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Dynamical correlation functions in the Ising field theory

Statistical Mechanics 2024-12-11 v3 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We study finite temperature dynamical correlation functions of the magnetization operator in the one-dimensional Ising quantum field theory. Our approach is based on a finite temperature form factor series and on a Fredholm determinant representation of the correlators. While for space-like separations the Fredholm determinant can be efficiently evaluated numerically, for the time-like region it has convergence issues inherited from the form factor series. We develop a method to compute the correlation functions at time-like separations based on the analytic continuation of the space-time coordinates to complex values. Using this numerical technique, we explore all space-time and temperature regimes in both the ordered and disordered phases including short, large, and near-light-cone separations at low and high temperatures. We confirm the existing analytic predictions for the asymptotic behavior of the correlations except in the case of space-like correlations in the paramagnetic phase. For this case we derive a new closed form expression for the correlation length that has some unusual properties: it is a non-analytic function of both the space-time direction and the temperature, and its temperature dependence is non-monotonic.

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@article{arxiv.2406.05100,
  title  = {Dynamical correlation functions in the Ising field theory},
  author = {István Csépányi and Márton Kormos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.05100},
  year   = {2024}
}

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22+11 pages, 14+1 figures

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