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Past exam of the quantum Condensed Matter Field Theory course of the University of Cambridge 2014 Paper 1 1 e Solution by
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Choose the reference staggered direction so its classical moment is positive. The Bogoliubov vacuum has , henceNear each soft point the integrand is proportional to , so the one-dimensional thermodynamic integral diverges logarithmically. The ordered-reference expansion fails; it does not predict a physical negative magnetization. Long-range Néel order is destroyed in this isotropic one-dimensional setting. The exact finite symmetric ground state also has zero staggered expectation without selecting a direction.
For linearly dispersing modes in dimensions, zero-temperature depletion behaves as and is infrared finite for , allowing order in suitable two- and three-dimensional antiferromagnets. Finite depletion is not a guarantee for every frustrated quantum magnet. At nonzero temperature, the extra Bose occupation changes the singularity to : short-range isotropic systems cannot sustain continuous-symmetry long-range order for . This thermal conclusion is distinct from the one-dimensional zero-point argument.
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