Nuclear, Particle, Astroparticle and Cosmology (NUPAC) Seminars
A field theory whose energy density is finite while classically unbounded below
Presented by Kevin Cahill (UNM)
I will describe a quantum field theory whose classical energy density can assume values that are arbitrarily negative but whose actual ground-state energy density is finite. This theory is a modern echo of the hydrogen atom which has a potential energy that is unbounded below but has a ground-state energy of - 13.6 eV.
If there is time, I'll also show how to do Monte Carlo estimates of a system whose distribution is not positive definite.
2:00 pm, Tuesday, February 4, 2014
PAIS-2540, PAIS
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