Quantum entanglement and criticality of the antiferromagnetic Heisenberg model in an external field

By Lanczos exact diagonalization and the infinite time-evolving block decimation (iTEBD) technique, the two-site entanglement as well as the bipartite entanglement, the ground state energy, the nearest-neighbor correlations, and the magnetization in the antiferromagnetic Heisenberg (AFH) model under an external field are investigated. With increasing external field, the small size system shows some distinct upward magnetization stairsteps, accompanied synchronously with some downward two-site entanglement stairsteps. In the thermodynamic limit, the two-site entanglement, as well as the bipartite entanglement, the ground state energy, the nearest-neighbor correlations, and the magnetization are calculated, and the critical magnetic field h(c) = 2.0 is determined exactly. Our numerical results show that the quantum entanglement is sensitive to the subtle changing of the ground state, and can be used to describe the magnetization and quantum phase transition. Based on the discontinuous behavior of the first-order derivative of the entanglement entropy and fidelity per site, we think that the quantum phase transition in this model should belong to the second-order category. Furthermore, in the magnon existence region (h < 2.0), a logarithmically divergent behavior of block entanglement which can be described by a free bosonic field theory is observed, and the central charge c is determined to be 1.     

Scaling of geometric phases close to the quantum phase transition in the XY spin chain

We show that the geometric phase of the ground state in the XY model obeys scaling behavior in the vicinity of a quantum phase transition. In particular we find that the geometric phase is nonanalytical and its derivative with respect to the field strength diverges at the critical magnetic field. Furthermore, the universality in the critical properties of the geometric phase in a family of models is verified. In addition, since the quantum phase transition occurs at a level crossing or avoided level crossing and these level structures can be captured by the Berry curvature, the established relation between the geometric phase and quantum phase transitions is not a specific property of the XY model, but a very general result of many-body systems.     

Quantum criticality in an organic magnet

Exchange interactions between S=1/2 sites in piperazinium hexachlorodicuprate produce a frustrated bilayer magnet with a singlet ground state. We have determined the field-temperature phase diagram by high field magnetization and neutron scattering experiments. There are two quantum critical points: Hc1=7.5 T separates a quantum paramagnet phase from a three dimensional, antiferromagnetically ordered state while Hc2=37 marks the onset of a fully polarized state. The ordered phase, which we describe as a magnon Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC), is embedded in a quantum critical regime with short range correlations. A low temperature anomaly in the BEC phase boundary indicates that additional low energy features of the material become important near Hc1.     

The Critical Properties of One—Dimensional Extended Hubbard Model

In the framework of nonperturbative quantum field theory,the critical phenomena of one-dimensional extended Hubbard model (EHM) at half-filling are discussed from weak to intermediate interactions.After the EHM being mapped into two decoupled sine-Gordon models,the ground state phase diagram of the system is derived in an explicit way.It is confirmed that the coexisting phases appear in different interaction regimes which cannot be found by conventional theoretical methods.The diagram shows that there are seven different phase regions in the ground state,which seems not to be the same as previous discussions,especially the boundary between the phase separation and condensed phase regions.The phase transition properties of the model between various phase regions are studied in detail.     

On the phase structure of QCD in a finite volume

The chiral phase transition in QCD at finite chemical potential and temperature can be characterized for small chemical potential by its curvature and the transition temperature. The curvature is accessible to QCD lattice simulations, which are always performed at finite pion masses and in finite simulation volumes. We investigate the effect of a finite volume on the curvature of the chiral phase transition line. We use functional renormalization group methods with a two flavor quark-meson model to obtain the effective action in a finite volume, including both quark and meson fluctuation effects. Depending on the chosen boundary conditions and the pion mass, we find pronounced finite-volume effects. For periodic quark boundary conditions in spatial directions, we observe a decrease in the curvature in intermediate volume sizes, which we interpret in terms of finite-volume quark effects. Our results have implications for the phase structure of QCD in a finite volume, where the location of a possible critical endpoint might be shifted compared to the infinite-volume case.     

Numerical study of the one-dimensional quantum compass model

The ground state magnetic phase diagram of the one-dimensional quantum compass model (QCM) is studied using the numerical Lanczos method. A detailed numerical analysis of the low energy excitation spectrum is presented. The energy gap and the spin-spin correlation functions are calculated for finite chains. Two kind of the magnetic long-range orders, the Néel and a type of the stripe-antiferromagnet, in the ground state phase diagram are identified. Based on the numerical analysis, the first and second order quantum phase transitions in the ground state phase diagram are identified.     

