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Affine Toda field theory with a pure imaginary coupling constant is a non-hermitian theory. Therefore the solutions of the equation of motion are complex. However, in $1+1$ dimensions it has many soliton solutions with remarkable…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-28 S. Pratik Khastgir , Ryu Sasaki

An oscillating, compact Friedmann universe with a massive conformally coupled scalar field is studied in the framework of quantum cosmology. The scalar field is treated as a perturbation and we look for solutions of the Wheeler-DeWitt…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-10-23 Thibault Damour , Alexander Vilenkin

The status of string theory is reviewed, and major recent developments - especially those in going beyond perturbation theory in the string theory and quantum field theory frameworks - are discussed. This analysis helps better understand…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-12-17 A. Marshakov

Lyapunov's theorem provides a fundamental characterization of the stability of dynamical systems. This paper presents a categorical framework for Lyapunov theory, generalizing stability analysis with Lyapunov functions categorically. Core…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-08-01 Aaron D. Ames , Joe Moeller , Paulo Tabuada

Concepts like `typicality' and the `eigenstate thermalization hypothesis' aim at explaining the apparent equilibration of quantum systems, possibly after a very long time. However, these concepts are not concerned with the specific way in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-12-12 Lars Knipschild , Jochen Gemmer

Lyapunov's theorem provides a foundational characterization of stable equilibrium points in dynamical systems. In this paper, we develop a framework for stability for F-coalgebras. We give two definitions for a categorical setting in which…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-05-30 Aaron D. Ames , Sébastien Mattenet , Joe Moeller

This paper considers a Popov type approach to the problem of robust stability for a class of uncertain linear quantum systems subject to unknown perturbations in the system Hamiltonian. A general stability result is given for a general…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-03-08 Matthew R. James , Ian R. Petersen , Valery Ugrinovskii

A mathematically rigorous Hamiltonian formulation for classical and quantum field theories is given. New results include clarifications of the structure of linear fields, and a plausible formulation for nonlinear fields. Many mathematical…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-05 Luther Rinehart

In recent work a multimonopole solution of heterotic string theory was obtained. The monopoles are noted to be stable, in contrast with analogous solutions of Einstein-Maxwell or Yang-Mills-dilaton theory. The existence of this and other…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-22 Ramzi R. Khuri

We study, analytically and numerically, the stability of quantum motion for a classically chaotic system. We show the existence of different regimes of fidelity decay which deviate from Fermi Golden rule and Lyapunov decay.

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Wen-ge Wang , G. Casati , Baowen Li

Unlike ordinary differential equations (ODEs), linear partial differential equations (PDEs) admit multiple non-equivalent notions of stability. This variety makes interpretation of Lyapunov stability results challenging. \blue{To simplify…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-26 Matthew M. Peet

New solutions to the static, spherically symmetric Einstein-Yang-Mills-Higgs equations with the Higgs field in the triplet resp. doublet representation are presented. They form continuous families parametrized by $\alpha=M_W/M_Pl$ ($M_W$…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 Peter Forgacs , Sebastien Reuillon

We study the stability of circular orbits in the background of a traversable wormhole (TWH) spacetime obtained as a solution of Einstein's field equations coupled conformally to a massless scalar field. The Lyapunov stability approach is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-04-26 Shobhit Giri , Hemwati Nandan , Lokesh Kumar Joshi , Sunil D. Maharaj

We present a general method for constructing consistent quantum field theories with global symmetries. We start from a free non-interacting quantum field theory with given global symmetries and we determine all consistent perturbative…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 Tobias Hurth , Kostas Skenderis

Stability is required for real world controlled systems as it ensures that those systems can tolerate small, real world perturbations around their desired operating states. This paper shows how stability for continuous systems modeled by…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2022-02-25 Yong Kiam Tan , André Platzer

In this paper, we present a framework for Stability Analysis of Systems of Coupled Linear Partial-Differential Equations. The class of PDE systems considered in this paper includes parabolic, elliptic and hyperbolic systems with Dirichelet,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-03-28 Matthew M. Peet

In this paper, we propose a new framework for quantum field theory in terms of consistency conditions. The consistency conditions that we consider are "associativity" or "factorization" conditions on the operator product expansion (OPE) of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-09-19 S. Hollands

Within the framework of the hypothesis offered by authors about a complex-valued nature of physical quantities the stability of basic equations of the classical physics concerning complex-valued perturbations of parameters and boundary…

General Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 V. V. Lyahov , V. M. Nechshadim

This paper presents a detailed Lyapunov-based theory to control and stabilize continuously-measured quantum systems, which are driven by Stochastic Schrodinger Equation (SSE). Initially, equivalent classes of states of a quantum system are…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-03-04 Peyman Azodi , Alireza Khayatian , Peyman Setoodeh

Many field theories of physical interest have configuration spaces consisting of disconnected components. Quantum mechanical amplitudes are then expressed as sums over these components. We use the Faddeev-Popov approach to write the terms…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-22 Paul Mansfield