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We address the comments on our paper (Todorinov et al., 2019) presented in Chargui (2020). We show that the points raised in Chargui (2020) do not contain any new results or valid criticisms.

We point out some misleading results reported in the recent study made by Todorinov et al. (2019), concerning a relativistic extension of the generalized uncertainty principle (GUP). We derive, in this frame, the correct deformed Klein–Gordon (KG) and Dirac equations, valid up to the first order in the deformation parameter, and discuss their minimal coupling to external fields.

It is commonly believed that γN → ΦN is a good reaction to study the Pomeron. By considering the existing data and the various properties associated with a pole, we show that it would be experimentally hard for this reaction to reveal departures from a pole-type Pomeron. For testing factorization and relative reality of all amplitudes, our claim uses the experimentally indicated approximate s-channel meson-helicity conservation and also, almost pure nature parity in the crossed channel.

In this paper, we study the deflection of light by a class of phantom black hole and wormhole solutions in the weak limit approximation. More specifically, in the first part of this work, we study the deflection of light by Garfinkle-Horowitz-Str\"{o}minger black hole and Einstein-Maxwell anti-dilaton black hole using the optical geometry and the Gauss-Bonnet theorem. Our calculations show that gravitational lensing is affected by the phantom scalar field (phantom dilaton). In the second part of this work, we explore the deflection of light by a class of asymptotically flat phantom wormholes. In particular, we have used three types of wormholes: wormhole with a bounded/unbounded mass function, and a wormhole with a vanishing redshift function. We show that the particular choice of the shape function and mass function plays a crucial role in the final expression for the deflection angle of light. In the third part of the paper, we verify our findings with the help of standard geodesics equations. Finally, in the fourth part of this paper, we consider the problem for the observational relevance of our results studying the creation of the weak field Einstein rings., Comment: 15 pages, 5 figure

In this letter, starting from recent experiments about the circular motion of a rotor with an absorber of photons emitted by a Mossbauer source, we want to underline some mathematical aspects in General Relativity framework. We do not want to discuss in detail the different physical interpretations of the experimental results proposed during the recent years and we do not want to propose a new one. Indeed, starting from a paper awarded to Gravity Research Competition 2018, the aim of our work is to analyze three different types of time involved in this experiment linking a term introduced in the above mentioned paper, to the difference between coordinate and physical velocity of light.

In this paper, within the framework of a unified mathematical model, the new formulation of quantum mechanics – quantum mechanics of higher order kinematic values – is proposed. In contrast to the well-known formulations of quantum mechanics in the new formulation, the wave function has not only a coordinate or momentum representation, but also representations through acceleration and accelerations of higher orders. The representations of the wave function in terms of higher order kinematic values make it possible to consider the dissipative systems problem and the variable entropy systems one within a single mathematical apparatus. The new formulation is not built phenomenologically, but from first principles and in a particular case contains the formulation of the de Broglie–Bohm 〈 wave-pilot 〉 quantum mechanics. The new formulation is based on the Vlasov equations chain. This approach allows us to obtain a natural connection between classical and quantum systems. Examples of such systems are considered in this paper.

This paper is a continuation of Paper I (Toutounji, 2017) of which motivation was testing the applicability of Morse oscillator propagator whose analytical form was derived by Duru (1983). This is because the Morse oscillator propagator was reported (Duru, 1983) in a triple-integral form of a functional of modified Bessel function of the first kind, which considerably limits its applicability. For this reason, I was prompted to find a regime under which Morse oscillator propagator may be simplified and hence be expressed in a closed-form. This was well accomplished in Paper I. Because Morse oscillator is of central importance and widely used in modelling vibrations, its propagator applicability will be extended to applications in quantum dynamics and spectroscopy as will be reported in this paper using the off-diagonal propagator of Morse oscillator whose analytical form is derived.

This paper presents a concise and up-to-date tour to the realm of inequality indices. Originally devised for socioeconomic applications, inequality indices gauge the divergence of wealth distributions in human societies from the socioeconomic ‘ground state’ of perfect equality, i.e. pure communism. Inequality indices are quantitative scores that take values in the unit interval, with the zero score characterizing perfect equality. In effect, inequality indices are applicable in the context of general distributions of sizes — non-negative quantities such as count, length, area, volume, mass, energy, and duration. For general size distributions, which are omnipresent in science and engineering, inequality indices provide multi-dimensional and infinite-dimensional quantifications of the inherent inequality — i.e., the statistical heterogeneity, the non-determinism, the randomness. This paper compactly describes the insights and the practical implementation of inequality indices.

In the present paper, we study rotating regular black hole (RBH) in the model of nonlinear electrodynamics (NED) in the framework of General Relativity (GR). The paper explores derivation of the generic form of rotating RBH solutions which can be written in Kerr-like form in Boyer-Lindquist coordinates. It is shown that RBH solutions depend on NED Lagrangian. Lastly, we also showed that Kerr–Newman-Taub-NUT spacetime, which is solution of Einstein-Maxwell equations, can be a candidate for one of exact analytical rotating RBH solution by calculating curvature invariants at origin r = 0 , as well as, Kerr-Taub-NUT and Taub-NUT spacetimes.