Bipartite entanglement in the spin-1/2 Ising-Heisenberg planar lattice constituted of identical trigonal bipyramidal plaquettes

The bipartite entanglement is rigorously examined in the spin-1/2 Ising-Heisenberg planar lattice composed of identical inter-connected bipyramidal plaquettes at zero and finite temperatures using the quantity called concurrence. It is shown that the Heisenberg spins of the same plaquette are twice stronger entangled in the two-fold degenerate quantum ground state than in the macroscopically degenerate quantum chiral one. The bipartite entanglement with chiral features completely disappears below or exactly at the critical temperature of the model, while that with no chirality may survive even above the critical temperature of the model. Non-monotonous temperature variations of the concurrence clearly evidence the activation of the entangled Heisenberg states also above classical ground state as well as their re-appearance above the critical temperature of the model.     

Magnetism and phase separation in the ground state of the Hubbard model

We discuss the ground state magnetic phase diagram of the Hubbard model off half filling within the dynamical mean-field theory. The effective single-impurity Anderson model is solved by Wilson's numerical renormalization group calculations, adapted to symmetry broken phases. We find a phase separated, antiferromagnetic state up to a critical doping for small and intermediate values of U, but could not stabilize a Néel state for large U and finite doping. At very large U, the phase diagram exhibits an island with a ferromagnetic ground state. Spectral properties in the ordered phases are discussed. Received 9 January 2002 Published online 25 June 2002     

Phase Diagram and Structure of the Ground State of the Antiferromagnetic Ising Model on a Body-Centered Cubic Lattice

The Monte Carlo method has been used to study phase transitions and the structure of the ground state of the antiferromagnetic Ising model on a body-centered cubic lattice taking into account the interactions of nearest and next nearest neighbors. All possible magnetic structures of the ground state have been obtained for the first time as a function of the ratio of exchange interactions r. It is shown that six different orderings in the ground state are possible in the system as a function of the r value. The phase diagram of the dependence of the critical temperature on the interaction of the next nearest neighbors is constructed. For the first time, a narrow region (2/3 < r ≤ 0.75) is found in the diagram where the transition from the antiferromagnetic phase to the paramagnetic phase occurs as a first-order phase transition. It is shown that the competition between exchange interactions at the value r = 2/3 does not lead to the frustration and degeneracy of the ground state.     

The Kondo necklace model with planar anisotropy

We study the one-dimensional anisotropic Kondo necklace model at zero temperature through White's density matrix renormalization group technique. The ground state energy and the spin gap were calculated as a function of the exchange parameter for two anisotropy values. We found a finite critical point separating a Kondo singlet from an antiferromagnetic phase. The transition is highly congruent with a Kosterlitz–Thouless form. We observed that the critical point increases with the anisotropy.     

Phase diagrams in nonlocal Polyakov-Nambu-Jona-Lasinio models constrained by lattice QCD results

Based on lattice QCD-adjusted SU(2)f nonlocal Polyakov-Nambu-Jona-Lasinio (PNJL) models, we investigate how the location of the critical endpoint in the QCD phase diagram depends on the strenght of the vector meson coupling, as well as the Polyakov-loop (PL) potential and the form factors of the covariant model. The latter are constrained by lattice QCD data for the quark propagator. The strength of the vector coupling is adjusted such as to reproduce the slope of the pseudocritical temperature for the chiral phase transition at low chemical potential extracted recently from lattice QCD simulations. Our study supports the existence of a critical endpoint in the QCD phase diagram albeit the constraint for the vector coupling shifts its location to lower temperatures and higher baryochemical potentials than in the case without it.     

Magnetic fluids in an external field

Within mean field approximation we investigate the phase diagrams of magnetic fluids in presence of a magnetic field. In a finite field the magnetic phase transition is absent, but instead a line of first order liquid-liquid transitions ending in a critical point occurs for a magnetic interaction, which is sufficiently strong. Varying the magnetic field these critical points extend from the tricritical point at H=0 to a critical endpoint. For a fluid with Ising spins we calculate the critical lines and several tricritical exponents analytically. For Heisenberg fluids we obtain the phase diagrams from a numerical solution of the mean field equations of state. Received 20 March 1998     

Quantum ising model with staggered interaction

The spectrum of a quantum Ising model with staggered interaction is solved exactly for periodic, antiperiodic and free boundary conditions. The properties of the ground state and the excitation spectrum are investigated at the phase transition points, and the conformal theory and the finite size scaling hypothesis are tested along the critical line. The conformally invariant Hamiltonian is found to be independent of the staggering field in the finite size scaling limit.Work performed within the research program of the Sonderforschungsbereich 125     

