Confinement in QCD results from special properties of vacuum fluctuations of gluon fields. There are two numerically different scales, characterizing nonperturbative
QCD vacuum dynamics: “small” one, 
corresponding to gluon condensate, critical temperature etc, which is about 0.1–0.3 GeV, and a 
“large” one, given by inverse confining string width, 
glueball and gluelump masses, and so forth, which is about 
1.5–2.5 GeV. We discuss the origin of this hierarchy in a picture where confinement is ensured by quadratic colorelectric field correlators of the special type. These correlators, on the other hand, can be calculated via
gluelump Green's function, whose dynamics is defined by the
correlators themselves. In this way one obtains a self-consistent scheme, where string tension can be expressed in terms of 
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Yu. A. Simonov

V. I. Shevchenko

Confinement Mechanism in the Field Correlator Method

We study the class of pulsating strings on <svg style="vertical-align:-3.27605pt;width:85.637497px;" id="M2" height="21.0375" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 85.637497 21.0375" width="85.637497" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g transform="matrix(.017,-0,0,-.017,.625,16.338)"><use xlink:href="#x1D434" /></g><g transform="matrix(.017,-0,0,-.017,13.085,16.338)"><use xlink:href="#x1D451" /></g><g transform="matrix(.017,-0,0,-.017,22.519,16.338)"><use xlink:href="#x1D446" /></g><g transform="matrix(.012,-0,0,-.012,30.675,20.412)"><use xlink:href="#x34" /></g><g transform="matrix(.017,-0,0,-.017,40.788,16.338)"><use xlink:href="#xD7" /></g><g transform="matrix(.017,-0,0,-.017,54.539,16.338)"><use xlink:href="#x2102" /></g><g transform="matrix(.017,-0,0,-.017,67.068,16.338)"><use xlink:href="#x2119" /></g><g transform="matrix(.012,-0,0,-.012,78.688,8.175)"><use xlink:href="#x33" /></g></svg>. Using a generalized ansatz for pulsating string configurations we find new solutions of this class. Further
we quasiclassically quantize the theory and obtain the first corrections to the energy. The latter, due to <i>AdS/CFT</i> correspondence, is supposed to give the anomalous dimensions of operators of the gauge theory dual <svg style="vertical-align:-0.20474pt;width:45.3125px;" id="M3" height="13.175" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 45.3125 13.175" width="45.3125" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g transform="matrix(.017,-0,0,-.017,.625,12.3)"><path id="x1D4A9" d="M569 131h1q35 55 122 263q82 196 138 256q34 37 74 37q23 0 37.5 -12.5t14.5 -33.5t-12.5 -33.5t-30.5 -12.5q-17 0 -32 12.5t-15 32.5h-3q-48 -25 -151 -277q-33 -82 -62 -146q-29 -63 -68 -125q-45 -71 -86 -105h-20q26 106 32 310q5 189 27 265l-1 1&#xA;q-61 -82 -143 -248q-93 -184 -150 -256q-59 -74 -123 -74q-34 0 -57 22.5t-23 54.5q0 29 17 47.5t42 18.5q21 0 36.5 -15t15.5 -36q0 -18 -12 -31.5t-30 -13.5q-9 0 -16 4h-3q1 -9 10 -15.5t21 -6.5q51 0 105.5 70.5t132.5 227.5q157 318 252 357l13 -11q-14 -50 -26 -267&#xA;q-8 -166 -27 -260z" /></g><g transform="matrix(.017,-0,0,-.017,21.822,12.3)"><path id="x3D" d="M535 323h-483v50h483v-50zM535 138h-483v50h483v-50z" /></g><g transform="matrix(.017,-0,0,-.017,36.526,12.3)"><path id="x36" d="M137 343l67 33q37 17 63 17q79 0 129.5 -53t50.5 -131q0 -92 -58 -156.5t-147 -64.5t-147 68t-58 182q0 63 17 119t43 95.5t61.5 72t69 52t67.5 31.5q62 22 128 33l6 -32q-56 -11 -108 -35q-149 -71 -184 -231zM227 337q-47 0 -95 -27q-6 -23 -6 -70q0 -93 36 -155.5&#xA;t96 -62.5q53 0 78 45.5t25 105.5q0 68 -35 116t-99 48z" /></g></svg> Chern-Simons theory.

