Correlation function of an impurity spin in an one-dimensional spin-system

We examine the correlation function of an impurity spin I in an interacting spinsystem, containingS-spins of different magnetic moment. ThisS-spin-system is simulated by aXY-model. In the case the impurity spin interacts with all spins of theS-system the correlation function has a Gaussian behaviour. This Gaussian behaviour is fitted quite well by the correlation function for the range of theI-S interaction up to threeS-spins.     

High-temperature dynamics of the anisotropic Heisenberg chain studied by moment methods

The dynamics of the anisotropic spin-1/2 nearest-neighbour Heisenberg chain is studied at infinite temperature. Low-order coefficients of the short-time expansions are computed for spin-spin and energy-density-energy-density correlation functions for cyclical as well as for open-ended chains. The commutator algebra necessary to generate these coefficients may be performed by a computer. The series obtained for the spin correlation function (up to ordert ¹⁴ for a bulk spin and up to ordert ¹⁸ for a boundary spin) and for the energy density correlation function are the longest ones available up to now. The coefficients are used to construct rigorous upper and lower bounds to autocorrelation functions and near-neighbour correlation functions.     

Coexistence of phases in Ising ferromagnets

We derive a new inequality for ferromagnetic Ising spin systems and then use it to obtain information about the number of phases which can coexist in such systems. We show in particular that for even interactions only two phases (up and down magnetization) can coexist below the critical temperature at zero magnetic field (h=0) whenever the energy is a continuous function of the temperature. We also prove that the derivatives with respect toh ath=0 of the odd correlation functions (triplet,...) diverge like the susceptibility in the vicinity of the critical temperature (at least for pair interactions). Our results also apply to higher order Ising spins (not just spin 1/2).Research supported in part by NSF Grant #MPS 75-20638 and USAFOR Grant #73-2430D.John Simon Guggenheim Fellow.     

On the Mean Pair Correlation Function of ±J Ising Spin Glasses

We provide a formula and an upper bound for the average over the disorder of the pair correlation function of ±J Ising spin glasses by using the symmetries of the system, We show the decay of the mean spin pair correlation function when the proportion of antiferromagnetic bonds is larger than the critical parameter associated with the pair dissociation phase transition.     

Spectral Gap and Exponential Decay of Correlations

We study the relation between the spectral gap above the ground state and the decay of the correlations in the ground state in quantum spin and fermion systems with short-range interactions on a wide class of lattices. We prove that, if two observables anticommute with each other at large distance, then the nonvanishing spectral gap implies exponential decay of the corresponding correlation. When two observables commute with each other at large distance, the connected correlation function decays exponentially under the gap assumption. If the observables behave as a vector under the U(1) rotation of a global symmetry of the system, we use previous results on the large distance decay of the correlation function to show the stronger statement that the correlation function itself, rather than just the connected correlation function, decays exponentially under the gap assumption on a lattice with a certain self-similarity in (fractal) dimensions D < 2. In particular, if the system is translationally invariant in one of the spatial directions, then this self-similarity condition is automatically satisfied. We also treat systems with long-range, power-law decaying interactions.     

Monte-Carlo study of correlations in quantum spin chains at non-zero temperature

Antiferromagnetic Heisenberg spin chains with various spin values (S=1/2,1,3/2,2,5/2) are studied numerically with the quantum Monte-Carlo method. Effective spin S chains are realized by ferromagnetically coupling n=2S antiferromagnetic spin chains with S=1/2. The temperature dependence of the uniform susceptibility, the staggered susceptibility, and the static structure factor peak intensity are computed down to very low temperatures, . The correlation length at each temperature is deduced from numerical measurements of the instantaneous spin-spin correlation function. At high temperatures, very good agreement with exact results for the classical spin chain is obtained independent of the value of S. For the S=2 chain which has a gap , the correlation length and the uniform susceptibility in the temperature range are well predicted by the semi-classical theory of Damle and Sachdev. Received: 23 December 1997 / Revised and Accepted: 11 March 1998     

Correlation inequalities for vector spin models

Correlation inequalities forn-vector spin models (n 2) are reviewed. A relatively simple and unified derivation of the inequalities is achieved, using duplicate variable methods, for spin dimensionalitiesn=2 (plane rotator model),n=3 (classical Heisenberg model), andn=4. Although correlation inequalities are lacking forn > 4, new proofs are presented for the comparison inequalities relating correlations for systems with arbitrary spin dimensionality to corresponding correlations for systems with low spin dimensionality (n = 1 or 2).Research supported by National Science Foundation under Grant DMR 76-23071.     

