Exact Density Matrix for Quantum Group Invariant Sector of XXZ Model

Fedor Aleksandrovich Smirnov

Using the fermionic basis we obtain the expectation values of all $U_q(\slt)$-invariant local operators on 8 sites for the anisotropic six-vertex model on a cylinder with generic Matsubara data. In the case when the $U_q(\slt)$ symmetry is not broken this computation is equivalent to finding the entire density matrix up to 8 sites. As application, we compute the entanglement entropy without and with temperature, and compare the results with CFT predictions.

T. Miwa, Fedor Aleksandrovich Smirnov

T. Miwa, Fedor Aleksandrovich Smirnov

Shimpei Senda, Tatsuro Sunami, Yuto Matsumoto +1 more

We study nonequilibrium steady states (NESSs) in the weakly-coupled XXZ model in contact with two heat baths at different temperatures. We show that the density matrix can be represented using only projection operators specified by the quantum numbers of the quantum group $U_q(sl_2)$ in a very good approximation. By using this property, we numerically calculate physical quantities such as temperature profile, energy current, and correlation functions, for the spin chain consisting of several hundred spins. We analytically derive the exact density matrix in the limit $q \rightarrow 0$.

Enrico M. Brehm, Jean Cazalis

Matrix models appear as fundamental descriptions of M-theory and D-brane dynamics, and via the gauge/gravity duality their gauge-invariant, or singlet, sector describes the purely gravitational degrees of freedom in the holographic dual. We present a new exact algorithm for computing observables of bosonic U(N) matrix models in the gauge-invariant singlet sector. This sector is spanned by an orthogonal basis of Schur polynomials (for a single matrix) and restricted Schur polynomials (for multiple matrices), which diagonalizes the free Hamiltonian and provides a natural truncation of the Hilbert space by excitation number. Matrix elements of the interaction Hamiltonian, or any gauge-invariant observable, are evaluated through a group-theoretic reduction to cosets and double cosets of suitable subgroups of the symmetric group, together with character sums on the symmetric group. The resulting entries are closed-form polynomials in the gauge-group rank N, assembled from group-theoretic data that are precomputed once and can be reused for any N and any coupling constants. We validate the one-matrix implementation against the exact mapping to N non-interacting fermions, demonstrating rapid convergence of the low-lying spectrum with the cutoff. The multi-matrix extension is outlined; its main bottleneck is the computation of restricted characters of the symmetric group, for which no algorithm comparable to the Murnaghan--Nakayama rule is currently known. The framework gives direct access to finite-N, finite-coupling dynamics of gauge-invariant states and opens a new computational window on the non-planar regime of holographic matrix models.

Christoph Karrasch, Johannes Hauschild, S. Langer +1 more

We revisit the problem of the spin Drude weight $D$ of the integrable spin-$1/2$ XXZ chain using two complementary approaches, exact diagonalization (ED) and the time-dependent density-matrix renormalization group (tDMRG). We pursue two main goals. First, we present extensive results for the temperature dependence of $D$. By exploiting time translation invariance within tDMRG, one can extract $D$ for significantly lower temperatures than in previous tDMRG studies. Second, we discuss the numerical quality of the tDMRG data and elaborate on details of the finite-size scaling of the ED results, comparing calculations carried out in the canonical and grand-canonical ensembles. Furthermore, we analyze the behavior of the Drude weight as the point with SU(2)-symmetric exchange is approached and discuss the relative contribution of the Drude weight to the sum rule as a function of temperature.