H. Dimov

R. C. Rashkov

On the Pulsating Strings in <svg style="vertical-align:-3.27605pt" height="19.924999" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 84.512497 19.924999" width="84.512497" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g transform="matrix(.017,-0,0,-.017,.062,15.775)"><path id="x1D434" d="M716 28l-8 -28h-254l8 28q55 5 66 17.5t5 47.5l-30 145h-232l-74 -138q-21 -43 -11 -54.5t72 -17.5l-6 -28h-235l8 28q53 7 73.5 21t53.5 70l319 540l33 8q6 -43 33 -176l80 -381q10 -49 26.5 -63t72.5 -19zM495 281l-49 264h-2l-149 -264h200z" /></g><g transform="matrix(.017,-0,0,-.017,12.523,15.775)"><path id="x1D451" d="M530 686q-79 -330 -126 -595q-5 -24 4 -24q22 0 77 53l16 -24q-42 -49 -88 -78.5t-72 -29.5q-37 0 -19 83l21 99h-2q-62 -83 -153 -141q-65 -41 -97 -41q-28 0 -48 31.5t-20 91.5q0 71 32.5 144t88.5 118q36 30 94 52.5t94 22.5q38 0 68 -13l29 158q7 40 2 47.5t-38 7.5&#xA;h-35l1 26q39 4 76 13.5t58.5 17t27.5 7.5q16 0 9 -26zM387 375q-11 11 -38.5 20t-51.5 9q-45 0 -79 -23q-46 -32 -77.5 -107.5t-31.5 -143.5q0 -40 9.5 -58.5t23.5 -18.5q40 0 113.5 70t99.5 118z" /></g><g transform="matrix(.017,-0,0,-.017,21.957,15.775)"><path id="x1D446" d="M457 488l-30 -3q-17 148 -131 148q-53 0 -84.5 -34.5t-31.5 -82.5q0 -42 25.5 -72t74.5 -62l33 -22q63 -42 95 -85t32 -102q0 -84 -67 -137t-163 -53q-58 0 -113 22t-70 43l-4 152l27 4q4 -32 15 -62.5t31 -59.5t53.5 -47t76.5 -18q56 0 92 35t36 96q0 39 -25 70t-78 68&#xA;l-31 22q-32 23 -53.5 41.5t-45 57t-23.5 77.5q0 82 58 132.5t156 50.5q46 0 101 -17l18.5 -6t17 -6t8.5 -3q-4 -55 0 -147z" /></g><g transform="matrix(.012,-0,0,-.012,30.113,19.863)"><path id="x34" d="M456 178h-96v-72q0 -51 12.5 -62.5t72.5 -16.5v-27h-256v27q65 5 78 17t13 62v72h-260v28q182 271 300 426h40v-407h96v-47zM280 225v295h-2q-107 -148 -196 -295h198z" /></g><g transform="matrix(.017,-0,0,-.017,40.225,15.775)"><path id="xD7" d="M528 54l-36 -38l-198 201l-198 -201l-36 38l197 200l-197 201l36 38l198 -202l198 202l36 -38l-197 -201z" /></g><g transform="matrix(.017,-0,0,-.017,53.977,15.775)"><path id="x2102" d="M708 165q-34 -105 -63 -154q-134 -26 -204 -26q-99 0 -177.5 29t-125 77t-70.5 105.5t-24 119.5q0 157 120 253t307 96q40 0 79.5 -5t76.5 -13.5t40 -8.5l23 -151l-33 -7q-23 80 -72 114.5t-142 34.5q-79 0 -123.5 -86t-44.5 -207q0 -140 49 -227.5t125 -87.5&#xA;q84 0 133 36.5t94 117.5q6 -2 17.5 -5.5t14.5 -4.5zM313 50q-81 98 -81 286q0 175 79 267q-79 -35 -122 -107.5t-43 -159.5q0 -99 44.5 -174t122.5 -112z" /></g><g transform="matrix(.017,-0,0,-.017,66.505,15.775)"><path id="x2119" d="M646 468q0 -91 -56.5 -143t-138.5 -62q-23 -3 -45 -1l-74 19v-157q0 -63 15.5 -77t83.5 -19v-28h-393v28q62 5 76 19.5t14 77.5v400q0 63 -14 77.5t-76 19.5v28h375q112 0 169 -41q64 -49 64 -141zM550 464q0 77 -42.5 115.5t-108.5 38.5q-44 0 -56 -12q-11 -8 -11 -47&#xA;v-245q31 -12 73 -12q59 0 102 38t43 124zM290 131v390q0 62 -7.5 79.5t-30.5 17.5q-24 0 -31.5 -17.5t-7.5 -79.5v-390q0 -62 7.5 -79.5t31.5 -17.5q23 0 30.5 17.5t7.5 79.5z" /></g><g transform="matrix(.012,-0,0,-.012,78.125,7.613)"><path id="x33" d="M285 378v-2q65 -13 102 -54.5t37 -97.5q0 -57 -30.5 -104.5t-74 -75t-85.5 -42t-72 -14.5q-31 0 -59.5 11t-40.5 23q-19 18 -16 36q1 16 23 33q13 10 24 0q58 -51 124 -51q55 0 88 40t33 112q0 64 -39 96.5t-88 32.5q-29 0 -64 -11l-6 29q77 25 118 57.5t41 84.5&#xA;q0 45 -26.5 69.5t-68.5 24.5q-67 0 -120 -79l-20 20l43 63q51 56 127 56h1q66 0 107 -37t41 -95q0 -42 -31 -71q-22 -23 -68 -54z" /></g></svg>

