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String theory hilbert space - Gas of free gravitons
I am trying to understand the arguments given in MAGOO in chapter 3.4.1(Hilbert Space of String Theory). The authors give descriptions of the Hilbert space of String Theory when we consider our theory ...
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Master equation with a coherent bath
When we consider an oscillator $a$ acting with a bath of oscillators $b_i$ with the interaction Hamiltonian reads
$$H_{int}=\sum_{i}g_ia b_i^{\dagger}+g_i^*a^{\dagger}b_i,$$ with the free Hamiltonian:
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Spherical harmonics with 2 cosmological probes : considering $a_{\ell m, photo}$ as a constant and $\hat{a}_{\ell m, spectro}$ as an estimator
I am in cosmological context where the survey on which I am working has 2 probes : a photometric galaxy clustering ($GC_{ph}$) probe and a spectroscopic galaxy clustering ($GC_{sp}$ probe).
We use an ...
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Wilson loops as representations of the Lorentz group
Wilson loops in lattice $4d$ Yang-Mills theory are used to build various glueball states of different spins when they are applied to the vacuum. The spin dependence of such states is related with the ...
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Ratio between Stokes and anti-Stokes scattering amplitudes in Raman scattering
I'm trying to understand the amplitudes and the ratio between those of Stokes and anti-Stokes scattering in Raman scattering. I understand that from a Boltzmann distribution point of view, the ratio ...
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Thought experiment in Mach's principle - Can a void universe be considered with special relativity?
Mach's principle is based on a thought experiment in which an astronaut floats in the middle of a space devoid of all matter and all landmarks. No star, no source of energy is present, whatever the ...
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Faddeev - Kulish paper questions
I have several questions regarding the paper Asymptotic conditions and infrared divergences in QED, written by Faddeev and Kulish in 1970. This is not a post about one question, but since all the ...
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Virtual soft photon exponentiation
I have a question regarding Weinberg's soft exponentiation result in his 1965 paper called 'Infrared Photons and Gravitons' (https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.140.B516). When he tries to calculate the ...
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Question about field configurations on the boundary of $\mathcal{I}^+$
I am reading Strominger's lecture notes "The infrared structure of gravity and gauge theory" (https://arxiv.org/abs/1703.05448). In chapter two, while trying to derive an expression about ...