On the Definition of a Positive Frequency Part for a Quantized Scalar Field in Several Robertson-Walker Universes

title: Axially symmetric solution of the Einstein equation with solitons in extra dimensions
abstract: We give the solution to the higher dimensional Einstein equation with axial symmetry by using the inverse scattering method. The solution consists of two solitons in the external dimensions and any number of solitons in the internal dimensions.

title: The Renormalized Energy-Momentum Tensor In a Robertson -Walker Universe
abstract: An expectation value of the energy·momentum tensor for a massive scalar field propagating in a Robertson-\\;'alker universe is calculated by taking account of both effects caused by the particle creation and the vacuum polarization. A special case of the Chitre-Hartle universe which enables us to perform an explicit calculation is also treated.

title: An Infinite Number of Static Soliton Solutions to the 5D Einstein-Maxwell Equations with a Dilaton Field
abstract: We study the 5D static Einstein-Maxwell equations with a dilaton field. We develop an infinite number of solutions using a soliton technique. We study the rod structure of a two-soliton solution and show that a 5D dilatonic black ring and black hole solutions are included.

title: A Metric Representation of Belavin's Yang-Mills Pseudoparticle Solution and Its Relation to Some Isotropic Universe
abstract: In order to investigate a physical connection between the quantum tunneling processes (vacuum-to vacuum transition or thermal radiation) of Yang-Mills 11 •*' and gravitational" pseudoparticles, T omimatsu"'<l compared several (especially, topological) properties of the Belavin and Schwarzschild solutions with each other in terms of their Euclidean metrics. For that purpose, he transformed the Belavin solution into a metric form on the basis of Carmeli's'l formalism which describes the general theory of relativity in the form of an SL (2, C) gauge field. He showed that, of the two important topological quantities P (the Pontryagin number) and X (the Euler characteristic), P= 0 and ;: '-2 for the rewritten Belavin solution, similar to the result that P= 0 and !: ~, 2 for the Schwarzschild solution. To assure the idea that the origin of radiation with a thermal nature from both pseudoparticles is due to the fact that their x's are non-vanishing, he"b' performed a path-integral approach to the quantization of a massive scalar field in the gravitational field corresponding to Belavin' s solution. The resulting energy spectrum was an incomplete thermal one because of its non -uniform temper a ture and non -zero

title: De Sitter metric as a self-consistent solution of the back reaction problem
abstract: The de Sitter metric is a solution of the Einstein equation even when quantum effects of matter fields are included. However between the curvature and the cosmological constant Λ changes drastically. For some values of Λ, there are two or three solutions, while there is none in some other cases. There can be even a positive curvature solution for negative Λ. These features depend on mass and spin of matter fields and the matter-curvature coupling.

title: Curved-space classical solutions of a massive supermatrix model
abstract: We investigate here a supermatrix model with a mass term and a cubic interaction. It is based on the super Lie algebra osp(1|32,R), which could play a role in the construction of the eleven-dimensional M-theory. This model contains a massive version of the IIB matrix model, where some fields have a tachyonic mass term. Therefore, the trivial vacuum of this theory is unstable. However, this model possesses several classical solutions where these fields build noncommutative curved spaces and these solutions are shown to be energetically more favorable than the trivial vacuum. In particular, we describe in details two cases, the SO(3)×SO(3)×SO(3) (three fuzzy 2-spheres) and the SO(9) (fuzzy 8-sphere) classical backgrounds.

