Stochastic Loewner Evolution for Conformal Field Theories with Lie Group Symmetries

Journal Article · Fri Dec 16 00:00:00 EST 2005 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.251601· OSTI ID:20699693

Bettelheim, E; Gruzberg, I A; Wiegmann, P ^[1]; Ludwig, A W.W. ^[2]

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1. James Frank Institute, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637 (United States)
2. Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106 (United States)

The stochastic Loewner evolution is a recent tool in the study of two-dimensional critical systems. We extend this approach to the case of critical systems with continuous symmetries, such as SU(2) Wess-Zumino-Witten models, where domain walls carry an additional spin-1/2 degree of freedom.

• OSTI ID: 20699693
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 95, Issue 25; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.251601; (c) 2005 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0031-9007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
CONFORMAL INVARIANCE
DEGREES OF FREEDOM
LIE GROUPS
MATHEMATICAL EVOLUTION
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
SPIN
STOCHASTIC PROCESSES
STRING MODELS
SYMMETRY
TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS