Random Magnetic Fields, Supersymmetry, and Negative Dimensions

G. Parisi and N. Sourlas
Phys. Rev. Lett. 43, 744 – Published 10 September 1979
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Abstract

We prove the equivalence, near the critical point, of a D-dimensional spin system in a random external magnetic field with a (D2)-dimensional spin system in the absence of a magnetic field. This is due to the hidden supersymmetry of the associated stochastic differential equation. We identify a space with one anticommuting coordinate with a space having negative dimensions -2.

  • Received 26 June 1979

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.43.744

©1979 American Physical Society

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G. Parisi

  • Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Frascati, Italy

N. Sourlas

  • Laboratoire de Physique Théorique de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure, 75231 Paris Cédex 05, France

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Vol. 43, Iss. 11 — 10 September 1979

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