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QUANTUM SPIN CHAINS WITH COMPOSITE SPIN

Jenő Sólyom, JUSSI TIMONEN

Published Dec 1, 1988• 0 citations

Abstract

The ground state of quantum spin chains with two spin-1/2 operators per site is determined from finite chain calculations and compared to predictions from the continuum limit. As particular cases, results for the spin-1 Heisenberg chain, the spin-1 model with bilinear and biquadratic exchange and the extended Hubbard model are analysed.

DOI: 10.1051/jphyscol:19888631

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