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Deriving Boundary S Matrices
We show how to derive exact boundary matrices for integrable quantum
field theories in 1+1 dimensions using lattice regularization. We do this
calculation explicitly for the sine-Gordon model with fixed boundary conditions
using the Bethe ansatz for an XXZ-type spin chain in a boundary magnetic field.
Our results agree with recent conjectures of Ghoshal and Zamolodchikov, and
indicate that the only solutions to the Bethe equations which contribute to the
scaling limit are the standard strings.Comment: 13 pages, USC-94-00
Entanglement and alpha entropies for a massive Dirac field in two dimensions
We present some exact results about universal quantities derived from the
local density matrix, for a free massive Dirac field in two dimensions. We
first find the trace of powers of the density matrix in a novel fashion, which
involves the correlators of suitable operators in the sine-Gordon model. These,
in turn, can be written exactly in terms of the solutions of non-linear
differential equations of the Painlev\'e V type. Equipped with the previous
results, we find the leading terms for the entanglement entropy, both for short
and long distances, and showing that in the intermediate regime it can be
expanded in a series of multiple integrals. The previous results have been
checked by direct numerical calculations on the lattice, finding perfect
agreement. Finally, we comment on a possible generalization of the entanglement
entropy c-theorem to the alpha-entropies.Comment: Clarification in section 2, one reference added. 15 pages, 3 figure
On integrable models from pp-wave string backgrounds
We construct solutions of type IIB supergravity with non-trivial Ramond-Ramond 5-form in ten dimensions by replacing the transverse flat space of pp-wave backgrounds with exact superconformal field theory blocks. These solutions, which also include a dilaton and (in some cases) an anti-symmetric tensor field, lead to integrable models on the world-sheet in the light-cone gauge of string theory. In one instance we demonstrate explicitly the emergence of the complex sine-Gordon model, which coincides with integrable perturbations of the corresponding superconformal building blocks in the transverse space. In other cases we arrive at the supersymmetric Liouville theory or at the complex sine-Liouville model. For axionic instantons in the transverse space, as for the (semi)-wormhole geometry, we obtain an entire class of supersymmetric pp-wave backgrounds by solving the Killing spinor equations as in flat space, supplemented by the appropriate chiral projections; as such, they generalize the usual Neveu-Schwarz five-brane solution of type IIB supergravity in the presence of a Ramond-Ramond 5-form. We also present some further examples of interacting light-cone models and we briefly discuss the role of dualities in the resulting string theory backgrounds
Exact Half-BPS Flux Solutions in M-theory I, Local Solutions
The complete eleven-dimensional supergravity solutions with 16
supersymmetries on manifolds of the form , with isometry , and with either
or boundary behavior, are obtained in
exact form. The two-dimensional parameter space is a Riemann surface
with boundary, over which the product space is
warped. By mapping the reduced BPS equations to an integrable system of the
sine-Gordon/Liouville type, and then mapping this integrable system onto a
linear equation, the general local solutions are constructed explicitly in
terms of one harmonic function on , and an integral transform of two
further harmonic functions on . The solutions to the BPS equations are
shown to automatically solve the Bianchi identities and field equations for the
4-form field, as well as Einstein's equations. The solutions we obtain have
non-vanishing 4-form field strength on each of the three factors of , and include fully back-reacted M2-branes in and M5-branes in . No interpolating solutions
exist with mixed and boundary behavior.
Global regularity of these local solutions, as well as the existence of further
solutions with neither nor boundary
behavior will be studied elsewhere.Comment: 62 pages, 2 figures, references and clarifications on supergroups
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Nonlinear classical and quantum integrable systems with PT -symmetries
A key feature of integrable systems is that they can be solved to obtain exact analytical solutions. In this thesis we show how new models can be found through generalisations of some well known nonlinear partial differential equations including the Korteweg-de Vries, modified Korteweg-de Vries, sine-Gordon, Hirota, Heisenberg and Landau-Lifschitz types with joint parity and time symmetries whilst preserving integrability properties.
The first joint parity and time symmetric generalizations we take are extensions to the complex and multicomplex fields, such as bicomplex, quaternionic, coquaternionic and octonionic types. Subsequently, we develop new methods from well-known ones, such as Hirota’s direct method, Bäcklund transformations and Darboux-Crum transformations to solve for these newsystems to obtain exact analytical solutions of soliton and multi-soliton types. Moreover, in agreement with the reality property present in joint parity and time symmetric non-Hermitian quantum systems, we find joint parity and time symmetries also play a key role for reality of conserved charges for the new systems, even though the soliton solutions are complex or multicomplex.
Our complex extensions have proved to be successful in helping one to obtain regularized degenerate multi-soliton solutions for the Korteweg-de Vries equation, which has not been realised before. We extend our investigations to explore degenerate multi-soliton solutions for the sine-Gordon equation and Hirota equation. In particular, we find the usual time-delays from degenerate soliton solution scattering are time-dependent, unlike the non-degenerate multi-soliton solutions, and provide a universal formula to compute the exact time-delay values for scattering of N-soliton solutions.
Other joint parity and time symmetric extensions of integrable systems we take are of nonlocal nature, with nonlocalities in space and/or in time, of time crystal type. Whilst developing new methods for the construction of soliton solutions for these systems, we xiv find new types of solutions with different parameter dependence and qualitative behaviour even in the one-soliton solution cases. We exploit gauge equivalence between the Hirota system with continuous Heisenberg and Landau-Lifschitz systems to see how nonlocality is inherited from one system to another and vice versa. In the final part of the thesis, we extend some of our investigations to the quantum regime. In particularwe generalize the scheme of Darboux transformations for fully timedependent non-Hermitian quantum systems, which allows us to create an infinite tower of solvable models
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