EXACT 2-SPINON DYNAMIC STRUCTURE FACTOR OF THE ONE-DIMENSIONAL S=1 2 HEISENBERG-ISING ANTIFERROMAGNET/

Citation
Ah. Bougourzi et al., EXACT 2-SPINON DYNAMIC STRUCTURE FACTOR OF THE ONE-DIMENSIONAL S=1 2 HEISENBERG-ISING ANTIFERROMAGNET/, Physical review. B, Condensed matter, 57(18), 1998, pp. 11429-11438
Citations number
62
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Condensed Matter
ISSN journal
01631829
Volume
57
Issue
18
Year of publication
1998
Pages
11429 - 11438
Database
ISI
SICI code
0163-1829(1998)57:18<11429:E2DSFO>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
The exact two-spinon part of the dynamic spin structure factor S-xx(Q, omega) for the one-dimensional s=1/2, XXZ model at T=0 in the antiferr omagnetically ordered phase is calculated using recent advances in the algebraic analysis based on (infinite-dimensional) quantum group symm etries of this model and the related vertex models. The two-spinon exc itations form a two-parameter continuum consisting of two partly overl apping sheets in (Q,omega) space. The spectral threshold has a smooth maximum at the Brillouin zone boundary (Q=pi/2) and a smooth minimum w ith a gap at the zone center (Q=0). The two-spinon density of states h as square-root divergences at the lower and upper continuum boundaries . For the two-spinon transition rates; the two regimes 0 less than or equal to Q<Q(kappa) (near the zone center) and Q(kappa)<Q less than or equal to pi/2 (near the zone boundary) must be distinguished, where Q (kappa)-->0 in the Heisenberg limit and Q(kappa)-->pi/2 in the Ising l imit. In the regime Q(kappa)<Q less than or equal to pi/2, the two-spi non transition rates relevant for S-xx(Q,omega) are finite at the lowe r boundary of each sheet,decrease monotonically with increasing omega, and approach zero linearly at the upper boundary. The resulting two-s pinon part of S-xx(Q,omega) is then square-root divergent at the spect ral threshold and vanishes in a square-root cusp at the upper boundary . In the regime 0<Q(kappa)less than or equal to pi/2, in contrast, the two-spinon transition rates have a smooth maximum inside the continuu m and vanish linearly at either boundary. In the associated two-spinon line shapes of S-xx(Q,omega), the linear cusps at the continuum bound aries are replaced by square-root cusps. Existing perturbation studies have been unable to capture the physics of the regime Q(kappa)<Q less than or equal to pi/2. However, their line-shape predictions for the regime 0 less than or equal to Q<Q(kappa) are in good agreement with t he exact results if the anisotropy is very strong. For weak anisotropi es, the exact line shapes are more asymmetric.