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Interacting finite-size magnons. (English) Zbl 1147.35350

Summary: We explicitly construct a large class of finite-volume two-magnon string solutions moving on \(\mathbb R\times S^2 \). In particular, by making use of the relationship between the \(O(3)\) sigma model and sine-Gordon theory we are able to find solutions corresponding to the periodic analogues of magnon scattering and breather-like solutions. After semi-classically quantizing these solutions we invert the implicit expressions for the excitation energies in certain limits and find the corrections for the multi-magnon states. For the breather-like solutions, we express the energies directly in terms of the action variable whereas for the scattering solution we express the result as a combination of corrections to the dispersion relation and to the scattering phase.

MSC:

35Q53 KdV equations (Korteweg-de Vries equations)
35Q51 Soliton equations