Elliptic operators in the functional quantisation for gauge field theories

Given a gauge theory with gauge groupG acting on a path spaceX,G andX being both infinite dimensional manifolds modelled on spaces of sections of vector bundles on a compact riemannian manifold without boundary, it is shown that when the action ofG onX is smooth, free and proper, the same ellipticity condition on an operator naturally given by the geometry of the problem yields both the existence of a principal fibre bundle structure induced by the canonical projection :XX/G and the existence of the Faddeev-Popov determinant arising in the functional quantisation of the gauge theory. This holds for certain gauge theories with anomalies like bosonic closed string theory in non-critical dimension and also holds for a class of gauge theories which includes Yang-Mills theory.     

Universal Teichmüller Space and DiffS 1/S 1

We point out that the coset space DiffS ¹/S ¹ is a dense complex submanifold of the Universal Teichmüller SpaceS of compact Riemann spaces of genus g1. A holomorphic map ofS into the inifinite dimensional Segal diskD ₁ is constructed. This is the Universal analogue of the map of Teichmüller spaces into the Siegel disk provided by the period matrix. The Kähler potential for the general homogenous metric on DiffS ¹/S ¹ is computed explicitly using the map intoD ₁. Some applications to string theory are discussed.This work was supported in part by the U.S. Department of Energy Contract No. DE-AC02-76ER13065     

Heavy-light mesons and quark constantsf B,f D in the vacuum correlator method

Quark constantsf _M and masses ofB, D, andD _S mesons are calculated using the vacuum correlator method, suggested recently for long-distance nonperturbative QCD. The dynamical input is standard current quark masses, string tension and _s( _QCD). The electronic width of , and calculated with the same parameters agrees with experiment. Hyperfine splitting ofD, D _s mesons is also reproduced. The resulting values off _B,f _D,f _Ds are 0.17, 0.21 and 0.25 GeV, respectively;f _D andf _Ds are within recent experimental bounds. It is shown thatf _M does obey the asymptoticM ^–1/2 law forM>5 GeV.     

Diff (S 1) and the Teichmüller spaces

Precisely two of the homogeneous spaces that appear as coadjoint orbits of the group of string reparametrizations, , carry in a natural way the structure of infinite dimensional, holomorphically homogeneous complex analytic Kähler manifolds. These areN=Diff(S ¹)/Rot(S ¹) andM=Diff(S ¹)/Möb(S ¹). Note thatN is a holomorphic disc fiber space overM. Now,M can be naturally considered as embedded in the classical universal Teichmüller spaceT(1), simply by noting that a diffeomorphism ofS ¹ is a quasisymmetric homeomorphism.T(1) is itself a homomorphically homogeneous complex Banach manifold. We prove in the first part of the paper that the inclusion ofM inT(1) iscomplex analytic.In the latter portion of this paper it is shown that theunique homogeneous Kähler metric carried byM = Diff (S ¹/SL(2, ) induces preciselythe Weil-Petersson metric on the Teichmüller space. This is via our identification ofM as a holomorphic submanifold of universal Teichmüller space. Now recall that every Teichmüller spaceT(G) of finite or infinite dimension is contained canonically and holomorphically withinT(1). Our computations allow us also to prove that everyT(G), G any infinite Fuchsian group, projects out ofM transversely. This last assertion is related to the fractal nature ofG-invariant quasicircles, and to Mostow rigidity on the line.Our results thus connect the loop space approach to bosonic string theory with the sum-over-moduli (Polyakov path integral) approach.     

Analytic fields on Riemann surfaces. II

The properties of analytic fields on a Riemann surface represented by a branch covering of ¹ are investigated in detail. Branch points are shown to correspond to the vertex operators with simple conformal properties. As applications we compute determinants of operators forZ _n -symmetric surfaces and obtain various representations for the two-loop measure in the bosonic string theory together with various identities for theta-functions of hyperelliptic surfaces. We also present an integral representation for the quantum part of the twist field correlation functions, which describe propagation of the string on the orbifold background. We also calculate the quantum part of the structure constants of the twist-field operator algebra, generalizing the results of Dixon, Friedan, Martinec, and Shenker.     

