Quantum dynamics of disordered spin chains with power-law interactions
Quantum dynamics of disordered spin chains with power-law interactions
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DOI:
10.1103/physreva.99.033610
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发表时间:
2018-06
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2.9
通讯作者:
A. Safavi-Naini;M. Wall;O. L. Acevedo;A. Rey;R. Nandkishore
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作者:
A. Safavi-Naini;M. Wall;O. L. Acevedo;A. Rey;R. Nandkishore
We use extensive numerical simulations based on matrix product state methods to study the quantum dynamics of spin chains with strong on-site disorder and power-law decaying ($1/r^\alpha$) interactions. We focus on two spin-$1/2$ Hamiltonians featuring power-law interactions: Heisenberg and XY and characterize their corresponding long-time dynamics using three distinct diagnostics: decay of a staggered magnetization pattern $I(t)$, growth of entanglement entropy $S(t)$, and growth of quantum Fisher information $F_Q(t).$ For sufficiently rapidly decaying interactions $\alpha>\alpha_c$ we find a many-body localized phase, in which $I(t)$ saturates to a non-zero value, entanglement entropy grows as $S(t)\propto t^{1/\alpha}$, and Fisher information grows logarithmically. Importantly, entanglement entropy and Fisher information do not scale the same way (unlike short range interacting models). The critical power $\alpha_c$ is smaller for the XY model than for the Heisenberg model.