Mass gap in the 2D O(3) nonlinear sigma model with a θ = π term

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作者
Alles, B. [3 ]
Papa, A. [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calabria, Dipartimento Fis, I-87036 Cosenza, Italy
[2] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Grp Coll Cosenza, Cosenza, Italy
[3] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl Sezione Pisa, Pisa, Italy
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW D | 2008年 / 77卷 / 05期
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10.1103/PhysRevD.77.056008
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
By analytic continuation to real theta of data obtained from numerical simulation at imaginary theta we study the Haldane conjecture and show that the O(3) nonlinear sigma model with a theta term in two dimensions becomes massless at theta = 3.10(5). A modified cluster algorithm has been introduced to simulate the model with imaginary theta. Two different definitions of the topological charge on the lattice have been used; one of them needs renormalization to match the continuum operator. Our work also offers a successful test for numerical methods based on analytic continuation.
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