N=2 supergravity,type IIB superstrings,and algebraic geometry

The geometry ofN=2 supergravity is related to the variations of Hodge structure for formal Calabi-Yau spaces. All known results in this branch of algebraic geometry are easily recovered from supersymmetry arguments. This identification has a physical meaning for a type IIB superstring compactified on a Calabi-Yau 3-fold. We give exact (non-perturbative) results for the string effective lagrangian. Our geometrical framework suggests a re-formulation of the Gepner conjecture about (2,2) superconformal theories as the solution to theSchottky problem for algebraic complex manifolds having trivial canonical bundle.     

On the phase transition to spacetime in string cosmology

Closed string models have recently been constructed in lower than their critical spacetime dimensionsDD _cr. An ideal gas of closed strings withD4 undergoes a phase transition at a universal point (Hagedorn temperature). We argue that solitonic configurations on the string world-sheet (vortices) drive the system into a high-temperature phase where the vacuum is dominated by vortex condensates. Flat spacetime is identified with the dipole low-temperature phase of vortex antivortex pairs. This is a Kosterlitz-Thouless transition on the string world-sheet. It is suggestive of a stringy realization of the inflationary universe paradigm.This essay received the third award from the Gravity Research Foundation for the year 1988.—Ed.     

p-Adic string compactified on a torus

The open p-adic string world sheet is a coset space F=T/, where T is the Bruhat-Tits tree for the p-adic linear group GL(2, _p ) and PGL(2, _p ) is some Schottky group. The string dynamics is governed by the local action on F, with the fields taking values in a compact group G. We find the correlation functions and partition functions for the p-adic string surfaces of arbitrary genus and G=U(1)^xD (D-dimensional torus).     

Non-abelian T-duality,Ramond fields and coset geometries

We extend the recently constructed double field theory formulation of the low-energy theory of the closed bosonic string to the heterotic string. The action can be written in terms of a generalized metric that is a covariant tensor under O(D, D + n), where n denotes the number of gauge vectors, and n additional coordinates are introduced together with a covariant constraint that locally removes these new coordinates. For the abelian subsector, the action takes the same structural form as for the bosonic string, but based on the enlarged generalized metric, thereby featuring a global O(D, D + n) symmetry. After turning on non-abelian gauge couplings, this global symmetry is broken, but the action can still be written in a fully O(D, D + n) covariant fashion, in analogy to similar constructions in gauged supergravities.

     

Factorization fo random Jacobi operators and Bäcklund transformations

Summary We show that a positive definite random Jacobi operatorL over an abstract dynamical systemT: XX can be factorized asL=D ², whereD is again a random Jacobi operator but defined over a new dynamical systemS: YY which is an integral extension ofT. An isospectral random Toda deformation ofL corresponds to an isospectral random Volterra deformation ofD. The factorization leads to commuting Bäcklund transformations which can be written explicitly in terms of Titchmarsh-Weyl functions. In the periodic case, the Bäcklund transformations are time 1 maps of a Toda flow with a time dependent Hamiltonian.This article was processed by the author using the Springer-Verlag TEX EconThe macro package 1991.     

Spinors and diffeomorphisms

We discuss the action of diffeomorphisms on spinors on an oriented manifoldM. To do this, we first describe the action of the diffeomorphism groupD(M) on the set =H ¹ (M,Z ₂) of inequivalent spin structures and show that it is affine. We argue that in the presence of spinors the gauge group of gravity is a certain double cover ofD(M) which depends on the spin structure. We explicitly compute the action ofD(M) on whenM is a closed Riemann surface; is seen to consist of exactly two orbits, corresponding to even and odd spin structures.On leave of absence from I.F.T., University of Wrocaw, Poland     

Quantum Groups GLp,q(2)- and $\mathit{SU}_{q_{1}/q_{2}}(2)$ -Invariant Bosonic Gases: A Comparative Study

We discuss the algebras, representations, and thermodynamics of quantum group bosonic gas models with two different symmetries: GL _p,q (2) and . We establish the nature of the basic numbers which follow from these GL _p,q (2)- and -invariant bosonic algebras. The Fock space representations of both of these quantum group invariant bosonic oscillator algebras are analyzed. It is concisely shown that these two quantum group invariant bosonic particle gases have different algebraic and high-temperature thermo-statistical properties.     

Reduction of constrained mechanical systems and stability of relative equilibria

A mechanical system with perfect constraints can be described, under some mild assumptions, as a constrained Hamiltonian system(M, , H, D, W): (M, ) (thephase space) is a symplectic manifold,H (theHamiltonian) a smooth function onM, D (theconstraint submanifold) a submanifold ofM, andW (theprojection bundle) a vector sub-bundle ofT _D M, the reduced tangent bundle alongD. We prove that when these data satisfy some suitable conditions, the time evolution of the system is governed by a well defined differential equation onD. We define constrained Hamiltonian systems with symmetry, and prove a reduction theorem. Application of that theorem is illustrated on the example of a convex heavy body rolling without slipping on a horizontal plane. Two other simple examples show that constrained mechanical systems with symmetry may have an attractive (or repulsive) set of relative equilibria.     

The Polyakov path integral over bordered surfaces (the open string amplitudes)

We use the Feynman functional quantization scheme adapted to the gauge theories with reparametrization invariance to the functional covariant first quantization of the open bosonic BDHP string in a position representation. The consistent functional integral representation of the open string propagator is derived and evaluated. This result is used as a starting point for two kinds of constructions of the off-shell multiloop open string amplitudes. The general idea of the presented approach is to consider the off-shell amplitudes as functionals on the space of contours endowed with an intrinsic metric or on the space /₊.     

Homogeneous Kähler manifolds andT-algebras inN=2 supergravity and superstrings

Motivated by the problem of the moduli space of superconformal theories, we classify all the (normal) homogeneous Kähler spaces which are allowed in the coupling of vector multiplets toN=2 SUGRA. Such homogeneous spaces are in one-to-one correspondence with the homogeneous quaternionic spaces (H ⁿ ) found by Alekseevskii. There are two infinite families of homogeneous non-symmetric spaces, each labelled by two integers. We construct explicitly the corresponding supergravity models. They are described by acubic functionF, as in flat-potential models. They are Kähler-Einstein if and only if they are symmetric. We describe in detail the geometry of the relevant manifolds. They are Siegel (bounded) domains of the first type. We discuss the physical relevance of this class of bounded domains for string theory and the moduli geometry. Finally, we introduce theT-algebraic formalism of Vinberg to describe in an efficient way the geometry of these manifolds. The homogeneous spaces allowed inN=2 SUGRA are associated to rank 3T-algebras in exactly the same way as the symmetric spaces are related to Jordan algebras. We characterize theT-algebras allowed inN=2 supergravity. They are those for which theungraded determinant is a polynomial in the matrix entries. The Kähler potential is simply minus the logarithm of this naive determinant.     

Mixed boundary states from 1-loop bosonic closed strings

We analyze in a simple calculation the way 2-dimensional moduli induce a noise-like mixing between the right and left sectors of the 1-loop partition function of bosonic closed strings. As it is a direct consequence of string interactions, we argue it must be taken as a renormalization to the tree-level dynamics as far as the Wilsonian view on renormalization group is kept. We also highlight the way this noise effect brings a thermodynamical meaning to space-filling D$D$-branes.     

Ways to measure the hairpin diagram in charmed meson decays

The possible presence of hairpin diagrams is analyzed in th model-independent quark-diagram scheme for two-body decays of charmed mesons. Current experimental data do not require the presence of hairpin diagrams inDVP (V: vector meson,P: pseudoscalar meson), in accordance with the OZI rule. However, there is a possible indication that they are important in the decay ofDPP. The measurement ofD _s ^{+ +} is crucial to test the mechanism of hairpin diagrams.     

Production rate and decay lifetime measurements ofBs0 mesons at LEP usingDs and? mesons

The study of the properties of inclusive production ofD _s mesons and of events in which a and a muon are present in the same jet provides two independent measurements of the probability,f _s ^w , for a heavy quark to hadronize into a strangeB orD meson. The data sample analysed corresponds to 243,000 hadronicZ ⁰ decays. The combined value of these measurements isf _s ^w =0.19±0.06±0.08. From the flight distance distributions ofD _s and of (-lepton) secondary vertices, with the lepton emitted at high transverse momentum relative to the jet axis, two values are obtained for theB _s ⁰ meson lifetime. Combining these measurements with a previous result based on the study ofD _s- events, theB _s ⁰ meson lifetime is measured to be: 0.96±0.37 ps.