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The generalized Gibbs ensemble for Heisenberg spin chains

Pozsgai, Balázs (2013) The generalized Gibbs ensemble for Heisenberg spin chains. JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL MECHANICS-THEORY AND EXPERIMENT, 2013 (7). ISSN 1742-5468

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Abstract

We consider the Generalized Gibbs Ensemble (GGE) in the context of global quantum quenches in XXZ Heisenberg spin chains. Embedding the GGE into the Quantum Transfer Matrix formalism we develop an iterative procedure to fix the Lagrange-multipliers and to calculate predictions for the long-time limit of short-range correlators. The main idea is to consider truncated GGE’s with only a finite number of charges and to investigate the convergence of the numerical results as the truncation level is increased. As an example we consider a quantum quench situation where the system is initially prepared in the Néel state and then evolves with an XXZ Hamiltonian with anisotropy ∆ > 1. We provide predictions for short range correlators and gather numerical evidence that the iterative procedure indeed converges. The results show that the system retains memory of the initial condition, and there are clear differences between the numerical values of the correlators as calculated from the purely thermal and the Generalized Gibbs ensembles.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Q Science / természettudomány > QC Physics / fizika
SWORD Depositor: MTMT SWORD
Depositing User: MTMT SWORD
Date Deposited: 14 Jun 2024 11:20
Last Modified: 14 Jun 2024 11:20
URI: https://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/197414

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