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Karol K. Kozlowski

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arXiv2026

Asymptotic analysis of a Fredholm determinant occurring in the description of the dynamical correlation functions of the Lieb--Liniger Bose gas

We perform a large-$x$ asymptotic analysis of the Fredholm determinant of an integrable integral operator with generalized sine kernel, where $x$ controls the strength of the oscillations along the integration contour of the operator and will play the role of the distance variable in applications to the correlation functions of integrable quantum systems. Our generalized sine kernel involves a number of functional parameters that will allow us to adapt it to the analysis of the dynamical correlation functions of the Lieb--Liniger model at finite temperature and for all positive values of the coupling constant. It will also allow us to consider a class of equilibrium correlation functions that are governed by generalized Gibbs ensembles. Our work is based on the analysis of a matrix Riemann--Hilbert problem that is canonically connected with our integrable integral operator.

math-ph↗
arXiv2026

Form factors of field exponentials in the 1+1 dimensional Sine-Gordon model

This work provides explicit expressions, in all sectors of the Fock space: soliton, antisoliton and breather, for the fundamental building blocks -the form factors- of the generalised integral kernels which represent the exponential of the field operator in the 1+1 dimensional Sine-Gordon quantum field theory. The obtained form factors reproduce the various results obtained earlier in the literature using, in particular, the free field approach.

math-ph↗
arXiv2026

Large deviations of the periodic Toda chain

This work establishes a large deviation principle for the spectral measure of the Lax matrix associated to the periodic Toda chain of $N$ particles, subject to a generalised Gibbs measure. This large deviation principle is governed by a rate function which can be regarded as a generalisation of the free energy of the system. Such a large deviation principle is proven both for the model when the momentum is constrained to be zero and when it is allowed to fluctuate. Moreover, the large deviation principle is proven directly at the level of the representation of the generalised Gibbs partition function given in terms of the variables realising the classical separation of variables, \textit{i.e.} rectifying the equations of motion. As such, this work paves the way towards the computation of the thermodynamic limit of dynamical correlation functions in the Toda chain subject to generalised Gibbs ensemble statistics.

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arXiv2025

Ballistic particle transport and Drude weight in gases

Owing to the fact that the particle current operator in non-relativistic gases is proportional to the total momentum operator, the particle transport in such systems is always ballistic and fully characterized by a Drude weight $Δ$. The Drude weight can be calculated within linear response theory. It is given by the formula $Δ= 2 πD$, where $D$ is the density of the gas. This holds in any dimension and for every equilibrium ensemble, in particular for generalized Gibbs ensembles that describe possible equilibrium states of isolated integrable quantum systems. In the canonical ensemble case, the Drude weight can be equivalently obtained from a generalized susceptibility related to the fluctuations of the conserved particle current. Such susceptibility can be rigorously calculated for the integrable Lieb-Liniger Bose gas in any generalized Gibbs ensemble using a generalized Yang-Yang thermodynamic formalism. The resulting expression agrees with a prediction made within the context of generalized hydrodynamics. It also allows us to see explicitly that, within truly generalized Gibbs ensembles, the conductivity related with the particle current is not determined by the corresponding current-current auto-correlation function.

cond-mat.quant-gas↗
arXiv2025

Spin conductivity of the XXZ chain in the antiferromagnetic massive regime

We present a series representation for the dynamical two-point function of the local spin current for the XXZ chain in the antiferromagnetic massive regime at zero temperature. From this series we can compute the correlation function with very high accuracy up to very long times and large distances. Each term in the series corresponds to the contribution of all scattering states of an even number of excitations. These excitations can be interpreted in terms of an equal number of particles and holes. The lowest term in the series comprises all scattering states of one hole and one particle. This term determines the long-time large-distance asymptotic behaviour which can be obtained explicitly from a saddle-point analysis. The space-time Fourier transform of the two-point function of currents at zero momentum gives the optical spin conductivity of the model. We obtain highly accurate numerical estimates for this quantity by numerically Fourier transforming our data. For the one-particle, one-hole contribution, equivalently interpreted as a two-spinon contribution, we obtain an exact and explicit expression in terms of known special functions. For large enough anisotropy, the two-spinon contribution carries most of the spectral weight, as can be seen by calculating the f-sum rule.

cond-mat.stat-mech↗
arXiv2025

Wightman axiomatics of the bootstrap construction of the 1+1 dimensional Sinh-Gordon model

The integrable bootstrap program allows one to express the tempered distributions associated with the multipoint functions of the integrable 1+1 dimensional Sinh-Gordon quantum field theory by means of explicit series. The convergence of the latter is an open problem that was only solved for the two-point case. In this work, by taking for granted the convergence of these series, we show that these expressions satisfy all of the Wightman axioms. This thus shows that, upon a yet to be proven convergence property, the integrable bootstrap based construction of correlation functions does lead to a quantum field theory.

