Finite-size scaling exponents of the Lipkin-Meshkov-Glick model

We study the ground state properties of the critical Lipkin-Meshkov-Glick model. Using the Holstein-Primakoff boson representation, and the continuous unitary transformation technique, we compute explicitly the finite-size scaling exponents for the energy gap, the ground state energy, the magnetization, and the spin-spin correlation functions. Finally, we discuss the behavior of the two-spin entanglement in the vicinity of the phase transition.     

Large-N scaling behavior of the Lipkin-Meshkov-Glick model

We introduce a novel semiclassical approach to the Lipkin model. In this way the well-known phase transition arising at the critical value of the coupling is intuitively understood. New results--showing for strong couplings the existence of a threshold energy which separates deformed from undeformed states as well as the divergence of the density of states at the threshold energy--are explained straightforwardly and in quantitative terms by the appearance of a double well structure in a classical system corresponding to the Lipkin model. Previously unnoticed features of the eigenstates near the threshold energy are also predicted and found to hold.     

General entanglement scaling laws from time evolution

We establish a general scaling law for the entanglement of a large class of ground states and dynamically evolving states of quantum spin chains: we show that the geometric entropy of a distinguished block saturates, and hence follows an entanglement-boundary law. These results apply to any ground state of a gapped model resulting from dynamics generated by a local Hamiltonian, as well as, dually, to states that are generated via a sudden quench of an interaction as recently studied in the case of dynamics of quantum phase transitions. We achieve these results by exploiting ideas from quantum information theory and tools provided by Lieb-Robinson bounds. We also show that there exist noncritical fermionic systems and equivalent spin chains with rapidly decaying interactions violating this entanglement-boundary law. Implications for the classical simulatability are outlined.     

Some more universal scaling laws for critical mappings

We study such nonlinear mappingsx _n +1=F(x _n ;b _cr) of an intervalI into itself for which the Feigenbaum scaling laws hold (i.e., for which b_cr is an accumulation point of bifurcation points). Letx ₀ be a random variable with some absolutely continuous distribution inI. We show in particular that (i) the geometric average distance ofx _n from the nearest point of the attractor decreases liken ^–1.93387; (ii) the geometric average of ¦x _n /x ₀¦ increases liken ^0.60; (iii) the geometric mean distance ¦x _n –y _n ¦ between the iterates of two close-by pointsx ₀,y ₀ asymptotically tends towards a value ¦x ₀–y ₀¦^0.77. These-and other-properties are also borne out from a simple probabilistic model which depicts the evolution as a random walklike process.     

Boundary effects in the critical scaling of entanglement entropy in 1D systems

We present exact diagonalization and density matrix renormalization group results for the entanglement entropy of critical spin-1/2 XXZ chains. We find that open boundary conditions induce an alternating term in both the energy density and the entanglement entropy which are approximately proportional, decaying away from the boundary with a power law. The power varies with anisotropy along the critical line and is corrected by a logarithmic factor, which we calculate analytically, at the isotropic point. A heuristic resonating valence bond explanation is suggested.     

Two-threshold model for scaling laws of noninteracting snow avalanches

The sizes of snow slab failure that trigger snow avalanches are power-law distributed. Such a power-law probability distribution function has also been proposed to characterize different landslide types. In order to understand this scaling for gravity-driven systems, we introduce a two-threshold 2D cellular automaton, in which failure occurs irreversibly. Taking snow slab avalanches as a model system, we find that the sizes of the largest avalanches just preceding the lattice system breakdown are power-law distributed. By tuning the maximum value of the ratio of the two failure thresholds our model reproduces the range of power-law exponents observed for land, rock, or snow avalanches. We suggest this control parameter represents the material cohesion anisotropy.     

Thermodynamical limit of the Lipkin-Meshkov-Glick model

A method based on the analysis of the Majorana polynomial roots is introduced to compute the spectrum of the Lipkin-Meshkov-Glick model in the thermodynamical limit. A rich structure made of four qualitatively different regions is revealed in the parameter space, whereas the ground state study distinguishes between only two phases.     

On theq-analogue of the Lipkin-Meshkov-Glick model

The Lipkin-Meshkov-Glick model Hamiltonian is written in terms of SU _q (2) quantum algebra generators. The exact solution for two interacting fermions is found and the meaning of the deformation parameter is discussed.     

Environment induced entanglement in many-body mesoscopic systems

We show that two, non-interacting, infinitely long spin chains can become globally entangled at the mesoscopic level of their fluctuation operators through a purely noisy microscopic mechanism induced by the presence of a common heat bath. By focusing on a suitable class of mesoscopic observables, the behaviour of the dissipatively generated quantum correlations between the two chains is studied as a function of the dissipation strength and bath temperature.     

