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Twin Peaks

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2017-08-23 v2

Abstract

The on-shell imaginary part of the retarded selfenergy of massive \vr4\vr^4 theory in 1+1 dimensions is logarithmically infrared divergent. This leads to a zero in the spectral function, separating its usual bump into two. The twin peaks interfere in time-dependent correlation functions, which causes oscillating modulations on top of exponential-like decay, while the usual formulas for the decay rate fail. We see similar modulations in our numerical results for a mean field correlator, using a Hartree ensemble approximation.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0008122,
  title  = {Twin Peaks},
  author = {M. Salle and J. Smit and J. C. Vink},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0008122},
  year   = {2017}
}

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Presented at SEWM 2000, language corrections