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Quantum spin chain, Toeplitz determinants and the Fisher-Hartwig conjecture

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Abstract

We consider the one-dimensional quantum spin chain, which is called the XX model (XX0 model or isotropic XY model) in a transverse magnetic field. We are mainly interested in the entropy of a block of L neighboring spins at zero temperature and of an infinite system. We represent the entropy in terms of a Toeplitz determinant and calculate the asymptotic analytically. We derive the first two terms of the asymptotic decomposition. Interestingly, these two terms of decomposition clearly show a length scale related to the field h.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)79-95
Number of pages17
JournalJournal of Statistical Physics
Volume116
Issue number1-4
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2004

Keywords

  • Toeplitz determinant
  • XX0 model
  • entropy
  • quantum entanglement
  • quantum spin chain

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