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arXiv:cond-mat/0308099 · Physical review. B, Condensed matter

Unexpected non-Wigner behavior in level-spacing distributions of next-nearest-neighbor coupled XXZ spin chains

Kazue Kudo, Tetsuo Deguchi

Published Aug 25, 2003• 32 citations
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Abstract

The level-spacing distributions of $\mathrm{XXZ}$ spin chains with next-nearest-neighbor couplings are studied under periodic boundary conditions. We confirm that integrable $\mathrm{XXZ}$ spin chains mostly have the Poisson distribution as expected. On the contrary, the level-spacing distributions of next-nearest-neighbor coupled $\mathrm{XXZ}$ chains are given by non-Wigner distributions. It is against the expectations, since the models are nonintegrable.

DOI
10.1103/physrevb.68.052510

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