PT symmetry and large-N models

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dc.creatorOgilvie, Michael C.
dc.creatorMeisinger, Peter N.
dc.date2008-04-04
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:33:31Z
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dc.descriptionRecently developed methods for PT-symmetric models can be applied to quantum-mechanical matrix and vector models. In matrix models, the calculation of all singlet wave functions can be reduced to the solution a one-dimensional PT-symmetric model. The large-N limit of a wide class of matrix models exists, and properties of the lowest-lying singlet state can be computed using WKB. For models with cubic and quartic interactions, the ground state energy appears to show rapid convergence to the large-N limit. For the special case of a quartic model, we find explicitly an isospectral Hermitian matrix model. The Hermitian form for a vector model with O(N) symmetry can also be found, and shows many unusual features. The effective potential obtained in the large-N limit of the Hermitian form is shown to be identical to the form obtained from the original PT-symmetric model using familiar constraint field methods. The analogous constraint field prescription in four dimensions suggests that PT-symmetric scalar field theories are asymptotically free.
dc.description15 pages, to be published in J. Phys. A special issue on Pseudo Hermitian Hamiltonians in Quantum Physics
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0804.0778
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0804.0778
dc.identifierJ.Phys.A41:244021,2008
dc.identifierdoi:10.1088/1751-8113/41/24/244021
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/197918
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.titlePT symmetry and large-N models
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