Cette thèse s'inscrit dans le cadre de la physique mathématique des interactions fondamentales. Elle porte sur l'étude des théories de champs qui décrivent les particules élémentaires. En particulier, les théories de champs de spin élevé (plus grand ou égal à 2) sont analysées. Mis à part pour le graviton, vecteur supposé des interactions gravitationnelles, il n'y a aucun indice que ces champs soient présents dans la nature. Cependant leur existence n'est pas impossible théoriquemement et ils interviennent dans la théorie des cordes, candidate pour une théorie quantique d'unification de toutes les forces fondamentales y compris la gravitation. En effet, les modes de vibration de la corde élémentaire sont décrits par des champs de spin élevé.  <p>Dans ce travail, la dimension de l'espace-temps est laissée arbitraire, ce qui entraine la possibilité d'avoir plusieurs sortes (= représentations) de champs différentes ayant le même spin.<p>Le premier aspect traité dans cette thèse concerne les dualités, symétries qui relient entre elles plusieurs théories. Il est montré que différentes représentations de champs de spin élevé sont duales au niveau de l'action. En particulier, en dimension quatre, la dualité échange la composante électrique et la composante magnétique d'un même champs. Cette propriété est ensuite utilisée pour introduire des sources magnétiques pour les champs de spin élevé. La construction généralise les travaux de Dirac sur le couplage au champ électromagnétique de monopoles magnétiques. Une condition de quantification est également dérivée pour des quantités conservées, qui généralise la condition de quantification de Dirac pour la charge électrique en présence de monopoles magnétiques.<p>La deuxième partie de la thèse est consacrée aux interactions de champs de spin élevé. L'analyse est effectuée dans le formalisme de champs et d'antichamps dévelopé par Batalin et Vilkovsky. Elle repose sur la procédure de déformation de l'équation maîtresse mise au point par Henneaux et Barnich. Les champs étudiés sont les champs de spin deux exotiques (c-à-d différents du graviton) ainsi que les champs de spin trois complètement symétriques. Pour les premiers, il est prouvé que toutes les interactions doivent être abélienne. Il n'y a donc pas d'équivalent de la théorie d'Einstein pour ces champs. Dans le cas des champs de spin trois, plusieurs vertex cohérents au premier ordre sont obtenus.<p><p><br><p><p>In this thesis, we consider two aspects of higher-spin gauge field theories: dualities and interactions.<p>The first aspect is related to the presence of dualities, i.e. 'hidden' symmetries among gauge field theories. Do two higher-spin theories corresponding to different irreducible representations of the Poincaré group have the same physical content. Duality relations were already known at the level of the equations of motion and Bianchi identities, here we prove (in some cases) that these dualities hold also at the level of the action. As a consequence, the dual theories are formally equivalent. For example, in five space-time dimensions the spin-two theory of Pauli and Fierz is dual to the theory of a mixed-symmetry spin-two field written by Curtright. <p><p>In four space-time dimensions the duality exchanges the electric and magnetic degrees of freedom of the field. This property leads us to introduce external magnetic sources for higher-spin fields, thereby generalizing to arbitrary spin the work of Dirac on the coupling of magnetic monopoles to the electromagnetic field. Similarly to the quantization condition on the product of the electric and magnetic charges for electromagnetism, there is a quantization condition on the product of conserved ``electric' and ``magnetic' charges for higher spins.<p><p>The second aspect of higher-spin gauge field theories that is analysed in this thesis is the problem of interactions. Self-interactions of exotic spin-two gauge fields are studied, as well as self-interactions of completely symmetric spin-three fields. This is done in the BRST field-antifield formalism developped by Batalin and Vilkovisky, using the technique of consistent deformations of the master equation proposed by Barnich and Henneaux. <p><p> / Doctorat en sciences, Spécialisation physique / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

Graphene has recently become the focus of enormous attention for experimentalists and theorists alike mainly due to its unique electronic properties. However, the limited way in which one can control these properties is a major obstacle for device applications. The unifying theme of this thesis is to propose and thoroughly justify ways to control the electronic properties of graphene and carbon nanotubes by light or static electric and magnetic fields and to harness these properties for optoelectronic applications. A linearly polarized excitation is shown to create a strongly anisotropic distribution of photoexcited carriers in graphene, where the momenta of photoexcited carriers are aligned preferentially normal to the polarization plane. This effect offers an experimental tool to generate