As is widely-known, the eigen-functions of the Landau problem in the symmetric gauge are specified by two quantum numbers. The first is the familiar Landau quantum number $n$, whereas the second is the magnetic quantum number $m$, which is the eigen-value of the canonical orbital angular momentum (OAM) operator of the electron. The eigen-energies of the system depend only on the first quantum number $n$, and the second quantum number $m$ does not correspond to any direct observables. This seems natural since the canonical OAM is generally believed to be a {\it gauge-variant} quantity, and observation of a gauge-variant quantity would contradict a fundamental principle of physics called the {\it gauge principle}. In recent researches, however, Bliohk et al. analyzed the motion of helical electron beam along the direction of a uniform magnetic field, which was mostly neglected in past analyses of the Landau states. Their analyses revealed highly non-trivial $m$-dependent rotational dynamics of the Landau electron, but the problem is that their papers give an impression that the quantum number $m$ in the Landau eigen-states corresponds to a genuine observable. This compatibility problem between the gauge principle and the observability of the quantum number $m$ in the Landau eigen-states was attacked in our previous letter paper. In the present paper, we try to give more convincing answer to this delicate problem of physics, especially by paying attention not only to the {\it particle-like} aspect but also to the {\it wave-like} aspect of the Landau electron., Slightly compactified version to appear in Annals of Physics

First and second order non-equilibrium thermodynamics are studied in the context of particle creation mechanism for homogeneous and isotropic FLRW model and a general formulation of the emergent scenario is investigated. Finally, the stability of the non-equilibrium thermodynamics is examined., Comment: The paper is accepted in Annals of Physics (2017). The authors have given the answers to the criticism in arXiv:1609.09779[gr-qc]. Also, the paper disproves their incorrect comments

In this paper, we propose a field redefinition invariant Lagrange multiplier (LM) formalism in which new ghost-like fields, analogous to Lee-Yang ghosts, are introduced. These ghost fields are required to restore the field redefinition invariance of the standard path integral of the LM theory and, at the same time, to cancel the additional contributions due to the LM fields. We argue that the extra degrees of freedom in the standard LM formalism, coming from the LM fields, should cancel against the degrees of freedom of the ghost fields. Hence, in the field redefinition invariant formalism the doubling of degrees of freedom, associated with the LM fields, is absent., Comment: 16 pages, 8 figures. Typos corrected, added two new references. To appear in Annals of Physics

This paper uses the definition of complexity for a static spherically symmetric spacetime and extends it to the case of charged distribution. We formulate the Einstein-Maxwell field equations corresponding to the anisotropic interior and calculate two different mass functions. We then take Reissner-Nordstr\"{o}m metric as an exterior spacetime to find the matching conditions at the spherical boundary. Some scalars are developed from the orthogonal splitting of the curvature tensor, and we call one of them, i.e., $\mathcal{Y}_{TF}$ as the complexity factor for the considered setup. Further, the three independent field equations are not enough to close the system, therefore, we adopt the complexity-free condition. Along with this condition, we consider three constraints that lead to different models. We also present the graphical interpretation of the resulting solutions by choosing some particular values of parameters. We conclude that the models corresponding to $p_r=0$ and a polytropic equation of state show viable and stable behavior everywhere., Comment: 25 pages, 13 figures

According to the Einstein hole argument, vacuum metric solutions are equivalent only if they correspond to the same energy--momentum tensor in the source region. In this paper it is shown that singular coordinates that are used to show Schwarzschild geodesics completeness, introduce the fictive delta-like sources at the horizon. Then, metric tensors obtained by such singular transformations, cannot be considered as solutions of the same Einstein equations with the central source., Comment: 13 pages, no figures

In this paper, we show that the holographic dark energy density hides in the solutions of Lovelock gravity for black holes. Using the obtained mass and temperature we find density equations. We propose a physical interpretation of the rescaled Lovelock couplings as a topological mass that describes the Lovelock branch. In addition to this, we present new solutions that satisfy the energy conditions according to the Lovelock coupling and the horizon curvatures. This work can be extended to the equation of the state {\omega}_{{\Lambda}} of dark energy in third-order Lovelock gravity. We show that the value "-1" represents a stable equilibrium of {\omega}_{{\Lambda}}., Comment: 16 pages, 2 figures

In this paper, we study various mixed state information theoretic quantities for a boosted black brane geometry. We have considered two setups, namely, a strip-like subsystem taken parallel and perpendicular to the direction of the boost. The quantities we calculate are the entanglement wedge cross-section, mutual information, entanglement negativity, and purification complexity. In the subsequent analysis, we have incorporated the thin-strip approximation and computed the leading order change (over pure AdS) in the concerned information theoretic quantities due to the boost parameter. We also show the relation of these quantities computed holographically to the energy and pressure of the boundary field theory. We then proceed to calculate the asymmetry ratios of these quantities, and observe that they are independent of the subsystem size. Finally, we proceed to study an interesting limit of the boosted black brane geometry, which is the so called AdS wave geometry. We once again compute all the mixed state information theoretic quantities for this geometry., Comment: v1:32 pages LaTex and 9 figures, v2:40 pages LaTex, v3: matches with the accepted version

