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arxiv: hep-ph/0008122 · v2 · pith:M7UXUUAWnew · submitted 2000-08-12 · ✦ hep-ph

Twin Peaks

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keywords decaymodulationspeakstwinusualapproximationbumpcauses
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The on-shell imaginary part of the retarded selfenergy of massive $\vr^4$ theory in 1+1 dimensions is logarithmically infrared divergent. This leads to a zero in the spectral function, separating its usual bump into two. The twin peaks interfere in time-dependent correlation functions, which causes oscillating modulations on top of exponential-like decay, while the usual formulas for the decay rate fail. We see similar modulations in our numerical results for a mean field correlator, using a Hartree ensemble approximation.

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