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One-point functions in finite volume/temperature: a case study

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We consider finite volume (or equivalently, finite temperature) expectation values of local operators in integrable quantum field theories using a combination of numerical and analytical approaches. It is shown that the truncated conformal space approach, when supplemented with a recently proposed renormalization group, can be sufficiently extended to the low-energy regime that it can be matched with high precision by the low-temperature expansion proposed by Leclair and Mussardo. Besides verifying the consistency of the two descriptions, their combination leads to an evaluation of expectation values which is valid to a very high precision for all volume/temperature scales. As a side result of the investigation, we also discuss some unexpected singularities in the framework recently proposed by Pozsgay and Takács for the description of matrix elements of local operators in finite volume, and show that while some of these singularities are resolved by the inclusion of the class of exponential finite size corrections known as μ-terms, these latter corrections themselves lead to the appearance of new singularities. We point out that a fully consistent description of finite volume matrix elements is expected to be free of singularities, and therefore a more complete and systematic understanding of exponential finite size corrections is necessary.

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  1. Department of Theoretical Physics, Eötvös University, 1117, Budapest, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/A, Hungary

    I.M. Szécsényi

  2. Department of Theoretical Physics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 1111, Budapest, Budafoki út 8, Hungary

    G. Takács

  3. MTA-BME “Momentum” Statistical Field Theory Research Group, 1111, Budapest, Budafoki út 8, Hungary

    G. Takács

  4. Department of Mathematics, King’s College London, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS, U.K.

    G.M.T. Watts

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Szécsényi, I., Takács, G. & Watts, G. One-point functions in finite volume/temperature: a case study. J. High Energ. Phys. 2013, 94 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2013)094

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