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Quantum distillation of Hilbert spaces, semi-classics and anomaly matching

Journal Article · · Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
 [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Kavli Inst. for Theoretical Physics; Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (United States). Dept. of Physics; Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA (United States)
  2. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Kavli Inst. for Theoretical Physics; Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). RIKEN Research Center
  3. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Kavli Inst. for Theoretical Physics; North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States). Dept. of Physics
A symmetry-twisted boundary condition of the path integral provides a suitable framework for the semi-classical analysis of nonperturbative quantum field theories (QFTs), and we reinterpret it from the viewpoint of the Hilbert space. An appropriate twist with the unbroken symmetry can potentially produce huge cancellations among excited states in the state-sum, without affecting the ground states; we call this effect “quantum distillation”. Quantum distillation can provide the underlying mechanism for adiabatic continuity, by preventing a phase transition under S1 compactification. We revisit this point via the ’t Hooft anomaly matching condition when it constrains the vacuum structure of the theory on $$\mathbb{R} $$d and upon compactification. We show that there is a precise relation between the persistence of the anomaly upon compactification, the Hilbert space quantum distillation, and the semi-classical analysis of the corresponding symmetry-twisted path integrals. We motivate quantum distillation in quantum mechanical examples, and then study its non-trivial action in QFT, with the example of the 2D Grassmannian sigma model Gr(N, M). We also discuss the connection of quantum distillation with large-N volume independence and flavor-momentum transmutation.
Research Organization:
North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States); Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP) (SC-25); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP) (SC-26)
Grant/Contract Number:
FG02-03ER41260; SC0010339
OSTI ID:
1507781
Journal Information:
Journal of High Energy Physics (Online), Journal Name: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online) Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 2018; ISSN 1029-8479
Publisher:
Springer BerlinCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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