SU(3) × SU(3) symmetry breaking in a simple model

A field-theoretical model, due to Lévy, is studied. It contains a triplet of quarks and a pseudoscalar and a scalar meson nonet. The original SU(3) × SU(3) symmetry is broken by terms linear in the scalar meson fields. A renormalization and regularization procedure is defined in order to remove the ultra-violet divergences. The possibility of a spontaneous breakdown of the symmetry is described and the Goldstone theorem is verified in the one-loop approximation.     

Monte Carlo simulation of the SU(3) spin model with chemical potential in a flux representation

We present a simulation of the SU(3) spin model with chemical potential using a recently proposed flux representation. In this representation the complex phase problem is avoided and a Monte Carlo simulation in terms of the fluxes becomes possible. We explore the phase diagram of the model as a function of temperature and chemical potential.     

Improved QCD vacuum for gauge groups SU(3) and SU(4)

The effective energy for a covariantly constant background field in a pure Yang-Mills theory is calculated to loop order one. For gauge group SU(3) [SU(4)] it is found that the “vacuum” configuration consists of two [three] constant color magnetic fields of equal non-zero magnitude orthogonal to each other in color as well as physical space. We conclude that the structure of the Copenhagen vacuum is more complex than previously expected.     

The vacuum of supersymmetric SU(3) × SU(2) × U(1)

We show that in supersymmetric SU(3) × SU(2) × U(1) it is possible to break SU(2) with an Higgs singlet and at the same time to avoid vacuum expectation values for s-fermions. With rather simple constraints we obtain important restrictions on the values of the model parameters.     

The SU(3) noninvariant vacuum and the Cabibbo angle

A connection between chiral symmetry breaking and the Cabibbo angle is formulated in a new way within the framework of the $\text{(3,}\text{3}\text{) ? (}\text{3}\text{, 3)}$ model. The essential feature of this formulation is the assumption about the SU(3) noninvariance of the vacuum. In such a way it is shown that no isopin symmetry breaking of the hadron world is needed to explain the magnitude of the Cabibbo angle.     

Analysis of the SU(3) model in a multistep variational approach

We discuss a multistep variational approach to collective excitations. The approach is developed in a boson formalism (bosons representing particle-hole excitations) and based on an iterative sequence of diagonalizations in subspaces of the full boson space. The purpose of these diagonalizations is that of searchingf or the best approximation of the ground state of the system. The procedure also leads us to define a set of excited states and, at the same time, of operators which generate these states as a result of their action on the ground state. We examine the cases in which these operators carry one-particle-one-hole and up to two-particle-two-hole excitations. We also explore the possibility of associating bosons to Tamm-Dancoff excitations and of describing the spectrum in terms of only a selected group of these. Tests within an exactly solvable three-level model are provided.     

Particle ratios from a chiral SU(3) model

The measured particle ratios in central heavy-ion collisions are investigated within a chemical and thermal equilibrium chiral SU(3) σ?ω approach. Contrary to the commonly adopted non-interacting gas calculations, the chiral SU(3) model predicts modified effective hadron masses and effective chemical potentials in the medium and a transition to a chirally restored phase at high temperatures or chemical potentials. the influence of three different types of phase transitions is investigated. We show that the deduced freeze-out values considerably depend on the underlying model while the quality of the fit is approximately the same.     

sdg boson model in the SU(3) scheme

Basic properties of the interacting boson model with s-, d- and g-bosons are investigated in rotational nuclei. An SU(3)-seniority scheme is found for the classification of physically important states according to a group reduction chain U(15) ? SU(3). The capability of describing rotational bands increases enormously in comparison with the ordinary sd interacting boson model. The sdg boson model is shown to be able to describe the so-called anharmonicity effect recently observed in the ¹⁶⁸Er nucleus.     

Supersymmetric extension of the SU(3)×SU(2)×U(1) model

We describe a class of supersymmetric SU(3)×SU(2)×U(1) models where all quarks and leptons, as well as their scalar partners, get masses through one-loop radiative corrections.     

SU(3)×SU(2)×U(1) next-to-leading corrections for proton decay in the SU(5) model

We compute in the standard model of SU(3)^c×(SU(2)×U(1)) with massless quarks and leptons the two-loop anomalous dimensions of the four-fermion operators relevant to proton decay in process involving (u, d, e, ν_e). The calculation is carried out by the use of dimensional reduction, a variant of dimensional regularization. Our aim is to give a complete calculation within the SU(5) GUT model of the next-to-leading enhancement-suppression factor for nucleon decay due to renormalization effects arising from hard gluons, W's and B's in process which involve (u, d, e, ν_e). It turns out that the result is sensitive to the ratios x_(i) = M_{H (i)}/M_X where M_H(i) are the masses of the twelve superheavy Higgs scalars in the $\text{24}$ multiplet which breaks SU(5) → SU(3)×SU(2)×U(1).     

Persistence of rotational bands in a coupled SU(3) model

To understand better the emergence of rotational structures in a variety of situations, a model in which two SU(3) irreps are coupled via a quadrupole-quadrupole (Q·Q) interaction is considered. Strong coupling of different SU(3) irreps gives rise to low-lying rotor bands. We study the excited bands that occur and the perturbation effects of the rotational decoupling. Persistence of rotational-like bands for a large range of coupling strengths is observed. However, although for very weak interaction strengths the electromagnetic transition rates are consistent with those of the rotor model, the excitation energy ratios look more vibrational, a phenomenon which has been observed in many nuclei.