Gauge Field Theory Research Articles

A possibility to describe models of massive non-Abelian gauge fields in the framework of a renormalizable theory

Renormalizable theory of massive nonabelian gauge fields, which does not require the existence of observable scalar fields is proposed.

Phase transition in anisotropic holographic superfluids with arbitrary dynamical critical exponent z and hyperscaling violation factor alpha

Einstein-scalar-U(2) gauge field theory is considered in a spacetime characterized by alpha and z, which are the hyperscaling violation factor and the dynamical critical exponent, respectively. We consider a dual fluid system of such a gravity theory characterized by temperature T and chemical potential mu . It turns out that there is a superfluid phase transition where a vector order parameter appears which breaks SO(3) global rotation symmetry of the dual fluid system when the chemical potential becomes a certain critical value. To study this system for arbitrary z and alpha , we first apply Sturm–Liouville theory and estimate the upper bounds of the critical values of the chemical potential. We also employ a numerical method in the ranges of 1 le z le 4 and 0 le alpha le 4 to check if the Sturm–Liouville method correctly estimates the critical values of the chemical potential. It turns out that the two methods are agreed within 10 percent error ranges. Finally, we compute free energy density of the dual fluid by using its gravity dual and check if the system shows phase transition at the critical values of the chemical potential mu _mathrm{c} for the given parameter region of alpha and z. Interestingly, it is observed that the anisotropic phase is more favored than the isotropic phase for relatively small values of z and alpha . However, for large values of z and alpha , the anisotropic phase is not favored.

Existence of topological multi-string solutions in Abelian gauge field theories

In this paper, we consider a general form of self-dual equations arising from Abelian gauge field theories coupled with the Einstein equations. By applying the super/subsolution method, we prove that topological multi-string solutions exist for any coupling constant, which improves previously known results. We provide two examples for application: the self-dual Einstein-Maxwell-Higgs model and the gravitational Maxwell gauged O(3) sigma model.

Chiral quantum spin liquid on the repulsive Haldane–Hubbard model in square lattices

In this paper, we present a study on the repulsive Haldane–Hubbard model with spin-rotation symmetry in square lattices by deriving non-linear σ model for magnetic states. It is found that a chiral spin liquid state as the ground state of the correlated system exists in the topological spin-density wave proposed by Wu et al (2016 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 28 115602), of which the low energy physics can be determined by the Chern–Simons–Hopf gauge field theory.

Dual gauge field theory of quantum liquid crystals in three dimensions

The dislocation-mediated quantum melting of solids into quantum liquid crystals is extended from two to three spatial dimensions, using a generalization of boson-vortex or Abelian-Higgs duality. Dislocations are now Burgers-vector-valued strings that trace out worldsheets in spacetime while the phonons of the solid dualize into two-form (Kalb-Ramond) gauge fields. We propose an effective dual Higgs potential that allows for restoring translational symmetry in either one, two or three directions, leading to the quantum analogues of columnar, smectic or nematic liquid crystals. In these phases, transverse phonons turn into gapped, propagating modes while compressional stress remains massless. Rotational Goldstone modes emerge whenever translational symmetry is restored. We also consider electrically charged matter, and find amongst others that as a hard principle only two out of the possible three rotational Goldstone modes are observable using electromagnetic means.

Quantization of anomalous abelian gauge field theories

It is shown that by introducing a gauge group parameter in the path integral formulation of an abelian gauge theory, the preservation of gauge invariance of the effective action is allowed, and at the same time, can be made to preserve current conservation. The procedure introduced here is shown to yield a theory in which there is no anomaly.

Maximal symmetry and mass generation of Dirac fermions and gravitational gauge field theory in six-dimensional spacetime**Supported by National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (11690022, 11475237, 11121064) and Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDB23030100) as well as the CAS Center for Excellence in Particle Physics (CCEPP)

