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Physics
691 research topics · 2739 questions
CTM inversion relations3 questions
Rigorous derivation of the surface and corner free energies of the anisotropic triangular-lattice Ising model: Baxter's product-form conjectures and the corner-factor gauge ambiguity
Rigorous foundation of the inversion-relation derivation of the bulk, surface and corner free energies of the square-lattice Ising model
Conjectured inversion relations for thermalized interaction-round-a-face lattice models built from rational conformal field theories
Exponential structure of the CTM spectrum3 questions
Algebraic and field-theoretic structure of the corner transfer matrix of the exact continuous matrix product state for the Lieb-Liniger model
Lattice-level foundation and domain of validity of the entanglement-spectrum–corner-Hamiltonian correspondence in open quantum spin chains
Analytic theory of the corner-transfer-matrix eigenvalue spectrum and its curvature-induced regularization at criticality for the Ising model on the hyperbolic plane
CTM operator product representation1 questions
CTM star-triangle relation2 questions
CTM and the eight-vertex model3 questions
Rigorous derivation of the corner free energy product formulae for integrable Potts and loop models, and the periodicity structure of their exponents
Rigorous derivation of the electric critical exponents and of the symmetric eight-vertex model
Rigorous foundation of the tail-operator construction of form factors in Belavin's -symmetric model and the determinant/Riemann–Hilbert structure of eight-vertex form factors
CTM and the density matrix2 questions
CTM and infinite PEPS contraction1 questions
CTM and order parameter3 questions
Single-valued hyperelliptic representation of the automorphism-invariant order-parameter combination of the chiral Potts model for arbitrary rapidities
Pair-correlation functions of the two-dimensional integrable N-state chiral Potts model
Chiral Potts order parameters from finite-lattice determinant representations: homogeneous and thermodynamic limits in general representations, and one-determinant form factors for the generators
CTM and hard-hexagon model1 questions
CTMRG3 questions
Kosterlitz–Thouless critical reduced field of the triangular Ising antiferromagnet in a field: controlled finite-bond-dimension extrapolation for -symmetric CTMRG and the asymptotics of the three-state Potts critical line
Robust lattice-tailored corner transfer matrix renormalization group for non-positive tensor networks on Archimedean lattices
Symmetry-adapted subspace-iteration CTMRG for two-dimensional tensor networks
density-matrix renormalization group(DMRG)2 questions
diagonal and non-diagonal scattering3 questions
First-principles derivation of the boundary entropy for the current-perturbed WZNW model: proving the diagonalize-and-normalize g-function procedure in a non-diagonal integrable quantum field theory
Modified crossing in exact S-matrices of 1+1d QFTs with non-invertible symmetries: dynamical verification and completion of the categorical bootstrap
Analytic characterization and field-theory realization of extremal charged S-matrices in 1+1 dimensions
dichromatic polynomial2 questions
Arbitrary-width structure of the Potts partition-function-zero accumulation locus on self-dual square-lattice strips (the Chang–Shrock conjecture)
The generalized Beraha conjecture for non-planar graphs: integer-Q eigenvalue cancellations, limiting curves, and density of flow roots for generalized Petersen graphs
difference property1 questions
dilogarithm identities2 questions
Removing the full-rank hypothesis from the cluster -variable periodicity derivation of higher-degree Rogers dilogarithm identities
Nil-DAHA and quantum dilogarithm derivations of Rogers-Ramanujan type identities: the Cherednik-Feigin quantum lift and dilogarithm identities for untwisted nonsimply-laced affine types
dilogarithm sum rules2 questions
Mechanism of DNA overstretching deformation3 questions
Quantitative microscopic account of the DNA overstretching transition: coexistence force, S-state structure, and sequence-dependent cooperativity
Open for about 12 yearsStructural organization and melting kinetics of overstretched DNA under defined topological constraint
Open for about 16 yearsSequence-dependent B-to-S kinetics, the B–S free-energy landscape, and hairpin-trapped reannealing among overstretched DNA structures
Open for about 11 years
Dolan–Grady relation2 questions
A Lusztig-type quantum group structure for the q-Onsager algebra at roots of unity: presentation, cyclic tridiagonal pairs, and non-abelian symmetry sectors of the open XXZ chain
Open for about 10 yearsOpen directions in the charge-pump characterization of SPT phases: pivot loops, the Onsager algebra, representation-SPTs, and equivariant families
Open for about 1 year
domain-wall boundary condition2 questions
Completing the steepest-descent asymptotics of two-dimensional Ising interface partition functions: wetting-pole residues and uniform ordering of exponentially small corrections
