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We investigate the thermodynamic limit of the su(n)-invariant spin chain models with unparallel boundary fields. It is found that the contribution of the inhomogeneous term in the associated T-Q relation to the ground state energy does…
We study the boundary free energy of the XXZ spin-$\tf{1}{2}$ chain subject to diagonal boundary fields. We first show that the representation for its finite Trotter number approximant obtained by Bortz, Frahm and G\"{o}hmann is related to…
We construct unitary, stable, and interacting conformal boundary conditions for a free massless scalar in four dimensions by coupling it to edge modes living on a boundary. The boundary theories we consider are bosonic and fermionic QED$_3$…
This is a short summary of the phase structure of vector O(N) symmetric quantum field theories in a singular limit, the double scaling limit.It is motivated by the fact that summing up dynamically triangulated random surfaces using Feynman…
In many physical scenarios, close relations between the bulk properties of quantum systems and theories associated to their boundaries have been observed. In this work, we provide an exact duality mapping between the bulk of a quantum spin…
We evaluate the high temperature limit of the free energy of spin glasses on the hypercube with Hamiltonian $H_N(\sigma) = \sigma^T J \sigma$, where the coupling matrix $J$ is drawn from certain symmetric orthogonally invariant ensembles.…
We provide a formalism to calculate the cubic interaction vertices of the stable string bit model, in which string bits have $s$ spin degrees of freedom but no space to move. With the vertices, we obtain a formula for one-loop self-energy,…
The finite-size critical properties of the ${\cal O}(n)$ vector $\phi^4$ model, with long-range interaction decaying algebraically with the interparticle distance $r$ like $r^{-d-\sigma}$, are investigated. The system is confined to a…
For a wide class of noninteracting tight-binding models in one dimension we present an analytical solution for all scattering and edge states on a half-infinite system. Without assuming any symmetry constraints we consider models with…
We make an attempt to map the integrable boundary conditions for 2 dimensional non-linear O(N) $\sigma$-models. We do it at various levels: classically, by demanding the existence of infinitely many conserved local charges and also by…
We investigate the space of massive two-dimensional theories with a global U(N) symmetry and no bound states. Following S-matrix bootstrap principles, we establish rigorous bounds on the space of consistent $2 \rightarrow 2$ scattering…
We study bond energy correlation functions in an exactly solvable quantum spin model of Kitaev type on the kagome lattice with stable Fermi surface of partons proposed recently by Chua et al, Ref.\[arXiv:1010.1035]. Even though any spin…
This paper investigates the temperature dependence of quantum information scrambling in local systems with an energy gap, $m$, above the ground state. We study the speed and shape of growing Heisenberg operators as quantified by…
We report the study of a model of a two-level system interacting in a non-diagonal way with a complex environment described by Gaussian orthogonal random matrices (GORM). The effect of the interaction on the total spectrum and its…
Starting from the T-Q equation of an open integrable spin-1/2 XXZ quantum spin chain with nondiagonal boundary terms, we derive a nonlinear integral equation (NLIE) of the sine-Gordon model on a finite interval. We compute the boundary…
Based on a complete set of $J = 0$ and $J=1$ spatial isovector correlation functions calculated with $N_F = 2$ domain wall fermions we identify an intermediate temperature regime of $T \sim 220 - 500$ MeV ($1.2T_c$--$2.8T_c$), where chiral…
Analytic expressions for the correlation length temperature dependences are given for antiferromagnetic spin-1/2 Heisenberg ladders using a finite-size non-linear sigma-model approach. These calculations rely on identifying three successive…
We consider non-Hermitian dynamics of a quantum particle hopping on a one-dimensional tight-binding lattice made of $N$ sites with asymmetric hopping rates induced by a time-periodic oscillating imaginary gauge field. A deeply different…
We compute the boundary energy and the Casimir energy for both the spin-1/2 XXZ quantum spin chain and (by means of the light-cone lattice construction) the massive sine-Gordon model with both left and right boundaries. We also derive a…
A detailed investigation of the scaling properties of the fully finite ${\cal O}(n)$ systems with long-range interaction, decaying algebraically with the interparticle distance $r$ like $r^{-d-\sigma}$, below their upper critical dimension…