highly directional photoexcited carriers which could assist in the investigation of "direction-dependent phenomena" in graphene-based nanostructures. The depolarization of hot photoluminescence is used to study relaxation processes in graphene, both free standing and grown on silicon carbide. This analysis is extended to include the effect of a magnetic field, thereby allowing one to obtain the momentum relaxation times of hot electrons. The analysis of momentum alignment in the high frequency regime shows that a linearly polarized excitation allows the spatial separation of carriers belonging to different valleys. Quasi-metallic carbon nanotubes are considered for terahertz applications. They are shown to emit terahertz radiation when a potential difference is applied across their ends and their spontaneous emission spectra have a universal frequency and bias voltage dependence. It is shown that the same intrinsic curvature which opens the gap in the quasi-metallic carbon nanotube energy spectrum also allows optical transitions in the terahertz range. The exciton binding energy in narrow-gap carbon nanotubes is calculated and found to scale with the band gap and vanishes as the gap decreases, even in the case of strong electron-hole attraction. Therefore, excitonic effects should not dominate in narrow-gap nanotubes. Contrary to widespread belief, it is shown that full confinement is possible for zero-energy states in pristine graphene. The exact analytical solutions for the zero-energy modes confined within a smooth one-dimensional potential V = α/ cosh (βx) are presented. This potential provides a good fit for the potential profiles of top-gated graphene structures. It is shown that there is a threshold value of the characteristic potential strength α/β for which the first mode appears, in striking contrast to the non-relativistic case. A relationship between the characteristic strength and the number of modes within the potential is found. An experimental setup is proposed for the observation of these modes. The proposed geometry could be utilized in future graphene-based devices with high on/off current ratios.

Développer une théorie de la diffusion dépendante du temps pour l'équation de Dirac massive en espace-temps Schwarzschil-Anti-de Sitter puis étudier la théorie des résonances pour ce système. En fonction des difficultés rencontrées, on pourra généraliser au cas de Kerr-Anti-de Sitter. On va essayer également de donner une description mathématique rigoureuse de l'effet Hawking soit dans le cadre de Schwarzschil-Anti-de Sitter, soit dans le cadre de Kerr-Anti-de Sitter / Develop a time dependent scattering theory for the massive Dirac equation on Schwarzshild-Anti-de Sitter spacetime then study resonances for this system. Depending on difficulties encountered, we could generalize this to Kerr-Anti-de Sitter. We'll try to give a precise mathematically rigorous description of the Hawking effect either in the the Schwarzschil-Anti-de Sitter or the Kerr-Anti-de Sitter setting

Orientador: Júlio Marny Hoff da Silva / Banca: Saulo Henrique Pereira / Banca: Marco André Ferreira Dias / Banca: Maria Emilia Xavier Guimarães / Banca: José Abdalla Helayel-Neto / Resumo: Na presente tese abordaremos quatro tópicos importantes: espinores, covariantes bilineares, classificação de Lounesto e o teorema da inversão. Apresentamos a construção de covariantes bilineares para o espinor Elko e mostraremos a necessidade da deformação dos elementos da base da álgebra de Clifford com a finalidade de que as identidades de Fierz-Pauli-Kofink sejam satisfeitas. Estudamos também os ingredientes principais da classificação de espinores elaborada por Lounesto. Por último, construiremos três novas classes de espinores via o teorema da inversão a partir da premissa que o covariante bilinear $J_{\mu}$ seja nulo. Como consequência desta consideração esses novos espinores não possuem a dinâmica de Dirac, haja visto que $J_{\mu}$ na teoria de Dirac representa a corrente conservada. O surgimento de apenas três novas classes de espinores é uma consequência direta da imposição de que as identidades de Fierz-Pauli-Kofink sejam satisfeitas / The present thesis covers four important topics: spinors, bilinear covariants, Lounesto's classification and the inversion theorem. We show and explicit the construction of bilinear covariants for the Elko spinors and the necessity of deformation of the Cli ord algebra basis elements in order to satisfy the Fierz-Pauli-Ko nk identities. We also study the main ingredients of the classification of spinors elaborated by Lounesto. Finally, we construct three new classes of spinors via the inversion theorem from the premise that the bilinear covariant Jµ is null. As a consequence, these new spinors do not have usual dynamics of Dirac, have seen that Jµ in Dirac's theory represents the conserved current. The emergence of only three new classes of spinors is a direct consequence of the requeriment that Fierz-Pauli-Kofink's identities must hold / Doutor

Thesis (Doctoral)--Universität Bonn, 1990. / Includes bibliographical references.

