Quantum spin chains with regularly alternating bonds and fields

We consider the spin-1/2 XY chain in a transverse field with regularly varying exchange interactions and on-site fields. In two limiting cases of the isotropic XX and extremely anisotropic (Ising) exchange interaction the thermodynamic quantities are calculated rigorously with the help of continued fractions. We discuss peculiarities of the low-temperature magnetic properties and a possibility of the spin-Peierls instability.Comment: Presented at 11-th Czech and Slovak Conference on Magnetism, Ko\v{s}ice, 20-23 August 200

Thermodynamic properties of spin-1/2 transverse XY chain with Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction: Exact solution for correlated Lorentzian disorder

We extend the consideration of the spin-1/2 transverse XY chain with correlated Lorentzian disorder (Phys. Rev. B {\bf 55,} 14298 (1997)) for the case of additional Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interspin interaction. It is shown how the averaged density of states can be calculated exactly. Results are presented for the density of states and the transverse magnetization.Comment: 2 figure

Spin-1/2 periodic nonuniform XX chains and the spin-Peierls instability

Using continued fractions we obtained the exact result for the density of magnon states of the regularly alternating spin-1/2 XX chain with Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction. We examined the stability of the magnetic chain with respect to the spin-Peierls dimerization.Comment: 4 pages, latex with pmart.sty (included), no figures; poster presentation at the European Conference "Physics of Magnetism 99", Poznan 199