Essential Singularity Research Articles

Duality, Gauge Symmetries, Renormalization Groups and the BKT Transition

In this chapter, I will briefly review, from my own perspective, the situation within theoretical physics at the beginning of the 1970s, and the advances that played an important role in providing a solid theoretical and experimental foundation for the Berezinskii–Kosterlitz–Thouless theory (BKT). Over this period, it became clear that the Abelian gauge symmetry of the 2D-XY model had to be preserved to get the right phase structure of the model. In previous analyses, this symmetry was broken when using low order calculational approximations. Duality transformations at that time for two-dimensional models with compact gauge symmetries were introduced by José, Kadanoff, Nelson and Kirkpatrick (JKKN). Their goal was to analyze the phase structure and excitations of XY and related models, including symmetry breaking fields which are experimentally important. In a separate context, Migdal had earlier developed an approximate Renormalization Group (RG) algorithm to implement Wilson’s RG for lattice gauge theories. Although Migdal’s RG approach, later extended by Kadanoff, did not produce a true phase transition for the XY model, it almost did asymptotically in terms of a non-perturbative expansion in the coupling constant with an essential singularity. Using these advances, including work done on instantons (vortices), JKKN analyzed the behavior of the spin–spin correlation functions of the 2D XY-model in terms of an expansion in temperature and vortex-pair fugacity. Their analysis led to a perturbative derivation of RG equations for the XY model which are the same as those first derived by Kosterlitz for the two-dimensional Coulomb gas. JKKN’s results gave a theoretical formulation foundation and justification for BKT’s sound physical assumptions and for the validity of their calculational approximations that were, in principle, strictly valid only at very low temperatures, away from the critical [Formula: see text] temperature. The theoretical predictions were soon tested successfully against experimental results on superfluid helium films. The success of the BKT theory also gave one of the first quantitative proofs of the validity of the RG theory.

Essential spectral singularities and the spectral expansion for the Hill operator

In this paper we investigate the spectral expansion for the one-dimensional Schrodinger operator with a periodic complex-valued potential. For this we consider in detail the spectral singularities and introduce new concepts as essential spectral singularities and singular quasimomenta.

Strong disorder renewal approach to DNA denaturation and wetting: typical and large deviation properties of the free energy

For the DNA denaturation transition in the presence of random contact energies, or equivalently the disordered wetting transition, we introduce a strong disorder renewal approach to construct the optimal contacts in each disordered sample of size L. The transition is found to be of infinite order, with a correlation length diverging with the essential singularity . In the critical region, we analyze the statistics over samples of the free-energy density fL and of the contact density, which is the order parameter of the transition. At the critical point, both decay as a power-law of the length L but remain distributed, in agreement with the general phenomenon of lack of self-averaging at random critical points. We also obtain that for any real q > 0, the moment of order q of the partition function at the critical point is dominated by some exponentially rare samples displaying a finite free-energy density, i.e. by the large deviation sector of the probability distribution of the free-energy density.

Dynamic rays of bounded-type transcendental self-maps of the punctured plane

We study the escaping set of functions in the class $\mathcal B^*$, that is, holomorphic functions $f:\mathbb C^*\to\mathbb C^*$ for which both zero and infinity are essential singularities, and the set of singular values of $f$ is contained in a compact annulus of $\mathbb C^*$. For functions in the class $\mathcal B^*$, escaping points lie in their Julia set. If $f$ is a composition of finite order transcendental self-maps of $\mathbb C^*$ (and hence, in the class $\mathcal B^*$), then we show that every escaping point of $f$ can be connected to one of the essential singularities by a curve of points that escape uniformly. Moreover, for every essential itinerary $e\in\{0,\infty\}^\mathbb N$, we show that the escaping set of $f$ contains a Cantor bouquet of curves that accumulate to $\{0,\infty\}$ according to $e$ under iteration by $f$.

