The end of c=1 CFT
Condensed Matter
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
Conformal field theory (CFT) with the central charge c=1 is important both in the field theory and in the condensed matter physics, since it has the continuous internal symmetry (U(1) or SU(2)) and a marginal operator, and it is an effective theory of many 1D quantum spin and 1D electron systems. So it is valuable to understand how the c=1 CFT models become unstable. In this paper we discuss an instability of the c=1 CFT, that is, the transition to the ferromagnetic state. For the U(1) CFT case, we find that the spin wave velocity and the critical dimension behave under reasonable assumptions.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9605070,
title = {The end of c=1 CFT},
author = {Kiyohide Nomura},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9605070},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
16 pages, latex, figures on request