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Physical Review Letters

Critical Behavior of the Isotropic Ferromagnetic Quantum Heisenberg Chain

P. Schlottmann

Published May 13, 1985• 70 citations
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Abstract

The thermodynamic Bethe-Ansatz equations for the isotropic ferromagnetic $S=\frac{1}{2}$ Heisenberg chain have been solved numerically. At low temperatures, I find a power-law dependence on $T$ for the specific heat and the susceptibility with critical exponents $\ensuremath{\alpha}=\ensuremath{-}0.49\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.02$, $\ensuremath{\gamma}=2.00\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.02$, and $\ensuremath{\Delta}\ensuremath{\simeq}\ensuremath{\gamma}$. The exponent $\ensuremath{\alpha}$ is compatible with effective spin waves and $\ensuremath{\gamma}$ and $\ensuremath{\Delta}$ are the exponents of the classical chain. Amplitudes and corrections to scaling are obtained and differences with previous results are discussed.

DOI
10.1103/physrevlett.54.2131

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