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The scaling limit of the two-dimensional Ising model in the plane of temperature and magnetic field defines a field theory which provides the simplest illustration of non-trivial phenomena such as spontaneous symmetry breaking and confinement. Here we discuss how Ising field theory also gives the simplest model for particle decay. The decay widths computed in this theory provide the obvious test ground for the numerical methods designed to study unstable particles in quantum field theories discretized on a lattice.
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Delfino, G. (2009). Particle Decay in Ising Field Theory with Magnetic Field. In: Sidoravičius, V. (eds) New Trends in Mathematical Physics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2810-5_15
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