Bethe-Boltzmann Hydrodynamics and Spin Transport in the XXZ Chain

DOI10.1103/PHYSREVB.97.045407arXiv1702.06146MaRDI QIDQ6283412FDOQ6283412

Authors: Vir B. Bulchandani, Romain Vasseur, C. Karrasch, Joel E. Moore 

Publication date: 20 February 2017

Abstract: Quantum integrable systems, such as the interacting Bose gas in one dimension and the XXZ quantum spin chain, have an extensive number of local conserved quantities that endow them with exotic thermalization and transport properties. We discuss recently introduced hydrodynamic approaches for such integrable systems from the viewpoint of kinetic theory and extend the previous works by proposing a numerical scheme to solve the hydrodynamic equations for finite times and arbitrary locally equilibrated initial conditions. We then discuss how such methods can be applied to describe non-equilibrium steady states involving ballistic heat and spin currents. In particular, we show that the spin Drude weight in the XXZ chain, previously accessible only by rigorous techniques of limited scope or controversial thermodynamic Bethe ansatz arguments, may be evaluated from hydrodynamics in very good agreement with density-matrix renormalization group calculations.

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