Correlation functions in integrable quantum field theory

Giuseppe Mussardo

Yixiong Chen

André LeClair, G. Mussardo

Finite temperature correlation functions in integrable quantum field theories are formulated only in terms of the usual, temperature-independent form factors, and certain thermodynamic filling fractions which are determined from the thermodynamic Bethe ansatz. Explicit expressions are given for the one- and two-point functions.

André LeClair, Giuseppe Mussardo

Finite temperature correlation functions in integrable quantum field theories are formulated only in terms of the usual, temperature-independent form factors, and certain thermodynamic filling fractions which are determined from the thermodynamic Bethe ansatz. Explicit expressions are given for the one and two-point functions. Typeset using REVTEX 1 I.

Jae Suk Park

Giuseppe Mussardo

Abstract Chapter 7 covers the main reasons for adopting the methods of quantum field theory (QFT) to study the critical phenomena. It presents both the canonical quantization and the path integral formulation of the field theories as well as the analysis of the perturbation theory. The chapter also covers transfer matrix formalism and the Euclidean aspects of QFT, the field theory of the Ising model, Feynman diagrams, correlation functions in coordinate space, the Minkowski space and the Legendre transformation and vertex functions. Everything in this chapter will be needed sooner or later, since it highlights most of the relevant aspects of quantum field theory.