Point Interactions in One Dimension and Holonomic Quantum Fields

We introduce and study a family of quantum fields, associated to δ-interactions in one dimension. These fields are analogous to holonomic quantum fields of Sato et al. in Holonomic quantum fields I–V (Publ. RIMS, Kyoto University, 14: 223–267, 1978; 15: 201–278, 1979; 15: 577–629, 1979; 15: 871-972, 1979; 16: 531–584, 1979). Corresponding field operators belong to an infinite-dimensional representation of the group in the Fock space of ordinary harmonic oscillator. We compute form factors of such fields and their correlation functions, which are related to the determinants of Schroedinger operators with a finite number of point interactions. It is also shown that these determinants coincide with tau functions, obtained through the trivialization of the det^*-bundle over a Grassmannian associated to a family of Schroedinger operators.     

Correlation Function of the Two-Dimensional Ising Model on a Finite Lattice: II

We calculate the pair correlation function and the magnetic susceptibility in the anisotropic Ising model on the lattice with one infinite and one finite dimension with periodic boundary conditions imposed along the second dimension. Using the exact expressions for lattice form factors, we propose formulas for arbitrary spin matrix elements, thus providing a possibility to calculate all multipoint correlation functions in the anisotropic Ising model on cylindrical and toroidal lattices. We analyze passing to the scaling limit.     

The magnetic susceptibility of two-dimensional Ising model on a finite-size lattice

The form factor representation of the correlation function of the 2D Ising model on a cylinder is generalized to the case of arbitrary arrangement of correlating spins. The magnetic susceptibility on a lattice, one of whose dimensions (N) is finite, is calculated in both the ferromagnetic and the paramagnetic region of the parameters of the model. The structure of singularities of susceptibility in the complex temperature plane at finite values of N and the transition to the thermodynamic limit N→∞ are discussed.     

On Painlevé/gauge theory correspondence

We elucidate the relation between Painlevé equations and four-dimensional rank one \(\mathcal {N} = 2\) theories by identifying the connection associated with Painlevé isomonodromic problems with the oper limit of the flat connection of the Hitchin system associated with gauge theories and by studying the corresponding renormalization group flow. Based on this correspondence, we provide long-distance expansions at various canonical rays for all Painlevé \(\tau \)-functions in terms of magnetic and dyonic Nekrasov partition functions for \(\mathcal {N} = 2\) SQCD and Argyres–Douglas theories at self-dual Omega background \(\epsilon _1 + \epsilon _2 = 0\) or equivalently in terms of \(c=1\) irregular conformal blocks.     

Painlevé Functions and Conformal Blocks

We outline recent developments relating Painlevé equations and 2D conformal field theory. Generic tau functions of Painlevé VI and Painlevé III₃ are written as linear combinations of c=1 conformal blocks and their irregular limits. This provides explicit combinatorial series representations of the tau functions, and helps to establish a connection formula for the tau function in the Painlevé VI case.     

Ising Correlations and Elliptic Determinants

Correlation functions of the two-dimensional Ising model on the periodic lattice can be expressed in terms of form factors—matrix elements of the spin operator in the basis of common eigenstates of the transfer matrix and translation operator. Free-fermion structure of the model implies that any multiparticle form factor is given by the pfaffian of a matrix constructed from the two-particle ones. Crossed two-particle form factors can be obtained by inverting a block of the matrix of linear transformation induced on fermions by the spin conjugation. We show that the corresponding matrix is of elliptic Cauchy type and use this observation to solve the inversion problem explicitly. Non-crossed two-particle form factors are then obtained using theta functional interpolation formulas. This gives a new simple proof of the factorized formulas for periodic Ising form factors, conjectured by A. Bugrij and one of the authors.     

Higher-rank isomonodromic deformations and W-algebras

Letters in Mathematical Physics - We construct the general solution of a class of Fuchsian systems of rank N as well as the associated isomonodromic tau functions in terms of semi-degenerate...     

Tau Functions for the Dirac Operator on the Cylinder

The goal of the present paper is to calculate the determinant of the Dirac operator with a mass in the cylindrical geometry. The domain of this operator consists of functions that realize a unitary one-dimensional representation of the fundamental group of the cylinder with n marked points. The determinant represents a version of the isomonodromic -function, introduced by M. Sato, T. Miwa and M. Jimbo. It is calculated by comparison of two sections of the det*-bundle over an infinite-dimensional grassmannian. The latter is composed of the spaces of boundary values of some local solutions to the Dirac equation. The principal ingredients of the computation are the formulae for the Green function of the singular Dirac operator and for the so-called canonical basis of global solutions on the 1-punctured cylinder. We also derive a set of deformation equations satisfied by the expansion coefficients of the canonical basis in the general case and find a more explicit expression for the -function in the simplest case n=2.Acknowledgement I would like to thank A. I. Bugrij and V. N. Roubtsov for constant support and numerous stimulating discussions. I am grateful to S. Pakuliak for his lectures on the infinite-dimensional grassmannians and boson-fermion correspondence. I would also like to express my gratitude to J. Palmer, whose clear ideas made this work possible.