In this paper we determine the Hawking temperature and entropy of a modified canonical acoustic black hole. In our results we obtain an entropy-area relation that has a logarithmic correction term in leading order. We also analyze the stability condition of the noncommutative canonical acoustic black hole and also with quantum corrections implemented by the generalized Heisenberg uncertainty principle., 11 pages, 4 figures, to appear in Annals Phys

The paper studies the spinorial wave equations, namely the Dirac and the Klein Gordon equations, as well as the greybody radiations and quasinormal modes (QNMs) of the charged Taub NUT black hole (CTNBH). To obtain fermionic greybody factors (GFs) and QNMs, we study the charged fermions by employing the Dirac equation. To this end, we use a null tetrad in the Newman-Penrose formalism. Then, we separate the Dirac equation into radial and angular sets. Using the obtained radial equations, we convert them into the typical one dimensional Schr\"{o}dinger like wave equations with the aid of tortoise coordinate and derive the effective potentials. For bosonic GFs and QNMs, we study the Klein Gordon equation in the CTNBH geometry and obtain the radial equation. We then derive the effective potential and investigate the effect of NUT parameter on it. We show that while the fermionic QNMs and GFs individually increase with the increasing NUT parameter, the increase of bosonic GFs with increasing NUT parameter is overwhelmingly greater than that of the bosonic QNMs.

This paper is a rebuttal to Eur. Phys. Jour. Plus 130, 191 (2015), which claims that the results in arXiv:1502.04911 (Ann. Phys. 355, 360 (2015)) are incorrect. For this reason, some of the results in arXiv:1502.04911 have been reviewed and clarified. The results in this paper are dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Albert Einstein's presentation of the complete General Theory of Relativity to the Prussian Academy., Comment: 13 pages, 1 figure. Accepted for publication in Annals of Physics. The results in arXiv:1502.04911 have been reviewed and clarified

In present paper the Quantum Electrodynamics theory at finite temperatures for the bound states is presented. To describe the thermal effects arising in a heat bath the Hadamard form of thermal photon propagator is employed. This form permits the simple introduction of thermal gauges in a way similar to the 'ordinary' Feynman propagator and, therefore, the gauge invariance can be proved for all the considered effects. Moreover, contrary to the 'standard' form of thermal photon propagator, the Hadamard expression has a well defined analytical properties. However, this thermal photon propagator contains the divergent contribution which requires the introduction of regularization procedure within the framework of constructed theory. The method of regularization in conjunction with the physical interpretation is given in the paper. Correctness of regularization procedure is confirmed also by the gauge invariance of final results and coincidence of the results (on the example of self-energy correction) for two different forms of photon propagator. On the basis of constructed theory the thermal Coulomb potential and its asymptotics at the large distances are found. Finally, we discuss in details the thermal effects of lowest order in the fine structure constant and temperature. Such effects are presented by the thermal one-photon exchange between bound electron and nucleus, thermal one-loop self-energy, thermal vacuum polarization, recoil corrections and correction on the finite size of the nucleus. Introduction of the regularization allows us do not apply the renormalization procedure. To confirm this we describe also the thermal vertex (with one, two and three vertices) corrections within the adiabatic $S$-matrix formalism. Finally, the influence of thermal effects on the determination of proton radius and Rydberg constant is discussed in the paper., 32 pages, 10 figures, 6 Tables

The extended Dicke model describes interaction of the single--mode electromagnetic resonator with an ensemble of interacting two--level systems. In this paper we obtain quasiclassical equations of motion of the extended Dicke model. For certain initial conditions and range of parameters the equations of motion can be solved analytically via Jacobi elliptic functions. The solution is a "bound luminosity" state, which was described by the authors previously for ordinary Dicke model and now is generalized for the case of the extended Dicke model. In this state the periodic beatings of the electromagnetic field occur in the microwave cavity filled with the ensemble of two--level systems. At the beginning of the time period the energy is stored in the electromagnetic field in the cavity, then it is absorbed by the ensemble of two--level systems, being afterwards released back to the cavity in the end of the period. Also the chaotic properties of the semiclassical model are investigated numerically.

