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I. Volovich

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arXiv2026

Real Quantum Field Theory, J-Quantization, and Standard Model

We present a formulation of quantum field theory based entirely on real numbers, which we call real quantum field theory (RQFT). The construction is obtained from the standard complex-number formulation by replacing the imaginary unit i with a matrix J throughout all formulas. Here J is the real 2x2 matrix satisfying the condition J^2=-1. This extends the recently developed formulation of real quantum mechanics based on the real K\"ahler space to systems with infinitely many degrees of freedom. As the basic example, we construct the RQFT for a scalar field. We define a field operator acting on the real K\"ahler analogue of the bosonic Fock space. This operator satisfies the Klein-Gordon equation and the J-form of canonical commutation relation. To construct the RQFT we develop the corresponding J-calculus. In particular, we introduce the direct and inverse J-Fourier transforms and the associated J-valued distributions. In RQFT, the usual unitarity condition for the complex S-matrix is replaced by the statement that the real scattering operator is both orthogonal and symplectic. The physical observables in RQFT coincide with those of ordinary QFT. Thus RQFT does not change the physical predictions of scalar QFT, but provides an equivalent formulation. We explore the possibility of purely real formulations of the Standard Model of elementary particles. We show that it does admit this formulation and the resulting theory has ortho-symplectic symmetry. The choice of the Standard Model as the testbed for exploring the possibility of purely real formulations is related with the fact it provides a realistic description of all known fundamental particles. The real formulation of the Standard Model naturally suggests a possible exit beyond the Standard Model. In particular, we consider the implications of breaking the J-symmetry as a marker for new physics.

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arXiv2022

Entanglement entropy of near-extremal black hole

We study how the entanglement entropy of the Hawking radiation derived using island recipe for the Reissner-Nordstr\"om black hole behaves as the black hole mass decreases. A general answer to the question essentially depends not only on the character of decreasing of the mass but also on decreasing of the charge. We assume the specific relationship between the charge and mass $Q^2=GM^2[1-\left(\frac{M}{\mu}\right)^{2\nu} ]$, which we call the constraint equation. We discuss whether it is possible to have a constraint so that the entanglement entropy does not have an explosion at the end of evaporation, as happens in the case of thermodynamic entropy and the entanglement entropy for the Schwarzschild black hole. We show that for some special scaling parameters, the entanglement entropy of radiation does not explode as long as the mass of the evaporating black hole exceeds the Planck mass.

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arXiv1999

Anti-Kaehlerian Manifolds

An anti-Kaehlerian manifold is a complex manifold with an anti-Hermitian metric and a parallel almost complex structure. It is shown that a metric on such a manifold must be the real part of a holomorphic metric. It is proved that all odd Chern numbers of an anti-Kaehlerian manifold vanish and that complex parallelisable manifolds (in particular the factor space G/D of a complex Lie group G over the discrete subgroup D) are anti-Kaehlerian manifolds. A method of generating new solutions of Einstein equations by using the theory of anti-Kaehlerian manifolds is presented.

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arXiv1996

Almost Complex and Almost Product Einstein Manifolds from a Variational Principle

It is shown that the first order (Palatini) variational principle for a generic nonlinear metric-affine Lagrangian depending on the (symmetrized) Ricci square invariant leads to an almost-product Einstein structure or to an almost-complex anti-Hermitian Einstein structure on a manifold. It is proved that a real anti-Hermitian metric on a complex manifold satisfies the Kähler condition on the same manifold treated as a real manifold if and only if the metric is the real part of a holomorphic metric. A characterisation of anti-Kähler Einstein manifolds and almost-product Einstein manifolds is obtained. Examples of such manifolds are considered.

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arXiv1996

Universality of Einstein Equations for the Ricci Squared Lagrangians

It has been recently shown that, in the first order (Palatini) formalism, there is universality of Einstein equations and Komar energy-momentum complex, in the sense that for a generic nonlinear Lagrangian depending only on the scalar curvature of a metric and a torsionless connection one always gets Einstein equations and Komar's expression for the energy-momentum complex. In this paper a similar analysis (also in the framework of the first order formalism) is performed for all nonlinear Lagrangians depending on the (symmetrized) Ricci square invariant. The main result is that the universality of Einstein equations and Komar energy-momentum complex also extends to this case (modulo a conformal transformation of the metric).

