Spin waves,vortices, fermions,and duality in the Ising and Baxter models |
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Authors: | Michael C Ogilvie |
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Institution: | Department of Physics, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912 USA |
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Abstract: | Field-theoretic methods are applied to a number of two-dimensional lattice models with Abelian symmetry groups. It is shown, using a vortex + spin-wave decomposition, that the Zp? Villain models are related to a class of continuum field theories with analogous duality properties. Fermion operators for these field theories are discussed. In the case of the Ising model, the vortices and spin-waves conspire to produce a free, massive Majorana field theory in the continuum limit. The continuum limit of the Baxter model is also studied, and the recent results of Kadanoff and Brown are rederived and extended. |
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