Overlap singularity and time evolution in integrable quantum field theory

• Published in: The journal of high energy physics 2018-08, Vol.2018 (8), p.1-78, Article 170
• Main Authors: Horváth, D. X., Kormos, M., Takács, G.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Boundary Quantum Field Theory; Classical and Quantum Gravitation; Computer simulation; Critical point; Elementary Particles; Field theory; High energy physics; Integrable Field Theories; Ising model; Mathematical models; Momentum; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Quantum Field Theories; Quantum Field Theory; Quantum Physics; Quantum theory; Regular Article - Theoretical Physics; Relativity Theory; String Theory; Time dependence
• ISSN: 1029-8479; 1029-8479
• DOI: 10.1007/JHEP08(2018)170

A bstract We study homogeneous quenches in integrable quantum field theory where the initial state contains zero-momentum particles. We demonstrate that the two-particle pair amplitude necessarily has a singularity at the two-particle threshold. Albeit the explicit discussion is carried out for special (integrable) initial states, we argue that the singularity is inevitably present and is a generic feature of homogeneous quenches involving the creation of zero momentum particles. We also identify the singularity in quenches in the Ising model across the quantum critical point, and compute it perturbatively in phase quenches in the quantum sine-Gordon model which are potentially relevant to experiments. We then construct the explicit time dependence of one-point functions using a linked cluster expansion regulated by a finite volume parameter. We find that the secular contribution normally linear in time is modified by a t ln t term. We additionally encounter a novel type of secular contribution which is shown to be related to parametric resonance. It is an interesting open question to resum the new contributions and to establish their consequences directly observable in experiments or numerical simulations.