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Area of Science:

  • Condensed matter physics
  • Statistical mechanics

Background:

  • Superdiffusion is anomalous transport observed in various physical systems.
  • The Heisenberg chain is a canonical many-body system, typically considered nonintegrable.
  • Superdiffusion is expected to transition to ordinary diffusion over time.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Investigate the timescales governing the lifetime of superdiffusion.
  • Analyze the conditions under which superdiffusion persists.
  • Determine the crossover behavior from superdiffusion to ordinary diffusion.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of spin dynamics in the classical Heisenberg chain.
  • Examination of perturbed integrable models.
  • Theoretical analysis of superdiffusion timescales.

Main Results:

  • Superdiffusion is observed in the nonintegrable Heisenberg chain at finite temperatures.
  • Superdiffusion persists for long times in perturbed integrable models, even at high temperatures.
  • The superdiffusion lifetime diverges algebraically with decreasing temperature (t* ~ T^-ζ, ζ possibly 8), making crossover to ordinary diffusion difficult.

Conclusions:

  • Superdiffusion can be a long-lived phenomenon in nonintegrable systems.
  • The crossover to ordinary diffusion can be practically inaccessible due to long superdiffusion lifetimes.
  • Temperature significantly impacts the persistence of superdiffusion.