Equilibrium states for the massive Sine-Gordon theory in the Lorentzian signature

TL;DR

This paper constructs equilibrium states for the massive Sine-Gordon model in 2D Minkowski spacetime, proving convergence of correlation functions in the adiabatic limit using advanced quantum field theory techniques.

Contribution

It combines perturbative algebraic quantum field theory with constructive QFT methods to establish the existence and convergence of equilibrium states in Lorentzian signature.

Findings

Convergence of S-matrix power series on generic fields.

Construction of correlation functions in the adiabatic limit.

Proof of strong operator topology convergence in GNS representations.

Abstract

In this paper we investigate the massive Sine-Gordon model in the ultraviolet finite regime in thermal states over the two-dimensional Minkowski spacetime. We combine recently developed methods of perturbative algebraic quantum field theory with techniques developed in the realm of constructive quantum field theory over Euclidean spacetimes to construct the correlation functions of the equilibrium state of the Sine-Gordon theory in the adiabatic limit. First of all, the observables of the Sine-Gordon theory are seen as functionals over the free configurations and are obtained as a suitable combination of the S-matrices of the interaction Lagrangian restricted to compact spacetime regions over the free massive theory. These S-matrices are given as power series in the coupling constant with values in the algebra of fields over the free massive theory. Adapting techniques like conditioning and inverse conditioning to spacetimes with Lorentzian signature, we prove that these power series converge when evaluated on a generic field configuration. The latter observation implies convergence in the strong operator topology in the GNS representations of the considered states. In the second part of the paper, adapting the cluster expansion technique to the Lorentzian case, we prove that the correlation functions of the interacting equilibrium state at finite temperature (KMS state) can be constructed also in the adiabatic limit, where the interaction Lagrangian is supported everywhere in space.