The spectral densities of dynamical spin autocorrelation functions at infinite temperature are studied for the S=1/2XXZ model (with exchange couplings
Jx=
Jy\ensuremath{\equiv}J,
Jz) on the linear chain, the square lattice, and the simple cubic lattice. The low-frequency behavior of a given spectral density is inferred from certain characteristic properties of its continued-fraction coefficients as determined from computed frequency moments. The analysis yields estimates for the
Jz/J dependence of the infrared-singularity exponent. In the d=1 case, the exponent for spin fluctuations perpendicular to the O(2) symmetry axis responds sensitively as the anisotropy parameter sweeps across the O(3) symmetry point
Jz/J=1, while the exponent for the parallel fluctuations shows little variation. In the cases d=2 and d=3 the same observations are made for autocorrelation functions of aggregate spins in chains and lattice planes, respectively.
Numerical calculations have been performed to obtain the exact infinite-temperature time-dependent spin autocorrelation function
G(t) for a linear chain of
N spins (
S=21) interacting by nearest-neighbor Heisenberg exchange for
N=5,7,9and11 by a method different from that of Carboni and Richards. Exact results for the first 20 moments and estimates for
M22 to
M30 of the frequency autocorrelation function for the infinite chain are provided. Excellent agreement is obtained with some recent results obtained by Morita, who, however, gives terms only up to
M10.
G(t) does not show a simple monotonic diffusive ($\ensuremath{\sim}{t}^{\ensuremath{-}\frac{1}{2}}$) behavior within $\frac{4\ensuremath{\hbar}}{J}$, the time domain up to which we believe our result for
N=11 to be equivalent to that of the infinite chain although it is reduced to about 10% of its value at
t=0.