PACHECO, Mário Henrique Gomes. Propriedades termodinâmicas do oscilador de Dirac e algumas contribuições da função theta de Jacobi. 2007. 65 f. Tese (Doutorado em Física) - Programa de Pós-Graduação em Física, Departamento de Física, Centro de Ciências, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, 2007. / Submitted by Edvander Pires (edvanderpires@gmail.com) on 2015-05-22T20:39:15Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2007_tese_mhgpacheco.pdf: 348432 bytes, checksum: a820f6b5450ff322d4336320ad27ec1d (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Edvander Pires(edvanderpires@gmail.com) on 2015-05-25T21:18:46Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2007_tese_mhgpacheco.pdf: 348432 bytes, checksum: a820f6b5450ff322d4336320ad27ec1d (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-25T21:18:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2007_tese_mhgpacheco.pdf: 348432 bytes, checksum: a820f6b5450ff322d4336320ad27ec1d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007 / In this work we analyze the three-dimensional Dirac oscillator in a thermal bath. We found that the heat capacity is two times greather than the heat capacity of the one-dimensional Dirac oscillator in the higher temperatures. We begin with the energy spectrum of the three-dimensional Dirac oscillator, then we find the partition functions and others thermodynamics properties; thus we make one comparasion with the one-dimensional Dirac oscillator and non-relativistic harmonic oscillator. We are interested in study numerically the properties thermodynamics of the square well with infinity potencial. In the latter case we have used a Jacobi theta function. / Nesta tese analisamos o oscilador de Dirac tridimensional em um banho térmico. Encontramos que o calor específico do oscilador de Dirac tridimensional é duas vezes maior que o calor específico do oscilador de Dirac unidimensional quando estamos em um regime de altas temperaturas. Inicialmente utilizamos o espectro de energia do oscilador de Dirac tridimensional para encontramos a função de partição e as demais propriedades. Assim procedendo, fizemos uma comparação com oscilador de Dirac unidimensional e com oscilador harmônico não-relativístico. Em seguida, fizemos um estudo numérico das propriedades termodinâmicas de um poço quadrado de potencial infinito. Para este estudo nós utilizamos a função theta de Jacobi.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:27:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2014-02-27Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:57:12Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 000755801.pdf: 1498292 bytes, checksum: db6c48b5f929bebfc7d39241139fbd52 (MD5) / Neste trabalho são analisadas as equaçoes de Dirac r Klein-Gordon com a estrutura de Lorentz mais geral para potenciais externos em 3 + 1 dimensões de espaço-tempo e correspondentes limites não relativisticos para o potencial eletromagnético, obtendo-se as equaçoes de Pauli para partículas de spin 1/2 e de Schrödinger para partículas de spin 0, respectivamente. Ainda na equação de Dirac em 1+1 dimensões s]ao discutidas as transformações: conjugação de carga, transformação quiral e transformação quiral contínua. Esta última transformação juntamente com a criação de um vínculo entre os potenciis escalar e vetorial permitiram desacoplar e mapear as soluções do componente superior do espinor de Rirac sob a perspectiva de um problema de Sturm-Liouville. O problema intrinsicamente relativístico de férmions massivos e não massivos em 1+1 dimensões sujeitos a potenciais degrau abrupto e degrau suave é considerado com uma mistura vetorial e escalar na estrutura de Lorentz com o acoplamento escalar maior ou igual ao acoplamento vetorial... / In this work we analyze the equations of Dirac and Klein-Gordon with the more general Lorentz structure for external potential in 3+1 dimensions of space-time and the corresponding non-relativistic limits for the electromagnetic potential, which was obtained the equations of Pauli for spin 1/2 particles and Schrondinger to spin 0 particles, respectively. Also in the Dirac equation in 1+1 dimension is discussed the transformation; charge-conjugation, chiral-conjugation and continuos chiral transformation. This last transformaton plus create of a link in scalar and vector potential enabling to decouple and mapping the solutions of the upper and lower parts of the Dirac spinor in a Sturm-Liouville perpective. The intrisically relativistic problem for massive or massless fermions in 1+1 dimension subject tu abrupt step and smooth step potential is considered with a mixing of vector coupling. In the Sturm-Liouville perspective ... