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Some quantum field theories described by non-Hermitian Hamiltonians are investigated. It is shown that for the case of a free fermion field theory with a $\gamma_5$ mass term the Hamiltonian is $\cal PT$-symmetric. Depending on the mass…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-26 Carl M. Bender , H. F. Jones , R. J. Rivers

Motivated by the recent analysis of the E10 sigma model for the study of M theory, we study a one-dimensional sigma model associated with the hyperbolic Kac-Moody algebra G2H and its link to D=5, N=2 pure supergravity, which closely…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 Shun'ya Mizoguchi , Kenji Mohri , Yasuhiko Yamada

A systematic construction for an action describing a class of supersymmetric integrable models as well as for pure fermionic theories is discussed in terms of the gauged WZNW model associated to twisted affine Kac-Moody algebras. Explicit…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-09-28 J. F. Gomes , D. M. Schmidtt , A. H. Zimerman

A fermionic supersymmetric extension is established for the Gauss-Weingarten and Gauss-Codazzi equations describing conformally parametrized surfaces immersed in a Grassmann superspace. An analysis of this extension is performed using a…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-12-17 S Bertrand , A M Grundland , A J Hariton

We extend the direct quantum approach of the standard FRW cosmology from 4D to 5D and obtain a Hamiltonian formulation for a wave-like 5D FRW cosmology. Using a late-time approximation we isolate out a y-part from the full wave function of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Guowen Peng , Hongya Liu , Qiuyang Zhang

Understanding the structure of operators that commute with $k$ identical replicas of unitary ensembles, also known as their $k$-commutants, is an important problem in quantum many-body physics with deep implications for the late-time…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-08 Marco Lastres , Sanjay Moudgalya

We present in the article the formulation of a version of Lorentz covariant quantum mechanics based on a group theoretical construction from a Heisenberg-Weyl symmetry with position and momentum operators transforming as Minkowski…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-12-07 Suzana Bedić , Otto C. W. Kong , Hock King Ting

In this paper, two things are done. First, we analyze the compatibility of Dirac fermions with the hidden duality symmetries which appear in the toroidal compactification of gravitational theories down to three spacetime dimensions. We show…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 Sophie de Buyl , Marc Henneaux , Louis Paulot

A multidimensional gravitational model containing scalar fields and antisymmetric forms is considered. The manifold is chosen in the form $M = M_0 \times M_1 \times \cdots \times M_n$, where $M_i$ are Einstein spaces ($i \geq 1$). The…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-07-07 Vladimir D. Ivashchuk , Vitaly N. Melnikov

Kac-Moody groups $G$ over $\mathbb{R}$ have been conjectured to occur as symmetry groups of supergravities in dimensions less than 3, and their integer forms $G(\mathbb{Z})$ are conjecturally U-duality groups. Mathematical descriptions of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-18 Ling Bao , Lisa Carbone

A thorough analysis of stochastically stabilised hermitian one matrix models for two dimensional quantum gravity at all its $(2,2k-1)$ multicritical points is made. It is stressed that only the zero fermion sector of the supersymmetric…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-22 Joshua Feinberg

Quantum field theory is mostly known as the most advanced and well-developed theory in physics, which combines quantum mechanics and special relativity consistently. In this work, we study the spinless quantum field theory, namely the…

General Physics · Physics 2013-03-08 Dong-Sheng Wang

We study the 2D fermionic SYK model with Majorana fermions, featuring a quartic kinetic term and a $2q$-body interaction with Gaussian disorder. By minimizing the effective action or solving the SD equation for $q=1$, we determine that the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-12-16 Xing Huang , Chen-Te Ma

We present a fermion model characterized by an anticommuting-parameter shift symmetry. The Hamiltonian formulation exhibits a combination of first-class and second-class constraints. We derive the well-known Dirac equation by fixing the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-06-30 Mauricio Valenzuela

The three-dimensional Klein-Gordon oscillator is shown to exhibit an algebraic structure known from supersymmetric quantum mechanics. The supersymmetry is found to be unbroken with a vanishing Witten index, and it is utilized to derive the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-05-12 Georg Junker

We construct a three-dimensional superconformal quantum mechanics (and its associated de Alfaro-Fubini-Furlan deformed oscillator) possessing an $sl(2|1)$ dynamical symmetry. At a coupling parameter $\beta\neq 0$ the Hamiltonian contains a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-12-03 Ivan E. Cunha , Francesco Toppan

$ \hat {U}(1)$ Kac-Moody gauge fields have the infinite dimensional $ \hat{U}(1)$ Kac-Moody group as their gauge group. The pure gauge sector, unlike the usual $U(1)$ Maxwell lagrangian, is nonlinear and nonlocal; the Euclidean theory is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-28 B. E. Baaquie , R. Parwani

A Chern--Simons system in $2+1$ dimensions invariant under local Lorentz rotations, $SU(2)$ gauge transformations, and local $\mathcal{N}=2$ supersymmetry transformations is proposed. The field content is that of $(2+1)$-gravity plus an…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-08-26 Pedro D. Alvarez , Pablo Pais , Eduardo Rodríguez , Patricio Salgado-Rebolledo , Jorge Zanelli

In this review, we present a general framework for the construction of Kac-Moody (KM) algebras associated to higher-dimensional manifolds. Starting from the classical case of loop algebras on the circle $\mathbb{S}^{1}$, we extend the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-01-21 Rutwig Campoamor-Stursberg , Alessio Marrani , Michel Rausch de Traubenberg

(N=2)-superspace without torsion is described, which is equivalent to an 8-space with a discrete internal subspace. A number and a character of ties determine now an internal symmetry group, while in the supersymmetrical models this one is…

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