Logarithmic Conformal Field Theory and Boundary Effects in the Dimer Model
N. Sh. Izmailian, V. B. Priezzhev, Philippe Ruelle, Chin-Kun Hu
Abstract
We study the finite-size corrections of the dimer model on
∞×N
square lattice with two different boundary conditions: free and periodic. We find that the finite-size corrections in a crucial way depend on the parity of
N
; we also show that such unusual finite-size behavior can be fully explained in the framework of the
c=−2
logarithmic conformal field theory.