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Within the framework of the covariant formulation of Light-Front Dynamics, we develop a nonperturbative renormalization scheme in the fermion model supposing that the composite fermion is a superposition of the "bare" fermion and a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 V. A. Karmanov , J. -F. Mathiot , A. V. Smirnov

Motivated by recent advances in non-Lorentzian physics, we revisit the light-cone formulation of quantum field theories. We discuss some interesting subalgebras within the light-cone Poincar\'e algebra, with a key emphasis on the Carroll,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-07-08 Sucheta Majumdar

Within the covariant formulation of light-front dynamics, we calculate the state vector of a physical fermion in the Yukawa model. The state vector is decomposed in Fock sectors and we consider the first three ones: the single constituent…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-21 V. A. Karmanov , J. -F. Mathiot , A. V. Smirnov

Free quantum field theories on curved backgrounds are discussed via three explicit examples: the real scalar field, the Dirac field and the Proca field. The first step consists of outlining the main properties of globally hyperbolic…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 Marco Benini , Claudio Dappiaggi

The symmetries of a scalar field theory in multifractional spacetimes are analyzed. The free theory realizes the Poincar\'e algebra, and the associated symmetries are modifications of ordinary translations and Lorentz transformations. In…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-04-05 Gianluca Calcagni , Giuseppe Nardelli

The light-front quantization of gauge theories such as QCD in light-cone gauge provides a frame-independent wavefunction representation of relativistic bound states, simple forms for current matrix elements, explicit unitarity, and a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-09-11 S. J. Brodsky

Practical calculations in light-front dynamics are, as a general rule, complicated, since there is no consensus about how to treat the poles which come from the instantaneous parts of Feynman's propagators of the fields. An alternative to…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-05-05 O. A. Acevedo , B. M. Pimentel

We review the construction and applications of exactly Poincar\'e invariant quantum mechanical models of few-degree of freedom systems. We discuss the construction of dynamical representations of the Poincar\'e group on few-particle Hilbert…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2011-03-07 W. N. Polyzou , Ch. Elster , W. Glöckle , J. Golak , Y. Huang , H. Kamada , R. Skibiński , H. Witała

We investigate the electromagnetic form factor $F(q^2)$ of the meson by using the solvable $\phi^{3}$ scalar field model in $(1+1)$ dimensions. As the transverse rotations are absent in $(1+1)$ dimensions, the advantage of the light-front…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-04-07 Yongwoo Choi , Ho-Meoyng Choi , Chueng-Ryong Ji , Yongseok Oh

The Poincar\'e algebra can be extended (non-centrally) to the Maxwell algebra and beyond. These extensions are relevant for describing particle dynamics in electro-magnetic backgrounds and possibly including the backreaction due the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-05-31 Joaquim Gomis , Axel Kleinschmidt

The wave function in relativity is defined, in four-dimensional space, on a space-like three-dimensional plane. The plane, most close to the time-like region, is the light-front plane $ct+z=0$. Corresponding dynamical approach - the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 V. A. Karmanov

In this article we give an introduction to the Fock quantization of the Maxwell field. At the classical level, we treat the theory in both the covariant and canonical phase space formalisms. The approach is general since we consider…

Physics Education · Physics 2007-05-23 Alejandro Corichi

The elementary particles are modeled as harmonic oscillator excitations of transverse U(1) gauge fields propagating at v = c, with open and closed string-like propagation paths. One, two and three node states represent the leptons, bosons,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Roger C. Millikan

The light-front (LF) quantization of QCD in light-cone (l.c.) gauge is discussed. The Dirac method is employed to construct the LF Hamiltonian and theory quantized canonically. The Dyson-Wick perturbation theory expansion based on LF-time…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-08-23 Prem P. Srivastava , Stanley J. Brodsky

A new model to describe the dynamics of particles undergoing diffusion in general relativity is proposed. The evolution of the particle system is described by a Fokker-Planck equation without friction on the tangent bundle of spacetime. It…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-28 Simone Calogero

We use the QCD instanton vacuum model to discuss the emergence of the light scalar and vector mesons on the light front. We take into account both the instanton and anti-instanton single and molecular interactions on the light quarks, in…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-09-17 Wei-Yang Liu , Edward Shuryak , Ismail Zahed

Discretized light-cone quantization of (3+1)-dimensional electrodynamics is discussed, with careful attention paid to the interplay between gauge choice and boundary conditions. In the zero longitudinal momentum sector of the theory a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-18 Alex C. Kalloniatis , David G. Robertson

An introductory overview on Light-Front quantization, with some emphasis on recent achievements, is given. Light-Front quantization is the most promising and physical tool to study deep inelastic scattering on the basis of quark gluon…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-11-17 Matthias Burkardt

The diffusion equation is the primary tool to study the movement dynamics of a free Brownian particle, but when spatial heterogeneities in the form of permeable interfaces are present, no fundamental equation has been derived. Here we…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-09-14 Toby Kay , Luca Giuggioli

Light front wave functions (LFWFs) are often utilized to model parton distributions and form factors where their transverse and longitudinal momenta are tied to each other in some manner that is often guided by convenience. On the other…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-03-23 Dieter Müller