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Non-gaussianity of the critical 3d Ising model

High Energy Physics - Theory 2017-08-11 v4 Statistical Mechanics Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We discuss the 4pt function of the critical 3d Ising model, extracted from recent conformal bootstrap results. We focus on the non-gaussianity Q - the ratio of the 4pt function to its gaussian part given by three Wick contractions. This ratio reveals significant non-gaussianity of the critical fluctuations. The bootstrap results are consistent with a rigorous inequality due to Lebowitz and Aizenman, which limits Q to lie between 1/3 and 1.

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@article{arxiv.1612.02436,
  title  = {Non-gaussianity of the critical 3d Ising model},
  author = {Slava Rychkov and David Simmons-Duffin and Bernardo Zan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1612.02436},
  year   = {2017}
}

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10 pages, 6 figures; v2: refs added; v3: refs updated, published version; v4: acknowledgement added