A theory of quasiballistic spin transport

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Hauptverfasser: Song, Jeffrey Z., Ha, Hyunsoo, Ho, Wen Wei, Bulchandani, Vir B.
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author Song, Jeffrey Z.
Ha, Hyunsoo
Ho, Wen Wei
Bulchandani, Vir B.
author_facet Song, Jeffrey Z.
Ha, Hyunsoo
Ho, Wen Wei
Bulchandani, Vir B.
contents A recent work [Mierzejewski et al., Phys. Rev. B 107, 045134 (2023)] observed "quasiballistic spin transport" - long-lived and transiently ballistic modes of the magnetization density - in numerical simulations of infinite-temperature XXZ chains with power-law exchange interactions. We develop an analytical theory of such quasiballistic spin transport. Previous work found that this effect was maximized along a specific locus in the space of model parameters, which interpolated smoothly between the integrable Haldane-Shastry and XX models and whose shape was estimated from numerics. We obtain an analytical estimate for the lifetime of the spin current and show that it has a unique maximum along a different locus, which interpolates more gradually between the two integrable points. We further rule out the existence of a conserved two-body operator that protects ballistic spin transport away from these integrable points by proving that a corresponding functional equation has no solutions. We discuss connections between our approach and an integrability-transport conjecture for spin.
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spellingShingle A theory of quasiballistic spin transport
Song, Jeffrey Z.
Ha, Hyunsoo
Ho, Wen Wei
Bulchandani, Vir B.
Statistical Mechanics
Quantum Gases
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Quantum Physics
A recent work [Mierzejewski et al., Phys. Rev. B 107, 045134 (2023)] observed "quasiballistic spin transport" - long-lived and transiently ballistic modes of the magnetization density - in numerical simulations of infinite-temperature XXZ chains with power-law exchange interactions. We develop an analytical theory of such quasiballistic spin transport. Previous work found that this effect was maximized along a specific locus in the space of model parameters, which interpolated smoothly between the integrable Haldane-Shastry and XX models and whose shape was estimated from numerics. We obtain an analytical estimate for the lifetime of the spin current and show that it has a unique maximum along a different locus, which interpolates more gradually between the two integrable points. We further rule out the existence of a conserved two-body operator that protects ballistic spin transport away from these integrable points by proving that a corresponding functional equation has no solutions. We discuss connections between our approach and an integrability-transport conjecture for spin.
title A theory of quasiballistic spin transport
topic Statistical Mechanics
Quantum Gases
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.15756