Zeta functions and complex dimensions of relative fractal drums: theory, examples and applications

In 2009, the first author introduced a new class of zeta functions, called `distance zeta functions', associated with arbitrary compact fractal subsets of Euclidean spaces of arbitrary dimension. It represents a natural, but nontrivial extension of the theory of `geometric zeta functions' of bounded fractal strings. In this memoir, we introduce the class of `relative fractal drums' (or RFDs), which contains the classes of bounded fractal strings and of compact fractal subsets of Euclidean spaces as special cases. Furthermore, the associated (relative) distance zeta functions of RFDs, extend (in a suitable sense) the aforementioned classes of fractal zeta functions. This notion is very general and flexible, enabling us to view practically all of the previously studied aspects of the theory of fractal zeta functions from a unified perspective as well as to go well beyond the previous theory. The abscissa of (absolute) convergence of any relative fractal drum is equal to the relative box dimension of the RFD. We pay particular attention to the question of constructing meromorphic extensions of the distance zeta functions of RFDs, as well as to the construction of transcendentally $\infty$-quasiperiodic RFDs (i.e., roughly, RFDs with infinitely many quasiperiods, all of which are algebraically independent). We also describe a class of RFDs (and, in particular, a new class of bounded sets), called {\em maximal hyperfractals}, such that the critical line of (absolute) convergence consists solely of nonremovable singularities of the associated relative distance zeta functions. Finally, we also describe a class of Minkowski measurable RFDs which possess an infinite sequence of complex dimensions of arbitrary multiplicity $m\ge1$, and even an infinite sequence of essential singularities along the critical line.

Quantum criticality in the two-dimensional dissipative quantum XY model

Earlier Monte Carlo calculations on the dissipative two-dimensional XY model are extended in several directions. We study the phase diagram and the correlation functions when dissipation is very small, where it has properties of the classical 3D-XY transition, i.e., one with a dynamical critical exponent $z=1$. The transition changes from $z=1$ to the class of criticality with $z\ensuremath{\rightarrow}\ensuremath{\infty}$ driven by topological defects, discovered earlier, beyond a critical dissipation. We also find that the critical correlations have power-law singularities as a function of tuning the ratio of the kinetic energy to the potential energy for fixed large dissipation, as opposed to essential singularities on tuning dissipation keeping the former fixed. A phase with temporal disorder but spatial order of the Kosterlitz-Thouless form is also further investigated. We also present results for the transition when the allowed Caldeira-Leggett form of dissipation and the allowed form of dissipation coupling to the compact rotor variables are both included. The nature of the transition is then determined by the Caldeira-Leggett form.

Thermodynamical structure of AdS black holes in massive gravity with stringy gauge-gravity corrections

Motivated by gauge/gravity group in the low energy effective theory of the heterotic string theory and novel aspects of massive gravity in the context of lattice physics, the minimal coupling of Gauss–Bonnet-massive gravity with Born–Infeld electrodynamics is considered. At first, the metric function is calculated and then the geometrical properties of the solutions are investigated. It is found that there is an essential singularity at the origin and the intrinsic curvature is regular elsewhere. In addition, the effects of massive parameters are studied and black hole solutions with multi horizons are found in this gravity. Also, the conserved and thermodynamic quantities are calculated, and it is shown that the solutions satisfy the first law of thermodynamics. Furthermore, using heat capacity of these black holes, thermal stability and phase transitions are investigated. The variation of different parameters and related modifications on the (number of) phase transition are examined. Next, the critical behavior of the Gauss–Bonnet–Born–Infeld-massive black holes in the context of extended phase space is studied. It is shown how the variation of the different parameters affects the existence and absence of phase transition. Also, it is found that for specific values of different parameters, these black holes may enjoy the existence of a new type of phase transition which to our knowledge was not observed in black hole physics before.

The coupled Sasa–Satsuma hierarchy: Trigonal curve and finite genus solutions

Based on the Lenard recursion equations and the stationary zero-curvature equation, we derive the coupled Sasa–Satsuma hierarchy, in which a typical number is the coupled Sasa–Satsuma equation. The properties of the associated trigonal curve and the meromorphic functions are studied, which naturally give the essential singularities and divisors of the meromorphic functions. By comparing the asymptotic expansions for the Baker–Akhiezer function and its Riemann theta function representation, we arrive at the finite genus solutions of the whole coupled Sasa–Satsuma hierarchy in terms of the Riemann theta function.

The escaping set of transcendental self-maps of the punctured plane

We study the different rates of escape of points under iteration by holomorphic self-maps of $\mathbb{C}^{\ast }=\mathbb{C}\setminus \{0\}$ for which both zero and infinity are essential singularities. Using annular covering lemmas we construct different types of orbits, including fast escaping and arbitrarily slowly escaping orbits to either zero, infinity or both. We also prove several properties about the set of fast escaping points for this class of functions. In particular, we show that there is an uncountable collection of disjoint sets of fast escaping points, each of which has $J(f)$ as its boundary.

