Solution

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Write , and . The Ising-chain Bogoliubov diagonalization uses the eigenvalues of the two-by-two Nambu matrix. For distinct paired modes , choose , and . The rotation satisfies , and its first transformed component is
The opposite signs of the paired angles preserve the canonical anticommutation relations. Self-paired spinless fermion modes have zero pairing and are treated directly as occupied or empty number levels; they do not require this paired-angle formula.
Both and occur in the sum, so the physical quasiparticle coefficient is , not . Consequently
This is the bulk quadratic result under the stipulated boundary simplification. Restoring the finite-chain parity sectors adjusts allowed modes and global excitation constraints. In the thermodynamic limit, the ground-state energy per site is
For , the bulk quasiparticle gap is . The requested three regimes are shown in the original sketch and discussed separately below.
Figure 1.
Ising-chain quasiparticle dispersion is flat at zero field and gapless at the critical field
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