Integrable perturbations of Z N parafermion models and the O(3) sigma model
Abstract
A system of thermodynamic Bethe ansatz equations is suggested for integrable perturbation of the Z N parafermion CFT model by the basic parafermion field. Several checks are performed to justify the relevance of the system suggested. In the limit N→∞ we obtain an infinite TBA system describing the finite size effects in the non-linear O(3) sigma model. Certain modified Z z parafermion perturbations are introduced, which are argued to converge at N→∞ to the O(3) sigma model with the θ term. For θ= π we suggest for every N a massless TBA system describing the interpolating renormalizaition group flow from the ultraviolet Z N fixed point to the infrared fixed point, which turns out to be the minimal unitary CFT model MN+1.
- Publication:
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Physics Letters B
- Pub Date:
- November 1991
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0370-2693(91)91283-2
- Bibcode:
- 1991PhLB..271...91F