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Quantum field dynamics in a uniform magnetic field: Description using fields in oblique phase space
We present a simple field transformation which changes the field arguments from the ordinary position-space coordinates to the oblique phase-space coordinates that are linear in position and momentum variables. This is useful in studying quantum field dynamics in the presence of external uniform magnetic field: here, the field transformation serves to separate the dynamics within the given Landau level from that between different Landau levels. We apply this formalism to both nonrelativistic and relativistic field theories. In the large external magnetic field our formalism provides an efficient method for constructing the relevant lower-dimensional effective field theories with the field degrees defined only on the lowest Landau level.
119250832
New BPS configurations of BMN matrix theory
We explore the 1/2 BPS configurations in BMN matrix theory with SO(3) angular momentum of SO(3) × SO(6) symmetry. The fluctuation analysis of the BPS configurations near the abelian solutions and also the fuzzy two sphere vacua reveals how nonabelian BPS configurations emerge. Especially the irreducible nonabelian configurations seem to have the maximal angular momentum of order N3, beyond which they collapse to abelian ones. We also find some new BPS configurations explicitly.
119199828
The general M5-brane superconformal index
We calculate and study the general superconformal index for the 6d U(N) (2,0) theory with four chemical potentials, from the indices of gauge theories on CP^2 x R. Our index agrees with the large N supergravity index on AdS_7 x S^4 at low energies, and also yields the negative 'Casimir energy' with an N^3 scaling which was recently calculated from a QFT on S^5. Our approach also suggests a systematic study of the (1,0) superconformal indices.
11205361
The CP(n) model on noncommutative plane
We construct the consistent CP(n) model on noncommutative plane. The Bogomolny bound on the energy is saturated by (anti-)self-dual solitons with integer topological charge, which is independent of their scaling and orientation. This integer quantization is satisfied for our general solutions, which turns out regular everywhere. We discuss the possible implication of our result to the instanton physics in Yang–Mills theories on noncommutative R4.
7063414
Mass-Deformed Bagger-Lambert Theory and its BPS Objects
We find a 16-supersymmetric mass-deformed Bagger-Lambert theory with SO(4)xSO(4) global R symmetry. The R charge plays the role of the noncentral term in the superalgebra. This theory has one symmetric vacuum and two inequivalent broken sectors of vacua. Each sector of the broken symmetry has SO(4) geometry. We find the 1/2 BPS domain walls connecting the symmetric phase and any broken phase, and 1/4 BPS supertubelike objects, which may appear as anyonic q-balls in the symmetric phase or vortices in the broken phase. We also discuss mass deformations, which reduce the number of supersymmetries.
29030259
Magnetic monopole with Wilson-loop symmetry breaking.
A nonsingular classical magnetic-monopole solution is obtained in a theory with Wilson-loop symmetry breaking. The solution is used to elucidate the quantization rules governing the magnetic charge, which are more restrictive than those for Higgs monopoles.
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POLARIZATION EFFECTS ON THE E+E- W+W- PROCESS WITH LARGE EXTRA DIMENSIONS
Abstract We study large extra dimension effects on the polarizations of the W pair and electron beam at the e + e − → W + W − process. It is shown that the measurements of the cross section for transversely polarized W pair with the right-handed electron beam remarkably enhance the possibilities to see the low scale quantum gravity effects. Higher Linear Collider bounds on the string scale in this model can be obtained by using the left-handed electron beam.
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Probing large extra dimensions with spin configuration of top quark pair production at the JLC
We explore signatures of large extra dimensions with a polarized electron/positrn beam at the Joint Linear Collider (JLC). We point out that spin informations can be useful to study indirect signals for large extra dimensions due to spin-2 nature of Kaluza-Klein gravitons. The spin configurations of the top quark pair production at e + e and γγ collisions provide an unique testing ground to search for effects of the large extra dimensions. Especially we show the forward-backward ~
1928023
Probing anomalous right-handed top quark couplings in rare $B$ decays
We explore the anomalous right-handed $\bar{t}sW$ and $\bar{t}bW$ couplings using $ B \to X_s \gamma$ and $B \to X_s l^+ l^-$ decays induced by the flavour-changing penguin diagrams. The anomalous $\bar{t}sW$ coupling can yield 10% enhancement of the $B \to X_s l^+ l^-$ decay rate under the constraint from the present $B \to X_s \gamma$ data, while it does not affect the forward-backward asymmetry of the charged lepton. The allowed region for anomalous $\bar{t}bW$ coupling by the $ B \to X_s \gamma$ constraint is two-fold, the small value region and the large value region. Though the effect of the small anomalous coupling on the $B \to X_s l^+ l^-$ branching ratio is very little, it can yield a substantial chanhge for the forward-backward asymmetry.
118585424
Double field formulation of Yang–Mills theory
Abstract Based on our previous work on the differential geometry for the closed string double field theory, we construct a Yang–Mills action which is covariant under O ( D , D ) T-duality rotation and invariant under three-types of gauge transformations: non-Abelian Yang–Mills, diffeomorphism and one-form gauge symmetries. In double field formulation, in a manifestly covariant manner our action couples a single O ( D , D ) vector potential to the closed string double field theory. In terms of undoubled component fields, it couples a usual Yang–Mills gauge field to an additional one-form field and also to the closed string background fields which consist of a dilaton, graviton and a two-form gauge field. Our resulting action resembles a twisted Yang–Mills action.
117725824
Dynamical Evolution and Particle Production in Relativistic Nuclear Collisions
We present an overview of the different stages in the dynamical evolution of relativistic nuclear collisions, from the entropy generating initial pre-equilibrium stage through the hydrodynamic expansion phase to particle freeze-out. We discuss the various theoretical models which have been applied to these different stages, and compare their predictions with the recent results from heavy-ion experiments at CERN and Brookhaven. Particular attention is given to the possible formation and subsequent hadronization of a quark-gluon plasma in these collisions. The observed strange particle abundancies are interpreted as an indication for chemical equilibration in nuclear collisions, and the particle momentum spectra are analyzed for signs of collective expansion flow.