arXiv · cond-mat/9606213
A class of ansatz wave functions for 1D spin systems and their relation to DMRG
Abstract
We investigate the density matrix renormalization group (DMRG) discovered by White and show that in the case where the renormalization eventually converges to a fixed point the DMRG ground state can be simply written as a ``matrix product'' form. This ground state can also be rederived through a simple variational ansatz making no reference to the DMRG construction. We also show how to construct the ``matrix product'' states and how to calculate their properties, including the excitation spectrum. This paper provides details of many results announced in an earlier letter.
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Stefan Rommer, Stellan Ostlund. 1996-06-28. A class of ansatz wave functions for 1D spin systems and their relation to DMRG. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.55.2164
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