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Form factor approach to diagonal finite volume matrix elements in Integrable QFT

Balázs Pozsgay

Published Jan 1, 2013• 31 citations
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Abstract

We derive an exact formula for finite volume excited state mean values of local operators in 1+1 dimensional Integrable QFT with diagonal scattering. Our result is a non-trivial generalization of the LeClair-Mussardo series, which is a form factor expansion for finite size ground state mean values.

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We consider expectation values of local operators in (continuum) integrable models in a situation when the mean value is calculated in a single Bethe state with a large number of particles. We develop a form factor expansion for the thermodynamic limit of the mean value, which applies whenever the distribution of Bethe roots is given by smooth density functions. We present three applications of our general result: (i) in the framework of integrable quantum field theory (IQFT) we present a derivation of the LeClair–Mussardo formula for finite temperature one-point functions. We also extend the results to boundary operators in boundary field theories. (ii) We establish the LeClair–Mussardo formula for the non-relativistic 1D Bose gas in the framework of the algebraic Bethe ansatz (ABA). This way we obtain an alternative derivation of the results of Kormos et al for the (temperature dependent) local correlations using only the concepts of the ABA. (iii) In IQFT we consider the long-time limit of one-point functions after a certain type of global quench. It is shown that our general results imply the integral series found by Fioretti and Mussardo. We also discuss the generalized eigenstate thermalization hypothesis in the context of quantum quenches in integrable models. It is shown that a single mean value always takes the form of a thermodynamic average in a generalized Gibbs ensemble, although the relation to the conserved charges is rather indirect.
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