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Emptiness formation probability and quantum Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov equation

  • Max Planck Institute for Mathematics
  • Université Paris VI

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Abstract

We consider the one-dimensional XXX spin-1/2 Heisenberg antiferromagnet at zero temperature and zero magnetic field. We are interested in a probability of formation of a ferromagnetic string P(n) in the antiferromagnetic ground-state. We call it emptiness formation probability (EFP). We suggest a new technique for computation of the EFP in the inhomogeneous case. It is based on the quantum Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov equation (qKZ). We calculate EFP for n≤6 for inhomogeneous case. The homogeneous limit confirms our hypothesis about the relation of quantum correlations and number theory. We also make a conjecture about a structure of EFP for arbitrary n.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)417-439
Number of pages23
JournalNuclear Physics, Section B
Volume658
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - May 19 2003

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