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arXiv:cond-mat/0605602 · Open Systems & Information Dynamics

Quantum Phase Transition in Spin Systems Studied through Entanglement Estimators

Andrea Fubini, Stephan Haas, Tommaso Roscilde, V. Tognetti, Paola Verrucchi

Published Nov 15, 2006• 0 citations
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Abstract

Entanglement represents purely quantum effect involving two or more particles. Spin systems are good candidates for studying this effect and its relation with other collective phenomena ruled by quantum mechanics. While the presence of entangled states can be easily verified, the quantitative estimate of this property is still under investigation. One of the most useful tools in this framework is the concurrence whose definition, albeit limited to S = 1/2 systems, can be related to the correlators. We consider quantum spin systems defined along chains and square lattices, and described by Heisenberg-like Hamiltonians: our goal is to clarify the relation between entanglement and quantum phase transitions, as well as that between the concurrence the and the specific quantum state of the system.

DOI
10.1007/s11080-006-9014-2

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