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Exact scattering in the SU(n) supersymmetric principal chiral model

Jonathan M. Evans, Timothy Hollowood Orcid Logo

Nuclear Physics B, Volume: "B493", Issue: 3, Pages: 517 - 540

Swansea University Author: Timothy Hollowood Orcid Logo

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Abstract

The complete spectrum of states in the supersymmetric principal chiral model based on SU(n) is conjectured, and an exact factorizable S-matrix is proposed to describe scattering amongst these states. The SU(n)_L*SU(n)_R symmetry of the lagrangian is manifest in the S-matrix construction. The supersy...

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Published in: Nuclear Physics B
ISSN: 05503213
Published: 1996
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URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa28576
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Abstract: The complete spectrum of states in the supersymmetric principal chiral model based on SU(n) is conjectured, and an exact factorizable S-matrix is proposed to describe scattering amongst these states. The SU(n)_L*SU(n)_R symmetry of the lagrangian is manifest in the S-matrix construction. The supersymmetries, on the other hand, are incorporated in the guise of spin-1/2 charges acting on a set of RSOS kinks associated with su(n) at level n. To test the proposed S-matrix, calculations of the change in the ground-state energy in the presence of a coupling to a background charge are carried out. The results derived from the lagrangian using perturbation theory and from the S-matrix using the TBA are found to be in complete agreement for a variety of background charges which pick out, in turn, the highest weight states in each of the fundamental representations of SU(n). In particular, these methods rule out the possibility of additional CDD factors in the S-matrix. Comparison of the expressions found for the free-energy also yields an exact result for the mass-gap in these models:
College: Faculty of Science and Engineering
Issue: 3
Start Page: 517
End Page: 540