119113019
Thermodynamics of SU (3) gauge theory from gradient flow on the lattice
A novel method to study the bulk thermodynamics in lattice gauge theory is proposed on the basis of the Yang-Mills gradient flow with a fictitious time $t$. The energy density $ϵ$ and the pressure $P$ of $SU(3)$ gauge theory at fixed temperature are calculated directly on ${32}^{3}\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}(6,8,10)$ lattices from the thermal average of the well-defined energy-momentum tensor ${T}_{\ensuremath{\mu}\ensuremath{\nu}}^{R}(x)$ obtained by the gradient flow. It is demonstrated that the continuum limit can be taken in a controlled manner from the $t$ dependence of the flowed data.
118409043
Euclidean lattice simulation for dynamical supersymmetry breaking
The global supersymmetry is spontaneously broken if and only if the ground-state energy is strictly positive. We propose to use this fact to observe the spontaneous supersymmetry breaking in Euclidean lattice simulations. For lattice formulations that possess a manifest fermionic symmetry, there exists a natural choice of a Hamiltonian operator that is consistent with a topological property of the Witten index. We confirm validity of our idea in models of the supersymmetric quantum mechanics. We then examine a possibility of a dynamical supersymmetry breaking in the two-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=(2,2)$ super Yang-Mills theory with the gauge group $\mathrm{SU}(2)$, for which the Witten index is unknown. Differently from a recent conjectural claim, our numerical result tempts us to conclude that supersymmetry is not spontaneously broken in this system.
119213970
Renormalizability of the gradient flow in the 2D O(N) non-linear sigma model
It is known that the gauge field and its composite operators evolved by the Yang--Mills gradient flow are ultraviolet (UV) finite without any multiplicative wave function renormalization. In this paper, we prove that the gradient flow in the 2D $O(N)$ non-linear sigma model possesses a similar property: The flowed $N$-vector field and its composite operators are UV finite without multiplicative wave function renormalization. Our proof in all orders of perturbation theory uses a $(2+1)$-dimensional field theoretical representation of the gradient flow, which possesses local gauge invariance without gauge field. As application of the UV finiteness of the gradient flow, we construct the energy--momentum tensor in the lattice formulation of the $O(N)$ non-linear sigma model that automatically restores the correct normalization and the conservation law in the continuum limit.
119483534
Axial anomaly in the reduced model: Higher representations☆
Abstract The topological charge in the U( N ) vector-like reduced model can be defined by using the overlap Dirac operator. We obtain its large N limit for a fermion in a general gauge-group representation under a certain restriction of gauge field configurations which is termed U(1) embedding.
14282824
SUSY WT identity in a lattice formulation of 2D N = (2, 2) SYM
Abstract We address some issues relating to a supersymmetric (SUSY) Ward–Takahashi (WT) identity in Sugino's lattice formulation of two-dimensional (2D) N = ( 2 , 2 ) SU ( k ) supersymmetric Yang–Mills theory (SYM). A perturbative argument shows that the SUSY WT identity in the continuum theory is reproduced in the continuum limit without any operator renormalization/mixing and tuning of lattice parameters. As application of the lattice SUSY WT identity, we show that a prescription for the Hamiltonian density in this lattice formulation, proposed by Kanamori, Sugino and Suzuki, is justified also from a perspective of an operator algebra among correctly-normalized supercurrents. We explicitly confirm the SUSY WT identity in the continuum limit to the first nontrivial order in a semi-perturbative expansion.
119414305
Anomalies, local counter terms and bosonization
We re-examine the issue of local counter terms in the analysis of quantum anomalies. We analyze two-dimensional theories and show that the notion of local counter terms need to be carefully defined depending on the physics contents such as whether one is analyzing gauge theory or bosonization. It is shown that a part of the Jacobian, which is apparently spurious and eliminated by a local counter term corresponding to the mass term of the gauge field in gauge theory, cannot be removed by a local counter term and plays a central role by giving the kinetic term of the bosonized field in the context of path integral bosonization.
