The Exact mass gaps of the principal chiral models

Feb, 1994
9 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 329 (1994) 450-456
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Report number:
  • CERN-TH-7164-94,
  • SWAT-93-94-26

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Abstract:
An exact expression for the mass-gap, the ratio of the physical particle mass to the Λ\Lambda-parameter, is found for the principal chiral sigma models associated to all the classical Lie algebras. The calculation is based on a comparison of the free-energy in the presence of a source coupling to a conserved charge of the theory computed in two ways: via the thermodynamic Bethe Ansatz from the exact scattering matrix and directly in perturbation theory. The calculation provides a non-trivial test of the form of the exact scattering matrix.
  • model: chiral
  • algebra: Lie
  • S-matrix
  • energy
  • mass spectrum
  • perturbation theory: higher-order
  • Bethe ansatz
  • field theory: Lambda parameter