This is the first in a series of papers aiming to develop a relativistic quantum information theory in terms of unequal-time correlation functions in quantum field theory. In this work, we highlight two formalisms which together can provide a useful theoretical platform suitable for further developments: 1) Quantum field measurements using the Quantum Temporal Probabilities (QTP) method; 2) Closed-Time-Path (CTP) formalism for causal time evolutions. QTP incorporates the detector into the quantum description, while emphasising that the records of measurement are macroscopic, and they can be expressed in terms of classical spacetime coordinates. We first present a new, elementary derivation of the QTP formulas for the probabilities of n measurement events. We then demonstrate the relation of QTP with the Closed-Time-Path formalism, by writing an explicit formula that relates the associated generating functionals. We exploit the path integral representation of the CTP formalism, in order to express the measured probabilities in terms of path integrals. After this, we provide some simple applications of the QTP formalism. In particular, we show how Unruh-DeWitt detector models and Glauber's photodetection theory appear as limiting cases . Finally, with quantum correlation being the pivotal notion in relativistic quantum information and measurements, we highlight the role played by the CTP two-particle irreducible effective action which enables one to tap into the resources of non-equilibrium quantum field theory for our stated purpose., Comment: 41 pages. Arguments expanded and clarified, references and an appendix added, to appear in Ann. Phys

Over 80 years ago Samuel Wilks proposed that the “generalized variance” of a random vector is the determinant of its covariance matrix. To date, the notion and use of the generalized variance is confined only to very specific niches in statistics. In this paper we establish that the “Wilks standard deviation” –the square root of the generalized variance–is indeed the standard deviation of a random vector. We further establish that the “uncorrelation index” –a derivative of the Wilks standard deviation–is a measure of the overall correlation between the components of a random vector. Both the Wilks standard deviation and the uncorrelation index are, respectively, special cases of two general notions that we introduce: “randomness measures” and “independence indices” of random vectors. In turn, these general notions give rise to “randomness diagrams”—tangible planar visualizations that answer the question: How random is a random vector? The notion of “independence indices” yields a novel measure of correlation for Levy laws. In general, the concepts and results presented in this paper are applicable to any field of science and engineering with random-vectors empirical data.

The study of the complex Ginzburg–Landau equation, which can describe the fiber laser system, is of significance for ultra-fast laser. In this paper, dromion-like structures for the complex Ginzburg–Landau equation are considered due to their abundant nonlinear dynamics. Via the modified Hirota method and simplified assumption, the analytic dromion-like solution is obtained. The partial asymmetry of structure is particularly discussed, which arises from asymmetry of nonlinear and dispersion terms. Furthermore, the stability of dromion-like structures is analyzed. Oscillation structure emerges to exhibit strong interference when the dispersion loss is perturbed. Through the appropriate modulation of modified exponent parameter, the oscillation structure is transformed into two dromion-like structures. It indicates that the dromion-like structure is unstable, and the coherence intensity is affected by the modified exponent parameter. Results in this paper may be useful in accounting for some nonlinear phenomena in fiber laser systems, and understanding the essential role of modified Hirota method.

Embedded random matrix ensembles are generic models for describing statistical properties of finite isolated interacting quantum many-particle systems. For the simplest spinless systems, with say $m$ particles in $N$ single particle states and interacting via $k$-body interactions, we have EGUE($k$) and the embedding algebra is $U(N)$. A finite quantum system, induced by a transition operator, makes transitions from its states to the states of the same system or to those of another system. Examples are electromagnetic transitions (same initial and final systems), nuclear beta and double beta decay (different initial and final systems), particle addition to/removal from a given system and so on. Towards developing a complete statistical theory for transition strength densities, we have derived formulas for lower order bivariate moments of the strength densities generated by a variety of transition operators. For a spinless fermion system, using EGUE($k$) representation for Hamiltonian and an independent EGUE($t$) representation for transition operator, finite-$N$ formulas for moments up to order four are derived, for the first time, for the transition strength densities. Formulas for the moments up to order four are also derived for systems with two types of spinless fermions and a transition operator similar to beta decay and neutrinoless beta decay operators. Moments formulas are also derived for transition operator that removes $k_0$ number of particles from $m$ fermion system. Numerical results obtained using the exact formulas for two-body ($k=2$) Hamiltonians (in some examples for $k=3,4$) and the asymptotic formulas clearly establish that in general the smoothed form of the bivariate transition strength densities take bivariate Gaussian form for isolated finite quantum systems. Extensions of these results to bosonic systems and EGUE ensembles with further symmetries are discussed., 65 pages, 5 figures, 4 tables; some sections of the paper overlap considerably with the arXiv papers 1106.0395, 1411.6391 and 1501.07670

We go on in this paper, in the study of the solutions of the focusing NLS equation. With a new representation given in a preceding paper, a very compact formulation without limit as a quotient of two determinants, we construct the Peregrine breather of order N=10. The explicit analytical expression of the Akhmediev's solution is completely given.