math-ph↗
arXiv2025

Low-temperature spectrum of the quantum transfer matrix of the XXZ chain in the massless regime

The free energy per lattice site of a quantum spin chain in the thermodynamic limit is determined by a single `dominant' Eigenvalue of an associated quantum transfer matrix in the infinite Trotter number limit. For integrable quantum spin chains, related with solutions of the Yang-Baxter equation, an appropriate choice of the quantum transfer matrix enables to study its spectrum, e.g.\ by means of the algebraic Bethe Ansatz. In its turn, the knowledge of the full spectrum allows one to study its universality properties such as the appearance of a conformal spectrum in the low-temperature regime. More generally, accessing the full spectrum is a necessary step for deriving thermal form factor series representations of the correlation functions of local operators for the spin chain under consideration. These are statements that have been established by physicists on a heuristic level and that are calling for a rigorous mathematical justification. In this work we implement certain aspects of this programme with the example of the XXZ quantum spin chain in the antiferromagnetic massless regime and in the low-temperature limit. We rigorously establish the existence, uniqueness and characterise the form of the solutions to the non-linear integral equations that are equivalent to the Bethe Ansatz equations for the quantum transfer matrix of this model. This allows us to describe that part of the quantum transfer matrix spectrum that is related to the Bethe Ansatz and that does not collapse to zero in the infinite Trotter number limit. Within the considered part of the spectrum we rigorously identify the dominant Eigenvalue and show that those correlations lengths that diverge in the low-temperature limit are given, to the leading order, by the spectrum of the free Boson $c=1$ conformal field theory. This rigorously establishes a long-standing conjecture present in the physics literature.

math-ph↗
arXiv2024

On the equilibrium measure for the Lukyanov integral

In 2000, Lukyanov conjectured that a certain ratio of $N$-fold integrals should provide access, in the large-$N$ regime, to the ground state expectation value of the exponential of the Sinh-Gordon quantum field in 1+1 dimensions and finite volume $R$. This work aims at rigorously constructing the fundamental objects necessary to address the large-$N$ analysis of such integrals. More precisely, we construct and establish the main properties of the the equilibrium measure minimising a certain $N$-dependent energy functional that naturally arises in the study of the leading large-$N$ behaviour of the Lukyanov integral. Our construction allows us to heuristically advocate the leading term in the large-$N$ asymptotic behaviour of the mentioned ratio of Lukyanov integrals, hence supporting Lukyanov's prediction -- obtained by other means -- on the exponent $σ$ of the power-law $N^σ$ term of its asymptotic expansion as $N\rightarrow + \infty$.

math-ph↗
arXiv2023

Thermal form-factor expansion of the dynamical two-point functions of local operators in integrable quantum chains

Evaluating a lattice path integral in terms of spectral data and matrix elements pertaining to a suitably defined quantum transfer matrix, we derive form-factor series expansions for the dynamical two-point functions of arbitrary local operators in fundamental Yang-Baxter integrable lattice models at finite temperature. The summands in the series are parameterised by solutions of the Bethe Ansatz equations associated with the eigenvalue problem of the quantum transfer matrix. We elaborate on the example of the XXZ chain for which the solutions of the Bethe Ansatz equations are sufficiently well understood in certain limiting cases. We work out in detail the case of the spin-zero operators in the antiferromagnetic massive regime at zero temperature. In this case the thermal form-factor series turn into series of multiple integrals with fully explicit integrands. These integrands factorize into an operator-dependent part, determined by the so-called Fermionic basis, and a part which we call the universal weight as it is the same for all spin-zero operators. The universal weight can be inferred from our previous work. The operator-dependent part is rather simple for the most interesting short-range operators. It is determined by two functions $ρ$ and $ω$ for which we obtain explicit expressions in the considered case. As an application we rederive the known explicit form-factor series for the two-point function of the magnetization operator and obtain analogous expressions for the magnetic current and the energy operators.

cond-mat.stat-mech↗
arXiv2023

Bootstrap approach to 1+1 dimensional integrable quantum field theories: the case of the Sinh-Gordon model

1+1 dimensional integrable quantum field theories correspond to a sparse subset of quantum field theories where the calculation of physically interesting observables can be brought to explicit, closed and manageable expressions thanks to the factorisability of the S matrices which govern the scattering in these models. In particular, the correlation functions are expressed in terms of explicit series of multiple integrals, this non-perturbatively for all values of the coupling. However, the question of convergence of these series, and thus the mathematical well-definiteness of these correlators, is mostly open. This paper reviews the overall setting used to formulate such models and discusses the recent progress relative to solving the convergence issues in the case of the 1+1 dimensional massive integrable Sinh-Gordon quantum field theory.

math-ph↗
arXiv2023

Multi-point correlation functions in the boundary XXZ chain at finite temperature

