Decay of correlations in finite Abelian lattice gauge theories

TL;DR

This paper analyzes how correlations decay in finite Abelian lattice gauge theories on b^4, providing bounds and leading order terms for correlations at large inverse coupling, extending previous results.

Contribution

It offers new bounds on correlation decay and explicit leading order calculations for expectations and two-point functions in finite Abelian lattice gauge theories.

Findings

Correlation decay bounds established for large inverse coupling

Leading order terms computed for spin expectations and two-point functions

Bounds on the size dependency of the lattice box

Abstract

In this paper, we study lattice gauge theory on \( \mathbb{Z}^4 \) with finite Abelian structure group. When the inverse coupling strength is sufficiently large, we give an upper bound on the decay of correlations of local functions and compute the leading order term for both the expected value of the spin at a given plaquette as well as for the two-point correlation function. Moreover, we give an upper bound on the dependency of the size of the box on which the model is defined. The results in this paper extend and refine results by Chatterjee and Borgs.