The relativistic Dirac equation in four-dimensional spacetime reveals a coherent relation between the dimensions of spacetime and the degrees of freedom of fermionic spinors. A massless Dirac fermion generates new symmetries corresponding to chirality spin and charge spin as well as conformal scaling transformations. With the introduction of intrinsic W-parity, a massless Dirac fermion can be treated as a Majorana-type or Weyl-type spinor in a six-dimensional spacetime that reflects the intrinsic quantum numbers of chirality spin. A generalized Dirac equation is obtained in the six-dimensional spacetime with a maximal symmetry. Based on the framework of gravitational quantum field theory proposed in Ref. [] with the postulate of gauge invariance and coordinate independence, we arrive at a maximally symmetric gravitational gauge field theory for the massless Dirac fermion in six-dimensional spacetime. Such a theory is governed by the local spin gauge symmetry SP(1,5) and the global Poincaré symmetry P(1,5)=SO(1,5)⋉P1,5 as well as the charge spin gauge symmetry SU(2). The theory leads to the prediction of doubly electrically charged bosons. A scalar field and conformal scaling gauge field are introduced to maintain both global and local conformal scaling symmetries. A generalized gravitational Dirac equation for the massless Dirac fermion is derived in the six-dimensional spacetime. The equations of motion for gauge fields are obtained with conserved currents in the presence of gravitational effects. The dynamics of the gauge-type gravifield as a Goldstone-like boson is shown to be governed by a conserved energy-momentum tensor, and its symmetric part provides a generalized Einstein equation of gravity. An alternative geometrical symmetry breaking mechanism for the mass generation of Dirac fermions is demonstrated.

Hamiltonian analysis of an on-shell U(1) gauge field theory

We perform the Hamiltonian analysis of an on-shell U(1) gauge field theory, in which the action is not invariant under local U(1) transformations but recovers the invariance when the equations of motion are imposed. We firstly apply Dirac's method of Hamiltonian analysis. We find one first-class constraint and two second-class constraints in the vector sector. It implies the photons have only two polarisations, at least at the classical level, although the standard U(1) symmetry is explicitly broken. The reduced Hamiltonian is bounded from below and the on-shell U(1) gauge field theory is free from ghosts at the classical level.

Edge modes and corner ambiguities in 3d Chern–Simons theory and gravity

Boundaries in gauge field theories are known to be the locus of a wealth of interesting phenomena, as illustrated for example by the holographic principle or by the AdS/CFT and bulk-boundary correspondences. In particular, it has been acknowledged for quite some time that boundaries can break gauge invariance, and thereby turn gauge degrees of freedom into physical ones. There is however no known systematic way of identifying these degrees of freedom and possible associated boundary observables. Following recent work by Donnelly and Freidel, we show that this can be achieved by extending the covariant Hamiltonian formalism so as to make it gauge-invariant under arbitrary large gauge transformations. This can be done at the expense of extending the phase space by introducing new boundary fields, which in turn determine new boundary symmetries and observables. We present the general framework behind this construction, and find the conditions under which it can be applied to an arbitrary Lagrangian. By studying the examples of Abelian Chern–Simons theory and first order three-dimensional gravity, we then show that the new boundary observables satisfy the known corresponding Kac–Moody affine algebras. This shows that this new extended phase space formulation does indeed properly describe the dynamical boundary degrees of freedom, and gives credit to the results which have been previously derived in the case of diffeomorphism symmetry. We expect that this systematic understanding of the boundary symmetries will play a major role for the quantization of gravity in finite regions.

Massive gravity and Fierz\u2013Pauli theory

Linearized gravity is considered as an ordinary gauge field theory. This implies the need for gauge fixing in order to have well-defined propagators. Only after having achieved this, the most general mass term is added. The aim of this paper is to study of the degrees of freedom of the gauge fixed theory of linearized gravity with mass term. The main result is that, even outside the usual Fierz–Pauli constraint on the mass term, it is possible to choose a gauge fixing belonging to the Landau class, which leads to a massive theory of gravity with the five degrees of freedom of a spin-2 massive particle.

Spinning and Spinning Deviation Equations for Special Types of Gauge Theories of Gravity

The problem of spinning and spin deviation equations for particles as defined by their microscopic effect has led many authors to revisit non-Riemannian geometry for being described torsion and its relation with the spin of elementary particles. We obtain a new method to detect the existence of torsion by deriving the equations of spin deviations in different classes of non-Riemannian geometries, using a modified Bazanski method. We find that translational gauge potentials and rotational gauge potentials regulate the spin deviation equation in the presence of Poincare gauge field theory of gravity.

