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Resonating valence bond wave functions and classical interacting dimer models.

Kedar Damle1, Deepak Dhar, Kabir Ramola

  • 1Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, 1 Homi Bhabha Road, Mumbai 400005, India.

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Nearest-neighbor resonating valence-bond wave functions for SU(g) spin systems are linked to interacting classical dimer models. This reveals insights into spin systems and their interactions on lattices.

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Area of Science:

  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Quantum Mechanics
  • Statistical Mechanics

Background:

  • Nearest-neighbor resonating valence-bond (NNRVB) wave functions are crucial for understanding quantum spin systems.
  • Interacting classical dimer models provide a framework for studying complex lattice behaviors.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To establish a relationship between NNRVB wave functions and interacting classical dimer models.
  • To analyze the interaction potentials within these models and their implications for lattice properties.

Main Methods:

  • Relating NNRVB wave function properties to fully packed interacting classical dimer models on bipartite lattices.
  • Expressing interaction energy as a sum of n-body potentials recursively determined from NNRVB wave functions.
  • Analyzing the magnitude and leading terms of these n-body interactions.

Main Results:

  • The interaction energy is characterized by n-body potentials V(n) with magnitudes of order O(g(-(n-1))) for small g(-1).
  • A leading two-body nearest-neighbor interaction V2(g) favors parallel dimers on elementary plaquettes.
  • For SU(2) spins, the bond-energy correlation function exhibits an oscillatory decay of 1/|r|α with α≈1.22, aligning with numerical studies.

Conclusions:

  • The study successfully connects NNRVB wave functions to dimer models, offering a new perspective on their properties.
  • The findings provide a quantitative understanding of interaction energies and correlation functions in these systems.
  • The results validate theoretical predictions against numerical simulations, enhancing confidence in the models used.