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-14T12:14:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 1097562 bytes, checksum: c0104b115f99392a3ac5fd762e8dc8cd (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-07-22 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / The surfaces physics has attracted the attention of many researchers due to the discovery of materials that exhibit amazing properties and promising technological applications, such as graphene and topological insulators. The study of these new materials has been done considering the Dirac equation for effective models. Within this context, many efforts has been done in the study of the influence the geometric shape of these materials in their physical properties. One of the geometric shapes of interest are the conical surfaces. Interesting effects arise when particles are confined to surfaces of double cones. In this work, we present a brief review of the general Dirac equation and its generalizations to curved spaces and problems with external fields. As studies on graphene had a strong motivation for our work and considering the possibility of extending our results to these problems, we present a brief discussion of the modeling of graphene using the Dirac equation. Then, we review the classical and quantum behavior of a particle on the surface of a double cone [23]. Using the Hamilton formalism, we show that, classically, the movement of a particle with non-zero angular momentum is confined to one of the cones, characterized instability in the solutions with near zero angular momentum. Similar characteristics of instability are also noted in the quantum case. As results, we present a study of quantum-relativistic dynamics of a free particle, and a particle in the presence of a magnetic field azimuthal symmetry, both on the surface of a double cone. We evaluate the existence of instability in case of a free particle and found, in the problem with presence of a magnetic field, distinct energy levels for each cone. In this case, the cones work like independent systems / A física de superfícies tem atraído a atenção de muitos pesquisadores devido a descoberta de materiais que apresentam propriedades surpreendentes e que prometem diversas aplicações tecnológicas, como o grafeno e os isolantes topológicos. O estudo desses novos materiais tem sido feito considerando a equação de Dirac para modelos efetivos. Dentro desse contexto, muitos têm dispensado esforços no estudo de como a forma geométrica desses materiais influencia suas propriedades físicas. Uma das formas geométricas de interesse são as superfícies cônicas. Efeitos interessantes surgem quando partículas são confinadas a superfícies de cones duplos. Neste trabalho, apresentamos uma breve revisão da equação de Dirac geral, bem como suas generalizações para espaços curvos e problemas com campos externos. Como estudos em grafeno foram uma forte motivação para o nosso trabalho e tendo em vista a possibilidade de extensão dos nossos resultados para tais problemas, apresentamos uma breve discussão a respeito da modelagem do grafeno utilizando a equação de Dirac. Em seguida, revisamos o comportamento clássico e quântico de uma partícula livre na superfície de um cone duplo [23]. Utilizando o formalismo de Hamilton mostramos que, classicamente, o movimento de uma partícula com momento angular diferente de zero é confinado a um dos cones, caracterizando instabilidade nas soluções com momento angular próximo de zero. Características de instabilidade semelhantes também são notadas no caso quântico. Como resultados, apresentamos um estudo da dinâmica quântica-relativística de uma partícula livre, bem como de uma partícula em presença de campo magnético com simetria azimultal, ambos na superfície de um cone duplo. Avaliamos a existência de instabilidade para o caso de uma partícula livre e encontramos no problema com a presença de campo magnético, níveis de energia distintos para cada cone. Neste caso, os cones funcionam com sistemas independentes