title: Matrix models and the gravitational interaction
abstract: The superstring theory is now regarded as the most promising candidate for the unication of the Standard Model and gravity, and this eld has been rigorously investigated. However, we have seen a setback of the perturbative analysis of the superstring theory, because it has so many vacua that we have no way to determine which are the true ones. In order to remedy this problem and thus for the superstring theory to have a power to predict our real four-dimensional world, we need the nonperturbative formulation of the superstring theory. In the late 1990’s, our understanding of the nonperturbative aspects of the superstring theory have been greatly deepened. Especially, the large-N (N is the size of the matrices) reduced models have been proposed as the nonperturbative formulation of the superstring theory. One of the most promising candidates is the IIB matrix model, which is dened by the dimensional reduction of the ten-dimensional N = 1 super-Yang-Mills theory to zero dimension. It has been conjectured that this model resurrects the behavior of the string theory at the large-N limit. There have been a lot of interesting discoveries of the IIB matrix model, such as the dynamical generation of the four-dimensional spacetime and the interpretation of the dieomorphism invariance. On the other hand, there are a lot of problems to surmount, if a large-N reduced model is to be an eligible framework to unify the gravitational interaction. Firstly, it is still an enigma how we can realize the local Lorentz invariant matrix model. In addition, we need to understand how we can describe the curved spacetime more manifestly, in terms of a large-N reduced model. This thesis discusses several attempts to address these issues concerning the gravitational interaction. This thesis is based on the following works [26,38,46,60].

title: Dynamical aspects of the fuzzy CP2 in the large N reduced model with a cubic term
abstract: ``Fuzzy CP2'', which is a four-dimensional fuzzy manifold analogous to the fuzzy 2-sphere (S2), appears as a classical solution in the dimensionally reduced 8d Yang-Mills model with a cubic term involving the structure constant of the SU(3) Lie algebra. Although the fuzzy S2, which is also a classical solution of the same model, has actually smaller free energy than the fuzzy CP2, Monte Carlo simulation shows that the fuzzy CP2 is stable even nonperturbatively due to the suppression of tunneling effects at large N as far as the coefficient of the cubic term (?) is sufficiently large. As ? is decreased, both the fuzzy CP2 and the fuzzy S2 collapse to a solid ball and the system is essentially described by the pure Yang-Mills model (? = 0). The corresponding transitions are of first order. The gauge group generated dynamically above the critical point turns out to be of rank one for both CP2 and S2 cases. Above the critical point, we also perform perturbative calculations for various quantities to all orders, taking advantage of the one-loop saturation of the effective action in the large-N limit. By extrapolating our Monte Carlo results to N = ?, we find excellent agreement with the all order results.

title: Monte Carlo studies of the GWW phase transition in large-N gauge theories
abstract: In the study of the small ten-dimensional Schwarzschild black hole, the black hole to string transition is an important problem. In [L. Alvarez-Gaume, P. Basu, M. Marino, S.R. Wadia,  (2006) 647 ], a possible identification is made between the Gross–Witten–Wadia (GWW) type third-order large- N phase transition in the boundary gauge theory and the string-black hole transition in the bulk. In this Letter, we exhibit the existence of the GWW transition by Monte Carlo simulation in the zero mode bosonic action of the finite-temperature N = 4 SYM theory on S 3 . Exhibiting this transition in the truncated but highly non-trivial gauge theory implies that in the vicinity of the critical temperature T c , the system goes critical, and the fluctuations give rise to universal formulas derived in [L. Alvarez-Gaume, P. Basu, M. Marino, S.R. Wadia,  (2006) 647, ]. We also discuss the issue of SO ( 6 ) R -symmetry breaking.

title: Supermatrix Models
abstract: We investigate several matrix models based on super Lie algebras, osp(1|32, R), u(1|16, 16) and gl(1|32, R). They are natural generalizations of IIB matrix model and were first proposed by Smolin . In particular, we study the supersymmetry structures of these models and discuss possible reductions to IIB matrix model. We also point out that diffeomorphism invariance is hidden in gauge theories on noncommutative space which are derived from matrix models. This symmetry is independent of the global SO(9, 1) invariance in IIB matrix model and we report our trial to extend the global Lorentz invariance to local symmetry by introducing u(1|16, 16) or gl(1|32, R) super Lie algebras. ∗ e-mail address : azuma@gauge.scphys.kyoto-u.ac.jp † e-mail address : satoshi.iso@kek.jp ‡ e-mail address : hkawai@gauge.scphys.kyoto-u.ac.jp § e-mail address : yuhi@gauge.scphys.kyoto-u.ac.jp