118538455
Neutrino oscillation and expected event rate of supernova neutrinos in the adiabatic explosion model
We study how the influence of the shock wave appears in neutrino oscillations and the neutrino spectrum by using the density profile of the adiabatic explosion model of a core-collapse supernova, which is calculated in an implicit Lagrangian code for general relativistic spherical hydrodynamics. We calculate expected event rates of neutrino detection at Super-Kamiokande (SK) and Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) for various ${\ensuremath{\theta}}_{13}$ values and both normal and inverted hierarchies. The predicted event rates of ${\overline{\ensuremath{\nu}}}_{e}$ and ${\ensuremath{\nu}}_{e}$ depend on the mixing angle ${\ensuremath{\theta}}_{13}$ for the inverted and normal mass hierarchies, respectively, and the influence of the shock wave appears for about 2\char21{}8 s when ${sin﻿}^{2}2{\ensuremath{\theta}}_{13}$ is larger than ${10}^{\ensuremath{-}3}$. These neutrino signals for the shock-wave propagation is decreased by $\ensuremath{\lesssim}30%$ for ${\overline{\ensuremath{\nu}}}_{e}$ in inverted hierarchy (SK) or by $\ensuremath{\lesssim}15%$ for ${\ensuremath{\nu}}_{e}$ in normal hierarchy (SNO) compared with the case without shock. The obtained ratio of the total event for high-energy neutrinos ($20\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{MeV}\ensuremath{\leqq}{E}_{\ensuremath{\nu}}\ensuremath{\leqq}60\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{MeV}$) to low-energy neutrinos ($5\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{MeV}\ensuremath{\lesssim}{E}_{\ensuremath{\nu}}\ensuremath{\leqq}20\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{MeV}$) is consistent with the previous studies in schematic semianalytic or other hydrodynamic models of the shock propagation. The time dependence of the calculated ratio of the event rates of high-energy neutrinos to the event rates of low-energy neutrinos is a very useful observable which is sensitive to ${\ensuremath{\theta}}_{13}$ and mass hierarchies. Namely, the time-dependent ratio shows a clearer signal of the shock-wave propagation that exhibits a remarkable decrease by at most a factor of $\ensuremath{\sim}2$ for ${\overline{\ensuremath{\nu}}}_{e}$ in inverted hierarchy (SK), whereas it exhibits a smaller change by $\ensuremath{\sim}10%$ for ${\ensuremath{\nu}}_{e}$ in normal hierarchy (SNO). Observing the time-dependent high-energy to low-energy ratio of the neutrino events thus would provide a piece of very useful information to constrain ${\ensuremath{\theta}}_{13}$ and mass hierarchy and eventually help understand how the shock wave propagates inside the star.
18029655
Influence of the symmetry energy on the birth of neutron stars and supernova neutrinos
We study the influence of the symmetry energy of the equation of state on the thermal evolution of protoneutron stars and the properties of supernova neutrinos by the numerical simulations after the protoneutron stars are formed. As for the equation of state (EOS) of nuclear matter, we take two EOS's with different symmetry energies obtained by the relativistic mean field theory. We find the symmetry energy plays the essential role on the evolution of lepton profiles and the neutrino fluxes.
124262809
Statistical Analysis of the Neutrino Burst from SN1987A
Les 3 derniers evenements observes au detecteur de Kamiokande lors du sursaut de neutrino depuis la supernova SN 1987A sont arrives avec 7 secondes de retard apres les autres. La probabilite d'une telle observation est calculee dans le cadre du modele standard de refroidissement du cœur de la supernova. On obtient une valeur tout au plus egale a 2%
18016040
A comparative study of statistical models for nuclear equation of state of stellar matter
Abstract We compare three different statistical models for the equation of state (EOS) of stellar matter at subnuclear densities and temperatures (0.5–10 MeV) expected to occur during the collapse of massive stars and supernova explosions. The models introduce the distributions of various nuclear species in nuclear statistical equilibrium, but use somewhat different nuclear physics inputs. It is demonstrated that the basic thermodynamical quantities of stellar matter under these conditions are similar, except in the region of high densities and low temperatures. We demonstrate that mass and isotopic distributions have considerable differences related to the different assumptions of the models on properties of nuclei at these stellar conditions. Overall, the three models give similar trends, but the details reflect the uncertainties related to the modeling of medium effects, such as the temperature and density dependence of surface and bulk energies of heavy nuclei, and the nuclear shell structure effects. We discuss importance of new physics inputs for astrophysical calculations from experimental data obtained in intermediate energy heavy-ion collisions, in particular, the similarities of the conditions reached during supernova explosions and multifragmentation reactions.
118431737
A new baryonic equation of state at sub-nuclear densities for core-collapse simulations
We calculate a new equation of state for baryons at sub-nuclear densities meant for the use in core-collapse simulations of massive stars. The abundances of various nuclei are obtained together with the thermodynamic quantities. The formulation is the nuclear statistical equilibrium description and the liquid drop approximation of nuclei. The model free energy to minimize is calculated by relativistic mean field theory for nucleons and the mass formula for nuclei with atomic number up to ~1000. We have also taken into account the pasta phase, thanks to which the transition to uniform nuclear matter in our equation of state (EOS) occurs in the conventional manner: nuclei are not dissociated into nucleons but survive right up to the transition to uniform nuclear matter. We find that the free energy and other thermodynamical quantities are not very different from those given in the H. Shen's EOS, one of the standard EOSs that adopt the single nucleus approximation. On the other hand, the average mass is systematically different, which may have an important ramification to the rates of electron captures and coherent neutrino scatterings on nuclei in supernova cores. It is also interesting that the root mean square of the mass number is not very different from the average mass number, since the former is important for the evaluation of coherent scattering rates on nuclei but has been unavailable so far. The EOS table is currently under construction, which will include the weak interaction rates.