A Spin Chain Primer
High Energy Physics - Theory
2015-06-26 v1 Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems
solv-int
Abstract
This is a very elementary introduction to the Heisenberg (XXX) quantum spin chain, the Yang-Baxter equation, and the algebraic Bethe Ansatz.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/9810032,
title = {A Spin Chain Primer},
author = {Rafael I. Nepomechie},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9810032},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
15 pages, LaTeX; to be published in Proceedings "New Symmetries in Statistical Mechanics and Condensed Matter Physics"