The Matrix Product Approach to Quantum Spin Ladders

Details The Matrix Product Approach to Quantum Spin Ladders The Matrix Product Approach to Quantum Spin Ladders

1998-02-13

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9802150v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

REVTEX file, 16 pages, 12 figures, 6 Tables

Scientific paper

10.1088/0305-4470/31/48/009

We present a manifestly rotational invariant formulation of the matrix product method valid for spin chains and ladders. We apply it to 2 legged spin ladders with spins 1/2, 1 and 3/2 and different magnetic structures labelled by the exchange coupling constants, which can be ferromagnetic or antiferromagnetic along the legs and the rungs of the ladder We compute ground state energy densities, correlation lengths and string order parameters. We present numerical evidence of the duality properties of the 3 different non ferromagnetic spin 1/2 ladders. We show that the long range topological order characteristic of isolated spin 1 chains is broken by the interchain coupling. The string order correlation function decays exponentially with a finite correlation length that we compute. A physical picture of the spin 1 ladder is given in terms of a collection of resonating spin 1 chains. Finally for ladders with spin equal or greater than 3/2 we define a class of AKLT states whose matrix product coefficients are given by 9-j symbols.

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