From constrained stochastic processes to the nonlinear sigma model. Two old problems revisited

DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2011.09.006zbMATH Open1229.82131arXiv1108.3029OpenAlexW2092373200MaRDI QIDQ659376FDOQ659376

Authors: Franco Ferrari 

Publication date: 18 January 2012

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

Abstract: In this work a method is presented to derive the generating functional in path integral form for a system with an arbitrary number of degrees of freedom and constrained by general conditions. The method is applied to the case of the dynamics of an inextensible chain subjected to external forces. Next, the generating functional of the inextensible chain is computed assuming that the interactions are switched off. Finally, the generating functional of a two dimensional nonlinear sigma model with O(3) symmetry is derived exploiting its similarities with the model describing the dynamics of the inextensible chain.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1108.3029

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Model quantum field theories (81T10) Dynamic lattice systems (kinetic Ising, etc.) and systems on graphs in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C20) Stochastic methods (Fokker-Planck, Langevin, etc.) applied to problems in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C31) Path integrals in quantum mechanics (81S40)

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