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arxiv: 0911.3345 · v2 · pith:JYF372PPnew · submitted 2009-11-17 · ❄️ cond-mat.stat-mech · hep-th

Quantum Quenches in Integrable Field Theories

classification ❄️ cond-mat.stat-mech hep-th
keywords fieldintegrablelocallongoperatorquenchestimescare
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We study the non equilibrium time evolution of an integrable field theory in 1+1 dimensions after a sudden variation of a global parameter of the Hamiltonian. For a class of quenches defined in the text, we compute the long times limit of the one point function of a local operator as a series of form factors. Even if some subtleties force us to handle this result with care, there is a strong evidence that for long times the expectation value of any local operator can be described by a generalized Gibbs ensemble with a different effective temperature for each eigenmode.

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