XYZ Spin Research Articles

Spectral duality in elliptic systems, six-dimensional gauge theories and topological strings

We consider Dotsenko-Fateev matrix models associated with compactified Calabi-Yau threefolds. They can be constructed with the help of explicit expressions for refined topological vertex, i.e. are directly related to the corresponding topological string amplitudes. We describe a correspondence between these amplitudes, elliptic and affine type Selberg integrals and gauge theories in five and six dimensions with various matter content. We show that the theories of this type are connected by spectral dualities, which can be also seen at the level of elliptic Seiberg-Witten integrable systems. The most interesting are the spectral duality between the XYZ spin chain and the Ruijsenaars system, which is further lifted to self-duality of the double elliptic system.

Quantum discord length is enhanced while entanglement length is not by introducing disorder in a spin chain.

Classical correlation functions of ground states typically decay exponentially and polynomially, respectively, for gapped and gapless short-range quantum spin systems. In such systems, entanglement decays exponentially even at the quantum critical points. However, quantum discord, an information-theoretic quantum correlation measure, survives long lattice distances. We investigate the effects of quenched disorder on quantum correlation lengths of quenched averaged entanglement and quantum discord, in the anisotropic XY and XYZ spin glass and random field chains. We find that there is virtually neither reduction nor enhancement in entanglement length while quantum discord length increases significantly with the introduction of the quenched disorder.

Pre-relaxation in weakly interacting models

We consider time evolution in models close to integrable points with hidden symmetries that generate infinitely many local conservation laws that do not commute with one another. The system is expected to (locally) relax to a thermal ensemble if integrability is broken, or to a so-called generalised Gibbs ensemble if unbroken. In some circumstances expectation values exhibit quasi-stationary behaviour long before their typical relaxation time. For integrability-breaking perturbations, these are also called pre-thermalisation plateaux, and emerge e.g. in the strong coupling limit of the Bose–Hubbard model. As a result of the hidden symmetries, quasi-stationarity appears also in integrable models, for example in the Ising limit of the XXZ model. We investigate a weak coupling limit, identify a time window in which the effects of the perturbations become significant and solve the time evolution through a mean-field mapping. As an explicit example we study the XYZ spin- chain with additional perturbations that break integrability. One of the most intriguing results of the analysis is the appearance of persistent oscillatory behaviour. To unravel its origin, we study in detail a toy model: the transverse-field Ising chain with an additional nonlocal interaction proportional to the square of the transverse spin per unit length (2013 Phys. Rev. Lett. 111 197203). Despite being nonlocal, this belongs to a class of models that emerge as intermediate steps of the mean-field mapping and shares many dynamical properties with the weakly interacting models under consideration.

Full decoherence induced by local fields in open spin chains with strong boundary couplings

We investigate an open XYZ spin- chain driven out of equilibrium by boundary reservoirs targeting different spin orientations, aligned along the principal axes of anisotropy. We show that by tuning local magnetic fields, applied to spins at sites near the boundaries, one can change any nonequilibrium steady state to a fully uncorrelated Gibbsian state at infinite temperature. This phenomenon occurs for strong boundary coupling and on a critical manifold in the space of the fields amplitudes. The structure of this manifold depends on the anisotropy degree of the model and on the parity of the chain size.

Pairwise thermal entanglement in the Ising-XYZ diamond chain structure in an external magnetic field

Quantum entanglement is one of the most fascinating types of correlation that can be shared only among quantum systems. The Heisenberg chain is one of the simplest quantum chains which exhibits a rich entanglement feature, due to the fact that the Heisenberg interaction is quantum coupling in the spin system. The two particles were coupled trough XYZ coupling or simply called as two-qubit XYZ spin, which are the responsible for the emergence of thermal entanglement. These two-qubit operators are bonded to two nodal Ising spins, and this process is repeated infinitely resulting in a diamond chain structure. We will discuss the two-qubit thermal entanglement effect on the Ising-XYZ diamond chain structure. The concurrence could be obtained straightforwardly in terms of two-qubit density operator elements; using this result we study the thermal entanglement, as well as the threshold temperature where entangled state vanishes. The present model displays a quite unusual concurrence behavior, e.g., the boundary of two entangled regions becomes a disentangled region, and this is intrinsically related to the XY-anisotropy in the Heisenberg coupling. Although a similar property had been found for only two qubits, here we show it for the case of a diamond chain structure, which reasonably represents real materials.

Topological phases in spin-orbit-coupled dipolar lattice bosons

We study the topological phases in spin-orbit-coupled dipolar bosons in a one-dimensional optical lattice. The magnetic dipolar interactions between atoms give rise to intersite interactions. In the Mott-insulating regime, this system can be described by the quantum XYZ spin model with Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interactions in a transverse field. We focus on investigating the effect of dipolar interactions on the topological phase. The topological phase can be shown when spin-orbit coupling combines with the repulsive dipolar interaction. We find that the dipolar interaction can broaden the range of parameters of spin-orbit coupling and transverse field for exhibiting the topological phase. The sum of spin correlations between the two nearest-neighboring atoms can be used to indicate the topological phase. This may be useful for detecting topological phases in experiments.

