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Quantum Spin Chains and Conformally Invariant Non-Linear σ-Models

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The critical behavior of quantum antiferromagnetic chains is related to certain recently discovered conformally-invariant non-linear σ-models.

Supported by NSF Grant PHY80-19754 and by the A.P.Sloan Foundation.

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  1. Joseph Henry Laboratories, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08544, USA

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  1. Center of Nonlinear Studies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, 87545, NM, USA

    Alan R. Bishop , David K. Campbell , Pradeep Kumar  & Steven E. Trullinger , ,  & 

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Affleck, I. (1987). Quantum Spin Chains and Conformally Invariant Non-Linear σ-Models. In: Bishop, A.R., Campbell, D.K., Kumar, P., Trullinger, S.E. (eds) Nonlinearity in Condensed Matter. Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences, vol 69. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83033-4_21

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