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Correlation function

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An expectation value of products of fields or observables, encoding propagation, response, and scattering information.

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Quantum field theoryCorrelation function

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Correlation functions encode QFT observables and dynamics.

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The target represents a state, property, observable, or state-dependent description associated with the source system or theory.

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Correlation functionFluctuation–dissipation theorem

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Fluctuation–dissipation relations express causal linear-response functions through appropriate equilibrium correlation or spectral functions under stationarity and thermal-equilibrium assumptions.

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The source supplies a substantive formal ingredient, dynamical sector, law, field content, or mechanism of the target theoretical framework.

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Correlation functionPropagator

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A propagator is a two-point correlation or Green function with a specified prescription.

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The target is a member or subtype of the broader source class.

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