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We develop relativistic wave equations in the framework of the new non-hermitian ${\cal PT}$ quantum mechanics. The familiar Hermitian Dirac equation emerges as an exact result of imposing the Dirac algebra, the criteria of ${\cal…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-07-02 Katherine Jones-Smith , Harsh Mathur

A formalism for describing an all-sky map of the polarization of the cosmic microwave background is presented. The polarization pattern on the sky can be decomposed into two geometrically distinct components. One of these components is not…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-05 Marc Kamionkowski , Arthur Kosowsky , Albert Stebbins

We consider the parametric excitation of a Langmuir wave and an electromagnetic wave by gravitational radiation, in a thin plasma on a Minkowski background. We calculate the coupling coefficients starting from a kinetic description, and the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Gert Brodin , Mattias Marklund

Using the Newman-Penrose formalism, we obtain the explicit expressions for the polarization modes of weak, plane gravitational waves with a massive graviton. Our analysis is restricted for a specific bimetric theory whose term of mass, for…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 W. L. S. de Paula , O. D. Miranda , R. M. Marinho

Solutions analogous to the Weber-Wheeler cylindrical pulse waves are found for the case of cylindrical gravitational waves in an expanding universe. These pulse solutions mimic the asymptotic properties of waves from an isolated source in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-10-05 Robert H. Gowdy

Partial wave amplitudes have been extracted from accurate data on pbar + p -> pi + pi by a method which incorporates the theoretical constraints of analyticity and crossing symmetry. The resulting solution gives a good fit to the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 B. R. Martin , G. C. Oades

The conditions for observation of the particle coordinates, required by logic of the Special Relativity and filtering the quantum field effects, are described. A general relation between the corresponding density of probability and the wave…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-07-03 V. F. Krotov

A first-order relativistic wave equation is constructed in five dimensions. Its solutions are eight-component spinors, which are interpreted as single-particle fermion wave functions in four-dimensional spacetime. Use of a ``cylinder…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 N. Redington , M. A. K. Lodhi

A new model of relativistic massive particle with arbitrary spin (($m,s$)-particle) is suggested. Configuration space of the model is a product of Minkowski space and two-dimensional sphere, ${\cal M}^6 = {\Bbb R}^{3,1} \times S^2$. The…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-11-30 S. M. Kuzenko , S. L. Lyakhovich , A. Yu. Segal

A new method for computing exact conformal partial wave expansions is developed and applied to approach the problem of Hilbert space (Wightman) positivity in a non-perturbative four-dimensional quantum field theory model. The model is based…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 N. M. Nikolov , K. -H. Rehren , I. T. Todorov

We present a systematic technique for constructing Lorentz covariant orbital-spin ($LS$) bases for matrix elements of local operators and the associated form factors, thereby extending the traditional multipole expansion to a Lorentz…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-05-06 Hong Huang , Tuo Tan , Yi-Ning Wang , Jiang-Hao Yu

An analytical expression for the relativistic corrections to the energy spectra of particles completely confined in an one-dimensional limited length in real space is given, based upon the wave property of particles, the relativistic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Shang Yuan Ren

For relativistic closed systems, an operator is explained which has as stationary eigenvalues the squares of the total cms energies, while the wave function has only half as many components as the corresponding Dirac wave function. The…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Hartmut Pilkuhn

New boundary conditions are imposed on the familiar cylindrical gravitational wave vacuum spacetimes. The new spacetime family represents cylindrical waves in a flat expanding (Kasner) universe. Space sections are flat and nonconical where…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Robert H. Gowdy , B. Douglas Edmonds

The concept of phase space amplitudes for systems with continuous degrees of freedom is generalized to finite-dimensional spin systems. Complex amplitudes are obtained on both a sphere and a finite lattice, in each case enabling a more…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-20 P Watson , A J Bracken

In this work, we use an extension of the quantization condition, given in Ref. [1], to numerically explore the finite-volume spectrum of three relativistic particles, in the case that two-particle subsets are either resonant or bound. The…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2019-10-17 Fernando Romero-López , Stephen R. Sharpe , Tyler D. Blanton , Raúl A. Briceño , Maxwell T. Hansen

It is shown that the commonly accepted definition for the Casimir scalar operators of the Poincare group does not satisfy the properties of Casimir invariance when applied to the non-inertial motion of elementary particles while in the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-11-24 Dinesh Singh , Nader Mobed

The wave instability acts in astrophysical plasmas to redistribute energy and momentum in the absence of frequent collisions. There are many different types of waves, and it is important to quantify the wave energy density and growth rate…

Space Physics · Physics 2023-04-05 Seong-Yeop Jeong , Clare Watt

The semi-relativistic equation is cast into a second-order Schrodinger-like equation with the inclusion of relativistic corrections up to order (v/c)^2. The resulting equation is solved via the shifted-l expansion technique, which has been…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 T. Barakat

We propose a covariant orbital-spin ($LS$) decomposed amplitude for the partial wave analysis using the massive spinor-helicity formalism. First we review the traditional-$LS$ method in the little group space and the Zemach tensor method in…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-03-06 Hong Huang , Yi-Ning Wang , Jiang-Hao Yu