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Dynamics and transport in random quantum systems governed by strong-randomness fixed points
We present results on the low-frequency dynamical and transport properties of
random quantum systems whose low temperature (), low-energy behavior is
controlled by strong disorder fixed points. We obtain the momentum and
frequency dependent dynamic structure factor in the Random Singlet (RS) phases
of both spin-1/2 and spin-1 random antiferromagnetic chains, as well as in the
Random Dimer (RD) and Ising Antiferromagnetic (IAF) phases of spin-1/2 random
antiferromagnetic chains. We show that the RS phases are unusual `spin metals'
with divergent low-frequency spin conductivity at T=0, and we also follow the
conductivity through novel `metal-insulator' transitions tuned by the strength
of dimerization or Ising anisotropy in the spin-1/2 case, and by the strength
of disorder in the spin-1 case. We work out the average spin and energy
autocorrelations in the one-dimensional random transverse field Ising model in
the vicinity of its quantum critical point. All of the above calculations are
valid in the frequency dominated regime \omega \agt T, and rely on previously
available renormalization group schemes that describe these systems in terms of
the properties of certain strong-disorder fixed point theories. In addition, we
obtain some information about the behavior of the dynamic structure factor and
dynamical conductivity in the opposite `hydrodynamic' regime for
the special case of spin-1/2 chains close to the planar limit (the quantum x-y
model) by analyzing the corresponding quantities in an equivalent model of
spinless fermions with weak repulsive interactions and particle-hole symmetric
disorder.Comment: Long version (with many additional results) of Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf
84}, 3434 (2000) (available as cond-mat/9904290); two-column format, 33 pages
and 8 figure
Magnetization profiles and NMR spectra of doped Haldane chains at finite temperatures
Open segments of S=1 antiferromagnetic spin chains are studied at finite
temperatures and fields using continuous time Quantum Monte Carlo techniques.
By calculating the resulting magnetization profiles for a large range of chain
lengths with fixed field and temperature we reconstruct the experimentally
measured NMR spectrum of impurity doped YBaNiMgO. For
temperatures above the gap the calculated NMR spectra are in excellent
agreement with the experimental results, confirming the existence of
excitations at the end of open S=1 chain segments. At temperatures below the
gap, neglecting inter chain couplings, we still find well defined peaks in the
calculated NMR spectra corresponding to the chain end excitations. At
low temperatures, inter chain couplings could be important, resulting in a more
complicated phase.Comment: 7 pages, 5 figures, minor correction
Assessment of vascular reactivity in rat brain glioma by measuring regional blood volume during graded hypoxic hypoxia
Treatment of intracranial hypertension and aspects on lumbar dural puncture in severe bacterial meningitis
Origin-Dependent Inverted-Repeat Amplification: A Replication-Based Model for Generating Palindromic Amplicons
Assessment of the RIFLE criteria for the diagnosis of Acute Kidney Injury; a retrospective study in South-Western Ghana
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