A bstract The zigzag model is a relativistic integrable N -body system describing the leading high-energy semiclassical dynamics on the worldsheet of long confining strings in massive adjoint two-dimensional QCD. We discuss quantization of this model. We demonstrate that to achieve a consistent quantization of the model it is necessary to account for the non-trivial geometry of phase space. The resulting Poincaré invariant integrable quantum theory is a close cousin of $$ T\overline{T} $$ T T ¯ deformed models.
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Assessing the influence of model inputs on performance of the EMT + VS soil moisture downscaling model for a large foothills region in Northern Colorado
- Award ID(s):
- 2312319
- PAR ID:
- 10614772
- Publisher / Repository:
- Elsevier
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Hydrology
- Volume:
- 650
- Issue:
- C
- ISSN:
- 0022-1694
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 132397
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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