Thesaurus Theoriis Circa Gravitatis et Cetera

<p><em>Thesaurus Theoriis Circa Gravitatis et Cetera</em> is a compilation subdivided into two chapters, containing the complete research developed during author's post-doctoral period at the Brazilian Center of Physics Research - CBPF, Rio de Janeiro (2016 - 2017). From the heated discussions that took place in a climate of intense knowledge exchange, additions were made to the original text, making it more translucent to the readers.</p><p>In the first chapter, the lecture notes related to the Summer Formative Activities -- 2017 were meant to compile the main ideas on gauge field theory and modern cosmology, showing the recent contributions of the author in these areas, especially in classical thermodynamics, supergravity and quantum gravity. Although the author has conducted the work without wishing to exhaust the issues in question, this synthesis provides some essential formal aspects for further studies, with relevant and updated references, as well as indications of classical readings. Special attention was given to author's application of Lyra's geometry, because of its growing importance in quantum cosmology, and to the so-called <<paleogravity>>, a model of supergravity developed by the author with the purpose to offer a classical representation for supergravity that could be made compatible with the quantum theory of spacetime also developed by himself. Also in general cosmology, the emphasis was on inhomogeneous models because of the debate that they open on the validity of the standard model. In this sense, the author presented his perturbative formalism of weak gravitational lensing by defining an inhomogeneous cosmological refractive index within a Lemaître-Tolman universe. Lastly, some remarks on Stephani cosmology were organized in order to expose the most significant features of this approach. During the reading, it shall be possible to observe some title marks indicating items of interest, as well as small side texts with outgivings of renowned authors.</p><p>In the second chapter, the author expanded the discussion about the quantization of spacetime, previously opened, deepening his phenomenological analysis at the surroundings of supermassive bodies with the aid of the formalism of Green's functions. This approach also opens the way for a broader and dialectical debate on quantum gravity and supergravity, seeking to rescue a physical discourse and not merely the math exercise which has been predominant in some research groups.</p><p>The author is immensely grateful to the colleagues and external participants for the contributions and affection with which he was received and from which a community of collaborative studies was formed on the most important topics in modern physics. Special thanks goes to our esteemed Professor Helayël, to whom the author directs his highest respects and wishes for a long and brilliant future.</p>

Yangian and SUSY symmetry of high spin parton splitting amplitudes in generalised Yang–Mills theory

We have calculated the high spin parton splitting amplitudes postulating the Yangian symmetry of the scattering amplitudes for tensor gluons. The resulting splitting amplitudes coincide with the earlier calculations, which were based on the BCFW recursion relations. The resulting formula unifies all known splitting probabilities found earlier in gauge field theories. It describes splitting probabilities for integer and half-integer spin particles. We also checked that the splitting probabilities fulfil the generalised Kounnas–Ross [Formula: see text] = 1 supersymmetry relations hinting to the fact that the underlying theory can be formulated in an explicit supersymmetric manner.

Gradient flow running coupling in SU(2) gauge theory with Nf=8 fundamental flavors

We study the evolution of the coupling in SU(2) gauge field theory with $N_f=8$ fundamental fermion flavors on the lattice. This model is expected to have an infrared fixed point at high coupling. We use HEX-smeared Wilson-clover action, and measure the gradient flow running coupling with Dirichlet boundary conditions. Extrapolating our results to continuum, we find an infrared fixed point at $g^2=8.24(59)^{+0.97}_{-1.64}$, with statistical and systematic error estimates. We also measure the anomalous dimension of the quark mass operator, and find its value at the fixed point $\gamma \approx 0.15 \pm 0.02$.

Spacetime deformation effect on the early universe and the PTOLEMY experiment

Using a fully-fledged formulation of gauge field theory deformed by the spacetime noncommutativity, we study its impact on relic neutrino direct detection, as proposed recently by the PTOLEMY experiment. The noncommutative background tends to influence the propagating neutrinos by providing them with a tree-level vector-like coupling to photons, enabling thus otherwise sterile right-handed (RH) neutrinos to be thermally produced in the early universe. Such a new component in the universe's background radiation has been switched today to the almost fully active sea of non-relativistic neutrinos, exerting consequently some impact on the capture on tritium at PTOLEMY. The peculiarities of our nonperturbative approach tend to reflect in the cosmology as well, upon the appearances of the coupling temperature, above which RH neutrinos stay permanently decoupled from thermal environment. This entails the maximal scale of noncommutativity as well, being of order of 10−4MPl, above which there is no impact whatsoever on the capture rates at PTOLEMY. The latter represents an exceptional upper bound on the scale of noncommutativity coming from phenomenology.

