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Dynamic correlations of frustrated quantum spins from high-temperature expansion

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2026-02-06 v4 Materials Science Quantum Gases

Abstract

For quantum spin systems in equilibrium, the dynamic structure factor (DSF) is among the most feature-packed experimental observables. However, from a theory perspective it is often hard to simulate in an unbiased and accurate way, especially for frustrated and high-dimensional models at intermediate temperature. To address this challenge, we compute the DSF from a dynamic extension of the high-temperature expansion to frequency moments. We focus on nearest-neighbor Heisenberg models with spin-lengths S=1/2 and 1. We provide comprehensive benchmarks and consider a variety of frustrated two- and three-dimensional antiferromagnets as applications. In particular we shed new light on the anomalous intermediate temperature regime of the S=1/2 triangular lattice model and reproduce the DSF measured recently for the S=1 pyrochlore material NaCaNi2F7. An open-source numerical implementation for arbitrary lattice geometries is also provided.

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@article{arxiv.2505.14571,
  title  = {Dynamic correlations of frustrated quantum spins from high-temperature expansion},
  author = {Ruben Burkard and Benedikt Schneider and Björn Sbierski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.14571},
  year   = {2026}
}

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