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Auto-correlation Functions and Quantum Fluctuations of the Transverse Ising Chain by the Quantum Transfer Matrix Method

Statistical Mechanics 2010-09-02 v1

Abstract

The Quantum Transfer Matrix method based on the Suzuki-Trotter formulation is extended to dynamical problems. The auto-correlation functions of the Transverse Ising chain are derived by this method. It is shown that the Trotter-directional correlation function is interpreted as a Matsubara's temperature Green function and that the auto-correlation function is given by analytic continuation of the Green function. We propose the Trotter-directional correlation function is a new measure of the quantum fluctuation and show how it works well as a demonstration.

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@article{arxiv.1009.0066,
  title  = {Auto-correlation Functions and Quantum Fluctuations of the Transverse Ising Chain by the Quantum Transfer Matrix Method},
  author = {Makoto Inoue},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1009.0066},
  year   = {2010}
}

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18 pages, 9 figures