Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
1995-03-16
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
95 pages, plain TeX, uses psfig and AMS fonts (in case of trouble see beginning of file)
Scientific paper
First, an algebraic criterion for integrability is discussed -the so-called `superintegrability'- and some results on the classification of superintegrable quantum spin Hamiltonians based on sl(2) are obtained. Next, the massive phases of the Z_n-chiral Potts quantum spin chain (a model that violates parity) are studied in detail. It is shown that the excitation spectrum of the massive high-temperature phase can be explained in terms of n-1 fundamental quasiparticles. We compute correlation functions from a perturbative and numerical evaluation of the groundstate for the Z_3-chain. In addition to an exponential decay we observe an oscillating contribution. The oscillation length seems to be related to the asymmetry of the dispersion relations. We show that this relation is exact at special values of the parameters for general Z_n using a form factor expansion. Finally, we discuss several aspects of extended conformal algebras (W-algebras). We observe an analogy between boundary conditions for Z_n-spin chains and W-algebras and then turn to statements about the structure of W-algebras. In particular, we briefly summarize results on unifying structures present in the space of all quantum W-algebras.
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