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Title: Spin correlation functions in random-exchange {ital s}=1/2 {ital XXZ} chains

Journal Article · · Journal of Applied Physics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.361687· OSTI ID:280003
;  [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Physikalisches Institut, Universitaet Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth (Germany)
  2. Theoretical Division, LANL, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 (United States)
  3. Department of Physics, The University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island 02881-0817 (United States)

The decay of (disorder-averaged) static spin correlation functions at {ital T}=0 for the one-dimensional spin-1/2 {ital XXZ} antiferromagnet with uniform longitudinal coupling {ital J}{Delta} and random transverse coupling {ital J}{lambda}{sub {ital i}} is investigated by numerical calculations for ensembles of finite chains. At {Delta}=0 ({ital XX} model) the calculation is based on the Jordan-Wigner mapping to free lattice fermions for chains with up to {ital N}=100 sites. At {Delta}{ne}0 Lanczos diagonalizations are carried out for chains with up to {ital N}=22 sites. The longitudinal correlation function {l_angle}{ital S}{sup {ital z}}{sub 0}{ital S}{sup {ital z}}{sub {ital r}}{r_angle} is found to exhibit a power-law decay with an exponent that varies with {Delta} and, for nonzero {Delta}, also with the width of the {lambda}{sub {ital i}}-distribution. The results for the transverse correlation function {l_angle}{ital S}{sup {ital x}}{sub 0}{ital S}{sup {ital x}}{sub {ital r}}{r_angle} show a crossover from power-law decay to exponential decay as the exchange disorder is turned on. {copyright} {ital 1996 American Institute of Physics.}

OSTI ID:
280003
Report Number(s):
CONF-951101-; ISSN 0021-8979; TRN: 96:021489
Journal Information:
Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 79, Issue 8; Conference: 40. conference on magnetism and magnetic materials, Philadelphia, PA (United States), 6-9 Nov 1995; Other Information: PBD: Apr 1996
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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