Published October 1, 2002 | Version v1
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Haldane-gapped spin chains as Luttinger liquids: Correlation functions at finite field

  • 1. Department of Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4714 (United States)

Description

We study the behavior of Heisenberg, antiferromagnetic, integer-spin chains in the presence of a magnetic field exceeding the attendant spin gap. For temperatures much smaller than the gap, the spin chains exhibit Luttinger liquid behavior. We compute exactly both the corresponding Luttinger parameter and the Fermi velocity as a function of magnetic field. This enables the computation of a number of correlators from which we derive the spin conductance, the expected form of the dynamic structure factor relevant to inelastic neutron-scattering experiments, and NMR relaxation rates. We also comment upon the robustness of the magnetically induced gapless phase both to finite temperature and finite couplings between neighboring chains

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Journal Title
Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Journal Volume
66
Journal Issue
14
Journal Page Range
p. 144416-144416.17
ISSN
1098-0121

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(c) 2002 The American Physical Society