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Equation 6 · Part 2 · Every Crystal Has Its Own Speed of Light

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∥[Ax(t),By]∥≤C e−(d(x,y)−cLR t)/ξ\lVert [A_x(t), B_y] \rVert \le C\, e^{-\left(d(x,y) - c_{\mathrm{LR}}\, t\right)/\xi}
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capped by an exponential in the distance between the sites minus the cone’s own reach: [displayed formula].

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Stated formally, the bound says that for two operators AxA_x and ByB_y acting on well-separated lattice sites x and y , the size of their commutator after evolving one of them forward in time t is capped by an exponential in the distance between the sites minus the cone’s own reach: ∥[Ax(t),By]∥≤C e−(d(x,y)−cLR t)/ξ\lVert [A_x(t), B_y] \rVert \le C\, e^{-\left(d(x,y) - c_{\mathrm{LR}}\, t\right)/\xi}.

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Stated formally, the bound says that for two operators AxA_x and ByB_y acting on well-separated lattice sites x and y , the size of their commutator after evolving one of them forward in time t is capped by an exponential in the distance between the sites minus the cone’s own reach: ∥[Ax(t),By]∥≤C e−(d(x,y)−cLR t)/ξ\lVert [A_x(t), B_y] \rVert \le C\, e^{-\left(d(x,y) - c_{\mathrm{LR}}\, t\right)/\xi}. where C and ξ\xi are constants fixed by the microscopic couplings and d(x,y) is the distance between the two sites on the lattice [ 1 ] . Outside the cone, where d(x,y) exceeds…

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