Wall and boundary free energies

The existence of wall or boundary free energies is discussed generally and analyzed explicitly for general lattice systems with scalar (real-valued) spin variables. For systems with ferromagnetic (positive) spin interaction potentials,K, in the bulk andW, for the walls, correlation inequalities and appropriate stability and tempering conditions are used to establish the existence and uniqueness of the limiting free energy per unit area,f _x(K,W), of an infinite planar wall.     

Spin-spin correlation function in the two-dimensional Ising model with linear defects. II.T>T c

The dispersion expansion for the spin correlation function in the two-dimensional Ising model with linear defects aboveT _c is derived. The asymptotic behavior is computed by a steepest descent analysis. The lattice is divided into four domains with different asymptotic behaviors. In particular, the correlation length inside certain domains is a function of the defect.     

Spin-spin correlation function in the two-dimensional Ising model with linear defects. I.T<T c

The dispersion expansion for the spin correlation function in the two-dimensional Ising model with linear defects belowT _c is derived. The asymptotic behavior is computed by a steepest descent analysis. The lattice is divided into four domains with different asymptotic behaviors. In particular, the correlation length inside certain domains is a function of the defect.     

Freezing of nonequilibrium domain structures in a kinetic Ising model

We study the freezing of a disordered spin structure upon continuous cooling to absolute zero for a kinetic Ising spin chain with alternating weak and strong bonds. The kinetic equation for the spin pair correlation function is solved analytically in a continuum approximation. The exponent for the asymptotic dependence of the frozen kink density on a characteristic cooling time is found to bez ^–1, wherez is the equilibrium dynamic critical exponent, for a universality class including power-law and exponential cooling, and 1/2 for a logarithmic cooling program which exhibits threshold behavior.     

Jamming, freezing and metastability in one-dimensional spin systems

We consider in parallel three one-dimensional spin models with kinetic constraints: the paramagnetic constrained Ising chain, the ferromagnetic Ising chain with constrained Glauber dynamics, and the same chain with constrained Kawasaki dynamics. At zero temperature the dynamics of these models is fully irreversible, leading to an exponentially large number of blocked states. Using a mapping of these spin systems onto sequential adsorption models of, respectively, monomers, dimers, and hollow trimers, we present exact results on the statistics of blocked states. We determine the distribution of their energy or magnetization, and in particular the large-deviation function describing its exponentially small tails. The spin and energy correlation functions are also determined. The comparison with an approach based on a priori statistics reveals systematic discrepancies with the Edwards hypothesis, concerning in particular the fall-off of correlations. Received 26 February 2002 Published online 6 June 2002     

Sensitivity of Saturation Transfer Electron Spin Resonance Extended to Extremely Slow Mobility in Glassy Materials

A novel extension of the saturation transfer (ST) ESR technique that enables the determination of extremely long rotational correlation times of nitroxide spin labels up to values around 10⁴s is proposed. The method is based on the observation that the integral of ST-ESR spectra is sensitive to the spin–lattice relaxation time of the electron of the spin label, which in turn is directly dependent upon the rotational correlation time. The method is applied to the spin label TEMPOL (4-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-N-oxyl) in glycerol. From the known viscosity data and the related rotational correlation times of the TEMPOL spin label in glycerol, the rotational correlation times of unknown samples can be determined. The method is especially applicable to systems with a very high viscosity, such as glassy materials. The method is applied to a 20 wt% glucose–water mixture in the glassy state, giving a value for the highest limiting rotational correlation time of about 10³s at a temperature of 45 K below the glass transition temperature of this system. This is an extension by six decades for the rotational correlation time, as compared to the current application of ST-ESR.     

