Hartree-Fock description of spin systems

A mean-field treatment of a general spin Hamiltonian containing linear and quadratic terms is presented. The equivalence between atomic coherent states and Hartree-Fock states is explicitly demonstrated. The relevance of symmetry restoration is exhibited. Entanglement properties at the different pha...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: J.G. Hirsch, O. Castaños, R. López-Peña, O. Jiménez F., E. López-Moreno
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2007
País:México
Institución:Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Repositorio:Redalyc-UNAM
OAI Identifier:oai:redalyc.org:57028300008
Acceso en línea:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=57028300008
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Física, Astronomía y Matemáticas
Fock
Hartree
entanglement
coherent state
Spin Hamiltonian
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Sumario:A mean-field treatment of a general spin Hamiltonian containing linear and quadratic terms is presented. The equivalence between atomic coherent states and Hartree-Fock states is explicitly demonstrated. The relevance of symmetry restoration is exhibited. Entanglement properties at the different phases are briefly discussed.