| Special Lecture | |
| Topic: | Reflection Positivity and Infrared Bounds for Random Loop Models |
| Speaker: | Daniel Ueltschi |
| Affiliation: | University of Warwick, UK |
| Date: | Wednesday, December 19 |
| Time/Room: | 3:30pm - 4:30pm/S-101 |
The random loop representations of Toth ('93) and Aizenman-Nachtergaele ('94) can be extended to describe certain SU(2)-invariant spin-1 Heisenberg models. Quantum spin correlations are given in terms of loop correlations. Existence of long-range order can be proved with the method of reflection positivity and infrared bounds of Froehlich, Simon, Spencer ('76). Rather surprisingly, it applies to a regime of parameters where the quantum system is not reflection positive, and the results are distinct from those of Dyson, Lieb, Simon ('78).