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We propose to realize Dirac states in an inclined two-dimensional Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model on a square lattice. We show that a pair of Dirac points protected by space-time inversion symmetry appear in the semimetal phase. The locations of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-06-07 Chang-An Li , Sang-Jun Choi , Song-Bo Zhang , Björn Trauzettel

Starting with a Dirac operator on a configuration space of $SU(2)$ gauge connections we consider its fluctuations with inner automorphisms. We show that a certain type of twisted inner fluctuations leads to a Dirac operator whose square…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-01-03 Johannes Aastrup , Jesper M. Grimstrup

In this survey article, we explain a few ideas behind the fermionic projector approach and summarize recent results which clarify the connection to quantum field theory. The fermionic projector is introduced, which describes the physical…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-07-25 Felix Finster

We construct four-dimensional de Sitter space as an excited state, rather than as a vacuum configuration, in type IIB, heterotic SO(32), and heterotic E_8 \times E_8 string theories. This framework provides a mechanism to evade vacuum-based…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-04-13 Archana Maji

In this work, we readdress the Dirac equation in the position-dependent mass (PDM) scenario. Here, one investigates the quantum dynamics of non-Hermitian fermionic particles with effective mass assuming a $(1+1)$-dimension flat spacetime.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-03-22 F. C. E. Lima , L. N. Monteiro , C. A. S. Almeida

A systematic procedure is developed for constructing fermion systems in discrete space-time which have a given outer symmetry. The construction is illustrated by simple examples. For the symmetric group, we derive constraints for the number…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-01-28 Felix Finster

We study the phenomenon of cosmological particle production of Dirac fermions in a Friedman-Robertson-Walker spacetime, focusing on a (1+1)-dimensional case in which the evolution of the scale factor is set by the equations of…

In the old spirit of Kaluza-Klein, we consider a spacetime of the form $P = M_4 \times K$, where $K$ is the Lie group $\mathrm{SU}(3)$ equipped with a left-invariant metric that is not fully right-invariant. We observe that a complete…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-09-20 Joao Baptista

Within the de Sitter ambient space framework, the two different bases of the one-particle Hilbert space of the de Sitter group algebra are presented for the scalar case. Using field operator algebra and its Fock space construction in this…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-08-29 M. V. Takook , J. P. Gazeau , E. Huguet

We consider a real, massive scalar field on ${\rm PAdS}_{d+1}$, the Poincar\'e domain of the $(d+1)$-dimensional anti-de Sitter (AdS) spacetime. We first determine all admissible boundary conditions that can be applied on the conformal…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-12-28 Claudio Dappiaggi , Hugo R. C. Ferreira

New conserved spin and orbital angular momentum operators of Dirac's theory on spatially flat FLRW spacetimes are proposed generalizing thus recent results concerning the role of Pryce's spin operator in the flat case [I. I. Cot\u aescu,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-08-14 Ion I. Cotaescu

We consider a compact Riemannian manifold with a Hermitian line bundle whose curvature is non-degenerate. The Laplacian acting on high tensor powers (the semiclassical regime) of the bundle exhibits a cluster of low-energy states. We…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 David Borthwick , Alejandro Uribe

The Casimir densities are investigated for a massive spinor field in de Sitter spacetime with an arbitrary number of toroidally compactified spatial dimensions. The vacuum expectation value of the energy-momentum tensor is presented in the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-05-12 A. A. Saharian

We consider a free massive spinor field in Euclidean Anti-de Sitter space. The usual Dirac action in bulk is supplemented by a certain boundary term. The boundary conditions of the field are parametrized by a spinor on the boundary, subject…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 Mans Henningson , Konstadinos Sfetsos

With the concept of "discrete space-time" the space-time continuum is resolved into discrete points at the scale of the Planck length. We postulate with the "principle of the fermionic projector" that physical equations must be formulated…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-02-03 Felix Finster

We consider a two-dimensional massless Dirac operator $H$ in the presence of a perturbed homogeneous magnetic field $B=B_0+b$ and a scalar electric potential $V$. For $V\in L_{\rm loc}^p(\R^2)$, $p\in(2,\infty]$, and $b\in L_{\rm…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2011-11-22 Martin Könenberg , Edgardo Stockmeyer

Recent no-go theorems have ruled out four-dimensional classical de Sitter vacua in heterotic string theory. On the other hand, the absence of a well-defined Wilsonian effective action and other related phenomena also appear to rule out such…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-10-08 Stephon Alexander , Keshav Dasgupta , Archana Maji , P. Ramadevi , Radu Tatar

The fermionic signature operator is analyzed on globally hyperbolic Lorentzian surfaces. The connection between the spectrum of the fermionic signature operator and geometric properties of the surface is studied. The findings are…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-11-07 Felix Finster , Olaf Müller

The boundary operator is a linear operator that acts on a collection of high-dimensional binary points (simplices) and maps them to their boundaries. This boundary map is one of the key components in numerous applications, including…

We construct the causal fermion system for globally hyperbolic spacetimes starting in the framework of algebraic quantum field theory. The fermionic projector is identified with the one-particle density operator of a quasi-free Hadamard…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-05-29 Patrick Fischer , Felix Finster