In 1976 S. Hawking claimed that "Because part of the information about the state of the system is lost down the hole, the final situation is represented by a density matrix rather than a pure quantum state" (Verbatim from ref. 2). This was the starting point of the popular "black hole (BH) information paradox". In a series of papers, together with collaborators, we naturally interpreted BH quasi-normal modes (QNMs) in terms of quantum levels discussing a model of excited BH somewhat similar to the historical semi-classical Bohr model of the structure of a hydrogen atom. Here we explicitly write down, for the same model, a time dependent Schr\"odinger equation for the system composed by Hawking radiation and BH QNMs. The physical state and the correspondent wave function are written in terms of an unitary evolution matrix instead of a density matrix. Thus, the final state results to be a pure quantum state instead of a mixed one. Hence, Hawking's claim is falsified because BHs result to be well defined quantum mechanical systems, having ordered, discrete quantum spectra, which respect 't Hooft's assumption that Schr\"oedinger equations can be used universally for all dynamics in the universe. As a consequence, information comes out in BH evaporation in terms of pure states in an unitary time dependent evolution. In Section 4 of this paper we show that the present approach permits also to solve the entanglement problem connected with the information paradox., Comment: 18 pages, definitive version accepted for publication in Annals of Physics. Comments are welcome. The results in arXiv:1210.7747 have been partially reviewed. Dedicated to the memory of the latter IFM Secretary Franco Pettini

In the recently quickly developing context of quantum mechanics of unitary systems using a time-independent non-Hermitian Hamiltonian $H$ (having real spectrum and defined as acting in an unphysical but user-friendly Hilbert space ${\cal R}_N^{(0)}$), the present paper introduces and describes a set of constructive returns of the description to one of the correct and eligible physical Hilbert spaces ${\cal R}_0^{(j)}$. The superscript $j$ may run from $j=0$ to $j=N$. In the $j=0$ extreme of the theory the construction is currently well known and involves solely the inner product metric $\Theta=\Theta(H)$. The Hamiltonian $H$ itself remains unchanged. At $j=N$ the inner-product metric remains trivial and only the Hamiltonian must be Hermitized, $H \to \mathfrak{h} = \Omega\,H\,\Omega^{-1}=\mathfrak{h}^\dagger$. At the remaining superscripts $j=1,2,\ldots, N-1$, a new, hybrid form of the construction of a consistent quantum model is proposed, requiring a simultaneous amendment of both the metric and the Hamiltonian. In applications, one of these options is expected to be optimal for a given $H$ in a way illustrated by a schematic three-state example., Comment: 32 pp

This paper gives an overview of the unconventional dependence of internal phase differences on the external phase difference in superconductor-normal metal-superconductor (SINIS) and superconductor-superconductor-superconductor (SISIS) tunnel double junctions. The results are obtained within the Ginzburg-Landau (GL) approach that includes boundary conditions for the superconductor order parameter in the presence of a Josephson coupling through interfaces. The boundary conditions are derived within the GL theory and substantiated microscopically. The absence of the one-to-one correspondence between external $\phi$ and internal $\chi_{1,2}$ phase differences in the junctions is shown to occur in two qualitatively different ways, both of which result in the range of $\chi_{1,2}$ reduced and prevent the $4\pi$-periodic current-phase relation $j=j_c\sin\frac{\phi}{2}$. In SINIS junctions, the effect of the supercurrent-induced phase incursion $\varphi$ between the end faces of the central electrode of mesoscopic length $L$ can play a crucial role. In SISIS junctions, there occurs the regime of interchanging modes, which is modified as $L$ decreases. The proximity and pair breaking effects in the double junctions with closely spaced interfaces are addressed., Comment: 22 pages, 7 figures, Contribution for the Annals of Physics special issue in memory of Igor Dzyaloshinskii

In this Paper we analyze a model proposed recently with the purpose of studying the effects of rotation on the interaction of a point charge with a uniform magnetic field in an elastic medium with a spiral dislocation. In particular we focus on the approximation proposed by the authors that consists of changing the left boundary condition in order to obtain analytical results. We show that this approximation leads to quantitative and qualitative errors, the most relevant one being a wrong prediction of the level spacing.

The search for Majorana fermions has been concentrated in topological insulators or superconductors. In general, the existence of these modes requires the presence of spin–orbit interactions and of an external magnetic field. The former implies in having systems with broken inversion symmetry, while the latter breaks time reversal invariance. In a recent paper, we have shown that a two-band metal with an attractive inter-band interaction has non-trivial superconducting properties, if the k -dependent hybridization is anti-symmetric in the wave-vector. This is the case, if the crystalline potential mixes states with different parities as for orbitals with angular momentum l and l + 1 . In this paper we take into account the effect of an external magnetic field, not considered in the previous investigation, in a two-band metal and show how it modifies the topological properties of its superconducting state. We also discuss the conditions for the appearance of Majorana fermions in this system.

We study in the present paper the multiple stable states of two different atoms in a single-mode quantum cavity by means of variational method. Eigenenergies and eigenstates are obtained analytically in the optical coherent state of cavity field. The ground state displays the known Dicke phase transition from the normal to superradiant phases at the critical value of atom–field coupling. The rich phase diagrams including the stable excited states are presented respectively for two atoms with different level spaces and atom–field couplings. By adjusting the ratios of two-atom couplings or level spaces, one atom can be in the normally populated state, while the other is in the inversely populated state. We also observe the stimulated radiation from the inversely populated state. Particularly, the normal and stimulated radiations are interchangeable respectively for two atoms. Moreover, the maximally entangled state can be generated with two identical atoms.

