arXiv:cond-mat/9405043 · Physical review. B, Condensed matter
DynamicalT=0 correlations of theS=1/2 one-dimensional Heisenberg antiferromagnet with 1/ r2 exchange in a magnetic field
J. C. Talstra, F. D. M. Haldane
Abstract
We present a selection rule for matrix elements of local spin operators in the S=1/2 Haldane-Shastry model. Based on this rule we extend a recent exact calculation by Haldane and Zirnbauer of the ground-state dynamical spin correlation function ${\mathit{S}}^{\mathit{a}\mathit{b}}$(n,t)=〈0\ensuremath{\Vert}${\mathit{S}}^{\mathit{a}}$(n,t)${\mathit{S}}^{\mathit{b}}$(0,0)\ensuremath{\Vert}0〉 and its Fourier transform ${\mathit{S}}^{\mathit{a}\mathit{b}}$(Q,E) of this model to a finite magnetic field. In zero field, only two-spinon excitations contribute to the spec tral function; in the (positively) partially spin-polarized case, there are two types of elementary excitations: spinons (\ensuremath{\Delta}${\mathit{S}}^{\mathit{z}}$=\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}1/2) and magnons (\ensuremath{\Delta}${\mathit{S}}^{\mathit{z}}$=-1). The magnons are divided into left- or right-moving branches. The only classes of excited states contributing to the spectral functions are (I) two spinons, (II) two spinons+one magnon, (IIIa) two spinons+two magnons (moving in opposite directions), and (IIIb) one magnon. The contributions to the various correlations are ${\mathit{S}}^{\mathrm{\ensuremath{-}}+}$: (I); ${\mathit{S}}^{\mathit{z}\mathit{z}}$: (I)+(II); ${\mathit{S}}^{+\mathrm{\ensuremath{-}}}$: (I)+(II)+(III). In the zero-field limit there are no magnons, while in the fully polarized case, there are no spinons. We discuss the relation of the spectral functions to correlations of the Calogero-Sutherland model at coupling \ensuremath{\lambda}=2.