arXiv:2005.06242 · Physical Review Letters

Algebraic Construction of Current Operators in Integrable Spin Chains

Balázs Pozsgay

Published Aug 11, 2020• 71 citations

Abstract

Generalized hydrodynamics is a recent theory that describes the large scale transport properties of one dimensional integrable models. At the heart of this theory lies an exact quantum-classical correspondence, which states that the flows of the conserved quantities are essentially quasiclassical even in the interacting quantum many body models. We provide the algebraic background to this observation, by embedding the current operators of the integrable spin chains into the canonical framework of Yang-Baxter integrability. Our construction can be applied in a large variety of models including the XXZ spin chains, the Hubbard model, and even in models lacking particle conservation such as the XYZ chain. Regarding the XXZ chain we present a simplified proof of the recent exact results for the current mean values, and explain how their quasiclassical nature emerges from the exact computations.

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.125.070602

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