https://doi.org/10.1007/s100510170024
Finite size scaling of the spin stiffness of the antiferromagnetic S=1/2 XXZ chain
Laboratoire de Physique Quantique (UMR CNRS 5626) , Université Paul Sabatier, 31062
Toulouse, France
Corresponding author: a laflo@irsamc.ups-tlse.fr
Received:
23
May
2001
Revised:
26
July
2001
Published online: 15 November 2001
We study the finite size scaling of the spin stiffness for the one-dimensional
quantum antiferromagnet as a function of the anisotropy
parameter Δ. Previous Bethe ansatz results allow a
determination of the stiffness in the thermodynamic limit. The Bethe
ansatz equations for finite systems are solvable even in the presence of twisted boundary
conditions, a fact we exploit to determine the stiffness exactly for finite
systems allowing for a complete determination of the finite size corrections.
Relating the stiffness to thermodynamic quantities we calculate the
temperature dependence of the susceptibility and its finite size corrections
at T=0. A Luttinger liquid approach is used to study the finite size
corrections using renormalization group techniques and the results are
compared to the numerically exact results obtained using the Bethe
ansatz equations. Both irrelevant and
marginally irrelevant cases are considered.
PACS: 75.10.-b – General theory and models of magnetic ordering / 75.10.Jm – Quantized spin models / 75.40.Mg – Numerical simulation studies
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