Annals of PhysicsPub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.aop.2024.169892
G.L.L.W. Levy, J.A. Helayël-Neto
{"title":"Yang–Mills extension of the Loop Quantum Gravity-corrected Maxwell equations","authors":"G.L.L.W. Levy, J.A. Helayël-Neto","doi":"10.1016/j.aop.2024.169892","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.aop.2024.169892","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this paper, we endeavor to build up a non-Abelian formulation to describe the self-interactions of massless vector bosons in the context of Loop Quantum Gravity (LQG). To accomplish this task, we start off from the modified Maxwell equations with the inclusion of LQG corrections and its corresponding local <span><math><mrow><mi>U</mi><mrow><mo>(</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow></math></span> gauge invariance. LQG effects in the electromagnetic interactions have significant importance, as they might be adopted to describe the flight time of cosmic photons coming from very high-energy explosions in the Universe, such as events of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs). These photons have energy-dependent speeds, indicating that the velocity of light in the vacuum is not constant. To carry out the extension from the Abelian to the non-Abelian scenario, we shall follow the so-called Noether current procedure, which consists in recurrently introducing self-interactions into an initially free action for vector bosons by coupling the latter to the conserved currents of a global symmetry present in the action of departure. In the end of the non-Abelianization process, the initial global symmetry naturally becomes local. Once the Yang–Mills system includes LQG correction terms, it becomes possible to analyze how quantum-gravity induced contributions show up in both the electroweak and the QCD sectors of the Standard Model, providing a set-up for phenomenological investigations that may bring about new elements to discuss Physics beyond the Standard-Model.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8249,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Physics","volume":"473 ","pages":"Article 169892"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143099311","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Annals of PhysicsPub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.aop.2024.169876
Manuel Gonzalez-Espinoza , Ramón Herrera
{"title":"Inflation in a scalar-vector gravity theory","authors":"Manuel Gonzalez-Espinoza , Ramón Herrera","doi":"10.1016/j.aop.2024.169876","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.aop.2024.169876","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We study the possibility that inflation is driven by a scalar field together with a vector field minimally coupled to gravity. By assuming an effective potential that incorporates both fields into the action, we explore two distinct scenarios: one where the fields interact and another where they do not. In this context, we find different analytical solutions to the background scalar-vector fields dynamics during the inflationary scenario considering the slow-roll approximation. Besides, general conditions required for these models of two fields to be realizable are determined and discussed. From the cosmological perturbations, we consider a local field rotation, and then we determine these perturbations (scalar and tensor) during inflation, and we also utilize recent cosmological observations for constraining the parameter-space in these scalar-vector inflationary models.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8249,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Physics","volume":"473 ","pages":"Article 169876"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143099316","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Annals of PhysicsPub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.aop.2024.169916
Alberto Escalante, P. Fernando Ocaña-García
{"title":"New canonical analysis for consistent extension of λR gravity","authors":"Alberto Escalante, P. Fernando Ocaña-García","doi":"10.1016/j.aop.2024.169916","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.aop.2024.169916","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The canonical analysis of the <span><math><mrow><mi>λ</mi><mi>R</mi></mrow></math></span> model extended with the term due to Blas, Pujolas, and Sibiryakov <span><math><mrow><mo>[</mo><mi>B</mi><mi>P</mi><mi>S</mi><mo>]</mo></mrow></math></span> is performed. The analysis is developed for any value of <span><math><mi>λ</mi></math></span>, but particular attention is paid to the point <span><math><mrow><mi>λ</mi><mo>=</mo><mfrac><mrow><mn>1</mn></mrow><mrow><mn>3</mn></mrow></mfrac></mrow></math></span> because of the closeness with linearized General Relativity [GR]. Then, we add the higher-order conformal term, the so-called Cotton-square term, to study the constraint structure of what constitutes an example of kinetic-conformal Horava’s gravity. At the conformal point, an extra second-class constraint appears; this does not arise at other values of <span><math><mi>λ</mi></math></span>. Then, the Dirac brackets are constructed, and we will observe that the <span><math><mrow><mi>λ</mi><mi>R</mi></mrow></math></span>-Cotton-square model shares the same number of degrees of freedom with linearized <span><math><mrow><mi>G</mi><mi>R</mi></mrow></math></span>.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8249,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Physics","volume":"473 ","pages":"Article 169916"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143098528","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Annals of PhysicsPub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.aop.2024.169905
Jacek Jezierski, Tomasz Smołka