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arXiv1995

Stochastic bosonization in arbitrary dimensions

A procedure of bosonization of Fermions in an arbitrary dimension is suggested. It is shown that a quadratic expression in the fermionic fields after rescaling time $t\to t/λ^2$ and performing the limit $λ\to0$ (stochastic limit), gives rise to a bosonic operator satisfying the boson canonical commutation relations. This stochastic bosonization of Fermions is considered first for free fields and then for a model with three--linear couplings. The limiting dynamics of the bosonic theory turns out to be described by means of a quantum stochastic differential equations.

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arXiv1994

Non--Commutative (Quantum) Probability, Master Fields and Stochastic Bosonization

In this report we discuss some results of non--commutative (quantum) probability theory relating the various notions of statistical independence and the associated quantum central limit theorems to different aspects of mathematics and physics including: $q$--deformed and free central limit theorems; the description of the master (i.e. central limit) field in matrix models along the recent Singer suggestion to relate it to Voiculescu's results on the freeness of the large $N$ limit of random matrices; quantum stochastic differential equations for the gauge master field in QCD; the theory of stochastic limits of quantum fields and its applications to stochastic bosonization of Fermi fields in any dimensions; new structures in QED such as a nonlinear modification of the Wigner semicircle law and the interacting Fock space: a natural explicit example of a self--interacting quantum field which exhibits the non crossing diagrams of the Wigner semicircle law.

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arXiv1994

Quantum Group Sheaf and Quantum Manifolds

The problem of introducing a dependence of elements of quantum group on classical parameters is considered. It is suggested to interpret a homomorphism from the algebra of functions on quantum group to the algebra of sections of a sheaf of algebras on a classical manifold as describing such a dependence. It is argued that the functorial point of view of group schemes is more appropriate in quantum group field theory. A sheaf of the Hopf algebras over the manifold (quantum sheaf) is constructed by using bosonization formulas for the algebra of functions on the quantum group $SU_{q}(2)$ and the theory of repre- sentations of canonical commutation relations. A family of automorphisms of the Hopf algebra depending on classical variables is described. Quantum manifolds, i.e. manifolds with commutative and non-commutative coordinates are discussed as a generalization of supermanifolds. Quantum group chiral fields and relations with algebraic differential calculus are discussed.

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arXiv1993

The Universality of Einstein Equations

It is shown that for a wide class of analytic Lagrangians which depend only on the scalar curvature of a metric and a connection, the application of the so--called ``Palatini formalism'', i.e., treating the metric and the connection as independent variables, leads to ``universal'' equations. If the dimension $n$ of space--time is greater than two these universal equations are Einstein equations for a generic Lagrangian and are suitably replaced by other universal equations at bifurcation points. We show that bifurcations take place in particular for conformally invariant Lagrangians $L=R^{n/2} \sqrt g$ and prove that their solutions are conformally equivalent to solutions of Einstein equations. For 2--dimensional space--time we find instead that the universal equation is always the equation of constant scalar curvature; the connection in this case is a Weyl connection, containing the Levi--Civita connection of the metric and an additional vectorfield ensuing from conformal invariance. As an example, we investigate in detail some polynomial Lagrangians and discuss their bifurcations.

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arXiv1993

A Model of Topological Affine Gravity in Two Dimensions

A model of two--dimensional gravity with an action depending only on a linear connection is considered. This model is a topological one, in the sense that the classical action does not contain a metric or zweibein at all. A metric and an additional vector field are instead introduced in the process of solving equations of motion for the connection. They satisfy the constant curvature equation. It is shown that the general solution of these equations of motion can be described by using the space of orbits under the action of the Weyl group in the functional space containing all pairs formed by a metric and a vectorfield. It is shown also that this model admits an equivalent description by using a family of actions depending on the metric and the connection as independent variables.

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