Thermodynamic Bethe ansatz for the AII sigma-models

TL;DR

This paper derives thermodynamic Bethe ansatz equations for the SU(2N)/Sp(N) sigma model, confirming the S-matrix and establishing Y-systems linked to lattice models, advancing understanding of integrable quantum field theories.

Contribution

It provides the first derivation of TBA equations for the SU(2N)/Sp(N) sigma model and connects these to known Y-systems from lattice model studies.

Findings

Confirmed the correctness of the S-matrix for the model.

Derived TBA equations describing vacuum energy.

Established the relation of Y-systems to lattice models.

Abstract

We derive thermodynamic Bethe ansatz equations describing the vacuum energy of the SU(2N)/Sp(N) nonlinear sigma model on a cylinder geometry. The starting points are the recently-proposed amplitudes for the scattering among the physical, massive excitations of the theory. The analysis fully confirms the correctness of the S-matrix. We also derive closed sets of functional relations for the pseudoenergies (Y-systems). These relations are shown to be the k-->infinity limit of the Sp(k+1)-related systems studied some years ago by Kuniba and Nakanishi in the framework of lattice models.