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Changrim Ahn

Ewha Womans University · Physics and Astronomy

About the Lab

Professor Changrim Ahn's research lab specializes in integrable quantum field theories, conformal field theories, and their applications to string theory and statistical mechanics. The lab focuses on exact solutions in 2D quantum field theories, including S-matrix theory, boundary effects, and finite-size corrections, with strong connections to AdS/CFT duality and lattice integrable models. Key research directions include fractional supersymmetry, soliton scattering, and the construction of exact S-matrices for models such as the supersymmetric sine-Gordon theory and AdS3/CFT2. The lab also explores connections between integrable field theories and exactly solvable lattice models via algebraic structures like the Onsager algebra.

integrable field theoriesS-matrix theoryAdS/CFT dualityconformal field theorieslattice models

Research Overview

Papers
104
Total Citations
1,866
Papers (5y)
20
Primary Field
Physics and Astronomy

Research Output Trend

Figures are computed from collected data and may differ slightly.

Publications per year (5y)
20total
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Citations per year (5y)
43total
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Selected Papers

15
1
Article|210 citations·1990
Fractional supersymmetries in perturbed coset CFTs and integrable soliton theory
Changrim Ahn, Denis Bernard, André LeClair
SJR Q1Nuclear Physics BOA

We study integrable perturbations of the coset CFTs. The models are characterized by two fractional supersymmetries that are dual to each other. Generally, these models can be considered as restrictions of new integrable field theories we call fractional super soliton field theories. We study the connections with other models such as perturbations of WZW models, super sine-Gordon theory, Gross-Neveu models, and principal chiral models.

Statistical and Nonlinear PhysicsPhysics and Astronomy
2
Article|134 citations·2008
𝒩 = 6 super Chern-Simons theoryS-matrix and all-loop Bethe ansatz equations
Changrim Ahn, Rafael I. Nepomechie
SJR Q1Journal of High Energy PhysicsOA
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsPhysics and Astronomy
3
Article|81 citations·1991
Complete S-matrices of supersymmetric sine-gordon theory and perturbed superconformal minimal model
Changrim Ahn
SJR Q1Nuclear Physics BOA

We derive the first complete S-matrices of the supersymmetric sine-Gordon theory for a general value of coupling constant. The spectrum includes not only solitons and antisolitons but also their bound states. The S-matrices are computed based on the soliton S-matrix which was obtained from the S-matrix of perturbed superconformal unitary model. After constructing a superconformal non-unitary model from the coset CFT with admissible representations, we derive the S-matrices of the perturbed super

Statistical and Nonlinear PhysicsPhysics and Astronomy
4
Article|76 citations·2002
Exact one-point function of N=1 super-Liouville theory with boundary
Changrim Ahn, Chaiho Rim, M. Stanishkov
SJR Q1Nuclear Physics BOA
Geometry and TopologyMathematics
5
Article|59 citations·2008
Neumann-Rosochatius integrable system for strings onAdS4× ℂℙ3
Changrim Ahn, P. Bozhilov, R. C. Rashkov
SJR Q1Journal of High Energy PhysicsOA
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsPhysics and Astronomy
6
Article|58 citations·2004
One-point functions of N=2 super-Liouville theory with boundary
Changrim Ahn, M. Stanishkov, Masayoshi Yamamoto
SJR Q1Nuclear Physics BOA
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsPhysics and Astronomy
7
Article|52 citations·1999
Boundary flows in general coset theories
Changrim Ahn, Chaiho Rim
Journal of Physics A Mathematical and GeneralOA

In this paper we study the boundary effects for off-critical integrable field theories which have close analogs with integrable lattice models. Our models are the $SU(2)_{k}\otimes SU(2)_{l}/SU(2)_{k+l}$ coset conformal field theories perturbed by integrable boundary and bulk operators. The boundary interactions are encoded into the boundary reflection matrix. Using the TBA method, we verify the flows of the conformal BCs by computing the boundary entropies. These flows of the BCs have direct in

Geometry and TopologyMathematics
8
Article|40 citations·2014
Finite-size giant magnons on η -deformedAdS5×S5
Changrim Ahn, P. Bozhilov
SJR Q1Physics Letters BOA

We consider strings moving in the Rt×Sη3 subspace of the η-deformed AdS5×S5 and obtain a class of solutions depending on several parameters. They are characterized by the string energy and two angular momenta. Finite-size dyonic giant magnon belongs to this class of solutions. Further on, we restrict ourselves to the case of giant magnon with one nonzero angular momentum, and obtain the leading finite-size correction to the dispersion relation.

Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsPhysics and Astronomy
9
Article|38 citations·1994
Thermodynamics and form factors of supersymmetric integrable field theories
Changrim Ahn
SJR Q1Nuclear Physics BOA
Geometry and TopologyMathematics
10
Article|38 citations·2013
EXACT S-MATRICES FOR AdS3/CFT2
Changrim Ahn, Diego Bombardelli
SJR Q2International Journal of Modern Physics AOA

We propose exact S-matrices for the AdS 3 / CFT 2 duality between type IIB strings on AdS 3 ×S 3 ×M 4 with M 4 = S 3 ×S 1 or T 4 and the corresponding two-dimensional conformal field theories. We fix the two-particle S-matrices on the basis of the symmetries su(1|1) and su(1|1)×su(1|1). A crucial justification comes from the derivation of the all-loop Bethe ansatz matching exactly the recent conjecture proposed by Babichenko et al. [J. High Energy Phys.1003, 058 (2010), arXiv:0912.1723 [hep-th]]

Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsPhysics and Astronomy
11
Article|38 citations·1991
ONSAGER ALGEBRA AND INTERGRABLE LATTICE MODELS
Changrim Ahn, Kazuyasu Shigemoto
SJR Q2Modern Physics Letters A

We derive many integrable lattice from the Ising and superintegrable chiral Potts models using the Onsager algebra. For each of these models, we also construct a class of integrable models from the automorphisms of the Onsager algebra. The extension of the Onsager algebra and associated intergrable models are considered.

Statistical and Nonlinear PhysicsPhysics and Astronomy
12
Article|36 citations·2011
Three-point correlation functions of giant magnons with finite size
Changrim Ahn, P. Bozhilov
SJR Q1Physics Letters BOA
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsPhysics and Astronomy
13
Article|34 citations·2009
Dark energy properties in DBI theory
Changrim Ahn, Chanju Kim, Eric V. Linder
Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D, Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmologyOA

The Dirac-Born-Infeld (DBI) action from string theory provides several new classes of dark energy behavior beyond quintessence due to its relativistic kinematics. We constrain parameters of natural potentials and brane tensions with cosmological observations as well as showing how to design these functions for a desired expansion history. We enlarge the attractor solutions, including new ways of obtaining cosmological constant behavior, to the case of generalized DBI theory with multiple branes.

Astronomy and AstrophysicsPhysics and Astronomy
14
Article|33 citations·2003
Finite size effects in the XXZ and sine-Gordon models with two boundaries
Changrim Ahn, Rafael I. Nepomechie
SJR Q1Nuclear Physics BOA
Geometry and TopologyMathematics
15
Article|32 citations·2010
Finite-size effect for four-loop Konishi of the β-deformed SYM
Changrim Ahn, Zoltán Bajnok, Diego Bombardelli, Rafael I. Nepomechie
SJR Q1Physics Letters BOA
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsPhysics and Astronomy

Research Areas

Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsGeometry and TopologyStatistical and Nonlinear PhysicsBiomedical EngineeringAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsCondensed Matter Physics

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