In this paper we present new nonclassical states of a single mode of the electromagnetic field constructed by superpositions of coherent states distributed over a semi-straight line starting from the origin of the phase space. These states have highly concentrated phase distributions and can be useful as approximations of phase states. We propose feasible schemes to prepare such states in microwave high-Q cavities and as traveling modes. We investigate nonclassical properties and determine the Wigner functions of such pure states. Then we consider the system in contact with a reservoir, taking into account dissipation and gain processes in the Markovian approximation, and study the time-evolution of these states by solving the master equation in the Wigner representation. From explicit expressions of the time-dependent Wigner functions, we study the time-dependence of nonclassical properties and use the negativity of the Wigner function to analyze the disappearance of sub-Planck structures as time evolves.

Luttinger semimetals include materials like gray tin ($\alpha$-Sn) and mercury telluride, which are three-dimensional gapless semiconductors having a quadratic band crossing point (QBCP). Due to a growing interest in QBCPs and new experimental efforts, it is essential to study the finite-temperature properties of such systems. In this paper, we investigate the emergence of plasmons in the presence of Coulomb interactions in isotropic Luttinger semimetals, for zero as well as generic nonzero temperatures. When the Fermi level lies right at the QBCP, which is the point where twofold degenerate conduction and valence bands touch each other quadratically, we find that plasmons cannot appear at zero temperature. However, for nonzero temperatures, thermal plasmons are generated. Whether they are long-lived or not depends on the values of temperature, effective electron mass and effective fine-structure constant, and the number of fermion flavors. We also numerically estimate the behavior of the inelastic scattering rate at nonzero temperatures, as a function of energy, where the signatures of the QBCP thermal plasmons show up as a sharp peak. Our results will thus serve as a guide to experimental probes on these systems., Comment: 15 pages, 6 figures; journal version accepted in Annals of Physics

When accelerated by a constant force in the lab frame, a classical charge experiences no self force. In this case, the particle radiates without dissipating its kinetic and potential energy. But what happens when the particle enters another region with equal and opposite acceleration? Does the oscillating charge lose its mechanical energy similar to a radiating dipole, even though it seems to lose no mechanical energy within each region of constant acceleration? In this paper, I will show how mechanical energy is transferred to radiation energy via the Schott energy when the particle crosses the boundary between the two regions. In particular, I will show how preacceleration, which is usually regarded as an unphysical effect of the Lorentz-Abraham-Dirac self force, is essential for the energy transfer. Moreover, I will show that the commonly adopted Landau-Lifshitz approximation, which removes preacceleration, introduces second-order secular energy error. On a more fundamental level, the validity of classical electrodynamics is in fact questionable because quantum effects are likely important. The classical prediction can be tested experimentally by observing frequency chirping of radiation, whereby micro physics leaves signatures on macroscopic scales. The required experimental accuracy is estimated. Trap experiment of this type is complementary to collider experiments that endeavor to observe radiation reaction for elementary particles., 42 pages, 8 figures. LLNL-JRNL-764637

The aim of this paper is to obtain analytic anisotropic spherical solutions in f ( R ) scenario through gravitationally decoupled minimal geometric deformation technique. In this regard, we first consider the known isotropic Krori–Barua solution for f ( R ) Starobinsky model in the interior of the stellar system and then include the effects of two types of anisotropic solutions. The field equations are constructed by applying Krori–Barua solution and the values of unknown constants are evaluated with the help of junction conditions. We analyze the physical acceptability and stability of our resulting solutions via graphical observations of effective energy density, effective radial as well as tangential pressure, energy conditions, stability through speed of sound and adiabatic index. It is found that both solutions satisfy the stability as well as other physical requirements for specific values of anisotropic constant. We conclude that the modified theory yields more stable behavior of a self-gravitating system.

The Generalized Uncertainty Principle and the related minimum length are normally considered in non-relativistic Quantum Mechanics. Extending it to relativistic theories is important for having a Lorentz invariant minimum length and for testing the modified Heisenberg principle at high energies.In this paper, we formulate a relativistic Generalized Uncertainty Principle. We then use this to write the modified Klein-Gordon, Schr\"odinger and Dirac equations, and compute quantum gravity corrections to the relativistic hydrogen atom, particle in a box, and the linear harmonic oscillator., Comment: 6 pages, Revtex

In this paper we develop the charged version of the spacetime proposed by Johannsen and Psaltis. Rotation is introduced in the deformed Reissner-Nordstr\"om spacetime by complex coordinate transformation. The event horizon and Killing horizon are studied. Killing horizons are represented graphically also. The analysis of the determinant of the metric shows that the spacetime does not have Lorentz violating regions. Similarly, from the study of the closed time-like curves, we see that no such curves exist outside the central body. Expressions for the energy and angular momentum for a particle on the equatorial plane are determined. Location of the circular photon orbits and innermost stable circular orbits is also computed., Comment: Matches the published version

The goal of this paper is to obtain a precise expression for the production tensor in a dissipative hyperbolic relativistic theory of gas with internal structure. For this aim, we use a variant of relativistic BGK model for the Boltzmann–Chernikov kinetic equation. Moreover, we deduce some inequalities for the coefficients requiring the entropy principle and the convexity of entropy density. As a limiting case, the expression of the production tensor in the case of monatomic gas is also evaluated.

