Paul ZINN-JUSTIN

Researcher at the Laboratory since March 2004

Permanent place of employment:

• Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Modèles Statistiques, UMR 8626 du CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Bâtiment 100, F-91405 Orsay Cedex, France.

Current research interests:

Exactly Solvable Statistical Mechanics Models in Two Dimensions and Applications to Combinatorics. Matrix Models, Integrable Models.

Recent Seminars and Conferences:

• Conference "Geometry and Combinatorics in Physics", Moscow Independent University (Russia), 06/03/2004.
• Seminar "Knot Enumeration and Matrix Models", INRIA (France), 26/01/2004.
• Seminar "Matrix Models and Knot Theory", U.C. Davis (USA), 12-13/05/2003.
• Conference "Numerical Methods, Calculations and Simulations in Knot Theory and its Applications", San Francisco State University (USA), 03/05/2003.

Recent Publications:

1. P.Zinn-Justin, "The asymmetric ABAB matrix model", Europhys. Lett., 64 (6) (2003), 737--742.
2. J.L.Jacobsen, P.Zinn-Justin, "Matrix Models and the Enumeration of Alternating Tangles", Markov processes and Related Fields 2003 vol 9 no 2 (2003).
3. P.Zinn-Justin, J.-B.Zuber, "On some integrals over the U(N) unitary group and their large N limit", J. Phys. A36 (2003), 3173.
4. J.L.Jacobsen, P.Zinn-Justin, "Monochromatic path crossing exponents and graph connectivity in 2D percolation", Phys. Rev. E 66 (R) no 055102 (2002).
5. P.Zinn-Justin, "HCIZ integral and 2D Toda lattice hierarchy", Nucl. Phys. B634 (2002).