Smooth double crossing of the phantom divide line <svg style="vertical-align:-3.27605pt;width:58.575001px;" id="M2" height="15" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 58.575001 15" width="58.575001" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g transform="matrix(.017,-0,0,-.017,.062,10.862)"><use xlink:href="#x1D464" /></g><g transform="matrix(.012,-0,0,-.012,12.162,14.938)"><use xlink:href="#x39B" /></g><g transform="matrix(.017,-0,0,-.017,25.675,10.862)"><use xlink:href="#x3D" /></g><g transform="matrix(.017,-0,0,-.017,40.362,10.862)"><use xlink:href="#x2212" /></g><g transform="matrix(.017,-0,0,-.017,50.34,10.862)"><use xlink:href="#x31" /></g></svg> has been found possible with a single minimally
coupled scalar field for the most simple form of generalized <i>k</i>-essence cosmological model, in the presence of
background cold dark matter. Such crossing is a sufficiently late time transient phenomenon and does not have
any pathological behaviour.

Abhik Kumar Sanyal

Smooth Crossing of <svg style="vertical-align:-3.27605pt" height="15" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 58.575001 15" width="58.575001" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
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	</svg> Line in a Single Scalar Field Model

When analyzing the particle-like excitations in quantum field theory it is natural to regard
the field mode corresponding to the particle momentum as an open quantum system, together
with the opposite momentum mode. Provided that the state of the field is stationary,
homogeneous, and isotropic, this scalar two-mode system can be equivalently represented in
terms of a pair of quantum Brownian oscillators under a Gaussian approximation. In other
words, the two-mode system behaves as if it were interacting linearly with some effective
environment. In this paper we build the details of the effective linear coupling and the
effective environment, and argue that this quantum Brownian representation provides a
simple, universal, and nonperturbative characterization of any single particle-like excitation.
As immediate applications of the equivalence, we reanalyze the interpretation of the self-energy
in terms of decay rates in a general background state and present the master equation
for the field mode corresponding to the particle momentum.

Daniel Arteaga

Quantum Brownian Representation for the Quantum Field Modes

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Dmitrij V. Soroka

Vyacheslav A. Soroka

Semi-Simple Extension of the (Super) Poincaré Algebra

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to examine properties of nuclear matter and hyperonic neutron stars. The nonlinear interactions that will
produce density-dependent effective masses and coupling constants of hadrons are included in order to
examine density correlations among properties of nuclear matter and neutron stars such as binding energy,
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The conditions of conserving approximations in order to maintain thermodynamic consistency to an
approximation are essential for the analysis of density-dependent correlations.

Schun T. Uechi

Hiroshi Uechi

The Density-Dependent Correlations among Observables in Nuclear Matter and Hyperon-Rich Neutron Stars

Loop quantum cosmology (LQC) is very powerful to deal with the
behavior of early universe. Moreover, the
effective loop quantum cosmology gives a successful description of
the universe in the semiclassical region. We consider the apparent
horizon of the Friedmann-Robertson-Walker universe as a
thermodynamical system and investigate the thermodynamics of LQC
in the semiclassical region. The effective density and effective
pressure in the modified Friedmann equation from LQC not only
determine the evolution of the universe in LQC scenario but
also are actually found to be the thermodynamic
quantities. This result comes from the energy definition in
cosmology (the Misner-Sharp gravitational energy) and is
consistent with thermodynamic laws. We prove that within the
framework of loop quantum cosmology, the elementary equation of
equilibrium thermodynamics is still valid.

Li-Fang Li

Jian-Yang Zhu

Thermodynamics in Loop Quantum Cosmology

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