Published October 13, 2003 | Version v1
Journal article

N=2 boundary supersymmetry in integrable models and perturbed boundary conformal field theory

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Boundary integrable models with N=2 supersymmetry are considered. For the simplest boundary N=2 superconformal minimal model with a Chebyshev bulk perturbation we show explicitly how fermionic boundary degrees of freedom arise naturally in the boundary perturbation in order to maintain integrability and N=2 supersymmetry. A new boundary reflection matrix is obtained for this model and N=2 boundary superalgebra is studied. A factorized scattering theory is proposed for a N=2 supersymmetric extension of the boundary sine-Gordon model with either (i) fermionic or (ii) bosonic and fermionic boundary degrees of freedom. Exact results are obtained for some quantum impurity problems: the boundary scaling Lee-Yang model, a massive deformation of the anisotropic Kondo model at the filling values g=2/(2n+3) and the boundary Ashkin-Teller model

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DOI
10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2003.08.002;
arXiv
arXiv:hep-th/0304120v2;
PII
S0550321303006461;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. B
Journal Volume
669
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 417-434
ISSN
0550-3213
CODEN
NUPBBO

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Copyright (c) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.