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Integrable Gross-Neveu models with fermion-fermion and fermion-antifermion pairing

High Energy Physics - Theory 2014-11-19 v1

Abstract

The massless Gross-Neveu and chiral Gross-Neveu models are well known examples of integrable quantum field theories in 1+1 dimensions. We address the question whether integrability is preserved if one either replaces the four-fermion interaction in fermion-antifermion channels by a dual interaction in fermion-fermion channels, or if one adds such a dual interaction to an existing integrable model. The relativistic Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov approach is adequate to deal with the large N limit of such models. In this way, we construct and solve three integrable models with Cooper pairing. We also identify a candidate for a fourth integrable model with maximal kinematic symmetry, the "perfect" Gross-Neveu model. This type of field theories can serve as exactly solvable toy models for color superconductivity in quantum chromodynamics.

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@article{arxiv.1408.5506,
  title  = {Integrable Gross-Neveu models with fermion-fermion and fermion-antifermion pairing},
  author = {Michael Thies},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1408.5506},
  year   = {2014}
}

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16 pages, 4 figures