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The Chern-Simons coefficient in the Higgs phase
Abstract We study one-loop corrections to the Chern-Simons coefficient ϰ in abelian self-dual Chern-Simons Higgs systems and their N =2 and N =3 supersymmetric generalizations in both symmetric and asymmetric phases. One-loop corrections to the Chern-Simons coefficient of these systems turn out to be integer multiples of 1 4 π in both phases. Especially in the maximally supersymmetric N =3 case, the correction in the symmetric phase vanishes and that in the asymmetric phase is ϰ /(2 π | ϰ |). Our results suggest that nonabelian self-dual system might enjoy similar features. We also discuss various issues arising from our results.
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Fermion representation of the rolling tachyon boundary conformal field theory
A free fermion representation of the rolling tachyon boundary conformal field theory is constructed. The representation is used to obtain an explicit, compact, exact expression for the boundary state. We use the boundary state to compute the disc and cylinder amplitudes for the half-S-brane.
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Quantum Brownian Motion on a Triangular Lattice and Fermi-Bose Equivalence: An Application of Boundary State Formulation
We discuss the Bose-Fermi equivalence in the quantum Brownian motion (QBM) on a triangular lattice, mapping the action for the QBM into a string theory action with a periodic boundary tachyon potential. We construct new Klein factors which are more appropriate than the conventional ones to deal with the quantum field theories defined on a two dimensioanl space-time with boundaries. Using the Fermi-Bose equivalence with the new Klein factors, we show that the model for the quantum Bownian motion on a triangular lattice is equivalent to the Thirring model with boundary terms, which are quadratic in fermion field operators, in the off-critical regions and to a SU(3) × SU(3) free fermion theory with quadratic boundary terms at the critical point.
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Apparatus-dependent contributions to g-2?
The University of Washington g-2 experiments have progressed to the marvelous precision of 10/sup 12/ in their measurement of the magnetic moment of the electron. A further improvement of a factor of 10 should occur in the near future. Concomitant with this accuracy is the necessity of understanding small corrections. These experiments employ a Penning trap whose electrodes behave as conducting walls for a microwave cavity. We investigate the effect of this cavity on the spin and cyclotron frequencies. Previous work, employing calculations that are not gauge invariant, implies that the present level of accuracy cannot be exceeded because of cavity effects on the spin precession frequency. In contrast to this erroneous work, we find no significant correction to the spin precession frequency, but we do find that the correction to the cyclotron frequency will be important when the experiments improve by another order of magnitude. 9 references.
117114158
Relativistic Anyon and (2+1) Dimensional Gravity
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STRING THEORY AND DUALITIES IN THE QUANTUM DISSIPATIVE HOFSTADTER SYSTEM
We study the dualities of the quantum dissipative Hofstadter system which describes particles moving in two dimensions, subject to a uniform magnetic field, a periodic potential and a dissipative force. Using the string theory formulation, we show that the system has two kinds of dualities. The duality, previously known as the exact duality in the literature is shown to correspond to a subgroup of the T-dual symmetry group unbroken by the periodic boundary potential in string theory. The other duality is a particle–kink duality in the noncommutative open string theory which is a generalized Schmid duality in the presence of the uniform magnetic field. The kinks of the dissipative Hofstadter model are found to be noncommutative objects. The particle–kink duality, which is called previously the approximate duality, is shown to be also exact. In contrast to the previous derivation, which is based on the Coulomb gas expansion of the partition function and asserts that the duality holds only approximately in t...
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N=4 supersymmetric quantum mechanics with magnetic monopole
Abstract We propose an N = 4 supersymmetric quantum mechanics of a charged particle on a sphere in the background of Dirac magnetic monopole and study the system in the CP ( 1 ) model approach. By using the Dirac quantization method, we explicitly calculate the symmetry algebra taking the operator ordering ambiguity into consideration. We find that it is given by the superalgebra su ( 1 | 2 ) × su ( 2 ) rot . We also show that the Hamiltonian can be written in terms of the Casimir invariant of su ( 2 ) rot algebra. Using this relation and analyzing the lower bound for angular momentum, we find the energy spectrum. We, then, examine the ground energy sector to find that the N = 4 supersymmetry is spontaneously broken to N = 2 for certain values of the monopole charge.
117208394
Scalar Nonluminous Matter in Galaxies
As a candidate for dark matter in galaxies, we study an SU(3) triplet of complex scalar fields which are nonminimally coupled to gravity. In the spherically symmetric static space–time where the flat rotational velocity curves of stars in galaxies can be explained, we find simple solutions of scalar fields with SU(3) global symmetry broken to U(1) × U(1), in an exponential scalar potential, which will be useful in a quintessence model of the late-time acceleration of the universe.
119015687
Gauge symmetry enhancement in the Hamiltonian formalism
We study the Hamiltonian structure of the gauge symmetry enhancement in the enlarged CP(N) model coupled with U(2) Chern-Simons term, which contains a free parameter governing explicit symmetry breaking and symmetry enhancement. After giving a general discussion of the geometry of constrained phase space suitable for the symmetry enhancement, we explicitly perform the Dirac analysis of our model and compute the Dirac brackets for the symmetry enhanced and broken cases. We also discuss some related issues.
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Cosmological gravitino production in gauge mediated supersymmetry breaking models
Abstract We study the cosmological gravitino production in gauge mediated supersymmetry breaking models, while properly taking into account the existence of the messenger mass scale. It is found that for sizable parameter range of the model the messenger sector contribution leads to more stringent upper bound on the reheat temperature obtained from the condition that the universe should not be overclosed by relic gravitinos. However it turns out that in the limit of relatively low messenger scale and large gravitino mass, the relic gravitino mass density can be smaller than the critical density independently of the reheat temperature, suggesting the possibility in this limit to have a high reheat temperature without the dilution of gravitinos at late time.
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Scalar-tensor gravity coupled to a global monopole and flat rotation curves