Abstract
In quantum field theory with a mass gap correlation function between two spatially separated operators decays exponentially with the distance. This fundamental result immediately implies an exponential suppression of all higher point correlation functions, but the predicted exponent is not optimal. We argue that in a general quantum field theory the optimal suppression of a three-point function is determined by total distance from the operator locations to the Fermat-Steiner point. Similarly, for the higher point functions we conjecture the optimal exponent is determined by the solution of the Euclidean Steiner tree problem. We discuss how our results constrain operator spreading in relativistic theories.
| Original language | American English |
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| Article number | 128 |
| Journal | Journal of High Energy Physics |
| Volume | 2019 |
| Issue number | 4 |
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| State | Published - 1 Apr 2019 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We thank Slava Rychkov and David Simmons-Duffin for discussions. This work is supported by the BSF grant 2016186. The work of LA is supported by the Russian Academic Excellence Project ‘5-100’. AD is grateful to KITP for hospitality, where this work has been completed. The research at KITP was supported in part by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. NSF PHY-1748958.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, The Author(s).
Keywords
- Effective Field Theories
- Field Theories in Higher Dimensions
- Field Theories in Lower Dimensions
- Renormalization Regularization and Renormalons