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INDUCED SUPERSYMMETRY BREAKING WITH A VANISHING VACUUM ENERGY
Abstract A new mechanism for symmetry breaking is proposed which naturally avoids the constraints following from the usual theorems of symmetry breaking. In the context of supersymmetry, for example, the breaking may be consistent with a vanishing vacuum energy. A 2 + 1 dimensional supersymmetric gauge field theory is explicitly shown to break supersymmetry through this mechanism while maintaining a zero vacuum energy if we assume the conventional wisdom of discarding the irregular solutions of the Schrodinger equation. This mechanism may provide a solution to two long standing problems, namely, dynamical supersymmetry breaking and the cosmological constant problem.
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The hamiltonian structures of the KP hierarchy
Abstract We obtain the two hamiltonian structures of the KP hierarchy following the method of Drinfeld and Sokolov. We point out how the second structure of Drinfeld and Sokolov needs to be modified in the present case. We briefly comment on the connection between these structures and the W 1+∞ algebra.
119380448
DYNAMICAL SUPERSYMMETRY
We show, in a simple quantum mechanical model, how a theory can become supersymmetric in the presence of interactions even when the free theory is not. This dynamical generation of supersymmetry relaxes the condition on the equality of masses of the superpartners which would be of phenomenological interest.
120503298
Systematic expansion for compact QED near weak coupling
18810830
The sTB-B hierarchy
Abstract We construct a new supersymmetric two boson (sTB-B) hierarchy and study its properties. We derive the conserved quantities and the Hamiltonian structures (proving the Jacobi identity) for the system. We show how this system gives the sKdV-B equation and its Hamiltonian structures upon appropriate reduction. We also describe the zero curvature formulation of this hierarchy both in the superspace as well as in components.
39204644
Thermal Operator and Cutting Rules at Finite Temperature and Chemical Potential
In the context of scalar field theories, both real and complex, we derive the cutting description at finite temperature (with zero/finite chemical potential) from the cutting rules at zero temperature through the action of a simple thermal operator. We give an alternative algebraic proof of the largest time equation which brings out the underlying physics of such a relation. As an application of the cutting description, we calculate the imaginary part of the one-loop retarded self-energy at zero/finite temperature and finite chemical potential and show how this description can be used to calculate the dispersion relation as well as the full physical self-energy of thermal particles.
119194703
Phenomenological implications of S-duality symmetry
Abstract It is proposed that S -duality is a fundamental symmetry of nature which is spontaneously broken. Axion and dilaton are identified with the doublet of the S -duality symmetry group SL ( 2 , R ) . The symmetry is broken at a high scale corresponding to the experimentally estimated axion decay constant f χ . The symmetry breaking mechanism is discussed in analogy with PCAC in pion physics. S -duality invariant interactions of fermions with axion and dilaton doublet are introduced. The symmetry breaking mechanism contributes negligibly small corrections to fermion masses in the QCD sector. Inspired by universality in string theory, the S -duality invariant interaction of the axion–dilaton doublet to QCD fermions is proposed to generalize to all fermions. Phenomenological consequences of this broken symmetry are explored.
15910786
Supersymmetric polytropic gas dynamics
Abstract We construct the N =1 supersymmetric extension of the polytropic gas dynamics. We give both the Lagrangian as well as the Hamiltonian description of this system. We construct the infinite set of ‘‘ Eulerian" conserved charges associated with this system and show that they are in involution, thereby proving complete integrability of this system. We construct the SUSY-B extension of this system as well and comment on the similarities and differences between this system and an earlier construction of the supersymmetric Chaplygin gas. We also derive the N =1 supersymmetric extension of the elastic medium equations, which, however, do not appear to be integrable.
118062846
Supersymmetry in Singular Quantum Mechanics
The breaking of supersymmetry due to singular potentials in supersymmetric quantum mechanics is critically analyzed. It is shown that, when properly regularized, these potentials respect supersymmetry, even when the regularization parameter is removed.
119290439
An alternative construction of the positive inner product in non-Hermitian quantum mechanics
Within the context of non-Hermitian quantum mechanics, we use the generators of eigenvectors of the Hamiltonian to construct a unitary inner product space. Such models have been of interest in recent years, for instance, in the context of PT symmetry, although our construction extends to the larger class of so-called pseudo-Hermitian operators. We provide a detailed example to illustrate the concept and compare with known results.
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Unruh effect in the general light-front frame
We study the phenomenon of Unruh effect in a massless scalar field theory quantized on the light front in the general light-front frame. We determine the uniformly accelerating coordinates in such a frame and through a direct transformation show that the propagator of the theory has a thermal character in the uniformly accelerating coordinate system with a temperature given by Tolman's law. We also carry out a systematic analysis of this phenomenon from the Hilbert space point of view and show that the vacuum of this theory appears as a thermal vacuum to a Rindler observer with the same temperature as given by Tolman's law.