From deconfined spinons to coherent magnons in an antiferromagnetic Heisenberg chain with long range interactions
From deconfined spinons to coherent magnons in an antiferromagnetic Heisenberg chain with long range interactions
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DOI:
10.21468/scipostphys.10.5.110
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2020-05
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Luhang Yang;A. Feiguin
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作者:
Luhang Yang;A. Feiguin
We study the spectrum and the nature of the excitations of an antiferromagnetic (AFM) Heisenberg chain with staggered long range interactions, both numerically using the time-dependent density matrix renormalization group (tDMRG) method and by means of a multi-spinon approximation that qualitatively explains its main features. The unfrustrated long-range nature of the exchange effectively increases the dimensionality of the system and the chain is able to undergo true symmetry breaking and develop long range order, transitioning from a gapless spin liquid to a gapless ordered AFM phase. We calculated the momentum resolved spin dynamical structure factor and found that for weakly decaying interactions the emergence of Neel order can be associated to the formation of bound states of spinons that become coherent magnons. The quasiparticle band leaks out from the two-spinon continuum that is pushed up to higher energies. Our physical picture is also supported by an analysis of the behavior of the excitations in real-time.