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arXiv:cond-mat/9303004

Conformal Invariance in Periodic Quantum Chains

Rudolf A. Römer, Bill Sutherland

Published Mar 2, 1993• 0 citations
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Abstract

We show how conformal invariance predicts the functional form of two-point correlators in one-dimensional periodic quantum systems. Numerical evidence for this functional form in a wide class of models --- including long-ranged ones --- is given and it is shown how this may be used to significantly speed up calculations of critical exponents.

DOI
10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/9303004

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