A conformally invariant limit of the critical lattice Ising model (Q1092537)

A detailed analysis of an expansion in powers of 1/N \((N\gg 1)\) for the Hamiltonian and the transfer-matrix of the Ising chain consisting of N sites is presented. A special attention is paid to a term proportional to 1/N closely related to the theory of free massless Majorana fermions. An effective Hamiltonian isomorphic to that in conformally invariant theory is derived. The eigenvectors of the Ising Hamiltonian are classified in the framework of conformal algebra representation theory. The momentum and the energy for these states are expressed through the central charge and conformal dimensions. A similar relation for the logarithms of the transfer-matrix eigenvalues is ascertained. These are complex-valued functions of a spectral parameter \(\theta\). A real part of such a function is shown to be proportional to sin \(\theta\), while an imaginary one to cos \(\theta\). A direct geometrical interpretation of the lattice spectral parameter in the context of the conformally invariant theory for fermions inhabiting a torus is indicated. In other words, these fermions are represented as analytic anticommuting variables double (anti) periodic in a complex plane. The value of the spectral parameter coincides with an angle beween these (anti) periods. A general scheme for the above expansion presumably suitable for a wide class of exactly solvable models is conjectured.