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Field Theory of the Random Flux Model

Condensed Matter 2009-10-31 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

The long-range properties of the random flux model (lattice fermions hopping under the influence of maximally random link disorder) are shown to be described by a supersymmetric field theory of non-linear sigma model type, where the group GL(n|n) is the global invariant manifold. An extension to non-abelian generalizations of this model identifies connections to lattice QCD, Dirac fermions in a random gauge potential, and stochastic non-Hermitian operators.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9811134,
  title  = {Field Theory of the Random Flux Model},
  author = {Alexander Altland and B D Simons},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9811134},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, 1 eps figure