On magnetohydrodynamic gauge field theory

Clebsch potential gauge field theory for magnetohydrodynamics is developed based in part on the theory of Calkin (1963 Can. J. Phys. 41 2241–51). It is shown how the polarization vector in Calkin’s approach naturally arises from the Lagrange multiplier constraint equation for Faraday’s equation for the magnetic induction , or alternatively from the magnetic vector potential form of Faraday’s equation. Gauss’s equation, (divergence of is zero) is incorporated in the variational principle by means of a Lagrange multiplier constraint. Noether’s theorem coupled with the gauge symmetries is used to derive the conservation laws for (a) magnetic helicity, (b) cross helicity, (c) fluid helicity for non-magnetized fluids, and (d) a class of conservation laws associated with curl and divergence equations which applies to Faraday’s equation and Gauss’s equation. The magnetic helicity conservation law is due to a gauge symmetry in MHD and not due to a fluid relabelling symmetry. The analysis is carried out for the general case of a non-barotropic gas in which the gas pressure and internal energy density depend on both the entropy S and the gas density ρ. The cross helicity and fluid helicity conservation laws in the non-barotropic case are nonlocal conservation laws that reduce to local conservation laws for the case of a barotropic gas. The connections between gauge symmetries, Clebsch potentials and Casimirs are developed. It is shown that the gauge symmetry functionals in the work of Henyey (1982 Phys. Rev. A 26 480–3) satisfy the Casimir determining equations.

Finite BRST Mapping in Higher-Derivative Models

We continue the study of finite field dependent BRST (FFBRST) symmetry in the quantum theory of gauge fields. An expression for the Jacobian of path integral measure is presented, depending on a finite field-dependent parameter, and the FFBRST symmetry is then applied to a number of well-established quantum gauge theories in a form which includes higher-derivative terms. Specifically, we examine the corresponding versions of the Maxwell theory, non-Abelian vector field theory, and gravitation theory. We present a systematic mapping between different forms of gauge-fixing, including those with higher-derivative terms, for which these theories have better renormalization properties. In doing so, we also provide the independence of the S-matrix from a particular gauge-fixing with higher derivatives. Following this method, a higher-derivative quantum action can be constructed for any gauge theory in the FFBRST framework.

Nonholonomic tomography. I. The Born rule as a connection between experiments

In the context of quantum tomography, we recently introduced a quantity called a partial determinant \cite{jackson2015detecting}. PDs (partial determinants) are explicit functions of the collected data which are sensitive to the presence of state-preparation-and-measurment (SPAM) correlated errors. As such, PDs bypass the need to estimate state-preparation or measurement parameters individually. In the present work, we suggest a theoretical perspective for the PD. We show that the PD is a holonomy and that the notions of state, measurement, and tomography can be generalized to non-holonomic constraints. To illustrate and clarify these abstract concepts, direct analogies are made to parallel transport, thermodynamics, and gauge field theory. This paper is the first of a two part series where the second paper [2] is about scalable applications of the PD to multiqudit systems.

On a microscopic representation of space–time IV

We summarize some previous work on SU(4) describing hadron representations and transformations as well as its noncompact “counterpart” SU*(4) being the complex embedding of SL(2,H). So after having related the 16-dim Dirac algebra to SU*(4), on the one hand we have access to real, complex, and quaternionic Lie group chains and their respective algebras, on the other hand it is of course possible to relate physical descriptions to the respective representations. With emphasis on the common maximal compact subgroup USp(4), we are led to projective geometry of the real 3-space and various transfer principles which we use to extend the previous work on the rank 3-algebras above. On real spaces, such considerations are governed by the groups SO(n,m) with n + m = 6. The central thread, however, focuses here on line and Complex geometry which finds its well-known counterparts in descriptions of electromagnetism and special relativity as well as—using transfer principles—in Dirac, gauge, and quantum field theory. We discuss a simple picture where Complexe of second grade play the major and dominant rôle to unify (real) projective geometry, complex representation theory and line/Complex representations in order to proceed to dynamics.

Classical phase space and Hadamard states in the BRST formalism for gauge field theories on curved spacetime

We investigate linearized gauge theories on globally hyperbolic spacetimes in the BRST formalism. A consistent definition of the classical phase space and of its Cauchy surface analogue is proposed. We prove that it is isomorphic to the phase space in the ‘subsidiary condition’ approach of Hack and Schenkel in the case of Maxwell, Yang–Mills, and Rarita–Schwinger fields. Defining Hadamard states in the BRST formalism in a standard way, their existence in the Maxwell and Yang–Mills case is concluded from known results in the subsidiary condition (or Gupta–Bleuler) formalism. Within our framework, we also formulate criteria for non-degeneracy of the phase space in terms of BRST cohomology and discuss special cases. These include an example in the Yang–Mills case, where degeneracy is not related to a non-trivial topology of the Cauchy surface.