Gauge Symmetry and Neural Networks

We propose a new model of neural network. It consists of spin variables to describe the state of neurons as in the Hopfield model and new gauge variables to describe the state of synapses. The model possesses local gauge symmetry and resembles lattice gauge theory of high-energy physics. Time dependence of synapses describes the process of learning. The mean field theory predicts a new phase corresponding to confinement phase, in which brain loses ablility of learning and memory.Comment: 9 pages, 7 figure

Quantum Gauged Neural Network: U(1) Gauge Theory

A quantum model of neural network is introduced and its phase structure is examined. The model is an extension of the classical Z(2) gauged neural network of learning and recalling to a quantum model by replacing the Z(2) variables, $S_i = \pm1$ of neurons and $J_{ij} =\pm1$ of synaptic connections, to the U(1) phase variables, $S_i = \exp(i\phi_i)$ and $J_{ij} = \exp(i\theta_{ij})$. These U(1) variables describe the phase parts of the wave functions (local order parameters) of neurons and synaptic connections. The model takes the form similar to the U(1) Higgs lattice gauge theory, the continuum limit of which is the well known Ginzburg-Landau theory of superconductivity. Its current may describe the flow of electric voltage along axons and chemical materials transfered via synaptic connections. The phase structure of the model at finite temperatures is examined by the mean-field theory, and Coulomb, Higgs and confinement phases are obtained. By comparing with the result of the Z(2) model, the quantum effects is shown to weaken the ability of learning and recalling.Comment: 8 pages, 4 figures: Revised with a new referenc

Lattice Gauge Theory for Condensed Matter Physics: Ferromagnetic Superconductivity as its Example

Recent theoretical studies of various strongly-correlated systems in condensed matter physics reveal that the lattice gauge theory(LGT) developed in high-energy physics is quite a useful tool to understand physics of these systems. Knowledges of LGT are to become a necessary item even for condensed matter physicists. In the first part of this paper, we present a concise review of LGT for the reader who wants to understand its basics for the first time. For illustration, we choose the abelian Higgs model, a typical and quite useful LGT, which is the lattice verison of the Ginzburg-Landau model interacting with a U(1) gauge field (vector potential). In the second part, we present an account of the recent progress in the study of ferromagnetic superconductivity (SC) as an example of application of LGT to topics in condensed matter physics, . As the ferromagnetism (FM) and SC are competing orders with each other, large fluctuations are expected to take place and therefore nonperturbative methods are required for theoretical investigation. After we introduce a LGT describing the FMSC, we study its phase diagram and topological excitations (vortices of Cooper pairs) by Monte-Carlo simulations.Comment: 31 pages, 13 figures, Invited review article of Mod.Phys.Lett.

Particle-Flux Separation and Quasiexcitations in Quantum Hall Systems

The quasiexcitations of quantum Hall systems at the filling factor $\nu = p/(2pq \pm 1)$ are studied in terms of chargeon and fluxon introduced previously as constituents of an electron at $\nu = 1/2$. At temperatures $T < T_{\rm PFS}(\nu)$, the phenomenon so-called particle-flux separation takes place, and chargeons and fluxons are deconfined to behave as quasiparticles. Bose condensation of fluxons justify the (partial) cancellation of external magnetic field. Fluxons describe correlation holes, while chargeons describe composite fermions. They contribute to the resistivity $\rho_{xy} = h/(\nu e^2)$ additively.Comment: 4pages, 1figur

Algebraic aspects of the correlation functions of the integrable higher-spin XXZ spin chains with arbitrary entries

We discuss some fundamental properties of the XXZ spin chain, which are important in the algebraic Bethe-ansatz derivation for the multiple-integral representations of the spin-s XXZ correlation function with an arbitrary product of elementary matrices. For instance, we construct Hermitian conjugate vectors in the massless regime and introduce the spin-s Hermitian elementary matrices.Comment: 24 pages, to appear in the proceedings of "Infinite Analysis 09 - New Trends in Quantum Integrable Systems -", July 27-31, 2009, Kyoto University, Japa

Finite-temperature phase structures of hard-core bosons in an optical lattice with an effective magnetic field

We study finite-temperature phase structures of hard-core bosons in a two-dimensional optical lattice subject to an effective magnetic field by employing the gauged CP$^1$ model. Based on the extensive Monte Carlo simulations, we study their phase structures at finite temperatures for several values of the magnetic flux per plaquette of the lattice and mean particle density. Despite the presence of the particle number fluctuation, the thermodynamic properties are qualitatively similar to those of the frustrated XY model with only the phase as a dynamical variable. This suggests that cold atom simulators of the frustrated XY model are available irrespective of the particle filling at each site.Comment: 13 pages, 9 figure