SOV approach for integrable quantum models associated with general representations on spin-1/2 chains of the 8-vertex reflection algebra

The analysis of the transfer matrices associated with the most general representations of the 8-vertex reflection algebra on spin-1/2 chains is here implemented by introducing a quantum separation of variables (SOV) method, which generalizes to these integrable quantum models the method first introduced by Sklyanin. For representations reproducing in their homogeneous limits the open XYZ spin-1/2 quantum chains with the most general integrable boundary conditions, we explicitly construct representations of the 8-vertex reflection algebras, for which the transfer matrix spectral problem is separated. Then, in these SOV representations we get the complete characterization of the transfer matrix spectrum (eigenvalues and eigenstates) and its non-degeneracy. Moreover, we present the first fundamental step toward the characterization of the dynamics of these models by deriving determinant formulae for the matrix elements of the identity on separated states, which particularly apply to transfer matrix eigenstates. A comparison of our analysis of the 8-vertex reflection algebra with that of (Niccoli G 2012 J. Stat. Mech. P10025, Faldella S et al 2014 J. Stat. Mech. P01011) for the 6-vertex leads to an interesting remark in that there is a profound similarity in both the characterization of the spectral problems and the scalar products, which exists for these two different realizations of the reflection algebra once they are described by the SOV method. As will be shown in a future publication, this remarkable similarity will be the basis of a simultaneous determination of the form factors of local operators of integrable quantum models associated with general reflection algebra representations of both 8-vertex and 6-vertex type.

Modular invariance in the gappedXYZspin-12chain

We show that the elliptic parametrization of the coupling constants of the quantum XYZ spin chain can be analytically extended outside of their natural domain, to cover the whole phase diagram of the model, which is composed of 12 adjacent regions, related to one another by a spin rotation. This extension is based on the modular properties of the elliptic functions and we show how rotations in parameter space correspond to the double covering PGL(2,Z)of the modular group, implying that the partition function of the XYZ chain is invariant under this group in parameter space, in the same way as a Conformal Field Theory partition function is invariant under the modular group acting in real space. The encoding of the symmetries of the model into the modular properties of the partition function could shed light on the general structure of integrable models.

Entanglement Teleportation via a Two-Qubit System with Anisotropic Couplings under a Different Nonuniform Magnetic Field

We examine entanglement teleportation, characterized by average fidelity, of two-qubit XYZ spin chain under different nonuniform magnetic field. The entanglement teleportation and the fidelity of entanglement teleportation are investigated separately. We show explicitly that the fidelity of entanglement teleportation can be enhanced by changing the direction of the magnetic field. This means that we can always get optimal fidelity by choosing the directions of magnetic field in the process of quantum teleportation. Moreover, the results show that in some cases the ferromagnetic chain also is a qualified candidate in the process of teleportation protocol.

Various Correlations in the Anisotropic Heisenberg XYZ Model with Dzyaloshinski—Moriya Interaction

Various thermal correlations as well as the effect of intrinsic decoherence on the correlations are studied in a two-qubit Heisenberg XYZ spin chain with the Dzyaloshinski—Moriya (DM) interaction along the z direction, i.e. Dz. It is found that tunable parameter Dz may play a constructive role on the concurrence C, classical correlation (CC) and quantum discord (QD) in thermal equilibrium while it plays a destructive role on the correlations in the intrinsic decoherence case. The entanglement and quantum discord exhibit collapse and revival under the phase decoherence. With a proper combination of the system parameters, the correlations can effectively be kept at high steady state values despite the intrinsic decoherence.

Correlation length and unusual corrections to entanglement entropy

We study analytically the corrections to the leading terms in the Renyi entropy of a massive lattice theory, showing significant deviations from naive expectations. In particular, we show that finite size and finite mass effects give rise to different contributions (with different exponents) and thus violate a simple scaling argument. In the specific, we look at the entanglement entropy of a bipartite XYZ spin-1/2 chain in its ground state. When the system is divided into two semi-infinite half-chains, we have an analytical expression of the Renyi entropy as a function of a single mass parameter. In the scaling limit, we show that the entropy as a function of the correlation length formally coincides with that of a bulk Ising model. This should be compared with the fact that, at criticality, the model is described by a c=1 Conformal Field Theory and the corrections to the entropy due to finite size effects show exponents depending on the compactification radius of the theory. We will argue that there is no contradiction between these statements. If the lattice spacing is retained finite, the relation between the mass parameter and the correlation length generates new subleading terms in the entropy, whose form is path-dependent in phase-space and whose interpretation within a field theory is not available yet. These contributions arise as a consequence of the existence of stable bound states and are thus a distinctive feature of truly interacting theories, such as the XYZ chain.

Entanglement of the Thermal State of an Anisotropic XYZ Spin Chain in an Inhomogeneous Constant Magnetic Field

A system of a two-qubit Heisenberg anisotropic XYZ spin chain in an inhomogeneous constant magnetic field with the Dzyaloshinskii—Moriya interaction is studied. The energy eigenvalues, the corresponding eigenstates and the thermal states of the system are evaluated. The entanglement is investigated according to Wootter's concurrence. The concurrence is studied against temperature for different values of the parameters involved.

The Eight-Vertex Model and Lattice Supersymmetry

We show that the XYZ spin chain along the special line of couplings J_xJ_y+J_xJ_z+J_yJ_z=0 possesses a hidden N=(2,2) supersymmetry. This lattice supersymmetry is non-local and changes the number of sites. It extends to the full transfer matrix of the corresponding eight-vertex model. In particular, it is shown how to derive the supercharges from Baxter's Bethe ansatz. This analysis leads to new conjectures concerning the ground state for chains of odd length. We also discuss a correspondence between the spectrum of this XYZ chain and that of a manifestly supersymmetric staggered fermion chain.

Second Reference State and Complete Eigenstates of Open XYZ Chain

The second reference state of the open XYZ spin chain with non-diagonal boundary terms is studied. The associated Bethe states exactly yield the second set of eigenvalues proposed recently by functional Bethe Ansatz.

Dense coding with a two-qubit Heisenberg XYZ chain under the influence of phase decoherence

We investigate the joint effects of phase decoherence, Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya (DM) interaction and inhomogeneity of the external magnetic field (b) on dense coding in a two-qubit anisotropic Heisenberg XYZ spin chain. Analytical expressions are obtained for the dense coding capacity. It is found that valid dense coding is always possible with this model when the system is initially prepared in the maximum entangled state. Moreover, optimal dense coding can be implemented for this initial state as long as the mean spin-spin coupling constant J+ of the XY plane is larger than b and the DM interaction despite the intrinsic decoherence. Non-maximal entangled initial states are found to be undesirable for dense coding with this model.

Essential singularity in the Renyi entanglement entropy of the one-dimensionalXYZspin-12chain

We study the Renyi entropy of the one-dimensional XYZ spin-1/2 chain in the entirety of its phase diagram. The model has several quantum critical lines corresponding to rotated XXZ chains in their paramagnetic phase, and four tri-critical points where these phases join. Two of these points are described by a conformal field theory and close to them the entropy scales as the logarithm of its mass gap. The other two points are not conformal and the entropy has a peculiar singular behavior in their neighbors, characteristic of an essential singularity. At these non-conformal points the model undergoes a discontinuous transition, with a level crossing in the ground state and a quadratic excitation spectrum. We propose the entropy as an efficient tool to determine the discontinuous or continuous nature of a phase transition also in more complicated models.

Teleportation and thermal entanglement in two-qubit Heisenberg XYZ spin chain with the Dzyaloshinski–Moriya interaction and the inhomogeneous magnetic field

This paper studies the average fidelity of teleportation and thermal entanglement for a two-qubit Heisenberg XYZ chain in the presence of both an inhomogeneous magnetic field and a Dzyaloshinski–Moriya interaction. It shows that for a fixed Dz, the increase of bz will broaden the critical temperature at the cost of decreasing the thermal entanglement. And it can modulate the inhomogeneous magnetic field and the Dzyaloshinski–Moriya interaction for the average fidelity of teleportation to be optimal.

A possible combinatorial point for the XYZ spin chain

We formulate and discuss several conjectures related to the ground state vectors of odd-length XYZ spin chains with periodic boundary conditions and a special choice of the Hamiltonian parameters. In particular, we argue for the validity of a sum rule for the vector components that in a sense describes the degree of antiferromagneticity of the chain.

Quantum State Transfer Via a Two-Qubit Heisenberg XYZ Spin Model

We report the transfer fidelities of two-qubit pure state via a two-qubit Heisenberg XYZ spin model under a nonuniform magnetic field. It shown us that not only the average fidelity can be enhanced evidently but also the ideal fidelity region can be broadened by introducing the interaction of z component of two neighboring spins Jz. Decreasing the anisotropy parameter γ also can improve Fa and result in ideal fidelity. Our study on the average fidelity of this quantum channel system also shows that for any finite value of temperature T we can obtain the ideal average fidelity by improving the inhomogeneous magnetic field b. Fa is infinitely close to the maximum value of classical communication 2/3 with increasing b. While increasing the uniform field B can not do this, Fa are always inferior to 2/3 for enough larger B.

Thermodynamic properties of the spin-1/2 ferromagnetic Heisenberg chain with long-range interactions

The one-dimensional spin-1/2 XYZ ferromagnetic model in a transverse field and uniform long-range interactions among the z components of the spins is studied using the mean-field Jordan–Wigner transformation. The thermodynamic quantities results like Helmholtz free energy, the internal energy, the specific heat and the isothermal susceptibility are obtained both analytically and numerically. The phase transition of the system at a finite temperature is also discussed. Our results agree with numerical results of the XYZ spin chain by others.