Renormalization techniques for quantum spin systems. Ground-state energies

Projection of the Hamiltonian of an antiferromagnetic lattice of spins $\text{1}\text{2}$, without external fields, onto a subspace of the total spinor space gives an approximation for the lowest eigenvalue of this Hamiltonian. Repeated projection results in a series expansion for this approximation. In each projection the form of the Hamiltonian is conserved. The formal structure of this projection technique shows a strong analogy with the Wilson theory or renormalization-group theory of phase transitions. Numerical results are given for linear chains and triangular lattice.Analogous techniques apply to Ising and isotropic XY models in transverse fields.     

The quantum geometry of spin and statistics

Both, spin and statistics of a quantum system can be seen to arise from underlying (quantum) group symmetries. We show that the spin–statistics theorem is equivalent to a unification of these symmetries. Besides covering the Bose–Fermi case we classify the corresponding possibilities for anyonic spin and statistics. We incorporate the underlying extended concept of symmetry into quantum field theory in a generalised path integral formulation capable of handling general braid statistics. For bosons and fermions the different path integrals and Feynman rules naturally emerge without introducing Grassmann variables. We also consider the anyonic example of quons and obtain the path integral counterpart to the usual canonical approach.     

Finite-temperature scaling of quantum coherence near criticality in a spin chain

We explore quantum coherence, inherited from Wigner-Yanase skew information, to analyzequantum criticality in the anisotropic XY chain model at finite temperature. Based on theexact solutions of the Hamiltonian, the quantum coherence contained in a nearest-neighborspin pairs reduced density matrix ρ is obtained. The first-order derivative of thequantum coherence is non-analytic around the critical point at sufficient low temperature.The finite-temperature scaling behavior and the universality are verified numerically. Inparticular, the quantum coherence can also detect the factorization transition in such amodel at sufficient low temperature. We also show that quantum coherence contained indistant spin pairs can characterize quantum criticality and factorization phenomena atfinite temperature. Our results imply that quantum coherence can serve as an efficientindicator of quantum criticality in such a model and shed considerable light on therelationships between quantum phase transitions and quantum information theory at finitetemperature.     

Finite-size scaling for correlations of quantum spin chains at criticality

We study the finite-size scaling behavior of two-point correlation functions of translationally invariant many-body systems at criticality. We propose an efficient method for calculating the two-point correlation functions in the thermodynamic limit from numerical data of finite systems. Our method is most effective when applied to a two-dimensional (classical) system which possesses a conformal invariance. By using this method with numerical data obtained from exact diagonalizations and Monte Carlo simulations, we study the spin-spin correlations of the quantum spin-1/2 and-3/2 antifierromagnetic chains. In particular, the logarithmic corrections to power-law decay of the correlation of the spin-1/2 isotropic Heisenberg antiferromagnetic chain are studied thoroughly. We clarify the cause of the discrepancy in previous calculations for the logarithmic corrections. Our result strongly supports the field-theoretic prediction based on the mappings to the Wess-Zumino-Witten nonlinear -model or the sine-Gordon model. We also treat logarithmic corrections and crossover phenomena in the spin-spin correlation of the spin-3/2 isotropic Heisenberg antiferromagnetic chain. Our results are consistent with the Affleck-Haldane prediction that the correlation of the spin-3/2 chain exhibits a crossover to the same asymptotic behavior as in the spin-1/2 chain.     

Field-induced quantum criticality of systems with ferromagnetically coupled structural spin units

The field-induced quantum criticality of compounds with ferromagnetically coupled structural spin units (as dimers and ladders) is explored by applying Wilson's renormalization group framework to an appropriate effective action. We determine the low-temperature phase boundary and the behavior of relevant quantities decreasing the temperature with the applied magnetic field fixed at its quantum critical point value. In this context, a plausible interpretation of some recent experimental results is also suggested.     

