Topological term in the non-linear \(\sigma \) model of the \(SO(5)\) spin chains

DOI10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2011.01.010zbMath1208.82009arXiv1009.4040MaRDI QIDQ632418

Tao Xiang, Dung-Hai Lee, Guang-Ming Zhang

Publication date: 24 March 2011

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1009.4040

zbMATH Keywords

non-linear sigma model; spin chains; topological terms

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

82B20: Lattice systems (Ising, dimer, Potts, etc.) and systems on graphs arising in equilibrium statistical mechanics

81Q70: Differential geometric methods, including holonomy, Berry and Hannay phases, Aharonov-Bohm effect, etc. in quantum theory