International Journal of Modern Physics B

Finite Temperature Correlations of the Ising Chain in a Transverse Field

Subir Sachdev A

Published Jan 20, 1997• 6 citations

Abstract

Recent work on the finite temperature correlators of the Ising chain in a transverse field is reviewed. The crossover phase diagram in the coupling-constant and temperature plane is discussed, and various exact results and conjectures for static and dynamic correlators are presented.

DOI: 10.1142/s0217979297000083

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