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MiS Preprint
38/1998
Asymptotics via steepest descent for an operator Riemann-Hilbert problem
Spyridon Kamvissis
Abstract
In this paper, we take the first step towards an extension of the nonlinear steepest descent method of Deift and Zhou to the case of operator Riemann-Hilbert problems. In particular, we provide long range asymptotics for a Fredholm determinant arising in the computation of the probability of finding a string of n adjacent parallel spins up in the antiferromagnetic ground state of the spin 1/2 XXX Heisenberg Chain. Such a determinant can be expressed in terms of the solution of an operator Riemann-Hilbert factorization problem.