Level statistics of XXZ spin chains with a random magnetic field

Kazue Kudo and Tetsuo Deguchi
Phys. Rev. B 69, 132404 – Published 8 April 2004
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Abstract

The level-spacing distribution of a spin-12 XXZ chain is numerically studied under random magnetic field. We show explicitly how the level statistics depends on the lattice size L, the anisotropy parameter Δ, and the mean amplitude of the random magnetic field h. In the energy spectrum, quantum integrability competes with nonintegrability derived from the randomness, where the XXZ interaction is modified by the parameter Δ. When Δ0, the level-spacing distribution mostly shows Wigner-like behavior, while when Δ=0, Poisson-like behavior appears although the system is nonintegrable due to randomness. Poisson-like behavior also appears for Δ0 in the large h limit. Furthermore, the level-spacing distribution depends on the lattice size L, particularly when the random field is weak.

  • Received 29 October 2003

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.69.132404

©2004 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Kazue Kudo*

  • Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Ochanomizu University, 2-1-1 Ohtsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8610, Japan

Tetsuo Deguchi

  • Department of Physics, Ochanomizu University, 2-1-1 Ohtsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8610, Japan

  • *Electronic address: kudo@degway.phys.ocha.ac.jp
  • Electronic address: deguchi@phys.ocha.ac.jp

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Vol. 69, Iss. 13 — 1 April 2004

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