Optimal thermal clustering distinction between massless and massive theories

Let FA,B(x)F_{A,B}(\boldsymbol{x}) denote the spatial two-point correlation function of observables AA and BB at spatial separation x\boldsymbol{x} in a thermal relativistic quantum field theory. Write m=0m=0 for the massless case and m>0m>0 for the massive case. The conjectured optimality of the thermal decay theorem suggests the following bounds:

Optimal thermal clustering conjecture. In the massless case, the decay has the form

O(xδ)withδ1,O\left(|\boldsymbol{x}|^{-\delta}\right)\quad\text{with}\quad \delta\leq 1,

whereas in the massive case it has the form

O(xδ)withδ>1.O\left(|\boldsymbol{x}|^{-\delta}\right)\quad\text{with}\quad \delta>1.

This conjecture would give a sharp distinction between massless and massive thermal relativistic quantum field theories. The massless bound agrees with the x1|\boldsymbol{x}|^{-1} decay of the massless free field in 3+13+1 dimensions, while the corresponding optimal massive bound is expected to decay faster than x1|\boldsymbol{x}|^{-1}; the general claim is left open.

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Christian D. Jaekel and Walter F. Wreszinski, “A Goldstone Theorem in Thermal Relativistic Quantum Field Theory”, arXiv:1006.0256 (2010).

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