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Hyperelliptic curves for multi-channel quantum wires and the multi-channel Kondo problem

Statistical Mechanics 2009-10-31 v1 Strongly Correlated Electrons High Energy Physics - Theory Quantum Algebra

Abstract

We study the current in a multi-channel quantum wire and the magnetization in the multi-channel Kondo problem. We show that at zero temperature they can be written simply in terms of contour integrals over a (two-dimensional) hyperelliptic curve. This allows one to easily demonstrate the existence of weak-coupling to strong-coupling dualities. In the Kondo problem, the curve is the same for under- and over-screened cases; the only change is in the contour.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9809259,
  title  = {Hyperelliptic curves for multi-channel quantum wires and the multi-channel Kondo problem},
  author = {P. Fendley and H. Saleur},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9809259},
  year   = {2009}
}

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7 pages, 1 figure, revtex