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Title:
Numerical investigation of correlation functions for the UqSU(2) invariant spin-1/2 Heisenberg chain

Authors:
Peter F Arndt, Thomas Heinzel

Abstract:
We consider.the UqSU(2) invariant spin-1/2 XXZ quantum spin chain at the roots of unity q = exp(i pi/(m+1)), corresponding to different minimal models of conformal field theory. We conduct a numerical investigation of the correlation functions of UqSU(2) scalar two-point operators in order to find which operators in the minimal models they correspond to. Using graphical representations of the Temperley-Lieb algebra we are able to deal with chains of up to 28 sites. Depending on q the correlation functions show different characteristics and finite-size behaviour. For m = 2/3, which corresponds to the Lee-Yang edge singularity, we find the surface and bulk critical exponent -1/5. Together with the known result in the case m = 3 (Ising model) this indicates that in the continuum limit the two-point operators involve conformal fields of spin-(m-1)/(m+1). For other roots of unity q the chains are too short to determine the surface and bulk critical exponents.


Reference:
Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical 28 (1995) 3567-3578

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