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Interacting finite-size magnons

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-11-26 v2

Abstract

We explicitly construct a large class of finite-volume two-magnon string solutions moving on R x S^2. In particular, by making use of the relationship between the O(3) sigma model and sine-Gordon theory we are able to find solutions corresponding to the periodic analogues of magnon scattering and breather-like solutions. After semi-classically quantizing these solutions we invert the implicit expressions for the excitation energies in certain limits and find the corrections for the multi-magnon states. For the breather-like solutions we express the energies directly in terms of the action variable whereas for the scattering solution we express the result as a combination of corrections to the dispersion relation and to the scattering phase.

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@article{arxiv.0803.2324,
  title  = {Interacting finite-size magnons},
  author = {Thomas Klose and Tristan McLoughlin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0803.2324},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

45pages, 7figures, v2: simplified expressions for periods and angular momenta when elliptic modulus is greater than one, references added, typos corrected

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