Perturbation Theory and Lie Algebras

1962 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 451-468 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. J. Murray
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christoph Chiaffrino ◽  
Olaf Hohm ◽  
Allison F. Pinto

Abstract We show that the perturbative expansion of general gauge theories can be expressed in terms of gauge invariant variables to all orders in perturbations. In this we generalize techniques developed in gauge invariant cosmological perturbation theory, using Bardeen variables, by interpreting the passing over to gauge invariant fields as a homotopy transfer of the strongly homotopy Lie algebras encoding the gauge theory. This is illustrated for Yang-Mills theory, gravity on flat and cosmological backgrounds and for the massless sector of closed string theory. The perturbation lemma yields an algorithmic procedure to determine the higher corrections of the gauge invariant variables and the action in terms of these.


1995 ◽  
Vol 04 (01) ◽  
pp. 163-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergey Piunikhin

We prove that the construction of Vassiliev invariants by expanding the link polynomials Pg,V(q, q−1) at the point q=1 is equivalent to the construction of Vassiliev invariants from Chern-Simons perturbation theory. In both constructions a simple Lie algebra g and an irreducible representation V of g should be specified. We give an example of a Vassiliev invariant of order six which cannot be obtained by these constructions if we restrict ourselves to simple Lie algebras and do not allow semisimple ones. The explicit description of primitive elements in the Kontsevich Hopf algebra is given.


1988 ◽  
Vol 102 ◽  
pp. 343-347
Author(s):  
M. Klapisch

AbstractA formal expansion of the CRM in powers of a small parameter is presented. The terms of the expansion are products of matrices. Inverses are interpreted as effects of cascades.It will be shown that this allows for the separation of the different contributions to the populations, thus providing a natural classification scheme for processes involving atoms in plasmas. Sum rules can be formulated, allowing the population of the levels, in some simple cases, to be related in a transparent way to the quantum numbers.


2020 ◽  
pp. 27-33
Author(s):  
Boris A. Veklenko

Without using the perturbation theory, the article demonstrates a possibility of superluminal information-carrying signals in standard quantum electrodynamics using the example of scattering of quantum electromagnetic field by an excited atom.


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