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Quantum spin chains with site dissipation

Statistical Mechanics 2015-06-24 v1

Abstract

We use Monte Carlo simulations to study chains of Ising- and XY-spins with dissipation coupling to the site variables. The phase diagram and critical exponents of the dissipative Ising chain in a transverse magnetic field have been computed previously, and here we consider a universal ratio of susceptibilities. We furthermore present the phase diagram and exponents of the dissipative XY-chain, which exhibits a second order phase transition. All our results compare well with the predictions from a dissipative ϕ4\phi^4 field theory.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0412529,
  title  = {Quantum spin chains with site dissipation},
  author = {Philipp Werner and Matthias Troyer and Subir Sachdev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0412529},
  year   = {2015}
}