Local quantum criticality of an iron-pnictide tetrahedron

Motivated by the close correlation between transition temperature (T(c)) and the tetrahedral bond angle of the As-Fe-As layer observed in the iron-based superconductors, we study the interplay between spin and orbital physics of an isolated iron-arsenide tetrahedron embedded in a metallic environment. Whereas the spin-Kondo effect is suppressed to low temperatures by Hund's coupling, the orbital degrees of freedom are expected to quantum mechanically quench at high temperatures, giving rise to an overscreened, non-Fermi liquid ground state. Translated into a dense environment, this critical state may play an important role in the superconductivity of these materials.     

Magnetic excitations in an itinerant ferromagnet near quantum criticality

We determine the initial temperature dependence of the exchange splitting Delta(T) in the weak itinerant ferromagnet ZrZn2 (T{C}=28 K) using the de Haas-van Alphen effect. There is a large decrease in Delta with temperature in the range 0.5< or =T< or =4 K. A comparison of Delta(T) with the magnetization M(T) shows that the dominant process responsible for the reduction of M is not the thermal excitation of spin waves, but a repopulation of the spin- upward arrow and spin- downward arrow Fermi surfaces. This contrasts with the behavior in Fe where there is no observable change in Delta and the thermal excitation of spin waves is the only observable spin-flipping process at low temperatures.     

非均匀量子等离子体中的非线性波

本文探讨具有温度和密度梯度的非均匀量子等离子体系统, 获得了该系统在离子与中子碰撞频率较低情况下的二维非线性流体动力学方程． 求得了非均匀量子等离子体中的电势的冲击、爆炸和旋涡解．分析讨论了在致密天体物理环境中静电势的变化, 结果表明电势的冲击波的幅度和爆炸波的宽度,都随密度的增大(即随无维量子参量的减小)而增大, 但随漂移速度的增大(即随密度和温度梯度的增大)而减小; 静电势随时空相位的增大而趋向于稳定值, 系统最后达到稳定的状态． 旋涡解表明,旋涡静电势的时空分布呈现稳定的周期性的旋涡流．     

Metamagnetic quantum criticality in metals

We present a renormalization group treatment of metamagnetic quantum criticality in metals. We show that for clean systems the universality class is that of the overdamped, conserving (dynamical exponent z = 3) Ising type. We obtain detailed results for the field and temperature dependence of physical quantities including the differential susceptibility, resistivity, and specific heat. Our results are shown to be in quantitative agreement with data on Sr3Ru2O7 except very near to the critical point itself.     

Atomic fermi-bose mixtures in inhomogeneous and random lattices: from fermi glass to quantum spin glass and quantum percolation

We investigate strongly interacting atomic Fermi-Bose mixtures in inhomogeneous and random optical lattices. We derive an effective Hamiltonian for the system and discuss its low temperature physics. We demonstrate the possibility of controlling the interactions at local level in inhomogeneous but regular lattices. Such a control leads to the achievement of Fermi glass, quantum Fermi spin-glass, and quantum percolation regimes involving bare and/or composite fermions in random lattices.     

Superconductivity and quantum criticality in CeCoIn5

Electrical resistivity measurements on a single crystal of the heavy-fermion superconductor CeCoIn5 at pressures to 4.2 GPa reveal a strong crossover in transport properties near P(*) approximately 1.6 GPa, where T(c) is a maximum. The temperature-pressure phase diagram constructed from these data provides a natural connection to cuprate physics, including the possible existence of a pseudogap.     

Entanglement and criticality in quantum impurity systems

We investigate the entanglement between a spin and its environment in impurity systems which exhibit a second-order quantum phase transition separating a delocalized and a localized phase for the spin. As an application, we employ the spin-boson model, describing a two-level system (spin) coupled to a sub-Ohmic bosonic bath with power-law spectral density, J(omega) proportional to omega(s) and 0 < s < 1. Combining Wilson's numerical renormalization group method and hyperscaling relations, we demonstrate that the entanglement between the spin and its environment is always enhanced at the quantum phase transition resulting in a visible cusp (maximum) in the entropy of entanglement. We formulate a correspondence between criticality and impurity entanglement entropy, and the relevance of these ideas to nanosystems is outlined.     

