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Type: 
Journal
Description: 
Using new as well as known results on dimerized quantum spin chains with frustration, we are able to infer some properties on the low-energy spectrum of the O (3) Nonlinear Sigma Model with a topological θ-term. In particular, for sufficiently strong coupling, we find a range of values of θ where a singlet bound state is stable under the triplet continuum. On the basis of these results, we propose a new renormalization group flow diagram for the Nonlinear Sigma Model with a θ-term.
Publisher: 
IOP Publishing
Publication date: 
1 Feb 2005
Authors: 

L Campos Venuti, C Degli Esposti Boschi, E Ercolessi, F Ortolani, G Morandi, S Pasini, M Roncaglia

Biblio References: 
Volume: 2005 Issue: 02 Pages: L02004
Origin: 
Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment