arXiv:hep-th/9404118 · Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General

Boundary S-matrix for the integrable q-Potts model

Leung Chim

Published Dec 21, 1995• 10 citations

Abstract

The 2D off-critical q-state Potts model with boundaries was studied as a factorizable relativistic scattering theory. The scattering S-matrices for particles reflecting off the boundaries were obtained for the cases of `fixed` and `free` boundary conditions. In the Ising limit, the computed results agreed with recent work.

DOI: 10.1088/0305-4470/28/24/005

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