In this paper, a generalized action integral of both gravity and matter is defined on the sphere bundle over Finsler space–time manifold M with a Lorentz–Finsler metric. The Euler–Lagrange equation of this functional, a generalization of the Riemann–Einstein gravity equation is obtained by using some divergence theorems. Fibres of the sphere bundle are unbounded according to the pseudo-Finsler metric. Moreover, solutions of vacuum Finsler gravity equation under the weakly Landsberg condition are discussed and some concrete examples are provided. At last, we raise some questions for further study.

In this paper, we aim to describe nonlocal extractable work in terms of geometrical correlations, in an attempt to characterize the latter as a resource for the first. Principally, we are going to show an analytical expression that relates these two quantities for two-qubit Bell-diagonal states. This expression is displayed when the correlations are geometrically defined by using the Schatten 1-norm to measure distances among quantum states in the Hilbert space. Additionally, we are also going to show – outside the family of Bell-diagonal states – the existence of correlated bipartite passive states, implying that nonzero correlations are not a sufficient condition for nonlocal work extraction.

In the present paper, we study the effect of the minimal length on two well-known potentials: Coulomb and Hulthen in transitional nuclei near the critical point symmetry X(3). Albeit these two potentials have mathematically similar behaviors at small deformations and give the same results for energy spectra and electromagnetic transition rates of nuclei, they behave differently in the presence of a minimal length. It appears that this latter acts on the intrinsic structure of the potential allowing both potentials’ actions to be differentiated.

Although the spinor field in (1+1) dimensions has the right structure to model a dispersive bimodal system with gain and loss, the plain addition of gain to one component of the field and loss to the other one results in an unstable dispersion relation. In this paper, we advocate a different recipe for the PT -symmetric extension of spinor models — the recipe that does not produce instability of the linear Dirac equation. Having exemplified the physical origins of the P - and T -breaking terms, we consider the extensions of three U(1)-invariant spinor models with cubic nonlinearity. Of these, the PT -symmetric extension of the Thirring model is shown to be completely integrable and possess infinitely many conserved quantities. The PT -symmetric Gross–Neveu equation conserves energy and momentum but does not conserve charge. The third model is introduced for the purpose of comparison with the previous two; its PT -symmetric extension has no conservation laws at all. Despite this dramatic difference in the integrability and conservation properties, all three PT -symmetric models are shown to have exact soliton solutions. Similar to the solitons of the extended Thirring and Gross–Neveu equations, the solitons of the new model are found to be stable — except for a narrow band of frequencies adjacent to the soliton existence boundary. The persistence under the P - and T -breaking perturbations as well as the prevalence of stability highlights a remarkable sturdiness of spinor solitons in (1+1) dimensions.

In modern physics there exist several formulations of relativistic thermodynamics of a moving body. The Planck and Ott formalisms are the main ones. However, it is not clear which one is correct. In the present paper, we have solved this problem. We have required the equivalence of the dynamical Hamiltonian of a system to the fundamental thermodynamic potential in addition to the principle of entropy invariance and derived the first law of thermodynamics from this fundamental potential. We have found that in the case of momentum being an independent variable in the Hamiltonian, the Lorentz transformations of the thermodynamic quantities belong to the Planck formalism. However, if we suppose that the velocity is an independent variable in the Hamiltonian (though it is not correct from the point of view of the relativistic dynamics), the Lorentz transformations of the thermodynamic quantities belong to the Ott formalism. It demonstrates that the Ott formalism cannot be appropriate. Moreover, we have proved that in the Planck description the first law of thermodynamics is covariant and the Legendre transform of the Lagrangian is preserved. However, in the Ott description the first law of thermodynamics is not covariant and the Legendre transform is violated. Thus we have demonstrated that only the Planck formulation of relativistic thermodynamics of a moving body is properly defined and the Ott formalism should be discarded.

This paper investigates how the nonzero temperature affects the differential cross-section for mesons scattering in a Lorentz-violating extension of the scalar electrodynamics. We initially discuss some features of the model and extract the zero temperature Feynman rules. Temperature effects are introduced using the Thermo Field Dynamics (TFD) formalism. It is shown that the corrections induced on the meson scattering are very large in the high-temperature regime. Furthermore, our results also suggest that temperature effects may contribute to new constraints on the Lorentz-violating parameters., Comment: 13 pages, 1 figure, minor changes to match published version, references added

This is the fourth in a series of papers on developing a formulation of quantum mechanics in non-inertial reference frames. This formulation is grounded in a class of unitary cocycle representations of what we have called the Galilean line group, the generalization of the Galilei group to include transformations amongst non-inertial reference frames. These representations show that in quantum mechanics, just as the case in classical mechanics, the transformations to accelerating reference frames give rise to fictitious forces. In previous work, we have shown that there exist representations of the Galilean line group that uphold the non-relativistic equivalence principle as well as representations that violate the equivalence principle. In these previous studies, the focus was on linear accelerations. In this paper, we undertake an extension of the formulation to include rotational accelarations. We show that the incorporation of rotational accelerations requires a class of \emph{loop prolongations} of the Galilean line group and their unitary cocycle representations. We recover the centrifugal and Coriolis force effects from these loop representations. Loops are more general than groups in that their multiplication law need not be associative. Hence, our broad theoretical claim is that a Galilean quantum theory that holds in arbitrary non-inertial reference frames requires going beyond groups and group representations, the well-stablished framework for implementing symmetry transformations in quantum mechanics., Comment: 40 pages

In a previous paper, Grassi (2012) [39] , a new entropy form has been proposed for which it is possible to obtain a stationary solution of the Non-Linear Fokker–Planck equation (referred as NLFP) with coulombic-like potentials. In this paper we analyze the stationary solution of NLFP obtained by using pure coulombic potentials and we will use this solution to study an “atomic-like” system.

A contribution of virtual electron states with large wave numbers to the self-energy of an electron bound in the weak Coulomb field is analyzed in the context of the evaluation method suggested in the previous paper. The contribution is of the order α ( Z α ) 5 . The same value for this contribution is found here as the one found in the previous calculations using different evaluation methods. When we add the remaining terms of the order α ( Z α ) 5 to the calculation of the self-energy effect in hydrogen-like ions presented in the previous paper we find a very good agreement with numerical evaluations. The relative difference between present and numerical evaluations ranges from 2 parts in 10 6 for Z = 1 up to 6 parts in 10 4 for Z = 10 .

In this paper, a quantum transport theory for describing photonic dissipative transport dynamics in nanophotonics is developed. The nanophotonic devices concerned in this paper consist of on-chip all-optical integrated circuits incorporating photonic bandgap waveguides and driven resonators embedded in nanostructured photonic crystals. The photonic transport through waveguides is entirely determined from the exact master equation of the driven resonators, which is obtained by explicitly eliminating all the degrees of freedom of the waveguides (treated as reservoirs). Back-reactions from the reservoirs are fully taken into account. The relation between the driven photonic dynamics and photocurrents is obtained explicitly. The non-Markovian memory structure and quantum decoherence dynamics in photonic transport can then be fully addressed. As an illustration, the theory is utilized to study the transport dynamics of a photonic transistor consisting of a nanocavity coupled to two waveguides in photonic crystals. The controllability of photonic transport through the external driven field is demonstrated.

In this paper, a general description for the Hubbard model with nearest-neighbor transfer integral t and on-site repulsion U on a square lattice with N a 2 ≫ 1 sites is introduced. It refers to three types of elementary objects whose occupancy configurations generate the state representations of the model extended global S O ( 3 ) × S O ( 3 ) × U ( 1 ) symmetry recently found in Ref. [11] (Carmelo and Ostlund, 2010). Such objects emerge from a suitable electron–rotated-electron unitary transformation. It is such that rotated-electron single and double occupancy are good quantum numbers for U ≠ 0 . The advantage of the description is that it accounts for the new found hidden U ( 1 ) symmetry in S O ( 3 ) × S O ( 3 ) × U ( 1 ) = [ S U ( 2 ) × S U ( 2 ) × U ( 1 ) ] / Z 2 2 beyond the well-known S O ( 4 ) = [ S U ( 2 ) × S U ( 2 ) ] / Z 2 model (partial) global symmetry. Specifically, the hidden U ( 1 ) symmetry state representations store full information on the positions of the spins of the rotated-electron singly occupied sites relative to the remaining sites. Profiting from that complementary information, for the whole U / 4 t > 0 interaction range independent spin state representations are naturally generated in terms of spin- 1 / 2 spinon occupancy configurations in a spin effective lattice. For all states, such an effective lattice has as many sites as spinons. This allows the extension to intermediate U / 4 t values of the usual large- U / 4 t descriptions of the spin degrees of freedom of the electrons that singly occupy sites, now in terms of the spins of the singly-occupied sites rotated electrons. The operator description introduced in this paper brings about a more suitable scenario for handling the effects of hole doping. Within this, such effects are accounted for in terms of the residual interactions of the elementary objects whose occupancy configurations generate the state representations of the charge hidden U ( 1 ) symmetry and spin S U ( 2 ) symmetry, respectively. This problem is investigated elsewhere. The most interesting physical information revealed by the description refers to the model on the subspace generated by the application of one- and two-electron operators onto zero-magnetization ground states. (This is the square-lattice quantum liquid further studied in Ref. [5] (Carmelo, 2010).) However, to access such an information, one must start from the general description introduced in this paper, which refers to the model in the full Hilbert space.