We consider multi-point correlation functions in the open XXZ chain with longitudinal boundary fields and in a uniform external magnetic field. We show that, at finite temperature, these correlation functions can be written in the quantum transfer matrix framework as sums over thermal form factors. More precisely, and quite remarkably, each term of the sum is given by a simple product of usual matrix elements of the quantum transfer matrix multiplied by a unique factor containing the whole information about the boundary fields. As an example, we provide a detailed expression for the longitudinal spin one-point functions at distance $m$ from the boundary. This work thus solves the long-standing problem of setting up form factor expansions in integrable models subject to open boundary conditions.

nlin.SI↗
arXiv2021

A thermal form factor series for the longitudinal two-point function of the Heisenberg-Ising chain in the antiferromagnetic massive regime

We consider the longitudinal dynamical two-point function of the XXZ quantum spin chain in the antiferromagnetic massive regime. It has a series representation based on the form factors of the quantum transfer matrix of the model. The $n$th summand of the series is a multiple integral accounting for all $n$-particle $n$-hole excitations of the quantum transfer matrix. In previous works the expressions for the form factor amplitudes appearing under the integrals were either again represented as multiple integrals or in terms of Fredholm determinants. Here we obtain a representation which reduces, in the zero-temperature limit, essentially to a product of two determinants of finite matrices whose entries are known special functions. This will facilitate the further analysis of the correlation function.

cond-mat.stat-mech↗
arXiv2021

Completeness of SoV Representation for $\mathrm{SL}(2,\mathbb R)$ Spin Chains

This work develops a new method, based on the use of Gustafson's integrals and on the evaluation of singular integrals, allowing one to establish the unitarity of the separation of variables transform for infinite-dimensional representations of rank one quantum integrable models. We examine in detail the case of the $\mathrm{SL}(2,\mathbb R)$ spin chains.

math-ph↗
arXiv2021

Dressed energy of the XXZ chain in the complex plane

We consider the dressed energy $\varepsilon$ of the XXZ chain in the massless antiferromagnetic parameter regime at $0 < Δ< 1$ and at finite magnetic field. This function is defined as a solution of a Fredholm integral equation of the second kind. Conceived as a real function over the real numbers it describes the energy of particle-hole excitations over the ground state at fixed magnetic field. The extension of the dressed energy to the complex plane determines the solutions to the Bethe Ansatz equations for the eigenvalue problem of the quantum transfer matrix of the model in the low-temperature limit. At low temperatures the Bethe roots that parametrize the dominant eigenvalue of the quantum transfer matrix come close to the curve ${\rm Re}\, \varepsilon (λ) = 0$. We describe this curve and give lower bounds to the function ${\rm Re}\, \varepsilon$ in regions of the complex plane, where it is positive.

math-ph↗
arXiv2021

Exact real-time longitudinal correlation functions of the massive XXZ chain

We apply the recently developed thermal form factor expansion method to evaluate the real-time longitudinal spin-spin correlation functions of the spin-$\frac{1}{2}$ XXZ chain in the antiferromagnetically ordered regime at temperature $T=0$. An analytical result containing all types of excitations in the model is obtained, without any approximations. This allows for the accurate calculation of the real-time correlation functions in this strongly interacting quantum system for arbitrary distances and times.

cond-mat.stat-mech↗
arXiv2020

Thermal form-factor approach to dynamical correlation functions of integrable lattice models

We propose a method for calculating dynamical correlation functions at finite temperature in integrable lattice models of Yang-Baxter type. The method is based on an expansion of the correlation functions as a series over matrix elements of a time-dependent quantum transfer matrix rather than the Hamiltonian. In the infinite Trotter-number limit the matrix elements become time independent and turn into the thermal form factors studied previously in the context of static correlation functions. We make this explicit with the example of the XXZ model. We show how the form factors can be summed utilizing certain auxiliary functions solving finite sets of nonlinear integral equations. The case of the XX model is worked out in more detail leading to a novel form-factor series representation of the dynamical transverse two-point function.

cond-mat.stat-mech↗
arXiv2020

Large deviations of energy transfers in nonequilibrium CFT and asymptotics of non-local Riemann-Hilbert problems

A wide class of $1+1$ dimensional unitary conformal field theories allows for an explicit construction of nonequilibrium "profile states" interpolating smoothly between different equilibria on the left and on the right. It has been recently established that the generating function for the full counting statistics of energy transfers in such states may be expressed in terms of the solution to a non-local Riemann-Hilbert problem. Following earlier works on the statistics of energy transfers, in particular the ones of Bernard-Doyon on the "partitioning protocol" in conformal field theory, the full counting statistics of energy transfers in the profile states was conjectured to satisfy a large deviation principle in the limit of long transfer-times. The present paper establishes rigorously this conjecture by carrying out the long-time asymptotic analysis of the underlying non-local Riemann-Hilbert problem.

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