Finite temperature correlations in the one-dimensional quantum Ising model Original Research Article

We extend the form-factors approach to the quantum Ising model at finite temperature. The two-point function of the energy is obtained in closed form, while the two-point function of the spin is written as a Fredholm determinant. Using the approach of Korepin et al., we obtain, starting directly from the continuum formulation, a set of six differential equations satisfied by this two-point function. Four of these equations involve only space-time derivatives, of which three are equivalent to the equations obtained earlier. In addition, we obtain two new equations involving a temperature derivative. Some of these results are generalized to the Ising model on the half line with a magnetic field at the origin.