17.10.2022 (Monday)

LonTI: Lectures on the duality between the Sine-Gordon and the Thirring model

Regular Seminar Alessandro Torrielli (University of Surrey)

at:
10:30 Other
room LIMS, Royal Institution
abstract:

We will describe the duality between two integrable systems: the 2D Sine-Gordon model and the 2D Thirring model. We will spend some time describing the classical and quantum Sine-Gordon model, in particular its spectrum, S-matrices and underlying quantum-group symmetry. We will then present the duality with the Thirring model as originally stated by Coleman and refined in subsequent literature. All the basic elements will be provided without relying on too many pre-requisites beyond standard graduate-level quantum field theory. The notes comprise a series of exercises.