Published January 2019 | Version v1
Journal article

Exact bosonic Matrix Product States (and holography)

  • 1. Jagiellonian University, Institute of Physics (Poland)

Description

We derive an exact formula for a matrix product state (MPS) representation (or a PEPS in higher number of dimensions) of the ground state of translationally invariant bosonic lattice systems in terms of a single one-dimensional Euclidean quantum mechanical path integral with sources. We explicitly evaluate the general formula in the special case of the one-dimensional Klein-Gordon harmonic chain, being a spatial discretization of 1+1 dimensional free boson QFT, obtaining an exact MPS with an infinite dimensional bond space. We analytically diagonalize the transfer matrix obtaining two Fock spaces with continuous modes and check that the exact MPS construction reproduces the correct correlation functions. We also comment on possible holographic interpretations.

Additional details

Identifiers

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
Journal Volume
2019
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 1-22
ISSN
1029-8479

Optional Information

Copyright
Copyright (c) 2019 The Author(s)