Semiclassical approach to form factors in the sinh-Gordon model

Abstract Form factors in the sinh-Gordon model are studied semiclassically for small values of the parameter b ~ ħ 1/2 in the background of a radial classical solution, which describes a heavy exponential operator placed at the origin. For this purpose we use a generalization of the radial quantizat...

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Main Authors: Michael Lashkevich, Oleg Lisovyy, Tatiana Ushakova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2023-07-01
Series:Journal of High Energy Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2023)157
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Summary:Abstract Form factors in the sinh-Gordon model are studied semiclassically for small values of the parameter b ~ ħ 1/2 in the background of a radial classical solution, which describes a heavy exponential operator placed at the origin. For this purpose we use a generalization of the radial quantization scheme, well known for a massless boson field. We introduce and study new special functions which generalize the Bessel functions and have a nice interpretation in the Tracy-Widom theory of the Fredholm determinant solutions of the classical sinh-Gordon model. Form factors of the exponential operators in the leading order are completely determined by the classical solutions, while form factors of the descendant operators contain quantum corrections even in this approximation. The construction of descendant operators in two chiralities requires renormalizations similar to those encountered in the conformal perturbation theory.
ISSN:1029-8479