Haldane Gap and Hidden Order in the S=2 Antiferromagnetic Quantum Spin Chain

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1995-01-24

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9501115v1

Europhys. Lett. 30, 493 (1995)

Physics

Condensed Matter

6 pages, LaTeX 2.09, 3 PostScript figures

Scientific paper

10.1209/0295-5075/30/8/009

We have investigated Haldane's conjecture for the S=2 isotropic antiferromagnetic quantum spin chain with nearest-neighbor exchange J. Using a density matrix renormalization group algorithm for chains up to L=350 spins, we find in the thermodynamic limit a finite spin gap of Delta = 0.085(5)J and a finite spin-spin correlation length xi = 49(1) lattice spacings. We establish the ground state energy per bond to be E_0=-4.761248(1)J. We show that the ground state has a hidden topological order that is revealed in a nonlocal string correlation function. This means that the physics of the S=2 chain can be captured by a valence-bond solid description. We also observe effective free spin-1 states at the ends of an open S=2 chain.

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