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Loop models and their critical points

Statistical Mechanics 2008-11-26 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP Probability

Abstract

Loop models have been widely studied in physics and mathematics, in problems ranging from polymers to topological quantum computation to Schramm-Loewner evolution. I present new loop models which have critical points described by conformal field theories. Examples include both fully-packed and dilute loop models with critical points described by the superconformal minimal models and the SU(2)_2 WZW models. The dilute loop models are generalized to include SU(2)_k models as well.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0609435,
  title  = {Loop models and their critical points},
  author = {Paul Fendley},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0609435},
  year   = {2008}
}

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20 pages, 15 figures