The phase transition of the quantum Ising model is sharp

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Abstract: An analysis is presented of the phase transition of the quantum Ising model with transverse field on the d-dimensional hypercubic lattice. It is shown that there is a unique sharp transition. The value of the critical point is calculated rigorously in one dimension. The first step is to express the quantum Ising model in terms of a (continuous) classical Ising model in d+1 dimensions. A so-called `random-parity' representation is developed for the latter model, similar to the random-current representation for the classical Ising model on a discrete lattice. Certain differential inequalities are proved. Integration of these inequalities yields the sharpness of the phase transition, and also a number of other facts concerning the critical and near-critical behaviour of the model under study.


The quantum Ising model with transverse field on the \(d\)-dimensional hypercubic lattice is considered. For the model it is shown that there is a unique sharp transition. In one dimension the value of the critical point is calculated. The quantum Ising model is expressed in terms of a (continuous) classical Ising model in \(d+1\) dimension. The random-parity representation of the quantum Ising model is described. The approach used is to prove a family of differential inequalities. This parallels some known methods for the analysis of the phase transitions in percolation and Ising models on discrete lattices.











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