Open for about 1 yearArctic curves of the six-vertex model with partial domain-wall, reflecting-end, and half-turn boundary conditions: generic-weight determination and the domain-wall equivalence class
Open for about 8 years
dressed energy2 questions
dressed velocity1 questions
Drude weight3 questions
Sine-Gordon TBA and generalised hydrodynamics at generic coupling: Y-system equivalence, charge-conjugation-odd conserved quantities, and anomalous topological-charge transport beyond Euler scale
Rigorous foundations of the finite-temperature spin Drude weight of the gapless XXZ chain: charge completeness, incommensurate anisotropies, and the fractal (popcorn) structure
Open spin-transport problems for the integrable arbitrary-spin XXZ chain: low-temperature Drude weight, irrational anisotropy, the isotropic point, and Kohn-formula equivalence
Duality and Star-Triangle Transformations of Planar Ising Models1 questions
Entanglement spectrum and CTM spectrum1 questions
entropy production in integrable systems2 questions
Euler-scale transport2 questions
Open problems of ballistic macroscopic fluctuation theory: rigorous foundations, shock selection, subleading corrections, full counting statistics, and the non-integrable, quantum, and experimental frontiers
Well-definedness and shock-limited validity of the nonlinear projection formula for Euler-scale correlation functions
excited-state TBA3 questions
TBA/NLIE equations for monster potentials: the excited-state sector of the ODE/IM correspondence
TBA pseudo-energy reformulation of exact finite-volume expectation values and generalization to integrable quantum field theories with non-diagonal scattering beyond the sine-Gordon model
Excited-state g-functions from analytic continuation of the Tracy-Widom TBA
Face-type Yang–Baxter equation4 questions
Associative Yang-Baxter-type equation for fully dynamical (IRF-type) quantum R-matrices
Classification of integrable interaction-round-a-face models of qubits and of their integrable unitary boundary processes
Multiplicity-generalized conformal-field-theory construction of trigonometric -matrices and interaction-round-a-face weights (benchmark: the unrestricted adjoint face model)
Rigorous proof or refutation of the general-rank basic hypergeometric sum/integral identity and multi-spin IRF Yang-Baxter solution of Gahramanov and Jafarzade
face–vertex correspondence4 questions
Universal vertex-IRF transformation for quantum affine algebras: realizing generalized Belavin-Drinfeld data, extending the Balog-Dabrowski-Feher classification, infinite-dimensional evaluation, and the Whittaker-module link
Open for about 19 yearsCompleting the 20-vertex to solid-on-solid correspondence: explicit evaluation of the Boltzmann weight constants
Open for about 1 yearExact spectra and elliptic quantum-group structures for the q-deformed Inozemtsev and MZ' long-range spin chains
Open for about 2 yearsTwo-sided invertibility of cell maps and connecting-system hypotheses in the groupoid intertwiner-twist construction for the dynamical Yang-Baxter equation
Open for about 2 years
finite-entanglement scaling2 questions
Form factors and correlation function representation2 questions
Consistent form factor programme and physical interpretation of the minimal form factor ambiguity for integrable QFTs deformed by finitely many generalized perturbations
Open for about 2 yearsConvergence of the form-factor expansion of correlation functions in the 1+1-dimensional sinh-Gordon model beyond the space-like vacuum two-point function, and the sharp large-N asymptotics of its summands
Open for about 6 years
form-factor bootstrap3 questions
Quantum energy inequalities in interacting integrable quantum field theories beyond one-particle level: stress-tensor prefactor freedom, parity breaking, and higher particle numbers
Completing the form-factor bootstrap for -deformed integrable quantum field theories: higher-particle form factors and the fate of the kinematic residue equation
Thermodynamic form factor bootstrap for integrable quantum field theories with bound states and non-diagonal scattering
Fredholm determinant1 questions
fusion hierarchy2 questions
Closure relations and complete separation-of-variables spectrum characterization for twisted and Hubbard models
Open for about 7 yearsTrace conjectures and zero-pattern classification for the dilute loop model at : the conformal partition functions of critical site percolation on the triangular lattice
Open for about 3 years
Gaudin determinant1 questions
Gaussian/ critical line2 questions
Stochastic-geometry description of critical Ashkin–Teller interfaces: the boundary-operator map, the four fractal dimensions, SLE traces, and FK–spin duality in the extended conformal field theory
Critical behaviour of the ferromagnetic square-lattice Ashkin–Teller model: rigorous verification of the predicted critical exponents and transition order along the transition curves