Generalization of the Haldane conjecture to SU(3) chains

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Abstract: We apply field theory methods to mboxSU(3) chains in the symmetric representation, with p boxes in the Young tableau, mapping them into a flag manifold non-linear sigma-model with a topological angle heta=2pip/3. Generalizing the Haldane conjecture, we argue that the models are gapped for p=3m but gapless for p=3mpm1 (for integer m), corresponding to a massless phase of the sigma-model at heta=pm2pi/3. We confirm this with Monte Carlo calculations on the sigma-model.












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