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American Physical Society, Physical Review D, 4(92), 2015

DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.92.045021

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Continuity of Scalar Fields With Logarithmic Correlations

Journal article published in 2015 by S. G. Rajeev, Evan Ranken
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
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Abstract

We apply select ideas from the modern theory of stochastic processes in order to study the continuity/roughness of scalar quantum fields. A scalar field with logarithmic correlations (such as a massless field in 1+1 spacetime dimensions) has the mildest of singularities, making it a logical starting point. Instead of the usual inner product of the field with a smooth function, we introduce a moving average on an interval which allows us to obtain explicit results and has a simple physical interpretation. Using the mathematical work of Dudley, we prove that the averaged random process is in fact continuous, and give a precise modulus of continuity bounding the short-distance variation. ; Comment: 14 pages, 4 figures