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Publications and source records attributed to T. M. Samols.
The problem of obtaining a realistic, relativistic description of a quantum system is discussed in the context of a simple (light-cone) lattice field theory. A natural stochastic model is proposed which, although non-local, is relativistic (in the appropriate lattice sense), and which is operationally indistinguishable from the standard quantum theory. The generalization to a broad class of lattice theories is briefly described.
The dynamics of a class of fivebrane string solitons is considered in the moduli space approximation. The metric on moduli space is found to be flat. This implies that at low energies the solitons do not interact, and their scattering is trivial. The range of validity of the approximation is also briefly discussed.
A variation on the abelian Higgs model, with global SU(2) x local U(1) symmetry broken to global U(1) was recently shown by Vachaspati and Achucarro to admit stable, finite energy cosmic string solutions even though the manifold of minima of the potential energy does not have non-contractible loops. Here the most general solutions, both in the single and multi-vortex cases, are described in the Bogomol'nyi limit. The gravitational field of the vortices considered as cosmic strings is obtained and monopole-like solutions surrounded by an event horizon are found.