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Finite volume spectrum of 2D field theories from Hirota dynamics

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Nikolay Gromova,b,c, Vladimir Kazakovd and Pedro Vieirae,f

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We propose, using the example of the O(4) sigma model, a general method for solving integrable two dimensional relativistic sigma models in a finite size periodic box. Our starting point is the so-called Y-system, which is equivalent to the thermodynamic Bethe ansatz equations of Yang and Yang. It is derived from the Zamolodchikov scattering theory in the cross channel, for virtual particles along the non-compact direction of the space-time cylinder. The method is based on the integrable Hirota dynamics that follows from the Y-system. The outcome is a nonlinear integral equation for a single complex function, valid for an arbitrary quantum state and accompanied by the finite size analogue of Bethe equations. It is close in spirit to the Destri-deVega (DdV) equation. We present the numerical data for the energy of various states as a function of the size, and derive the general Lüscher-type formulas for the finite size corrections. We also re-derive by our method the DdV equation for the SU(2) chiral Gross-Neveu model.

Keywords

Integrable Field Theories

Field Theories in Lower Dimensions

Sigma Models

Bethe Ansatz

 

E-print Number: 0812.5091

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PACS

11.10.Lm Nonlinear or nonlocal theories and models

02.70.-c Computational techniques

11.30.Ly Other internal and higher symmetries

02.30.Rz Integral equations

Subjects

Mathematical physics

Computational physics

Particle physics and field theory

Dates

Issue 12 (December 2009)

Received 3 June 2009, accepted for publication 23 November 2009

Published 21 December 2009



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