Critical behavior of the S=3/2 antiferromagnetic Heisenberg chain

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作者
Hallberg, K
Wang, XQG
Horsch, P
Moreo, A
机构
[1] MAX PLANCK INST FESTKORPERFORSCH,D-70569 STUTTGART,GERMANY
[2] FLORIDA STATE UNIV,MARTECH,TALLAHASSEE,FL 32306
[3] FLORIDA STATE UNIV,NATL HIGH MAGNET FIELD LAB,DEPT PHYS,TALLAHASSEE,FL 32306
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.76.4955
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
Using the density-matrix renormalization-group technique we study the long-wavelength properties of the spin S = 3/2 nearest-neighbor Heisenberg chain. We obtain an accurate value for the spin velocity upsilon = 3.87 +/- 0.02, in agreement with experiment. Our results show conclusively that the model belongs to the same universality class as the S = 1/2 Heisenberg chain, with a conformal central charge c = 1 and critical exponent eta = 1.
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页码:4955 / 4958
页数:4
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