scholarly journals FIELD THEORIES ON THE POINCARÉ DISK

1996 ◽  
Vol 11 (30) ◽  
pp. 5389-5404 ◽  
Author(s):  
FRANCO FERRARI
Keyword(s):  
Riemann Surfaces ◽  
Higher Dimensions ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Legendre Functions ◽  
Noncompact Manifold ◽  
Metric Tensor ◽  
Massive Scalar Field ◽  
Schwinger Model ◽  
Mathematical Problems ◽  
Poincaré Disk

The massive scalar field theory and the chiral Schwinger model are quantized on a Poincaré disk of radius ρ. The amplitudes are derived in terms of Legendre functions. The behavior at long distances and near the boundary of some of the relevant correlation functions is studied. The exact computation of the chiral determinant appearing in the Schwinger model is obtained exploiting perturbation theory. This calculation poses interesting mathematical problems, as the Poincaré disk is a noncompact manifold with a metric tensor which diverges when it approaches the boundary. The results presented in this paper are very useful in view of possible extensions to general Riemann surfaces. Moreover, they could also shed some light in the quantization of field theories on manifolds with constant curvature scalars in higher dimensions.

scholarly journals Constructing Carrollian CFTs

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nishant Gupta ◽  
Nemani V. Suryanarayana
Keyword(s):  
Scalar Fields ◽  
Higher Dimensions ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Conformal Field Theories ◽  
Relativistic Limit ◽  
Conformal Field ◽  
Local Symmetries ◽  
Derivatives Of ◽  
Special Case

Abstract We construct classical theories for scalar fields in arbitrary Carroll spacetimes that are invariant under Carrollian diffeomorphisms and Weyl transformations. When the local symmetries are gauge fixed these theories become Carrollian conformal field theories. We show that generically there are at least two types of such theories: one in which only time derivatives of the fields appear and the other in which both space and time derivatives appear. A classification of such scalar field theories in three (and higher) dimensions up to two derivative order is provided. We show that only a special case of our theories arises in the ultra-relativistic limit of a covariant parent theory.

scholarly journals SUPERGRAVITY DESCRIPTION OF FIELD THEORIES ON CURVED MANIFOLDS AND A NO GO THEOREM

2001 ◽  
Vol 16 (05) ◽  
pp. 822-855 ◽  
Author(s):  
JUAN MALDACENA ◽  
CARLOS NUÑEZ
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Conformal Field Theory ◽  
Riemann Surface ◽  
Riemann Surfaces ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
De Sitter ◽  
Curved Manifolds ◽  
Conformal Field ◽  
Low Energies ◽  
M Theory

In the first part of this paper we find supergravity solutions corresponding to branes on worldvolumes of the form Rd×Σ where Σ is a Riemann surface. These theories arise when we wrap branes on holomorphic Riemann surfaces inside K3 or CY manifolds. In some cases the theory at low energies is a conformal field theory with two less dimensions. We find some non-singular supersymmetric compactifications of M-theory down to AdS5. We also propose a criterion for permissible singularities in supergravity solutions. In the second part of this paper, which can be read independently of the first, we show that there are no non-singular Randall-Sundrum or de-Sitter compactifications for large class of gravity theories.

scholarly journals SUSY field theories in higher dimensions and integrable spin chains

1998 ◽  
Vol 518 (3) ◽  
pp. 689-713 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Gorsky ◽  
G. Sukov ◽  
A. Mironov
Keyword(s):  
Higher Dimensions ◽  
Spin Chains ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Integrable Spin ◽  
Integrable Spin Chains

A Maximum Principle for Dirichlet-Finite Harmonic Functions on Riemannian Spaces

1970 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 855-862
Author(s):  
Y. K. Kwon ◽  
L. Sario
Keyword(s):  
Maximum Principle ◽  
Harmonic Functions ◽  
Riemann Surfaces ◽  
Decomposition Theorem ◽  
Higher Dimensions ◽  
Integral Representations ◽  
Classification Theory ◽  
Topological Properties ◽  
Harmonic Decomposition ◽  
Bounded Harmonic Functions

Representations of harmonic functions by means of integrals taken over the harmonic boundary ΔR of a Riemann surface R enable one to study the classification theory of Riemann surfaces in terms of topological properties of ΔR (cf. [6; 4; 1; 7]). In deducing such integral representations, essential use is made of the fact that the functions in question attain their maxima and minima on ΔR.The corresponding maximum principle in higher dimensions was discussed for bounded harmonic functions in [3]. In the present paper we consider Dirichlet-finite harmonic functions. We shall show that every such function on a subregion G of a Riemannian N-space R attains its maximum and minimum on the set , where ∂G is the relative boundary of G in R and the closures are taken in Royden's compactification R*. As an application we obtain the harmonic decomposition theorem relative to a compact subset K of R* with a smooth ∂(K ∩ R).

scholarly journals Liouville and Toda field theories on Riemann surfaces

1994 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Aldrovandi ◽  
L. Bonora
Keyword(s):  
Riemann Surfaces ◽  
Field Theories

scholarly journals NEW DISCRETE STATES IN TWO-DIMENSIONAL SUPERGRAVITY

2007 ◽  
Vol 22 (07) ◽  
pp. 1375-1394 ◽  
Author(s):  
DIMITRI POLYAKOV
Keyword(s):  
Operator Algebra ◽  
Higher Dimensions ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Discrete States ◽  
Structure Constants ◽  
Area Preserving ◽  
Volume Preserving ◽  
Lowering Operator

Two-dimensional string theory is known to contain the set of discrete states that are the SU (2) multiplets generated by the lowering operator of the SU (2) current algebra. Their structure constants are defined by the area preserving diffeomorphisms in two dimensions. In this paper we show that the interaction of d = 2 superstrings with the superconformal β - γ ghosts enlarges the actual algebra of the dimension 1 currents and hence the new ghost-dependent discrete states appear. Generally, these states are the SU (N) multiplets if the algebra includes the currents of ghost numbers n : -N ≤ n ≤ N - 2, not related by picture changing. We compute the structure constants of these ghost-dependent discrete states for N = 3 and express them in terms of SU (3) Clebsch–Gordan coefficients, relating this operator algebra to the volume preserving diffeomorphisms in d = 3. For general N, the operator algebra is conjectured to be isomorphic to SDiff (N). This points at possible holographic relations between two-dimensional superstrings and field theories in higher dimensions.

Vector-tensor field theories and the Einstein-Maxwell field equations

1974 ◽  
Vol 341 (1626) ◽  
pp. 285-297 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Dimensional Space ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Maxwell Field ◽  
Einstein Field Equations ◽  
Field Equations ◽  
Lagrange Equations ◽  
Third Order ◽  
Metric Tensor ◽  
First Order ◽  
First Derivative

The Euler-Lagrange equations corresponding to a Lagrange density which is a function of the metric tensor g ij and its first two derivatives together with the first derivative of a vector field ψ i are investigated. In general, the Euler-Lagrange equations obtained by variation of g ij are of fourth order in g ij and third order in ψ i . It is shown that in a four dimensional space the only Euler-Lagrange equations which are of second order in g ij and first order in ψ i are the Einstein field equations (with an energy-momentum term). Various conditions are obtained under which the Einstein-Maxwell field equations are then an inevitable consequence.

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