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Negative differential conductivity in Heisenberg XXZ chain far from equilibrium

Quantum Physics 2007-05-23 v1 Statistical Mechanics

Abstract

Negative differential conductivity is reported for the far from equilibrium quantum spin transport in the insulating regime (J_x < J_z) of finite Heisenberg XXZ spin 1/2 chains. The phenomenon is reproduced analytically for small chains of N=4 spins and further analyzed numerically, for up to N=16, using an efficient pure-state simulation with stochastic spin baths.

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@article{arxiv.0704.2252,
  title  = {Negative differential conductivity in Heisenberg XXZ chain far from equilibrium},
  author = {Tomaz Prosen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0704.2252},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

Unpublished notes, written up in February 2004, 5 pages with 3 .eps figures