it is demonstrated that u-channel exchange of a resonance leads to a resonance-like behaviour of the partial wave amplitudes on the crossed physical cut. This phenomenon is described in terms of “pseudoresonances”. Finally the crossing sum rules iii) and their practical use are thoroughly discussed, and they are compared with the partial wave crossing relations i) and ii). Special attention is paid to the crossing symmetry constraints on the S-wave amplitudes. As a result of these investigations we present a crossing symmetric ansatz for these amplitudes which gives a more reliable parametrization than the usual effective range approximation.     

On “Conformal spinor geometry”: An attempt to “Understand” internal symmetry

The natural homomorphism of pure spinors corresponding to a given Clifford algebraC _2n to polarized isotropicn-planes of complex Euclidean spaceE _2n ^c is taken as a starting point for the construction of a geometry called spinor geometry where pure spinors are the only elements out of which all tensors have to be constructed (analytically as bilinear polynomials of the components of a pure spinor).C ₄ andC ₆ spinor geometry are analyzed, but it seems that C₈ spinor geometry is necessary to construct Minkowski spaceM ^3,1.C ₆ spinor field equations give rise in Minkowski space to a pair of Dirac equations (for conformal semispinors) presenting ansu(2) internal symmetry algebra. Mass is generated by breaking spontaneously the originalO(4,2) symmetry of the spinor equation.Invited talk presented at the International Symposium Selected Topics in Quantum Field Theory and Mathematical Physics, Bechyn, Czechoslovakia, June 14–19, 1981.     

Self-consistent approach to low-energy resonance. Resonances of πN system

A method is worked out for determining the position of low-energy P, D-resonances of an arbitrary two-particle system with a strong interaction on the assumption that the values of the partial-wave amplitude and its first derivative are known in one points _F =s ₀. This is made possible by the modification of Balázs' N/D method for two unknown parametersF _i ^l using the elastic approximation.Although the otherl-states of the system in the functionN _l ^I are generally contained in the three- or two-pole form mentioned, in spite of the asymptotic behaviour of the amplitudes they cannot be consistent with the approximation used.The explicit solution with a generally given subtraction points ₀ is carried out for the pionnucleon system.     

Measurement of pionium lifetime with the Dirac spectrometer

Pionium ( π ⁺ π ^- bound state) lifetime is measured with improved precision with respect to earlier work, and the ππ s-wave scattering length difference between I = 0 and I = 2 amplitudes | a ₀ - a ₂| is determined to 5% precision.     

Bianchi-I Cosmologies with Electromagnetic and Spinor Fields. Isotropization Problem

We consider Bianchi type I cosmologies with unidirectional magnetic and electric fields, assuming as well the existence of a global spinor field ψ(t) as one more possible source of gravity able to suppress the inevitable anisotropy accompanying a nonzero vector field. The field ψ(t) is assumed to contain a nonlinearity in the form s ⁿ , where and n=const (the special case n=1 corresponds to a Dirac massive field). The structure of the stress-energy tensor of the spinor field is shown to be the same as that of a perfect fluid with the equation of state p=w ρ where w=n−1. The Dirac massive spinor field and nonlinear fields with n<4/3 are shown to be able to provide isotropization. A numerical estimate shows that this isotropization could occur early enough to be compatible with observations.     

Scattering of massive open strings in pure spinor

In Park (2008) [4], it was proposed that the D-brane geometry could be produced by open string quantum effects. In an effort to verify the proposal, we consider scattering amplitudes involving massive open superstrings. The main goal of this paper is to set the ground for two-loop “renormalization” of an oriented open superstring on a D-brane and to strengthen our skill in the pure spinor formulation of a superstring, an effective tool for multi-loop string diagrams. We start by reviewing scattering amplitudes of massless states in the 2D component method of the NSR formulation. A few examples of massive string scattering are worked out. The NSR results are then reproduced in the pure spinor formulation. We compute the amplitudes using the unintegrated form of the massive vertex operator constructed by Berkovits and Chandia (2002) [15]. We point out that it may be possible to discover new Riemann type identities involving Jacobi ?-functions by comparing a NSR computation and the corresponding pure spinor computation.     

Complete N-point superstring disk amplitude I. Pure spinor computation

In this paper the pure spinor formalism is used to obtain a compact expression for the superstring N  -point disk amplitude. The color-ordered string amplitude is given by a sum over (N−3)!$(N-3)!$ super-Yang–Mills subamplitudes multiplied by multiple Gaussian hypergeometric functions. In order to obtain this result, the cohomology structure of the pure spinor superspace is exploited to generalize the Berends–Giele method of computing super-Yang–Mills amplitudes. The method was briefly presented in Mafra et al. (2011) [1], and this paper elaborates on the details and contains higher-rank examples of building blocks and associated cohomology objects. But the main achievement of this work is to identify these field-theory structures in the pure spinor computation of the superstring amplitude. In particular, the associated set of basis worldsheet integrals is constructively obtained here and thoroughly investigated together with the structure and properties of the amplitude in Mafra et al. (2011) [2], arXiv:1106.2646 [hep-th].     

Exact solutions of a one-dimensional mixture of spinor bosons and spinor fermions

The exact solutions of a one-dimensional mixture of spinor bosons and spinor fermions with δ-function interactions are studied. Some new sets of Bethe ansatz equations are obtained by using the graded nest quantum inverse scattering method. Many interesting features appear in the system. For example, the wave function has the SU(2|2) supersymmetry. It is also found that the ground state of the system is partial polarized, where the fermions form a spin singlet state and the bosons are totally polarized. From the solution of Bethe ansatz equations, it is shown that all the momentum, spin and isospin rapidities at the ground state are real if the interactions between the particles are repulsive; while the fermions form two-particle bounded states and the bosons form one large bound state, which means the bosons condensed at the zero momentum point, if the interactions are attractive. The charge, spin and isospin excitations are discussed in detail. The thermodynamic Bethe ansatz equations are also derived and their solutions at some special cases are obtained analytically.     

Heisenberg Equations of Motion in a Nonabelian Gauge Theory

Heisenberg type equations of motion are established in a nonabelian gauge theory with minimal and nonminimal couplings and various relativistic particle equations of motion are derived from them. These equations for pointlike particles possessing a nonabelian gauge interaction (chosen for definiteness to be of SO(4,1) type) ore obtained in classical limit, ħ → 0, or in a semiclassical limit in which contributions of first order in ħ are retained. As a byproduct of the formalism, which can be applied to an arbitrary gauge group, a simple derivation of the Lorentz equation and the Bargmann-Michel-Telegdi equation from spinor electrodynamics with anomalous (i.e. nonminimal) coupling is given starting from the associated quantum mechanical Heisenberg equations of motion and specializing the gauge group to the electromagnetic U(1) group.     

Kinetic equations and brownian motion for a solid in a stationary temperature gradient

A kinetic equation for the distribution function for a subsystem s interacting with a bath b maintained in a stationary non-isothermal state by reservoirs is derived by using a projection operator formalism and a perturbation expansion parameter λ appropriate to some brownian motion problems. Thus, when s is a heavy particle of mass m ₀ and b a lattice of light particles of mass m then λ = (m m ₀)^1/2. By means of an assumption about the decay of correlations of b variables in the field of s, the terms are classified as destruction terms which vanish to arbitrary order in λ for long enough times and collision terms which give well-defined integrals for long times. For the heavy particle in a lattice the leading collision terms, after linearization in the temperature gradient, lead to an equation equivalent to the generalized nonisothermal Fokker-Planck equation of Nicolis.