含有Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya相互作用的自旋1键交替海森伯模型的量子相变和拓扑序标度

利用张量网络表示的无限矩阵乘积态算法研究了含有Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya (DM)相互作用的键交替海森伯模型的量子相变和临界标度行为.基于矩阵乘积态的基态波函数计算了系统的量子纠缠熵及非局域拓扑序.数据表明,随着键交替强度变化,系统从拓扑有序的Haldane相转变为局域有序的二聚化相.同时DM相互作用抑制了系统的二聚化,并最终打破系统的完全二聚化.另外,通过对相变点附近二聚化序的一阶导数和长程弦序的数值拟合,分别得到了此模型相变的特征临界指数a和b的值.结果表明,随着DM相互作用强度的增强, a逐渐减小,同时b逐渐增大. DM相互作用强度影响着此模型的临界行为.针对此模型的临界性质的研究,揭示了量子自旋相互作用的彼此竞争机制,对今后研究含有DM相互作用的自旋多体系统中拓扑量子相变临界行为提供一定的借鉴与参考.     

One-dimensional anisotropic Heisenberg model in the transverse magnetic field

The one-dimensional spin-1/2 XXZ model in a transverse magnetic field is studied. It is shown that the field induces a gap in the spectrum of the model with the easy-plane anisotropy. Using conformal invariance, the field dependence of the gap is found at small fields. The ground state phase diagram is obtained. It contains four phases with the long-range order of different types and a disordered phase. These phases are separated by critical lines, where the gap and the long-range order vanish. Using scaling estimates, the mean-field approach, and numerical calculations in the vicinity of all critical lines, we find the critical exponents of the gap and the long-range order. It is shown that the transition line between the ordered and disordered phases belongs to the universality class of the transverse Ising model.     

Phase separation of the Potts model in the square lattice

When the two dimensional q-color Potts model in the square lattice is quenched at zero temperature with Glauber dynamics, the energy decreases in time following an Allen-Cahn power law, and the system converges to a phase with energy higher than the ground state energy after an arbitrary large time when q>4. At low but finite temperature, it cesses to obey the power-law regime and orders after a very long time, which increases with q, and before which it performs a domain growth process which tends to be slower as q increases. We briefly present and comment numerical results on the ordering at nonzero temperature.     

Metamagnetic transitions in frustrated spin-ladders

Variational calculations of the magnetization curve at zero temperature are reported for two models of frustrated ladder spin systems with ferro-and antiferromagnetic interactions. The ground state of the models is either ferro-or antiferromagnetic depending on model parameters. The character of the transition from the ferro-to the antiferromagnetic state differs from that of the corresponding transition in the XXZ model and is characterized by the appearance of bound multimagnon states. The existence of these states is shown to result in magnetization jumps at certain external field values. The region of the phase diagram where such jumps occur was determined, and the corresponding critical field values were found.     

Simulation of the indium profile in InGaAs/GaAs quantum-size heterostructures

A new approach to describe phenomena attendant on the growth of thin InGaAs epitaxial layers by hydride MOCVD in terms of which the boundary gas layer is considered as quasi-liquid is suggested. A numerical model for simulating the concentration profiles of the components in quantum-well heterostructures is developed. It is based on the assumption that a state close to thermodynamic equilibrium exists near the interface. The concentration profiles are simulated by jointly solving equations that describe heterogeneous equilibria and material balance at the interface. The indium profiles in InGaAs/GaAs quantum-size heterostructures are simulated at various parameters of the epitaxy process, such as temperature, initial component ratio in the gas phase, and boundary layer thickness. The results obtained agree well with the available experimental data.     

Correlated insulated phase suggests bond order between band and mott insulators in two dimensions

We investigate the ground state phase diagram of the half-filled repulsive Hubbard model in two dimensions in the presence of a staggered potential Delta, the so-called ionic Hubbard model, using cluster dynamical mean-field theory. We find that for large Coulomb repulsion, U > Delta, the system is a Mott insulator (MI). For weak to intermediate values of Delta, on decreasing U, the Mott gap closes at a critical value Uc1(Delta) beyond which a correlated insulating phase with possible bond order is found. Further, this phase undergoes a first-order transition to a band insulator (BI) at Uc2(Delta) with a finite charge gap at the transition. For large Delta, there is a direct first-order transition from a MI to a BI with a single metallic point at the phase boundary.