ISSN:
1572-9613
Keywords:
Coulomb gas
;
solvable models
;
Dirac equation
;
curved space
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Abstract At the special value of the reduced inverse temperatureΓ=2, the equilibrium statistical mechanics of a two-dimensional Coulomb gas confined to the surface of a sphere is an exactly solvable problem, just as it was for the Coulomb gas in a plane. The thermodynamic quantities and all the correlation functions can be calculated. Use is made of an isomorphism between the classical Coulomb gas and the free Fermi field theory associated with the Dirac operator on the sphere.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01053789
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