On the Singularity Structure of WKB Solution of the Boosted Whittaker Equation: its Relevance to Resurgent Functions with Essential Singularities

Inspired by the symbol calculus of linear differential operators of infinite order applied to the Borel transformed WKB solutions of simple-pole type equation [Kamimoto et al. (RIMS Kokyuroku Bessatsu B 52:127–146, 2014)], which is summarized in Section 1, we introduce in Section 2 the space of simple resurgent functions depending on a parameter with an infra-exponential type growth order, and then we define the assigning operator \({\mathscr{A}}\) which acts on the space and produces resurgent functions with essential singularities. In Section 3, we apply the operator \({\mathscr{A}}\) to the Borel transforms of the Voros coefficient and its exponentiation for the Whittaker equation with a large parameter so that we may find the Borel transforms of the Voros coefficient and its exponentiation for the boosted Whittaker equation with a large parameter. In Section 4, we use these results to find the explicit form of the alien derivatives of the Borel transformed WKB solutions of the boosted Whittaker equation with a large parameter. The results in this paper manifest the importance of resurgent functions with essential singularities in developing the exact WKB analysis, the WKB analysis based on the resurgent function theory. It is also worth emphasizing that the concrete form of essential singularities we encounter is expressed by the linear differential operators of infinite order.

Sample-to-sample fluctuations of power spectrum of a random motion in a periodic Sinai model.

The Sinai model of a tracer diffusing in a quenched Brownian potential is a much-studied problem exhibiting a logarithmically slow anomalous diffusion due to the growth of energy barriers with the system size. However, if the potential is random but periodic, the regime of anomalous diffusion crosses over to one of normal diffusion once a tracer has diffused over a few periods of the system. Here we consider a system in which the potential is given by a Brownian bridge on a finite interval (0,L) and then periodically repeated over the whole real line and study the power spectrum S(f) of the diffusive process x(t) in such a potential. We show that for most of realizations of x(t) in a given realization of the potential, the low-frequency behavior is S(f)∼A/f^{2}, i.e., the same as for standard Brownian motion, and the amplitude A is a disorder-dependent random variable with a finite support. Focusing on the statistical properties of this random variable, we determine the moments of A of arbitrary, negative, or positive order k and demonstrate that they exhibit a multifractal dependence on k and a rather unusual dependence on the temperature and on the periodicity L, which are supported by atypical realizations of the periodic disorder. We finally show that the distribution of A has a log-normal left tail and exhibits an essential singularity close to the right edge of the support, which is related to the Lifshitz singularity. Our findings are based both on analytic results and on extensive numerical simulations of the process x(t).

On permutable meromorphic functions

We study the class $\mathcal{M}$ of functions meromorphic outside a countable closed set of essential singularities. We show that if a function in $\mathcal{M}$, with at least one essential singularity, permutes with a non-constant rational map $g$, then $g$ is a M\"{o}bius map that is not conjugate to an irrational rotation. For a given function $ f \in\mathcal{M}$ which is not a M\"{o}bius map, we show that the set of functions in $\mathcal{M}$ that permute with $ f $ is countably infinite. Finally, we show that there exist transcendental meromorphic functions $f: \mathbb{C} \to \mathbb{C}$ such that, among functions meromorphic in the plane, $f$ permutes only with itself and with the identity map.

Thermodynamic instability of nonlinearly charged black holes in gravity’s rainbow

Motivated by the violation of Lorentz invariancy in quantum gravity, we study black hole solutions in gravity's rainbow in context of Einstein gravity coupled with various models of nonlinear electrodynamics. We regard an energy dependent spacetime and obtain related metric functions and electric fields. We show that there is an essential singularity at the origin which is covered with an event horizon. We also compute the conserved and thermodynamical quantities and examine the validity of the first law of thermodynamics in the presence of rainbow functions. Finally, we investigate thermal stability conditions for these black hole solutions in context of canonical ensemble. We show that thermodynamical structure of the solutions depends on the choices of nonlinearity parameters, charge and energy functions.

Solutions with throats in Hořava gravity with cosmological constant

By combining analytical and numerical methods, we find that the solutions of the complete Hořava theory with negative cosmological constant that satisfy the conditions of staticity, spherical symmetry and vanishing of the shift function are two kinds of geometry: (i) a solution with two sides joined by a throat and (ii) a single side with a naked singularity at the origin. We study the second-order effective action. We consider the case when the coupling constant of the [Formula: see text] term, which is the unique deviation from general relativity (GR) in the effective action, is small. At one side, the solution with the throat acquires a kind of deformed anti-de Sitter (AdS) asymptotia and at the other side, there is an asymptotic essential singularity. The deformation of AdS essentially means that the lapse function [Formula: see text] diverges asymptotically a bit faster than AdS. This can also be interpreted as an anisotropic Lifshitz scaling that the solutions acquire asymptotically.

