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Coherent States and Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking in Light Front Scalar Field Theory Avaroth Harindranath, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Calcutta, India Dipankar Chakrabarty, Florida State University Lubo Martinovic, Institute of Physics Institute, Bratislava, Slovakia Grigorii Pivovarov, Institute for Nuclear Research, Moscow, Russia Peter Peroncik, Richard Lloyd, John R. Spence, James P. Vary, Iowa State University LC2005 - Cairns, Australia July 7-15 , 2005 I. Ab initio approach to quantum many-body systems II. Constituent quark models & light front 41+1 III. Conclusions and Outlook Constructing the non-perturbative theory bridge between “Short distance physics” “Long distance physics” Asymptotically free current quarks Chiral symmetry High momentum transfer processes Bare NN, NNN interactions fitting 2-body data Short range correlations & strong tensor correlations H(bare operators) Bare transition operators Constituent quarks Broken Chiral symmetry Meson and Baryon Spectroscopy NN interactions Effective NN, NNN interactions describing low energy nuclear data Mean field, pairing, & quadrupole, etc., correlations Heff Effective charges, transition ops, etc. BOLD CLAIM We now have the tools to accomplish this program in nuclear many-body theory Ab Initio Many-Body Theory H acts in its full infinite Hilbert Space Heff of finite subspace Effective Hamiltonian for A-Particles Lee-Suzuki-Okamoto Method plus Cluster Decomposition P. Navratil, J.P. Vary and B.R. Barrett, Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 5728(2000); Phys. Rev. C62, 054311(2000) C. Viazminsky and J.P. Vary, J. Math. Phys. 42, 2055 (2001); K. Suzuki and S.Y. Lee, Progr. Theor. Phys. 64, 2091(1980); K. Suzuki, ibid, 68, 246(1982); K. Suzuki and R. Okamoto, ibid, 70, 439(1983) Preserves the symmetries of the full Hamiltonian: Rotational, translational, parity, etc., invariance ( pi p j )2 HA Trel V [ Vij ] VNNN 2mA i j A Select a finite oscillator basis space (P-space) and evaluate an a- body cluster effective Hamiltonian: H Trel V (a) Guaranteed to provide exact answers as a A or as P 1 . “6h” configuration for 6Li NMAX=6 configuration NMIN=0 Guide to the methodology Select a subsystem (cluster) of a < A Fermions. Develop a unitary transformation for a finite space, the “P-space” that generates the exact low-lying spectra of that cluster subsytem. Since it is unitary, it preserves all symmetries. Construct the A-Fermion Hamiltonian from this a-Fermion cluster Hamiltonian and solve for the A-Fermion spectra by diagonalization. Guaranteed to provide the full spectra as either a --> A or as P --> 1 Key equations to solve at the a-body cluster level Solve a cluster eigenvalue problem in a very large but finite basis and retain all the symmetries of the bare Hamiltonian Pa P P P P Qa Q Q Q Q Pa Qa 1a H a k Ek k Q P k K Q k kˆ P where : kˆ P Inverse{ k P } H (a) (Pa T ) 1/ 2(Pa PaT Qa )Ha(QaPa Pa )(Pa T) 1/ 2 Historical Perspective Nuclei with Realistic Interactions 1985 - Exact solution of Fadeev equations (3-Fermions) 1991 - Exact solution of Fadeev-Jacobovsky equations (4-Fermions) 2000 - Green’s Function Monte Carlo solutions up to A = 10 2000 - Ab-initio solutions for A = 12 via effective operators Present day applications with effective operators: A = 16 solved with realistic NN interactions A = 14 solved with realistic NN and NNN interactions Constituent Quark Models of Exotic Mesons R. Lloyd, PhD Thesis, ISU 2003 Phys. Rev. D 70: 014009 (2004) H = T + V(OGE) + V(confinement) Solve in HO basis as a bare H problem & study dependence on cutoff Symmetries: Exact treatment of color degree of freedom <-- Major new accomplishment Translational invariance preserved Angular momentum and parity preserved Next generation: More realistic H fit to wider range of mesons and baryons See preliminary results below. Beyond that generation: Heff derived from QCD using light-front quantization Nmax/2 Mass(MeV) 4 in 1+1 Dimensions Burning issues Demonstrate degeneracy - Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking Topological features - soliton mass and profile (Kink, Kink-Antikink) Quantum modes of kink excitation Phase transition - critical coupling, critical exponent and the physics of symmetry restoration Role and proper treatment of the zero mode constraint Chang’s Duality 4 in 1+1 Dimensions DLCQ with Coherent State Analysis A. Derive the Hamiltonian and quantize it on the light front, investigate coherent state treatment of vacuum A. Harindranath and J.P. Vary, Phys Rev D36, 1141(1987) B. Obtain vacuum energy as well as the mass and profile functions of soliton-like solutions in the symmetry-broken phase: PBC: SSB observed, Kink + Antinkink ~ coherent state! Chakrabarti, Harindranath, Martinovic, Pivovarov and Vary, Phys. Letts. B to be published; hep-th/0310290. APBC: SSB observed, Kink ~ coherent state! Chakrabarti, Harindranath, Martinovic and Vary, Phys. Letts. B582, 196 (2004); hep-th/0309263 C. Demonstrate onset of Kink Condensation: Chakrabarti, Harindranath and Vary, Phys. Rev. D71, 125012(2005); hep-th/0504094 Lagrangian density L 1 ( 2 2 ) 4 2 4! Hamiltonian quantized in light front coordinates with, for example, anti - periodic boundary conditions: H H 0 H1 H2 K 1 H0 an an n 1/2 n 2 H1 4 1 1 ak al am an N 2 N 2 klmn m n,k l k l ,m n kl mn K K 1 akal am an an am al ak H2 [ ] k,m n l 2 4 k ,l m n N lm n klmn N kl 1, k l 2!,k l N lm n 1,l m n 2!,l m n,l m n 3!,l m n where all indecies are half odd integers. 