Optimized delta expansion for relativistic nuclear models

The optimized delta-expansion is a nonperturbative approach for field theoretic models which combines the techniques of perturbation theory and the variational principle. This technique is discussed in the lambda phi(4) model and then implemented in the Walecka model for the equation of state of nuclear matter. The results obtained with the delta expansion are compared with those obtained with the traditional mean field, relativistic Hartree and Hartree-Fock approximations.

O Banco Mundial e modelos de gestão educativa para a América Latina

Este artigo empreende a análise do discurso dos capítulos cinco e sete do documento do Banco Mundial: Para além do consenso de Washington: a importância das instituições, identificando e questionando a proposição de modelos teóricos para as reformas da administração pública e educacional na América Latina, com fundamento em autores preocupados em examinar o conceito de modelo teórico. A intenção é discutir as categorias envolvidas, suas ambigüidades e seu caráter inovador/conservador e definir se as propostas contidas no texto referido são nacional e regionalmente adequadas, se detêm o poder de transformar a realidade ou constituem apenas algo mais sobre a mesma coisa ou, pior, traduzem o resgate/elogio de modelos remodelados, inspirados na teoria empresarial, que alimentam a crítica dos acadêmicos regionais há décadas.

The δ expansion and the principle of minimal sensitivity

The δ-expansion is a nonperturbative approach for field theoretic models which combines the techniques of perturbation theory and the variational principle. Different ways of implementing the principle of minimal sensitivity to the δ-expansion produce in general different results for observables. For illustration we use the Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model for chiral symmetry restoration at finite density and compare results with those obtained with the Hartree-Fock approximation.

Numerical study of the Ginzburg-Landau-Langevin equation: coherent structures and noise perturbation theory

Pós-graduação em Física - IFT

Optimized δ expansion for the Walecka model

The optimized δ-expansion is used to study vacuum polarization effects in the Walecka model. The optimized δ-expansion is a nonperturbative approach for field theoretic models which combines the techniques of perturbation theory and the variational principle. Vacuum effects on self-energies and the energy density of nuclear matter are studied up to script O sign(δ2). When exchange diagrams are neglected, the traditional relativistic Hartree approximation (RHA) results are exactly reproduced and, using the same set of parameters that saturate nuclear matter in the RHA, a new stable, tightly bound state at high density is found.

Information-entropic measure of energy-degenerate kinks in two-field models

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)