Exact local correlations in kicked chains

We show that local correlators in a wide class of kicked chains can be calculated exactly at light-cone edges. Extending previous works on circuit lattice systems, the correlators between local operators are expressed through the expectation values of transfer matrices T with small dimensions. For dual-unitary kicked chains, with spatial-temporal symmetry of the dynamics, this provides a full characterization of local correlators. Furthermore, we identify a remarkable family of dual-unitary models where an explicit information on the spectrum of T is available. For this class of models we provide a closed analytical formula for the corresponding two-point correlators. The results are exemplified on the kicked Ising spin chain model.