Characterization of localized effective spins in gapped quantum spin chains
Abstract
We study properties of localized effective spins induced in gapped quantum spin chains by local inhomogeneities of the lattice. As a prototype, we study effective spins induced in impunity sites doped AKLT model by constructing the exact ground state in a matrix product state (MPS) form. We characterize their responses to external fields by studying an extended Zeeman interaction. We also study the antiferromagnetic bond-alternating Heisenberg chain with defect structures. For this model, an MPS representation similar to that for the AKLT model, "a uniform MPS with windows", is constructed, and it gives a good approximation of the ground state. We discuss the trade-off relation between the window length and the precision of the MPS ansatz. The effective exchange interaction between the induced spins is also investigated by using this representation.
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@article{arxiv.1907.00530,
title = {Characterization of localized effective spins in gapped quantum spin chains},
author = {Hayate Nakano and Seiji Miyashita},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1907.00530},
year = {2019}
}