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We present a new class of structure-preserving semi-discrete continuous-discontinuous Galerkin (CG-DG) finite element schemes for linear and nonlinear hyperbolic systems of partial differential equations on unstructured simplex meshes that…
A new approach to gauge fixed Yang-Mills theory is derived using the Polyakov-Susskind projection techniques to build gauge invariant states. In our approach, in contrast to the Faddeev-Popov method, the Gribov problem does not prevent the…
We present the causal construction of perturbative Yang-Mills theories in four(3+1)-dimensional space-time. We work with free quantum fields throughout. The inductive causal method by Epstein and Glaser leads directly to a finite…
We develop arbitrarily high-order, stationarity-preserving stabilized finite element methods for multidimensional nonlinear hyperbolic balance laws on Cartesian grids. We aim at approximating all the steady states of the problem at hand,…
For the Yang-Mills-type gauge-field theory with Lorentz symmetry group, we propose and verify an explicit expression for the conserved currents in terms of the energy-momentum tensor. A crucial ingredient is the assumption that the gauge…
In this paper, we introduce a new family of spatially co-located field solvers for particle-in-cell applications which evolve the potential formulation of Maxwell's equations under the Lorenz gauge. Our recent work introduced the concept of…
In this paper, we propose a conservative local discontinuous Galerkin method for one-dimensional nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation. By using special upwind-biased numerical fluxes, we establish the optimal rate of convergence $\mathcal…
The Yang-Mills-Higgs equations (Y-M-H), when written relative to Lorenz gauge, become a system of nonlinear wave equations. The key bilinear terms in the resulting system turn out to be null forms--this is in light of a recent discovery of…
We present numerical results concerning the solution of the time-harmonic Maxwell's equations discretized by discontinuous Galerkin methods. In particular, a numerical study of the convergence, which compares different strategies proposed…
In this work, along with the companion work Oh (2012), we propose a novel approach to the problem of gauge choice for the \emph{Yang-Mills equations} on the Minkowski space $\mathbb{R}^{1+3}$. A crucial ingredient is the associated…
In this paper, we generalize the exponential energy-preserving integrator proposed in the recent paper [SIAM J. Sci. Comput. 38(2016) A1876-A1895] for conservative systems, which now becomes linearly implicit by further utilizing the idea…
In the present work, multiplicative renormalization \cite{dixon} for Yang-Mills theories is reviewed. While this subject is not new, it is suggested that a clear understanding of these methods leads to a systematic way for interpreting the…
In the context of Discontinuous Galerkin methods, we study approximations of nonlinear variational problems associated with convex energies. We propose element-wise nonconforming finite element methods to discretize the continuous…
We present and analyze a discontinuous Galerkin method for the numerical solution of a class of second-order linear mixed-type partial differential equations, i.e. equations that change their nature from elliptic to hyperbolic through the…
In this paper, we develop a high order structure-preserving local discontinuous Galerkin (DG) scheme for the compressible self-gravitating Euler equations, which pose great challenges due to the presence of time-dependent gravitational…
Abelian and nonabelian gauge invariant states are directly compared to revisit how the unconfined abelian theory is expressed. It is argued that the Yang-Mills equations have no obvious physical content apart from their relation to…
In this paper, we present all constant solutions of the Yang-Mills equations with ${\rm SU}(2)$ gauge symmetry for an arbitrary constant non-Abelian current in Euclidean space ${\mathbb R}^n$ of arbitrary finite dimension $n$. Using the…
Self-dual gauge potentials admit supersymmetric couplings to higher-spin fields satisfying interacting forms of the first order Dirac--Fierz equation. The interactions are governed by conserved currents determined by supersymmetry. These…
We present a new method for solving the relativistic Vlasov--Maxwell system of equations, applicable to a wide range of extreme high-energy-density astrophysical and laboratory environments. The method directly discretizes the kinetic…
This paper generalizes the earlier work on the energy-based discontinuous Galerkin method for second-order wave equations to fourth-order semilinear wave equations. We first rewrite the problem into a system with a second-order spatial…