{"title":"Quasi-local mass on rigid or round spheres in Kerr spacetime","authors":"Jacek Jezierski, Tomasz Smołka","doi":"10.1016/j.aop.2024.169905","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.aop.2024.169905","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We introduce and analyze quasi-local mass using Hamiltonian methods. It is based on multipole decomposition for surfaces that are topological spheres. Based on the above model, tests were performed for Kerr spacetime for two arbitrary choices of surfaces: rigid spheres and round spheres. The model predicts upper and lower bounds on the total mass.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8249,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Physics","volume":"473 ","pages":"Article 169905"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143098530","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Annals of PhysicsPub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.aop.2024.169902
J. Carvalho Veloso, K. Bakke
{"title":"Aharonov–Bohm effect in an attractive inverse-square potential","authors":"J. Carvalho Veloso, K. Bakke","doi":"10.1016/j.aop.2024.169902","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.aop.2024.169902","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We search for the Aharonov-Bohm effect for bound states when a point charge is confined to an attractive inverse-square potential. Then, we extend our discussion to the persistent currents and the revival times. In another perspective, we discuss the case in which the centrifugal term is the dominant term. In this case, we confine the point charge to two cylindrical surfaces with impenetrable potential walls and obtain the energy levels. We also discuss the Aharonov–Bohm effect for bound states and persistent currents. Finally, we calculate the revival times.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8249,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Physics","volume":"473 ","pages":"Article 169902"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143098965","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Different horizon cut-offs for Tsallis, Rényi and Sharma-Mittal holographic dark energies in Hořava-Lifshitz gravity","authors":"Alok Sardar , Sayani Maity , Ujjal Debnath , Anirudh Pradhan","doi":"10.1016/j.aop.2024.169891","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.aop.2024.169891","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study evaluates the cosmic expansion history of the universe using Tsallis, Rényi and Sharma-Mittal holographic dark energy models in a non-flat universe. The modified field equations for logarithmic and power law entropy corrected models have been investigated in Hořava-Lifshitz gravity. We suppose the universe is filled with dark energy and interacting cold dark matter. Considering the Hubble horizon and Granda-Oliveros (GO) as infrared cut-offs, we analyze the cosmological implication of the equation of state parameter, squared sound speed, and <span><math><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>ω</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>d</mi></mrow></msub><mtext>–</mtext><msubsup><mrow><mi>ω</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>d</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>′</mo></mrow></msubsup></mrow></math></span> phase plane graphically during the cosmic evolution. By the equation of state parameters, we see how the universe evolved at different stages in the models we consider. We obtain the thawing or freezing regions by analyzing the phase plane <span><math><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>ω</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>d</mi></mrow></msub><mtext>–</mtext><msubsup><mrow><mi>ω</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>d</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>′</mo></mrow></msubsup></mrow></math></span>. We also demonstrate the classically stable or unstable behavior of the considered models by studying the squared sound speed parameter.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8249,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Physics","volume":"473 ","pages":"Article 169891"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143099315","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Annals of PhysicsPub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.aop.2024.169885
Victor Atanasov , Avadh Saxena
{"title":"Mass oscillations in superconducting junctions for gravitational wave emission and detection","authors":"Victor Atanasov , Avadh Saxena","doi":"10.1016/j.aop.2024.169885","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.aop.2024.169885","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We revisit the nonlinear superconducting junction dynamics in order to provide evidence that the time-dependent current density in the junction is related to an oscillating charge and mass density in addition to a variable velocity. As a result, the superconducting tunnel junction emerges as a solid state device capable of producing rapid charge and mass oscillations inaccessible in classical contexts. Rapidity is required for gravitational wave emission when small masses are involved in the emission process. We provide designs for an emitting and a detecting device based on generating and capturing mass oscillations with a non-zero quadrupole moment component. Finally, we suggest that the smallness of the Einstein gravitational coupling constant can be fully compensated by the largeness of the quantum mechanical term <span><math><mrow><msup><mrow><mi>e</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>4</mn></mrow></msup><msup><mrow><mo>ħ</mo></mrow><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>6</mn></mrow></msup></mrow></math></span> manifested in the suggested set ups.