Transitions from S - matrices based on SL ( 2 , Z ) Invariant Field Theories
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A scattering description is proposed for a boundary perturbation of a c = 1 SL(2, Z) invariant conformal field theory. The bulk massless S-matrices are of the form of Zamolodchikov’s staircase model. Using the boundary version of the thermodynamic Bethe ansatz, we show that the boundary free energy goes through a series of integer valued plateaux as a function of system size. Typeset using REVTEX
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A scattering description is proposed for a boundary perturbation of a c = 1 SL(2, Z) invariant conformal field theory. The bulk massless S-matrices are of the form of Zamolodchikov’s staircase model. Using the boundary version of the thermodynamic Bethe ansatz, we show that the boundary free energy goes through a series of integer valued plateaux as a function of system size. Typeset using REVTEX
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تاریخ انتشار 1999