二维3态Potts量子系统的保真度与序参量

二维无限正方格子上的量子3态Potts模型是发生一级相变还是二级相变?通过运用无限纠缠投影对态(i PEPS)算法,在进行数值模拟时任意选取初态,能得到二维无限正方格子上的3态Potts模型的三个不同的简并基态波函数,这些简并的情况是由自发对称性破缺引起的.首先,揭示了在二维系统中自发对称性破缺引起的相变可以运用单点基态保真度的分叉来研究,也反映了在二维系统中约化保真度同样有一个分叉行为;再者,还提出了二维系统的普适序参量以及多分量的复数局域序参量的行为来尝试研究二维3态Potts模型,共同确定系统发生的量子相变的临界点及其类型.即基于i PEPS算法,从单点基态保真度、约化保真度、普适序参量以及局域序参量的角度,来研究3态Potts模型的量子相变,其为一级相变.     

二维３态Potts量子系统的保真度与序参量

二维无限正方格子上的量子3态Potts模型是发生一级相变还是二级相变?通过运用无限纠缠投影对态算法(iPEPS),在进行数值模拟时任意选取初态,能得到二维无限正方格子上的3态Potts模型的三个不同的简并基态波函数,这些简并的情况是由自发对称性破缺引起的.首先,揭示了在二维系统中自发对称性破缺引起的相变可以运用单点基态保真度的分叉来研究,也反映了在二维系统中约化保真度同样有一个分叉行为;再者,还开创性提出了二维系统的普适序参量以及多分量的复数局域序参量的行为来尝试研究二维3态Potts模型,共同确定系统发生的量子相变的临界点及其类型.即基于iPEPS算法,从单点基态保真度、约化保真度、普适序参量以及局域序参量的角度,来研究3态Potts模型的量子相变,其为一级相变.     

二维３态Potts量子系统的保真度与序参量

二维无限正方格子上的量子3态Potts模型是发生一级相变还是二级相变?通过运用无限纠缠投影对态 (iPEPS) 算法,在进行数值模拟时任意选取初态,能得到二维无限正方格子上的3态Potts模型的三个不同的简并基态波函数,这些简并的情况是由自发对称性破缺引起的.首先,揭示了在二维系统中自发对称性破缺引起的相变可以运用单点基态保真度的分叉来研究,也反映了在二维系统中约化保真度同样有一个分叉行为;再者,还提出了二维系统的普适序参量以及多分量的复数局域序参量的行为来尝试研究二维3态Potts模型,共同确定系统发生的量子相变的临界点及其类型.即基于iPEPS算法,从单点基态保真度、约化保真度、普适序参量以及局域序参量的角度,来研究3态Potts模型的量子相变,其为一级相变.     

Dilution-controlled quantum criticality in rare-earth nickelates

A microscopic model for the diluted spin-mixed compounds (RxY1-x)2BaNiO5 (R=magnetic rare earth) is studied using quantum Monte Carlo simulations. The ordering temperature is shown to be a universal function of the impurity concentration x and the intrinsic Ni-chain correlation length. An effective model for the critical modes is derived. The possibility of a quantum critical point driven by the rare-earth concentration and the existence of a quantum Griffiths phase in the high dilution limit is investigated. Several possible experimental approaches to verify the results are put forward.     

Ionic criticality: an exactly soluble model

Gas-liquid criticality in ionic fluids is studied in exactly soluble spherical models that use interlaced sublattices to represent hard-core multicomponent systems. Short-range attractions in the uncharged fluid drive criticality, but charged ions do not alter the universality class. Debye screening remains exponential at criticality in fully ion-symmetric 1:1 models. However, ionic asymmetry couples charge and density fluctuations in a direct manner: The charge correlation length then diverges precisely as the density correlation length and the Stillinger-Lovett rule is violated at criticality.     

A quantum spherical model of spin glass

A quantum spherical model of spin glass is solved. The solution exhibits the usual spin glass phase transition, but with-out any unphysical features at low temperatures. In particular, the entropy is always positive and vanishes like T³ as T → 0.