Exact solution of Heisenberg model with site-dependent exchange couplings and Dzyloshinsky–Moriya interaction

We propose an integrable spin-1/2 Heisenberg model where the exchange couplings and Dzyloshinky–Moriya interactions are dependent on the sites. By employing the quantum inverse scattering method, we obtain the eigenvalues and the Bethe ansatz equation of the system with the periodic boundary condition. Furthermore, we obtain the exact solution and study the boundary effect of the system with the anti-periodic boundary condition via the off-diagonal Bethe ansatz. The operator identities of the transfer matrix at the inhomogeneous points are proved at the operator level. We construct the T –Q relation based on them. From which, we obtain the energy spectrum of the system. The corresponding eigenstates are also constructed. We find an interesting coherence state that is induced by the topological boundary.     

Exact solution of the Gaudin model with Dzyaloshinsky–Moriya and Kaplan–Shekhtman–Entin–Wohlman–Aharony interactions

We study the exact solution of the Gaudin model with Dzyaloshinsky–Moriya and Kaplan–Shekhtman–Entin–Wohlman–Aharony interactions. The energy and Bethe ansatz equations of the Gaudin model can be obtained via the off-diagonal Bethe ansatz method. Based on the off-diagonal Bethe ansatz solutions, we construct the Bethe states of the inhomogeneous X X X Heisenberg spin chain with the generic open boundaries. By taking a quasi-classical limit, we give explicit closed-form expression of the Bethe states of the Gaudin model. From the numerical simulations for the small-size system, it is shown that some Bethe roots go to infinity when the Gaudin model recovers the U(1) symmetry. Furthermore,it is found that the contribution of those Bethe roots to the Bethe states is a nonzero constant. This fact enables us to recover the Bethe states of the Gaudin model with the U(1) symmetry. These results provide a basis for the further study of the thermodynamic limit, correlation functions, and quantum dynamics of the Gaudin model.     

Exact soliton solutions in anisotropic ferromagnetic wires with Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction

We theoretically investigate the exact soliton solutions of anisotropic ferromagnetic wires with Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction. For example, we give the bright and black soliton solutions. From these results we find that the Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction affects the existence region of soliton, spin-wave transport, and soliton dynamic properties. As the Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction grows, the soliton width is widened, which provides a way to control the soliton dynamics.     

Thermal entanglement in the Heisenberg XXZ model with Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction

By the concept of negativity, we investigate the thermal entanglement in the two-spin $(\frac{1}{2},s)$ Heisenberg XXX and XXZ models in the presence of Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya $\left(DM\right)$ interactions respectively. Through calculation, we know that for the XXZ model, the $\Delta$ and $s$ can be used together to control the extent of entanglement and, in particular, to obtain large entanglement. The effect of spin in both models shows that it can increase the critical temperature and the negativity decreases as the spin increases. We found that the DM interaction has different effects on Fermi and Bose systems so it can not only excite entanglement but also affect the entanglement in different spin systems.     

Exact solution of entanglement of the double Jaynes-Cummings model without rotating wave approximation

This paper investigates the influences of atom-field coupling and dipole-dipole coupling for atoms on the entanglement between two atoms by means of concurrence. The results show that the sudden death occurs when the atom-field coupling is strong enough, and the collapse and the revival appear when the dipole-dipole interaction is strong enough.     

Renormalization of quantum discord and Bell nonlocality in the XXZ model with Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction

In this paper, we have investigated the dynamical behaviors of the two important quantum correlation witnesses, i.e. geometric quantum discord (GQD) and Bell–CHSH inequality in the XXZ model with DM interaction by employing the quantum renormalization group (QRG) method. The results have shown that the anisotropy suppresses the quantum correlations while the DM interaction can enhance them. Meanwhile, using the QRG method we have studied the quantum phase transition of GQD and obtained two saturated values, which are associated with two different phases: spin-fluid phase and the Néel phase. It is worth mentioning that the block–block correlation is not strong enough to violate the Bell–CHSH inequality in the whole iteration steps. Moreover, the nonanalytic phenomenon and scaling behavior of Bell inequality are discussed in detail. As a byproduct, the conjecture that the exact lower and upper bounds of Bell inequality versus GQD can always be established for this spin system although the given density matrix is a general X state.     