Correlation at Low Temperature: II. Asymptotics

The present paper is a continuation of ref. 4, where the truncated two-point correlation function for a class of lattice spin systems was proved to have exponential decay at low temperature, under a weak coupling assumption. In this paper we compute the asymptotics of the correlation function as the temperature goes to zero. This paper thus extends ref. 3 in two directions: The Hamiltonian function is allowed to have several local minima other than a unique global minimum, and we do not require translation invariance of the Hamiltonian function. We are in particular able to handle spin systems on a general lattice.     

Dynamical response functions due to pulse solitons in the isotropic ferromagnetic Heisenberg chain in an external magnetic field

Dynamical correlation functions are evaluated for the classical, isotropic, ferromagnetic Heisenberg chain in an external magnetic field. The calculation is approximate, using as its basis an ideal gas of ballistic pulse-soliton excitations which are known to be exact solutions to the spin equations of motion in the continuum limit. For the longitudinal correlation function (i.e. parallel to the applied field) a central peak structure is found which becomessplit at sufficientlylow temperatures and smears to higher frequence with increasing temperatures. This behaviour is contrasted with that found in the sine-Gordon and related solition systems. Comparisons with the results of numerical simulations of the Heisenberg chain are made, and the possible relevance to magnetic chain materials such as CsNiF₃ is discussed.This work has been performed under the auspices of the US DOE     

Soliton contribution to correlations in a system of coupled chains

A model representing a two- or a three-dimensional array of classical harmonic chains withnonlinear coupling between them is investigated. Physically real systems to which this model applies are discussed. The model exhibits soliton-like nonlinear modes. The influence of these nonlinear modes on the static and the dynamic correlation functions is calculated by generalizing techniques developed for strictly one-dimensional systems. In the static correlation functions these modes lead to minor quantitative changes only. In certain dynamic correlation functions, however, a central peak is found to occur due to the nonlinear modes. The total weight and the width of this peak are calculated for a real spin system.     

On the detection of nuclear spin waves by inelastic neutron scattering

The possibility of measuring nuclear spin waves (NSW) by inelastic neutron scattering is discussed. The differential cross section and scattered state polarization for the scattering of thermal neutrons from systems described by the Suhl-Nakamura Hamiltonian are developed in the Van Hove correlation function formalism; the relevant correlation functions for the Suhl-Nakamura system are computed. The implications of these calculations for the feasibility of detecting nuclear spin wave modes in neutron scattering experiments are discussed.     

Density-functional calculations of the nuclear magnetic shielding and indirect nuclear spin–spin coupling constants of three isomers of C20

The parameters of the nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrum – shielding constants and indirect spin–spin coupling constants – of three isomers of C₂₀ are studied using density-functional theory. The performance of different exchange–correlation functionals is analysed by optimising the geometry for the ring, bowl and cage isomers, followed by a computation of the NMR constants at the optimised structure. The results are analysed and rationalised by performing comparisons of the three isomers with one another and with related systems such as polyynes (for the ring), o-benzyne (for the bowl) and C₆₀ (for the cage). The shielding and spin–spin parameters calculated using the Perdew–Burke–Ernzerhof (PBE) exchange–correlation functional are sufficiently reliable to assist in future experimental NMR studies of C₂₀ and, in particular, the identification of its isomers.     

Magnetic correlations on fractals

The critical behavior of magnetic spin models on various fractal structures is reviewed, with emphasis on branching and nonbranching Koch curves and Sierpiriski gaskets and carpets. The spin correlation function is shown to have unusual exponential decays, e.g., of the form exp[-(r/gx) ^x ], and to crossover to other forms at larger distancesr. The various fractals are related to existing models for the backbone of the infinite incipient cluster at the percolation threshold, and conclusions are drawn regarding the behavior of spin correlations on these models.     

Non-local specific heat — Ordered-phase results

The energy-energy correlation function C(k) is calculated for general n-component spin systems in a resummed one-loop approximation. The Goldstone mode singularities are resummed in a manner consistent with exactly known limits.