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Quantum light is considered to be one of the key resources of the coming second quantum revolution expected to give rise to groundbreaking technologies and applications. If the spatio-temporal and polarization structure of modes is known,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-03 Geehyun Yang , Matthias Kizmann , Alfred Leitenstorfer , Andrey S. Moskalenko

Vacuum energy in quantum field theory, being the sum of zero-point energies of all field modes, is formally infinite but yet, after regularization or renormalization, can give rise to finite observable effects. One way of understanding how…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-05-13 Tomasz Konopka

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

We give a status report of our current theoretical work on QCD near the light-cone.

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-11 H. J. Pirner

Starting from the QCD Lagrangian, we present the QCD Hamiltonian for near light cone coordinates. We study the dynamics of the gluonic zero modes of this Hamiltonian. The strong coupling solutions serve as a basis for the complete problem.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 H. W. L. Naus , H. J. Pirner , T. J. Fields , J. P. Vary

The main fundamental principles characterizing the vacuum field structure are formulated, the modeling of the related vacuum medium and charged point particle dynamics by means of devised field theoretic tools are analyzed. The Maxwell…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-01-26 Nikolai N. Bogolubov , Anatoliy K. Prykarpatsky , Ufuk Taneri

We investigate the influence of the fermion field boundary conditions on the spectrum and wavefunctions of QED$_{1+1}$ in the Discretized Light-Cone Quantization formalism suggested by Pauli and Brodsky. The basic lesson is that one Fourier…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Stephan Elser

Hamiltonian light-front quantum field theory constitutes a framework for the non-perturbative solution of invariant masses and correlated parton amplitudes of self-bound systems. By choosing light-front gauge and adopting a basis function…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-09-29 J. P. Vary , H. Honkanen , Jun Li , P. Maris , S. J. Brodsky , P. Sternberg , E. G. Ng , C. Yang

In a path-integral approach to quantum cosmology, the Lorenz gauge-averaging term is studied for Euclidean Maxwell theory on a portion of flat four-space bounded by two concentric three-spheres, but with arbitrary values of the gauge…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Giampiero Esposito , Giuseppe Pollifrone

We present a brief review of selected topics in noncommutative field theories ranging from its revival in string theory, its influence on quantum field theories, its possible experimental signatures and ending with some applications in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-05-27 Victor O. Rivelles

In principle, the complete spectrum and bound-state wave functions of a quantum field theory can be determined by finding the eigenvalues and eigensolutions of its light-cone Hamiltonian. One of the challenges in obtaining nonperturbative…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-09-11 S. J. Brodsky , V. A. Franke , J. R. Hiller , G. McCartor , S. A. Paston , E. V. Prokhvatilov

We study some problems inherent with certain forms of functional depth, in particular, zero depth and lack of consistency.

Probability · Mathematics 2013-10-02 James Kuelbs , Joel Zinn

We explore a wider theoretical framework that has quantum field theory built-in, taking the fact that quantum mechanics is reconstructed from quantum field theory as a hint. We formulate a quantum theory with an embedded structure by…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-02-13 Yoshiharu Kawamura

We present a representation independent solution to the continuum Schwinger model in light-cone ($A^+ = 0$) gauge. We then discuss the problem of finding that solution using various quantization schemes. In particular we shall consider…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-12-13 Gary McCartor , Yuji Nakawaki

We develop a general technique for computing functional integrals with fixed area and boundary length constraints. The correct quantum dimensions for the vertex functions are recovered by properly regularizing the Green function. Explicit…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 Pietro Menotti , Erik Tonni

We review issues involved in understanding the vacuum, long-distance and low-energy structure of non-Abelian gauge theories and QCD. The emphasis will be on the role played by instantons.

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2009-10-30 Pierre van Baal

The aim of this review is to outline a full route from the fundamental principles of algebraic quantum field theory on curved spacetime in its present-day form to explicit phenomenological applications which allow for comparison with…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-09-02 Klaus Fredenhagen , Thomas-Paul Hack

A discrete completeness relation and a continuous one with a positive measure are found for the photon-added squeezed vacuum states. Extension to the photon-added squeezed one-photon states is considered. Photon-added coherent states on a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 C. Quesne

A simple description of the vacuum energy (cosmological constant) problem for non-experts is presented. Basic features of cosmology with non-zero vacuum energy are discussed. The astronomical data which indicate that the universe is filled…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 A. D. Dolgov

Quantum field theory predicts that vacuum energy (or what is the same, cosmological constant) should be 50-100 orders of magnitude larger than the existing astronomical limit. A very brief review of possible solutions of this problem is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. D. Dolgov