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High-Performance Computing In Covariant Loop Quantum Gravity, Pietropaolo Frisoni
High-Performance Computing In Covariant Loop Quantum Gravity, Pietropaolo Frisoni
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This Ph.D. thesis presents a compilation of the scientific papers I published over the last three years during my Ph.D. in loop quantum gravity (LQG). First, we comprehensively introduce spinfoam calculations with a practical pedagogical paper. We highlight LQG's unique features and mathematical formalism and emphasize the computational complexities associated with its calculations. The subsequent articles delve into specific aspects of employing high-performance computing (HPC) in LQG research. We discuss the results obtained by applying numerical methods to studying spinfoams' infrared divergences, or ``bubbles''. This research direction is crucial to define the continuum limit of LQG properly. We investigate the …
New Aspects Of Scattering Amplitudes, Higher-K Amplitudes, And Holographic Quark Gluon Plasmas, Bruno Giménez Umbert
New Aspects Of Scattering Amplitudes, Higher-K Amplitudes, And Holographic Quark Gluon Plasmas, Bruno Giménez Umbert
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We present new results on different aspects of quantum field theory, which are divided into three main parts. In part I, we find and prove a new behavior of massless tree-level scattering amplitudes, including the biadjoint scalar theory, the U(N) non-linear sigma model, and the special Galileon, within specific subspaces of the kinematic space. We also derive new formulas for the double-ordered biadjoint scalar and $\phi^p$ amplitudes, which can be obtained as integrals over the positive tropical Grassmannian and under limiting procedures on the kinematic invariants. This reveals surprising connections with cubic amplitudes. We also present alternative versions of the …
Field Theories From Physical Requirements: Noether's First Theorem, Energy-Momentum Tensors And The Question Of Uniqueness, Mark Robert Baker
Field Theories From Physical Requirements: Noether's First Theorem, Energy-Momentum Tensors And The Question Of Uniqueness, Mark Robert Baker
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An axiomatic approach to physics is proposed for obtaining classical gauge theories from a common set of physical requirements based on standard features of special relativistic field theories such as gauge invariance, conformal invariance and being in four dimensions. This approach involves the use of Noether's first theorem to directly obtain a unique, complete set of equations from the symmetries of the action. However, implementation of this procedure is obstructed by issues of ambiguity and non-uniqueness associated with the conserved tensors in the majority of special relativistic field theories. In the introductory chapter, we outline the three major problems which …
Universal Scaling Properties After Quantum Quenches, Damian Andres Galante
Universal Scaling Properties After Quantum Quenches, Damian Andres Galante
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In this Thesis, the problem of a quantum quench in quantum field theories is analyzed. This involves studying the real time evolution of observables in a theory that undergoes a change in one of its couplings. These quenches are then characterized by two parameters: $\delta \lambda$, the magnitude of the quench and most importantly, $\delta t$, the quench duration. In contrast to previous studies of abrupt quenches in the condensed matter theory community, we will be interested in smooth quenches with a finite $\delta t$.
Motivated by existing results in holographic theories, we studied the problem of a fast smooth …
Topics In Field Theory, Alexander Patrushev
Topics In Field Theory, Alexander Patrushev
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This thesis consists of different projects in classical and quantum field theory on a curved background which are connected by a common usage of theoretical ideas as well as cal- culation techniques. The introduction clarifies such connections. In the second chapter we apply the Dirac constraint formalism to the second and first order 1 + 1 dimensional gravitational action coupled to a scalar field. The third chapter is devoted to a calculation of the one loop effective action for a spinor field coupled to a constant background chiral vector field. In the fourth chapter we find a new expression for …
Thermodynamics, Hydrodynamics And Critical Phenomena In Strongly Coupled Gauge Theories, Christopher Pagnutti
Thermodynamics, Hydrodynamics And Critical Phenomena In Strongly Coupled Gauge Theories, Christopher Pagnutti
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The gauge theory / string theory correspondence has led to great progress in the study of strongly-coupled gauge theories. In this work, we start with a detailed treatment of some simple examples of this correspondence in order to establish some of the concepts and techniques are used on a more complicated system. We then consider a (3+1)-dimensional theory of gravity with a translationally invariant horizon, that is assumed to be dual to a (2+1)-dimensional non-conformal gauge theory at finite temperature. We study the thermodynamics of this model and find that there exists an exotic type of second-order phase transition wherein …