Staggered anisotropy parameter modification of the anisotropic t–J model

The anisotropic t–J model (U_q(gl(2|1)) Perk–Schultz model) with staggered disposition of the anisotropy parameter along a chain is considered and the corresponding ladder type integrable model is constructed. This is a generalisation to spin-1 case of the staggered XXZ spin-1/2 model considered earlier. The corresponding Hamiltonian is calculated and, since it contains next to nearest neighbour interaction terms, can be written in a zig-zag form. The algebraic Bethe ansatz technique is applied and the eigenstates, along with eigenvalues of the transfer matrix of the model are found.     

Microcanonical solution of the mean-field φ4 model: Comparison with time averages at finite size

We study the mean-field ${\phi }^4$ model in an external magnetic field in the microcanonical ensemble using two different methods. The first one is based on Rugh's microcanonical formalism and leads to express macroscopic observables, such as temperature, specific heat, magnetization and susceptibility, as time averages of convenient functions of the phase-space. The approach is applicable for any finite number of particles N. The second method uses large deviation techniques and allows us to derive explicit expressions for microcanonical entropy and for macroscopic observables in the $N\to \infty$ limit. Assuming ergodicity, we evaluate time averages in molecular dynamics simulations and, using Rugh's approach, we determine the value of macroscopic observables at finite N. These averages are affected by a slow time evolution, often observed in systems with long-range interactions. We then show how the finite N time averages of macroscopic observables converge to their corresponding $N\to \infty$ values as N is increased. As expected, finite size effects scale as $N^{-1}$.     

Quantum communication in spin chains with three-site and Dzyaloshinsky–Moriya interactions

We investigate an arbitrary single-qubit state transfer through spin chains with three-site and Dzyaloshinsky–Moriya interactions as well as the quantum discord transfer through double independent spin chains. It is shown that both the three-site and Dzyaloshinsky–Moriya interactions can improve the transfer quality in some cases and the influence of a combination of the three-site and Dzyaloshinsky–Moriya interactions is not simply a linear addition of each contribution. We also find that the three-site coupling may enhance the maximum discord more obviously while the Dzyaloshinsky–Moriya coupling may accelerate the maximum discord more effectively. Furthermore, we show that the quantum discord can always be transferred while the quantum entanglement has a threshold of minimum entanglement to be transferred and may experience entanglement sudden birth and death or even never receive any entanglement for some initial states.     

Exact solution of an integrable quantum spin chain with competing interactions

We construct an integrable quantum spin chain that includes the nearest-neighbor, next-nearest-neighbor, chiral three-spin couplings, Dzyloshinsky-Moriya interactions and unparallel boundary magnetic fields. Although the interactions in bulk materials are isotropic, the spins nearby the boundary fields are polarized, which induce the anisotropic exchanging interactions of the first and last bonds. The U(1) symmetry of the system is broken because of the off-diagonal boundary reflections. Using the off-diagonal Bethe ansatz, we obtain an exact solution to the system. The inhomogeneous T-Q relation and Bethe ansatz equations are given explicitly. We also calculate the ground state energy. The method given in this paper provides a general way to construct new integrable models with certain interesting interactions.     

Exact surface energy and elementary excitations of the XXX spin-1/2 chain with arbitrary non-diagonal boundary fields

We study the physical properties of the XXX spin-1/2 chain with arbitrary non-diagonal boundary fields. By using a combination of numerical analysis and analytical method, we obtain the surface energy and elementary excitations of the model. It shows that the contributions of the two boundary fields to the surface energy are additive. We also find that there exists a kind of excitations related to the boundary string.     

Excitation spectra of one-dimensional spin-1/2 Fermi gas with an attraction

Using an exact Bethe ansatz solution, we rigorously study excitation spectra of the spin-1/2 Fermi gas (called Yang–Gaudin model) with an attractive interaction. Elementary excitations of this model involve particle-hole excitation, hole excitation and adding particles in the Fermi seas of pairs and unpaired fermions. The gapped magnon excitations in the spin sector show a ferromagnetic coupling to the Fermi sea of the single fermions. By numerically and analytically solving the Bethe ansatz equations and the thermodynamic Bethe ansatz equations of this model, we obtain excitation energies for various polarizations in the phase of the Fulde–Ferrell–Larkin–Ovchinnikov-like state. For a small momentum (long-wavelength limit) and in the strong interaction regime, we analytically obtained their linear dispersions with curvature corrections, effective masses as well as velocities in particle-hole excitations of pairs and unpaired fermions. Such a type of particle-hole excitations display a novel separation of collective motions of bosonic modes within paired and unpaired fermions. Finally, we also discuss magnon excitations in the spin sector and the application of Bragg spectroscopy for testing such separated charge excitation modes of pairs and single fermions.     

Exact Solution of Two-Site Bose-Hubbard Model with Generic Open Boundaries

The Bose-Hubbard model is a paradigm for the study of strongly correlated bosonic systems. We study the two-site Bose-Hubbard model with generic integrable open boundaries specified by the most general non-diagonal reflecting matrices. Besides the inhomogeneous parameters, the model itself has three free boundary parameters, which break the U(1)-symmetry, in other words, break the particle number conservation. The Hamiltonian H under these circumstances is constructed. With the help of the off-diagonal Bethe Ansatz method, we successfully obtain the corresponding Bethe Ansatz equations as well as the eigenvalues.     

Algebraic Bethe Ansatz for the Osp(1|2) Model with Reflecting Boundaries

In the framework of graded quantum inverse scattering method, we obtain the eigenvalues and the eigenvectors of the Osp(l|2) model with reflecting boundary conditions in FBF background. The corresponding Bathe ansatz equations are obtained.     

Exact solution of the XXX Gaudin model with generic open boundaries

The XXX Gaudin model with generic integrable open boundaries specified by the most general non-diagonal reflecting matrices is studied. Besides the inhomogeneous parameters, the associated Gaudin operators have six free parameters which break the U(1)$U\left(1\right)$-symmetry. With the help of the off-diagonal Bethe ansatz, we successfully obtained the eigenvalues of these Gaudin operators and the corresponding Bethe ansatz equations.     

Scalar products of the open XYZ chain with non-diagonal boundary terms

With the help of the F-basis provided by the Drinfeld twist or factorizing F-matrix of the eight-vertex solid-on-solid (SOS) model, we obtain the determinant representations of the scalar products of Bethe states for the open XYZ chain with non-diagonal boundary terms. By taking the on shell limit, we obtain the determinant representations (or Gaudin formula) of the norms of the Bethe states.     

Duality and quantum-algebra symmetry of the AN−1 open spin chain with diagonal boundary fields

We show that the transfer matrix of the A_N−1⁽¹⁾ open spin chair with diagonal boundary fields has the symmetry U_q(SU(l)) × U_q(SU(N−l)) × U(1), as well as a “duality” symmetry which maps l ↔ N − l. We exploit these symmetries to compute exact boundary S-matrices in the regime with q real.     

Lax pair formulation for the open boundary Osp(1∣2) spin chain

Based on the Lax pair formulation, we study the integrable conditions of the Osp(1∣2) spin chain with open boundaries. We consider both the non-graded and graded versions of the Osp(1∣2) chain. The Lax pair operators M_± for the boundaries can be induced by the Lax operator M_j for the bulk of the system. They correspond to the reflection equations (RE) and the Yang–Baxter equation, respectively. We further calculate the boundary K-matrices for both the non-graded and graded versions of the model with open boundaries. The double row monodromy matrix and transfer matrix of the spin chain have also been constructed. The K-matrices obtained from the Lax pair formulation are consistent with those from Sklyanin’s RE. This construction is another way to prove the quantum integrability of the Osp(1∣2) chain. We find that the Lax pair formulation has advantages in dealing with the boundary terms of the supersymmetric model.