Scaling laws for the decay of multiqubit entanglement

We investigate the decay of entanglement of generalized N-particle Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ) states interacting with independent reservoirs. Scaling laws for the decay of entanglement and for its finite-time extinction (sudden death) are derived for different types of reservoirs. The latter is found to increase with N. However, entanglement becomes arbitrarily small, and therefore useless as a resource, much before it completely disappears, around a time which is inversely proportional to the number of particles. We also show that the decay of multiparticle GHZ states can generate bound entangled states.     

Experimental quantum simulation of entanglement in many-body systems

We employ a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) quantum information processor to simulate the ground state of an XXZ spin chain and measure its NMR analog of entanglement, or pseudoentanglement. The observed pseudoentanglement for a small-size system already displays a singularity, a signature which is qualitatively similar to that in the thermodynamical limit across quantum phase transitions, including an infinite-order critical point. The experimental results illustrate a successful approach to investigate quantum correlations in many-body systems using quantum simulators.     

Electroproduction and annihilation scaling laws in a dual model

Scaling laws for large virtual photon mass (q²) in electroproduction and annihilation are studied in the framework of a simple planar dual model. We find, as has recently been conjectured, that the scaling behaviour depends on the number of space-time dimensions spanned by large momenta. In particular, for a certain range of parameters in the model, we find that the annihilation cross section is dominated by the one-dimensional configuration and increases with q² relative to its canonical behaviour while the electroproduction total cross section is dominated by the two-dimensional configuration and has the canonical Bjorken scaling behavior. In general the scaling laws and therefore the structure of events in the model are distinctively different from the conventional parton model. The problem of consistency of planar dual tree diagrams with unitarity sum rules is discussed.     

Analytical verification of scaling laws for the Ising model with external field in fractal lattices

We use an exact recursion procedure to verify analytically, without any intermediary numerical calculation, the validity of the hyperscaling (Josephson) law extended to fractals, the Rushbrooke and Griffiths scaling laws for the Ising ferromagnet with external magnetic field in the whole family of Migdal-Kadanoff-like hierarchical lattices.     

Confinement scaling laws for the conventional reversed-field pinch

Mechanical behavior of the Si(111)/Si(3)N4(0001) interface is studied using million atom molecular dynamics simulations. At a critical value of applied strain parallel to the interface, a crack forms on the silicon nitride surface and moves toward the interface. The crack does not propagate into the silicon substrate; instead, dislocations are emitted when the crack reaches the interface. The dislocation loop propagates in the (1; 1;1) plane of the silicon substrate with a speed of 500 (+/-100) m/s. Time evolution of the dislocation emission and nature of defects is studied.     

Lipkin-Meshkov-Glick模型中的能级劈裂与宇称振荡研究

Lipkin-Meshkov-Glick (LMG)模型原本描述的是核物理系统,然而近年来,人们发现它广泛存在于凝聚态物理、量子信息、量子光学中,因此对其研究兴趣正在升温.本文采用精确对角化的方法以及量子微扰理论计算和分析了LMG模型在费米子数量为有限N时的能谱结构.在U(1)极限下给出它的能级精确解,发现其相互交错成渔网结构.而离开U(1)极限,系统的能级总是奇偶宇称成对地分组,形成束缚态,并且宇称会发生振荡,给出了宇称交叉点的临界塞曼场的位置.而达到Z2极限,系统能级则在零塞曼场附近形成劈裂,解析地计算了这些能隙与塞曼场之间关系,并发现对于奇数和偶数的N,各能态宇称的行为有所差别,具体而言,奇数N系统各态在零塞曼场处会发生宇称改变,而偶数N不会.     

Allometric scaling laws of metabolism

One of the most pervasive laws in biology is the allometric scaling, whereby a biological variable Y is related to the mass M of the organism by a power law, Y=Y₀M^b, where b is the so-called allometric exponent. The origin of these power laws is still a matter of dispute mainly because biological laws, in general, do not follow from physical ones in a simple manner. In this work, we review the interspecific allometry of metabolic rates, where recent progress in the understanding of the interplay between geometrical, physical and biological constraints has been achieved.

For many years, it was a universal belief that the basal metabolic rate (BMR) of all organisms is described by Kleiber's law (allometric exponent b=3/4). A few years ago, a theoretical basis for this law was proposed, based on a resource distribution network common to all organisms. Nevertheless, the 3/4-law has been questioned recently. First, there is an ongoing debate as to whether the empirical value of b is 3/4 or 2/3, or even nonuniversal. Second, some mathematical and conceptual errors were found these network models, weakening the proposed theoretical arguments. Another pertinent observation is that the maximal aerobically sustained metabolic rate of endotherms scales with an exponent larger than that of BMR. Here we present a critical discussion of the theoretical models proposed to explain the scaling of metabolic rates, and compare the predicted exponents with a review of the experimental literature. Our main conclusion is that although there is not a universal exponent, it should be possible to develop a unified theory for the common origin of the allometric scaling laws of metabolism.