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8249,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Physics","volume":"473 ","pages":"Article 169885"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143099317","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Modeling of Hybrid Baryonic-Quark Matter in f(R) Gravity with scalar potential","authors":"Adnan Malik , Mariyah Aslam , Shahid Chaudhary , Ayesha Almas , Ghazala Kausar","doi":"10.1016/j.aop.2024.169896","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.aop.2024.169896","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper investigates the characteristics of static, anisotropic self-gravitating structures composed of baryonic matter coupled with the strange quark matter in the background of <span><math><mrow><mi>f</mi><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>R</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>ϕ</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>X</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow></math></span> gravity. To describe the relationship between pressure and matter density for the quark matter configuration, we employ the MIT bag model. In our analysis, we articulated the system of <span><math><mrow><mi>f</mi><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>R</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>ϕ</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>X</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow></math></span> field equations by incorporating the MIT bag model alongside a linear equation of state in a specific gravitational model. The Tolman–Kuchowicz metric potentials are used to model these fluids, and the constants are calculated by applying junction conditions, with the Schwarzschild geometry serving as the exterior solution. We thoroughly examined the physical validity of the derived solution by investigating the metric functions, matter components, energy conditions, hydrostatic equilibrium, and stability criteria. For the comprehensive graphical analysis, we fixed numerical values, including the bag constant and other parameters for nine compact star candidates. Consequently, our proposed model meets all important stability criteria and physical conditions, providing the solid basis for exploring the characteristics of hybrid stars.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8249,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Physics","volume":"473 ","pages":"Article 169896"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143149607","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Annals of PhysicsPub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.aop.2024.169889
Abdelkader El Makouri , Abdallah Slaoui , Rachid Ahl Laamara
{"title":"Quantum unital Otto heat engines: Using Kirkwood–Dirac quasi-probability for the engine’s coherence to stay alive","authors":"Abdelkader El Makouri , Abdallah Slaoui , Rachid Ahl Laamara","doi":"10.1016/j.aop.2024.169889","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.aop.2024.169889","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this work, we consider <em>quantum unital Otto heat engines</em>. The latter refers to the fact that both the unitaries of the adiabatic strokes and the source of the heat provided to the engine preserve the maximally mixed state. We show how to compute the cumulants of either the dephased or undephased engine. For a qubit, we give the analytical expressions of the averages and variances for arbitrary unitaries and unital channels. We do a detailed comparative study between the dephased and undephased heat engines. More precisely, we focus on the effect of the parameters on the average work and its reliability and efficiency. As a case study of unital channels, we consider a quantum projective measurement. We show on which basis we should projectively measure the qubit, either the dephased or undephased heat engine, to extract higher amounts of work, increase the latter’s reliability, and increase efficiency. Further, we show that non-adiabatic transitions <em>are not always detrimental</em> to thermodynamic quantities. Our results, we believe, are important for heat engines fueled by <em>quantum measurement</em>.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8249,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Physics","volume":"473 ","pages":"Article 169889"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143149608","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Annals of PhysicsPub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.aop.2024.169875
Abdul Jawad , Hamza Tariq , Shahid Chaudhary , Qiang Wu
{"title":"Stability and thermodynamic geometry of black hole in generalized entropy framework","authors":"Abdul Jawad , Hamza Tariq , Shahid Chaudhary , Qiang Wu","doi":"10.1016/j.aop.2024.169875","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.aop.2024.169875","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In semi-classical framework, the comprehension of black hole thermodynamics is fundamentally based on the Bekenstein–Hawking entropy formulation. However, this model does not elucidate the microscopic mechanisms underlying thermodynamic behaviors. We explore a generalized form of singular-free entropy to investigate the thermal stability and microscopic characteristics of higher-dimensional Reissner–Nordstrom black hole. We evaluate generalized expressions for the specific heat capacity and scalar curvature by using Ruppeiner’s thermodynamic geometry. We analyze that our findings align with the well-known Tsallis, Rényi, and Sharma–Mittal entropy corrections for specific values of parameters. Detailed analyses of black hole stability, instability, and phase transitions of both first and second order are presented within generalized framework. Additionally, we note that the scalar curvature for the black hole approaches zero in the cases of Tsallis and Sharma–Mittal, whereas it indicates microscopic repulsion in the Rényi scenario.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8249,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Physics","volume":"473 ","pages":"Article 169875"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143150175","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}