The six-vertex model on a square lattice is “exactly solvable” because an exact formula for the free energy can be obtained by the Bethe ansatz. However, exact formulas for the correlations of local bulk observables, such as the orientation of the arrow at a given edge, are, in general, not available. In this Rapid Communication, we consider the isotropic “zero-field” six-vertex model at small $\Delta$. We derive the long-distance asymptotic formula of arrow-arrow correlations, which display power law decays with one anomalous exponent. Our method is based on an interacting fermion representation of the six-vertex model and does not use any information obtained from the exact solution.

• Received 11 July 2013

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.88.030103