Some properties of open, discrete, generalized ring mappings

We study properties of open, discrete ring mappings satisfying generalized modular inequalities. Such mappings generalize the known class of quasiregular mappings and their extensions known as mappings of finite distortion. We apply our results to open discrete ring mappings satisfying condition (N) and having local inverses, and we focus especially on the case . We show that such mappings cannot have essential singularities and also that Zoric’s theorem can hold in this case under some conditions even if . This is in contrast even with the known case of quasiregular mappings.

Einstein-Born-Infeld-massive gravity: adS-black hole solutions and their thermodynamical properties

In this paper, we study massive gravity in the presence of Born-Infeld nonlinear electrodynamics. First, we obtain metric function related to this gravity and investigate the geometry of the solutions and find that there is an essential singularity at the origin ($r=0$). It will be shown that due to contribution of the massive part, the number, types and places of horizons may be changed. Next, we calculate the conserved and thermodynamic quantities and check the validation of the first law of thermodynamics. We also investigate thermal stability of these black holes in context of canonical ensemble. It will be shown that number, type and place of phase transition points are functions of different parameters which lead to dependency of stability conditions to these parameters. Also, it will be shown how the behavior of temperature is modified due to extension of massive gravity and strong nonlinearity parameter. Next, critical behavior of the system in extended phase space by considering cosmological constant as pressure is investigated. A study regarding neutral Einstein-massive gravity in context of extended phase space is done. Geometrical approach is employed to study the thermodynamical behavior of the system in context of heat capacity and extended phase space. It will be shown that GTs, heat capacity and extended phase space have consistent results. Finally, critical behavior of the system is investigated through use of another method. It will be pointed out that the results of this method is in agreement with other methods and follow the concepts of ordinary thermodynamics.

Quantum critical response function in quasi-two-dimensional itinerant antiferromagnets

We re-examine the experimental results for the magnetic response function $\chi''({\bf q}, E, T)$, for ${\bf q}$ around the anti-ferromagnetic vectors ${\bf Q}$, in the quantum-critical region, obtained by inelastic neutron scattering, on an Fe-based superconductor, and on a heavy Fermion compound. The motivation is to compare the results with a recent theory, which shows that the fluctuations in a generic anti-ferromagnetic model for itinerant fermions map to those in the universality class of the dissipative quantum-XY model. The quantum-critical fluctuations in this model, in a range of parameters, are given by the correlations of spatial and of temporal topological defects. The theory predicts a $\chi''({\bf q}, E, T)$ (i) which is a separable function of $({\bf q -Q})$ and of ($E$,$T$), (ii) at crticality, the energy dependent part is $\propto \tanh (E/2T)$ below a cut-off energy, (iii) the correlation time departs from its infinite value at criticality on the disordered side by an essential singularity, and (iv) the correlation length depends logarithmically on the correlation time, so that the dynamical critical exponent $z$ is $\infty$ . The limited existing experimental results are found to be consistent with the first two unusual predictions from which the linear dependence of the resistivity on T and the $T \ln T$ dependence of the entropy also follow. More experiments are suggested, especially to test the theory of variations on the correlation time and length on the departure from criticality.

Isolated Singularities of Affine Special Kähler Metrics in Two Dimensions

We prove that there are just two types of isolated singularities of special K\"ahler metrics in real dimension two provided the associated holomorphic cubic form does not have essential singularities. We also construct examples of such metrics.

Eigenvalues of holomorphic functions for the third boundary condition

The eigenvalue problem of holomorphic functions on the unit disc for the third boundary condition with general coefficient is studied using Fourier analysis. With a general anti-polynomial coefficient a variable number of additional boundary conditions need to be imposed to determine the eigenvalue uniquely. An additional boundary condition is required to obtain a unique eigenvalue when the coefficient includes an essential singularity rather than a pole. In either case explicit solutions are derived.

A Lehto–Virtanen-type theorem and a rescaling principle for an isolated essential singularity of a holomorphic curve in a complex space

We establish a Lehto–Virtanen-type theorem and a rescaling principle for an isolated essential singularity of a holomorphic curve in a complex space, which are useful for establishing a big Picard-type theorem and a big Brody-type one for holomorphic curves.