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Non-perturbative Quantum Effects

Finite size effects in perturbed boundary conformal field theories

Roberto Tateo, Patrick Dorey, Mathias Pillin, A. Pocklington, Ingo Runkel B, G.M.T. Watts

Published Sep 25, 2000• 6 citations
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Abstract

We discuss the finite-size properties of a simple integrable quantum field theory in 1+1 dimensions with non-trivial boundary conditions.Novel off-critical identities between cylinder partition functions of models with differing boundary conditions are derived.
DOI
10.22323/1.006.0035

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