Dimerization in quantum spin chains with O(n) symmetry

MATHEMATICAL PICTURE LANGUAGE

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April 27, 2021 10:00 am - 11:00 am
via Zoom Video Conferencing
Speaker:

Bruno Nachtergaele - University of California Davis

We consider spin-S quantum spin chains with a family of O(2S+1)-invariant nearest-neighbor interactions and discuss the ground state phase diagram of this family of models. Using a graphical representation for the partition function, we give a proof of dimerization for an open region in the phase diagram, for all sufficiently large values of S. (Joint work with Jakob Bjoernberg, Peter Muehlbacher, and Daniel Ueltschi).

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