On the asymptotic expansion of the correlators in the XX spin chain

Abstract

Using the XX- spin chain as an example we show that in general the asymptotic expansion of the correlator at large distances is not given by the sum over the low-lying particle-hole intermediate states. Only the first two terms in the expansion agree with the predictions of the Luttinger liquid theory. The other terms are in general given by the intermediate states with the particles and holes with the quantum numbers far away from the Fermi- points (at the distances of order of the length of the chain). We argue that the whole expansion cannot be described by the Luttinger liquid theory.