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Dukelsky, Mart\'in-Delgado, Nishino and Sierra (Europhys. Lett., 43, 457 (1998) - hereafter referred to as DMNS) investigated the matrix product method (MPM), comparing it with the infinite-size density matrix renormalization group (DMRG).…
We present some exact results for the optimal Matrix Product State (MPS) approximation to the ground state of the infinite isotropic Heisenberg spin-1/2 chain. Our approach is based on the systematic use of Schmidt decompositions to reduce…
We propose a new version of the matrix product (MP) states approach to the description of quantum spin chains, which allows one to construct MP states with certain total spin and its z-projection. We show that previously known MP…
We present a variational matrix product state (vMPS) for the ground state of the spin-1/2 Heisenberg model. The MPS effectively organizes the various dimer configurations, in faithful reflection of the resonating valence bond (RVB) picture…
The Matrix Product method (MPM) has been used in the past to generate variational ansatzs of the ground state (GS) of spin chains and ladders. In this paper we apply the MPM to study the GS of conjugated polymers in the valence bond basis,…
We study the one-dimensional $S=1/2$ Heisenberg model with a uniform and a staggered magnetic fields, using the dynamical density-matrix renormalization group (DDMRG) technique. The DDMRG enables us to investigate the dynamical properties…
We propose a simple variational wave function that captures the correct ground state energy of the spin-1 Heisenberg chain model to within 0.04\%. The wave function is written in the matrix product state (MPS) form with the bond dimension…
I extend the scope of the density matrix renormalization group technique developed by White to the calculation of dynamical correlation functions. As an application and performance evaluation I calculate the spin dynamics of the 1D…
An interaction-round-a-face density-matrix renormalization-group (IRF-DMRG) method is developed for higher integer spin chain models which are rotational invariant. The expressions of the IRF weights associated with the nearest-neighbor…
The density matrix renormalization group method is generalized to one dimensional random systems. Using this method, the energy gap distribution of the spin-1/2 random antiferromagnetic Heisenberg chain is calculated. The results are…
We introduce an efficient method to calculate the ground state of one-dimensional lattice models with periodic boundary conditions. The method works in the representation of Matrix Product States (MPS), related to the Density Matrix…
We present a unified framework for renormalization group methods, including Wilson's numerical renormalization group (NRG) and White's density-matrix renormalization group (DMRG), within the language of matrix product states. This allows…
We present a matrix product state (MPS) algorithm to approximate ground states of translationally invariant systems with periodic boundary conditions. For a fixed value of the bond dimension D of the MPS, we discuss how to minimize the…
Wilson's numerical renormalization group (NRG) method for solving quantum impurity models yields a set of energy eigenstates that have the form of matrix product states (MPS). White's density matrix renormalization group (DMRG) for treating…
We investigate the density matrix renormalization group (DMRG) discovered by White and show that in the case where the renormalization eventually converges to a fixed point the DMRG ground state can be simply written as a ``matrix product''…
The density-matrix renormalization group (DMRG) algorithm can be adapted to the calculation of dynamical correlation functions in various ways which all represent compromises between computational efficiency and physical accuracy. In this…
We consider the properties of finite isotropic antiferromagnetic Heisenberg chains with S=1/2, 1, 3/2 spins when a weak magnetic field is applied on a few sites, using White's density matrix renormalization group (DMRG) method. For the S=1…
The density matrix renormalization group (DMRG) method introduced by White for the study of strongly interacting electron systems is reviewed; the method is variational and considers a system of localized electrons as the union of two…
Using random matrix techniques and the theory of Matrix Product States we show that reduced density matrices of quantum spin chains have generically maximum entropy.
It is shown that White's density matrix renormalization group technique can be adapted to obtain thermodynamic quantities. As an illustration, the magnetic susceptibility of Heisenberg S=1/2 and S=3/2 spin chains are computed. A careful…