A method to calculate the elastic scattering amplitude at low energies in two-dimensional quantum field theories is proposed and tested in a numerical simulation of the O(3) non-linear sigma-model on a simple square lattice. We also compute the isospin current form factor in this model and compare our results with the known exact expressions for the S-matrix and the form factor in the continuum limit. As a technical improvement, we introduce a two-cluster simulation algorithm which leads to significantly reduced statistical errors in the calculation of four-point correlation functions.
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ScienceDirect - Nuclear Physics B : How to calculate the elastic scattering matrix in two-dimensional quantum field theories by numerical simulation
%0 Journal Article
%1 Lüscher1990222
%A Lüscher, Martin
%A Wolff, Ulli
%D 1990
%J Nuclear Physics B
%K d=2 excited_states spectroscopy
%N 1
%P 222 - 252
%R DOI: 10.1016/0550-3213(90)90540-T
%T How to calculate the elastic scattering matrix in two-dimensional quantum field theories by numerical simulation
%U http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6TVC-4719HH2-C1/2/86325a5e828837efbaa5326950ce4640
%V 339
%X A method to calculate the elastic scattering amplitude at low energies in two-dimensional quantum field theories is proposed and tested in a numerical simulation of the O(3) non-linear sigma-model on a simple square lattice. We also compute the isospin current form factor in this model and compare our results with the known exact expressions for the S-matrix and the form factor in the continuum limit. As a technical improvement, we introduce a two-cluster simulation algorithm which leads to significantly reduced statistical errors in the calculation of four-point correlation functions.
@article{Lüscher1990222,
abstract = {A method to calculate the elastic scattering amplitude at low energies in two-dimensional quantum field theories is proposed and tested in a numerical simulation of the O(3) non-linear [sigma]-model on a simple square lattice. We also compute the isospin current form factor in this model and compare our results with the known exact expressions for the S-matrix and the form factor in the continuum limit. As a technical improvement, we introduce a two-cluster simulation algorithm which leads to significantly reduced statistical errors in the calculation of four-point correlation functions.},
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author = {Lüscher, Martin and Wolff, Ulli},
biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2762cd51b849e41585dae86da8bcb87aa/tobias_qft_tpi},
description = {ScienceDirect - Nuclear Physics B : How to calculate the elastic scattering matrix in two-dimensional quantum field theories by numerical simulation},
doi = {DOI: 10.1016/0550-3213(90)90540-T},
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issn = {0550-3213},
journal = {Nuclear Physics B},
keywords = {d=2 excited_states spectroscopy},
number = 1,
pages = {222 - 252},
timestamp = {2009-05-26T13:29:46.000+0200},
title = {How to calculate the elastic scattering matrix in two-dimensional quantum field theories by numerical simulation},
url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6TVC-4719HH2-C1/2/86325a5e828837efbaa5326950ce4640},
volume = 339,
year = 1990
}