An exact mapping between loop-erased random walks and an interacting field theory with two fermions and one boson

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 As Contributors: Assaf Shapira · Kay Joerg Wiese Arxiv Link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.07899v1 (pdf) Date submitted: 2020-06-16 Submitted by: Shapira, Assaf Submitted to: SciPost Physics Discipline: Physics Subject area: Statistical and Soft Matter Physics Approach: Theoretical

Abstract

We give a simplified proof for the equivalence of loop-erased random walks to a lattice model containing two complex fermions, and one complex boson. This equivalence works on an arbitrary directed graph. Specifying to the $d$-dimensional hypercubic lattice, at large scales this theory reduces to a scalar $\phi^4$-type theory with two complex fermions, and one complex boson. While the path integral for the fermions is the Berezin integral, for the bosonic field we can either use a complex field $\phi(x)\in \mathbb C$ (standard formulation) or a nilpotent one satisfying $\phi(x)^2 =0$. We discuss basic properties of the latter formulation, which has distinct advantages in the lattice model.

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Submission 2006.07899v1 on 16 June 2020