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Exact full counting statistics for the staggered magnetization and the domain walls in the XY spin chain

Statistical Mechanics 2021-04-09 v2 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

We calculate exactly cumulant generating functions (full counting statistics) for the transverse, staggered magnetization and the domain walls at zero temperature for a finite interval of the XY spin chain. In particular, we also derive a universal interpolation formula in the scaling limit for the full counting statistics of the transverse magnetization and the domain walls which is based on the solution of a Painlev\'e V equation. By further determining subleading corrections in a large interval asymptotics, we are able to test the applicability of conformal field theory predictions at criticality. As a byproduct, we also obtain exact results for the probability of formation of ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic domains in both σz\sigma^z and σx\sigma^x basis in the ground state. The analysis hinges upon asymptotic expansions of block Toeplitz determinants, for which we formulate and check numerically a new conjecture.

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@article{arxiv.2012.14012,
  title  = {Exact full counting statistics for the staggered magnetization and the domain walls in the XY spin chain},
  author = {Filiberto Ares and M. A. Rajabpour and Jacopo Viti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2012.14012},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

19 pages, 7 figures. Additional details in the Appendices, references added, typos corrected. Final version published in Phys. Rev. E