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Scale invariant transfer matrices and Hamiltionians

Operator Algebras 2018-03-14 v1 Statistical Mechanics Mathematical Physics Dynamical Systems math.MP Quantum Algebra

Abstract

Given a direct system of Hilbert spaces sHss\mapsto \mathcal H_s (with isometric inclusion maps ιst:HsHt\iota_s^t:\mathcal H_s\rightarrow \mathcal H_t for sts\leq t) corresponding to quantum systems on scales ss, we define notions of scale invariant and weakly scale invariant operators. Is some cases of quantum spin chains we find conditions for transfer matrices and nearest neighbour Hamiltonians to be scale invariant or weakly so. Scale invariance forces spatial inhomogeneity of the spectral parameter. But weakly scale invariant transfer matrices may be spatially homogeneous in which case the change of spectral parameter from one scale to another is governed by a classical dynamical system exhibiting fractal behaviour.

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@article{arxiv.1706.00515,
  title  = {Scale invariant transfer matrices and Hamiltionians},
  author = {Vaughan F. R. Jones},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1706.00515},
  year   = {2018}
}
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