2 2 Set up a normalized and symmetrized set of basis states, where, with nk representing the number of bosons with light front momentum k: n k K k k H i Ei i Fully covariant mass - squared spectra emerges M i2 KE i Must extrapolate to the continuum limit, K -> At finite K, results are compared with results from a constrained variational treatment based on the coherent state ansatz of J.S. Rozowski and C.B. Thorn, Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1614 (2000). DLCQ matrix dimension in even particle sector (APBC) K 16 32 40 45 50 55 60 Dimension 336 14219 67243 165498 389253 880962 1928175 Light front momentum probability density in DLCQ: (n) K anan K Normalized: n (n) K n Light cone momentum fraction: x n /K Compares favorably with results from a constrained variational treatment based on the coherent state Extract the Vacuum energy density and Kink Mass M02 E 0v K M kinkK 2 E 0 M02 / K E 0v M kinkK Note: symmetry Decoupling of even and odd boson sectors => Exact degeneracy only in the K limit All results to date are in the broken phase: 1 2 Define a Ratio = [M2even - M2odd]/ [Vac Energy Dens]2 PBC fit range Vacuum Energy DLCQ-PBC zero modes? Classical DLCQAPBC 0.5 -37.70 -37.81(7) -37.90(4) 1.0 -18.85 -18.71(5) -18.97(2) 1.25 -15.08 -14.91(5) 15.19(5) Soliton Mass DLCQAPBC DLCQ-PBC zero modes? Classical SemiClassical 0.5 11.31 10.84 11.6(2) 11.26(4) 1.00 5.657 5.186 5.22(8) 5.563(7) 1.25 4.526 4.054 4.07(6) 4.43(4) Fourier Transform of the Soliton (Kink) Form Factor Ref: Goldstone and Jackiw i 2 Evaluated within DLCQ choosing a 0: c (x a) dq exp q aK q (x ) K 1 35 l , , ,... 2 22 x l xL l 1 L K l al e al e K 4 l Note: Issue of the relative phases - fix arbitrary phases via guidance of the the coherent state analysis: Sign K l al K Sign K l al K Cancellation of imaginary terms and vacuum expectation value, , are non-trivial tests of resulting kink structure. Quantum kink (soliton) in scalar field theory at = 1 Can we observe a phase transition in 11 ? 4 How does a phase transition develop as a function of increased coupling? What are the observables associated with a phase transition? What are its critical properties (coupling, exponent, …)? Continuum limit of the critical coupling Light front momentum distribution functions What is the nature of this phase transition? (1) Mass spectroscopy changes (2) Form factor character changes -> Kink condensation signal (3) Parton distribution changes QCD applications in the qq qq -link approximation for mesons DLCQ for longitudinal modes and a transverse momentum lattice Adopt QCD Hamiltonian of Bardeen, Pearson and Rabinovici Restrict the P-space to q-qbar and q-qbar-link configurations Does not follow the effective operator approach (yet) Introduce regulators as needed to obtain cutoff-independent spectra S. Dalley and B. van de Sande, Phys. Rev. D67, 114507 (2003); hep-ph/0212086 D. Chakrabarti, A. Harindranath and J.P. Vary, Phys. Rev. D69, 034502 (2004); hep-ph/0309317 Full Lowest state Fifth state q-qbar comps q-qbar-link comps Conclusions • • • • • • • • • • • • Similarity of “two-scale” problems in quantum systems with many degrees of freedom Ab-initio theory is a convergent exact method for solving many-particle Hamiltonians Two-body cluster approximation (easiest) suitable for many observables Method has been demonstrated as exact in the nuclear physics applications Quasi-exact results for 1+1 scalar field theory obtained Non-perturbative vacuum expectation value (order parameter) Kink mass & profile obtained Critical properties (coupling, exponent) emerging Evidence of Kink condensation obtained Sensitivity to boundary conditions needs further study Role of zero modes yet to be fully clarified (Martinovic talk tomorrow) Advent of low-cost parallel computing has made new physics domains accessible: algorithm improvements have achieved fully scalable and load-balanced codes. Future Plans Apply LF-transverse lattice and basis functions to qqq systems (Stan Brodsky’s talk) Investigate alternatives Effective Operator methods (Marvin Weinstein’s - CORE) Improve semi-analytical approaches for accelerating convergence (Non-perturbative renormalization approaches - for discussion)