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Weak-Coupling Limit of the Lattice Nonlinear Schr\"odinger Integral Equation

Mathematical Physics 2026-03-24 v2 Statistical Mechanics High Energy Physics - Theory math.MP Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems

Abstract

We study the ground-state integral equation of the quantum lattice nonlinear Schr\"odinger model -- equivalently the isotropic Heisenberg XXX spin chain with spin s=1s = -1 -- in the weak-coupling limit. Unlike the continuous Lieb--Liniger equation, whose driving term is a constant, the lattice equation is doubly singular: both the driving term and the integral kernel degenerate into δ\delta-functions as κ0\kappa \to 0. We develop a matched asymptotic expansion with three regions -- inner, outer, and edge. We show that the Fourier transform of the rescaled inner solution is exactly the Bose--Einstein distribution, and the peak density diverges logarithmically with a constant CC, which we determine analytically via two independent routes and confirm numerically. A duality with the Love integral equation for the circular disc capacitor yields the total density expansion. We prove an identity for the inner energy, allowing us to obtain the ground-state energy per site. From the Wiener--Hopf factorisation of the edge boundary layer, we identify the instanton action and predict a resurgent transseries structure.

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@article{arxiv.2603.09522,
  title  = {Weak-Coupling Limit of the Lattice Nonlinear Schr\"odinger Integral Equation},
  author = {Felipe Taha Sant'Ana},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.09522},
  year   = {2026}
}

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41 pages, 6 tables, 3 figures