Published April 2010 | Version v1
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Quantum renormalization of entanglement in an antisymmetric anisotropic and bond-alternating spin system

Creators

  • 1. Department of Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215011 (China)

Description

The quantum renormalization group method is applied to study the quantum criticality and entanglement entropy of the ground state of the Ising chain in the presence of antisymmetric anisotropic couplings and alternating exchange interactions. The quantum phase transitions can be characterized by the discontinuity in the second derivative of the energy of the renormalized ground state. A phase diagram is obtained by the critical boundary line. The first derivative of entanglement entropy also diverges at the same critical points after enough iterations of the renormalization of the coupling constants. The antisymmetric anisotropy and alternating interaction can enhance the renormalized entanglement via the creation of quantum fluctuations. The scaling behavior of the derivative of the entropy around the critical points manifests the logarithm dependence on the size of the spin system.

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Journal Title
Physical Review. A
Journal Volume
81
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 044301-044301.4
ISSN
1050-2947
CODEN
PLRAAN

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