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Quantum Spin Pump in S=1/2 antiferromagnetic chains -Holonomy of phase operators in sine-Gordon theory-

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2009-11-10 v3 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

In this paper, we propose the quantum spin pumping in quantum spin systems where an applied electric field (EE) and magnetic field (HH) cause a finite spin gap to its critical ground state. When these systems are subject to alternating electromangetic fields; (E,H)=(sin2πtT,cos2πtT)(E,H)=(\sin\frac{2\pi t}{T},\cos\frac{2\pi t}{T}) and travel along the {\it{loop}} Γloop\Gamma_{\rm{loop}} which encloses their critical ground state in this EE-HH phase diagram, the locking potential in the sine-Gordon model slides and changes its minimum. As a result, the phase operator acquires 2π2\pi holonomy during one cycle along Γloop\Gamma_{\rm{loop}}, which means that the quantized spin current has been transported through the bulk systems during this adiabatic process. The relevance to real systems such as Cu-benzoate and Yb4As3{\rm{Yb}}_4{\rm{As}}_3 is also discussed.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0312668,
  title  = {Quantum Spin Pump in S=1/2 antiferromagnetic chains -Holonomy of phase operators in sine-Gordon theory-},
  author = {Ryuichi Shindou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0312668},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

10 pages, 5 figures, to be published in J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 74 (2005) no. 4. Typos corrected in the revised version