Published July 1985 | Version v1
Journal article

Monte Carlo analysis of the SO(3)xSO(3) chiral model in two dimensions

Creators

  • 1. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Turin (Italy)

Description

We discuss the phase structure of the SU(N)/ZnxSU(N)/Zn (adjoint) chiral models in two dimensions and the associated problem of the mass spectrum near the asymptotic freedom critical point. We argue that because of the non trivial topology this class of models undergoes a phase transition due to vortex condensation. A high statistics Monte Carlo analysis of the N=2 case confirms this scenario and suggests a second-order Ising-like transition for βsub(c)=2.4. (orig.)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Z. Phys., C
Journal Volume
28
Journal Issue
2
Series
CODEN: ZPCFD.;Z. Phys., C.
Journal Page Range
233-239
ISSN
0170-9739