Thermodynamics of spin chains of Haldane-Shastry type and one-dimensional vertex models

We study the thermodynamic properties of spin chains of Haldane-Shastry type associated with the A(N-1) root system in the presence of a uniform external magnetic field. To this end, we exactly compute the partition function of these models for an arbitrary finite number of spins. We then show that...

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Authors: Enciso, Alberto, Finkel Morgenstern, Federico, González López, Artemio
Format: article
Publication Date:2012
Country:España
Institution:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repository:Docta Complutense
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/44671
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/44671
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:51-73
Spin chains of haldane–shastry type
Vertex models
Transfer matrix method
Thermodynamic limit
Física-Modelos matemáticos
Física matemática
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Summary:We study the thermodynamic properties of spin chains of Haldane-Shastry type associated with the A(N-1) root system in the presence of a uniform external magnetic field. To this end, we exactly compute the partition function of these models for an arbitrary finite number of spins. We then show that these chains are equivalent to a suitable inhomogeneous classical Ising model in a spatially dependent magnetic field, generalizing the results of Basu-Mallick et al. for the zero magnetic field case. Using the standard transfer matrix approach, we are able to compute in closed form the free energy per site in the thermodynamic limit. We perform a detailed analysis of the chains' thermodynamics in a unified way, with special emphasis on the zero field and zero temperature limits. Finally, we provide a novel interpretation of the thermodynamic quantities of spin chains of Haldane-Shastry type as weighted averages of the analogous quantities over an ensemble of classical Ising models.