Running boundary condition

DOI10.1143/PTP.125.225MaRDI QIDQ3008978zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Satoshi Ohya, Makoto Sakamoto, Motoi Tachibana

Publication date 23 June 2011

Published in Progress of Theoretical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1005.4676

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Renormalization group methods applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T17) (S)-matrix theory, etc. in quantum theory (81U20)

Abstract: In this paper we argue that boundary condition may run with energy scale. As an illustrative example, we consider one-dimensional quantum mechanics for a spinless particle that freely propagates in the bulk yet interacts only at the origin. In this setting we find the renormalization group flow of U(2) family of boundary conditions exactly. We show that the well-known scale-independent subfamily of boundary conditions are realized as fixed points. We also discuss the duality between two distinct boundary conditions from the renormalization group point of view. Generalizations to conformal mechanics and quantum graph are also discussed.

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