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Ferromagnetic Lieb-Mattis theorem.

Bruno Nachtergaele1, Shannon Starr

  • 1Department of Mathematics, University of California at Davis, Davis, California 95616, USA. bxn@math.ucdavis.edu

Physical Review Letters
|March 24, 2005
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We prove ferromagnetic ordering of energy levels for XXX Heisenberg chains with arbitrary spin magnitudes. This extends prior work and offers a ferromagnetic counterpart to established theorems on antiferromagnetic and ferrimagnetic systems.

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Area of Science:

  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Quantum Many-Body Systems
  • Spin Chains

Background:

  • The Lieb-Mattis theorem describes energy level ordering in antiferromagnetic and ferrimagnetic systems.
  • Previous work established this ordering for spin-1/2 Heisenberg chains.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To extend the proof of ferromagnetic ordering of energy levels.
  • To consider XXX Heisenberg chains with spins of arbitrary magnitude.

Main Methods:

  • Mathematical analysis of energy levels in quantum spin chains.
  • Investigation of invariant subspaces based on total spin.

Main Results:

  • Ferromagnetic ordering of energy levels is proven for XXX Heisenberg chains with arbitrary spin magnitudes.
  • Minimum energies decrease monotonically with increasing total spin.

Conclusions:

  • The study establishes a ferromagnetic analogue to the Lieb-Mattis theorem.
  • This generalizes findings on energy level ordering in quantum spin systems.