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We build the fully relativistic quantum field theory related to the asymmetric Dirac fields. These fields are solutions of the asymmetric Dirac equation, a Lorentz covariant Dirac-like equation whose positive and "negative" frequency plane…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-12-07 Gustavo Rigolin

The grand partition function of a model of confined quarks is exactly calculated at arbitrary temperatures and quark chemical potentials. The model is inspired by a softly BRST-broken version of QCD and possesses a quark mass function…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-10-28 M. S. Guimaraes , B. W. Mintz , L. F. Palhares

The theory of classically integrable nonlinear wave equations, and the Bethe Ansatz systems describing massive quantum field theories defined on an infinite cylinder, are related by an important mathematical correspondence that still lacks…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-11 Patrick Dorey , Simone Faldella , Stefano Negro , Roberto Tateo

The Big Bang theory cannot and does not provide any explanation for the primordial hot and dense initial condition. In order to give an explanation for the cause of the Big Bang, this paper expands the original Dirac sea (which includes…

General Physics · Physics 2009-12-08 Jiao-Lin Xu

On the basis of Bethe ansatz solution of one dimensional Kondo model with electronic interaction, the thermodynamics equilibrium of the system in finite temperature is studied in terms of the strategy of Yang and Yang. The string hypothesis…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-10-31 Shi-Jian Gu , You-Quan Li , Hai-Qing Lin

We consider the notion of thermal equilibrium for an individual closed macroscopic quantum system in a pure state, i.e., described by a wave function. The macroscopic properties in thermal equilibrium of such a system, determined by its…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-09-09 Sheldon Goldstein , David A. Huse , Joel L. Lebowitz , Roderich Tumulka

Quantum dynamics of a Dirac particle in a 1D box with moving wall is studied. Dirac equation with time-dependent boundary condition is mapped onto that with static one, but with time-dependent mass. Exact analytical solution of such…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-06-20 J. Dittrich , S. Rakhmanov , D. Matrasulov

The Dirac negative energy sea introduced the concept of antimatter, and explained it, not least in its relationship to negative-energy solutions to the wave equation. Post-war, it was largely displaced by what I shall call the 'standard…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2024-03-19 Simon Saunders

Energy density and energy flux was introduced along Takesue's method. Particle energies were localized at particle positions using Dirac delta function. The energy density was connected with the energy flux by continuity equation. New…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2008-03-06 Atsushi Ito , Hiroaki Nakamura

Dirac sea corrections for bulk properties of finite nuclei are computed within a self-consistent scheme in the $\sigma$-$\omega$ model. The valence part is treated in the Hartree approximation whereas the sea contribution is evaluated…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 J. Caro , E. Ruiz Arriola , L. L. Salcedo

We solve the nonequilibrium dynamics of a 3+1 dimensional theory with Dirac fermions coupled to scalars via a chirally invariant Yukawa interaction. The results are obtained from a systematic coupling expansion of the 2PI effective action…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 J. Berges , Sz. Borsanyi , J. Serreau

From the Dirac sea concept and the Quark Model, we infer a phenomenological accompanying excitation concept. This concept will give an explanation for the confinement of quarks.

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Jiao Lin Xu

The Dirac equation has resided among the greatest successes of modern physics since its emergence as the first quantum mechanical theory fully compatible with special relativity. This compatibility ensures that the expectation value of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-05-02 J. P. Palastro , D. Ramsey , M. Formanek , J. Vieira , A. Di Piazza

We examine the nonperturbative effect of maximum momentum on the relativistic wave equations. In momentum representation, we obtain the exact eigen-energies and wavefunctions of one-dimensional Klein-Gordon and Dirac equation with linear…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-17 Chee Leong Ching , Wei Khim Ng

By viewing the electron as a wavepacket in the positive energy spectrum of the Dirac equation, we are able to achieve a much clearer understanding of its behavior under weak electromagnetic fields. The intrinsic spin magnetic moment is…

General Physics · Physics 2007-09-11 Chih-Piao Chuu , Ming-Che Chang , Qian Niu

We give a pedagogical introduction to the thermodynamic Bethe ansatz, a method that allows us to describe the thermodynamics of integrable models whose spectrum is found via the (asymptotic) Bethe ansatz. We set the stage by deriving the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-08-03 Stijn J. van Tongeren

The hydrodynamic formulation of the Dirac equation has historically been hindered by the inability to close the system of physical variables without resorting to infinite moment hierarchies. We resolve this longstanding issue by developing…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-29 Jorge Meza-Domínguez , Tonatiuh Matos

We consider the long standing problem in field theories of bosons that the boson vacuum does not consist of a `sea', unlike the fermion vacuum. We show with the help of supersymmetry considerations that the boson vacuum indeed does also…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Yoshinobu Habara , Holger B. Nielsen , Masao Ninomiya

By a series of simple examples, we illustrate how the lack of mathematical concern can readily lead to surprising mathematical contradictions in wave mechanics. The basic mathematical notions allowing for a precise formulation of the theory…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 F. Gieres

The fundamental solution of the classical approximation of a three waves kinetic equation that happens in the kinetic theory of a condensed gas of bosons near the critical temperature is obtained. It is also proved to be unique in a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-07-15 Miguel Escobedo