Charges and currents in quantum spin chains: late-time dynamics and spontaneous currents

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DOI10.1088/1751-8121/50/3/034005zbMATH Open1357.82037arXiv1608.02869OpenAlexW3102603971MaRDI QIDQ2959720FDOQ2959720


Authors: Maurizio Fagotti Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 9 February 2017

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We review the structure of the conservation laws in noninteracting spin chains and unveil a formal expression for the corresponding currents. We briefly discuss how interactions affect the picture. In the second part, we explore the effects of a localized defect. We show that the emergence of spontaneous currents near the defect undermines any description of the late-time dynamics by means of a stationary state in a finite chain. In particular, the diagonal ensemble does not work. Finally, we provide numerical evidence that simple generic localized defects are not sufficient to induce thermalization.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1608.02869




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