Integrable sigma models with theta=pi

Details Integrable sigma models with theta=pi Integrable sigma models with theta=pi

2000-08-24

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0008372v3

Phys.Rev. B63 (2001) 104429

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

31 pages, 2 figures. v2: corrects many typos. v3: corrects more typos, adds reference

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.63.104429

A fundamental result relevant to spin chains and two-dimensional disordered systems is that the sphere sigma model with instanton coupling theta=pi has a non-trivial low-energy fixed point and a gapless spectrum. This result is extended to two series of sigma models with theta=pi: the SU(N)/SO(N) sigma models flow to the SU(N)_1 WZW theory, while the O(2N)/O(N)\times O(N) models flow to O(2N)_1 (2N free Majorana fermions). These models are integrable, and the exact quasiparticle spectra and S matrices are found. One interesting feature is that charges fractionalize when theta=pi. I compute the energy in a background field, and verify that the perturbative expansions for \theta=0 and pi are the same as they must be. I discuss the flows between the two sequences of models, and also argue that the analogous sigma models with Sp(2N) symmetry, the Sp(2N)/U(N) models, flow to Sp(2N)_1.

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