Two-dimensional conformal field theory for disordered systems at criticality

DOI10.1016/0550-3213(96)00128-9zbMATH Open1002.81544arXivcond-mat/9509054OpenAlexW1967051601MaRDI QIDQ1911367FDOQ1911367

Authors: Christopher Mudry, Claudio Chamon, Xiao-Gang Wen 

Publication date: 24 April 1996

Published in: Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Using a Kac-Moody current algebra with $U(1/1)imesU(1/1)$ graded symmetry, we describe a class of (possibly disordered) critical points in two spatial dimensions. The critical points are labelled by the triplets $(l,m,k_j^{})$, where $l$ is an odd integer, $m$ is an integer, and $k_j^{}$ is real. For most such critical points, we show that there are infinite hierarchies of relevant operators with negative scaling dimensions. To interpret this result, we show that the line of critical points $(1,1,k_j^{}>0)$ is realized by a field theory of massless Dirac fermions in the presence of $U(N)$ vector gauge-like static impurities. Along the disordered critical line $(1,1,k_j^{}>0)$, we find an infinite hierarchy of relevant operators with negative scaling dimensions $$, which are related to the disorder average over the $q$-th moment of the single-particle Green function. Those relevant operators can be induced by non-Gaussian moments of the probability distribution of a mass-like static disorder.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9509054

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zbMATH Keywords

Current algebraNonlinear field theorygraded Lie groupsKac Moody current algebramassless Dirac fermionsnonGaussian momentsRandom Dirac fermionssingle particle Green function

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Infinite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics, including Virasoro, Kac-Moody, (W)-algebras and other current algebras and their representations (81R10) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Continuum limits in quantum field theory (81T27)

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