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International Journal of Modern Physics A

EMPTINESS FORMATION PROBABILITY AND QUANTUM KNIZHNIK-ZAMOLODCHIKOV EQUATION

Herman E. Boos, V. E. Korepin, Fedor Aleksandrovich Smirnov

Published May 1, 2004• 5 citations
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Abstract

We consider the one-dimensional XXX spin 1/2 Heisenberg antiferromagnet at zero temperature and zero magnetic field. We are interested in a probability of a formation of a ferromagnetic string P(n) in the antiferromagnetic ground-state. We call it emptiness formation probability [EFP]. We suggest a new technique for computation of the EFP in the inhomogeneous case. It is based on the quantum Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov equation [qKZ]. We calculate EFP for n≤6 for the inhomogeneous case. The homogeneous limit confirms our hypothesis about the relation of quantum correlations and number theory. We also make a conjecture about a structure of EFP for arbrary n.

DOI
10.1142/s0217751x04020312

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