Ring frustration and factorizable correlation functions of critical spin rings

Abstract

Basing on the exactly solvable prototypical model, the critical transverse Ising ring with or without ring frustration, we establish the concept of nonlocality in a many-body system in the thermodynamic limit by defining the nonlocal factors embedded in its factorizable correlation functions. In the context of nonlocality, the valuable traditional finite-size scaling analysis is reappraised. The factorizable correlation functions of the isotropic $XY$ and the spin-1/2 Heisenberg models are also demonstrated with the emphasis on the effect of ring frustration.