Marginal perturbation theory of integrable XXX critical spin chains revisited: renormalon and power correction

TL;DR

This paper revisits the marginal perturbation theory of integrable critical spin chains, analyzing renormalon ambiguities and power corrections, revealing connections to sine-Gordon theory and fractional power effects for different spin values.

Contribution

It provides a detailed analysis of perturbative series and renormalon ambiguities in integrable spin chains, linking them to known quantum field theories and uncovering new fractional power corrections.

Findings

For s=1/2, relates to sine-Gordon bootstrap theory with coupling sign flip.

For s>1, identifies fractional power corrections of h^{2/s}.

Locates leading Borel plane singularity at t=1/s.

Abstract

In this work, inspired by recent work on resurgence of 2D integrable QFTs in the UV limit, we investigate the marginal perturbation theory of integrable critical spin chains for the small external field limit $h\rightarrow 0$ of the ground state energy. Starting from the Bethe equation, we generate the perturbative series in a natural running coupling constant and study its renormalon ambiguity/power correction. We found that for $s=\frac{1}{2}$, the perturbative series relates to the $\beta^2=8\pi^-$ sine-Gordon bootstrap theory with a sign flip of the coupling constant. On the other hand, for $s>1$, the leading singularity in the Borel plane is located at $t=\frac{1}{s}$ and generates fractional power corrections of the form $h^{\frac{2}{s}}$.