Orientador: Antonio Soares de Castro / Banca: Marcelo Batista Hott / Banca: Luis Rafael Benito Castro / Resumo : Neste trabalho são analisadas as equaçoes de Dirac r Klein-Gordon com a estrutura de Lorentz mais geral para potenciais externos em 3 + 1 dimensões de espaço-tempo e correspondentes limites não relativisticos para o potencial eletromagnético, obtendo-se as equaçoes de Pauli para partículas de spin 1/2 e de Schrödinger para partículas de spin 0, respectivamente. Ainda na equação de Dirac em 1+1 dimensões s]ao discutidas as transformações: conjugação de carga, transformação quiral e transformação quiral contínua. Esta última transformação juntamente com a criação de um vínculo entre os potenciis escalar e vetorial permitiram desacoplar e mapear as soluções do componente superior do espinor de Rirac sob a perspectiva de um problema de Sturm-Liouville. O problema intrinsicamente relativístico de férmions massivos e não massivos em 1+1 dimensões sujeitos a potenciais degrau abrupto e degrau suave é considerado com uma mistura vetorial e escalar na estrutura de Lorentz com o acoplamento escalar maior ou igual ao acoplamento vetorial ... ( Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: In this work we analyze the equations of Dirac and Klein-Gordon with the more general Lorentz structure for external potential in 3+1 dimensions of space-time and the corresponding non-relativistic limits for the electromagnetic potential, which was obtained the equations of Pauli for spin 1/2 particles and Schrondinger to spin 0 particles, respectively. Also in the Dirac equation in 1+1 dimension is discussed the transformation; charge-conjugation, chiral-conjugation and continuos chiral transformation. This last transformaton plus create of a link in scalar and vector potential enabling to decouple and mapping the solutions of the upper and lower parts of the Dirac spinor in a Sturm-Liouville perpective. The intrisically relativistic problem for massive or massless fermions in 1+1 dimension subject tu abrupt step and smooth step potential is considered with a mixing of vector coupling. In the Sturm-Liouville perspective ... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

Orientador: Alvaro de Souza Dutra / Banca: Denis Dalmazi / Banca: Marcelo Batista Hotti / Banca: Alexandre Grezzi de Miranda Schmidt / Banca: Elso Drigo Filho / Resumo: Nesta tese procuramos veri car e aprofundar os limites de validade dos chamados sistemas quânticos com simetria PT. Nestes tem-se, por exemplo, sistemas cuja hamiltoniana é não-hermitiana mas apresenta um espectro de energia real. Tal característica é usualmente justi cada pela presença da simetria PT (paridade e inversão temporal), muito embora não haja ainda uma demonstração bem aceita na literatutra desta propriedade de tais sistemas. Inicialmente estudamos sistemas quânticos não-relativísticos dependentes do tempo, sistemas em mais dimensões espaciais, a m de veri car possíveis limites da simetria PT na garantia da realidade do espectro. Logo depois estudamos sistemas quânticos relativísticos em 1+1D que possuem simetria PT com uma mistura adequada de potenciais: vetor, escalar e pseudo-escalar, sendo o potencial vetor complexo. Em seguida trabalhamos com densidades de lagrangiana com potenciais não-hermitianos em 1+1 dimensões espaço-temporais e em dimensões mais altas. A vantagem das baixas dimensões é que alguns sistemas possuem soluções não-perturbativas exatas. Finalmente, mostramos que não somente é possível ter um modelo consistente com dois campos escalares, mas também que a introdução de um número maior de campos permite que a densidade de energia também permaneça real. / Abstract: In this thesis we verify and try to deepen the limits of validity of the so called quantum systems with PT-symmetry. These are systems whose Hamiltonians are non-Hermitian but present real energy spectra. Such characteristic usually is justi ed by the presence of PT symmetry (parity and time inversion), despite of the fact that there is no well accepted demonstration in literature of this property of such systems yet. Initially we study timedependent non-relativistic quantum systems in one spatial dimension in order to verify possible limits for which the PT symmetry grants the reality of the spectra. Soon later we study relativistic quantum systems in 1+1D that they possess symmetry PT with an convenient mixing of complex vector plus scalar plus pseudoscalar potentials is considered. After that, we work with a Lagrangian density with such features in 1+1 space-time dimensions and higher dimensions, in the context of eld theory. The advantage of working in low dimensions is that, in such dimensions, some systems possess exact nonperturbative solutions. Finally, we show that not only it is possible to have a consistent model with two scalar elds, but also that the introduction of a bigger number of elds allows that the energy density also remains real. / Doutor