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It is known that a large class of smooth solutions ofCP n models can be constructed starting from holomorphic maps of an algebraic curve into complex projective spaces. Here we apply results from algebraic geometry to describe the energy spectrum and the parameter spaces for such models.
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Communicated by A. Jaffe
Work partially supported by Gruppo Nazionale di Fisica Matematica, CNR and Gruppo Nazionale per le Strutture Algebriche e Geometriche e Applicazioni, CNR
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Catenacci, R., Cornalba, M. & Reina, C. On the energy spectrum and parameter spaces of classicalCP n models. Commun.Math. Phys. 89, 375–386 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01214661
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