A correlation function measures the joint fluctuation of observables at separated points. For a scalar field, the connected two-point function is .
A two-point correlation function is the expectation of a product of fields or observables at two points. Its connected version subtracts the product of the one-point expectations.
The correlation length is the characteristic distance over which a connected correlation function decays. It diverges at an ordinary continuous critical point as .
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