Published July 17, 1998 | Version v1
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The O(N) nonlinear sigma model in the functional Schroedinger picture

  • 1. Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Taejon 305-600 (Korea, Republic of)
  • 2. Department of Physics and Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Yonsei University, Seoul (Korea, Republic of)

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We present a functional Schroedinger picture formalism of the (1+1)-dimensional O(N) nonlinear sigma model. The energy density has been calculated to two-loop order using the wavefunctional of Gaussian form, and from which the non-perturbative mass gap of the boson fields has been obtained. The functional Schroedinger picture approach combined with the variational technique is shown to describe the characteristics of the ground state of the nonlinear sigma model in a transparent way. (author)

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Journal Title
Journal of Physics. A, Mathematical and General
Journal Volume
31
Journal Issue
28
Journal Page Range
p. 6029-6036
ISSN
0305-4470