Quantum Number Fractionalization in Antiferromagnets
Strongly Correlated Electrons
2007-05-23 v3 High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
This is a pedagogical introduction to the mathematics of 1-dimensional spin-1/2 antiferromagnets. Topics covered include the Haldane-Shastry Hamiltonian, vector ``supercharges'', conserved spin currents, spinons, the supersymmetric Kuramoto-Yokoyama Hamiltonian, and holons.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9802135,
title = {Quantum Number Fractionalization in Antiferromagnets},
author = {R. B. Laughlin and D. Giuliano and R. Caracciolo and O. White},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9802135},
year = {2007}
}
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40 pages of LaTeX, 8 eps figures