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Publications and source records attributed to Bill Sutherland.
We report the ground-state entropy of a 2-d Ising model on the Shastry-Sutherland lattice. We also study a generalization of this model, where a constraint on the zero temperature allowed configurations is removed continuously.
We explain the relationship between the classical description of an integrable system in terms of invariant tori and action-angle variables, and the quantum description in terms of the asymptotic Bethe ansatz.
We present here a variational method for maximizing the bandgap in a one-dimensional system where the potential is subject to given constraints. Two specific examples are studied in detail. In the first, we show that if the potential is constrained to lie between two values, the largest bandgap is obtained by a mixture of the highest and lowest potential - an exact result valid in any dimension. The second example fixes the first and second moments of the potential and seeks to extremize the bandgap. An exact result is obtained. Finally, we indicate how our techniques may be applied to photonic bandgaps.
We present the exact solution to a one-dimensional multicomponent quantum lattice model interacting by an exchange operator which falls off as the inverse-sinh-square of the distance. This interaction contains a variable range as a parameter, and can thus interpolate between the known solutions for the nearest-neighbor chain, and the inverse-square chain. The energy, susceptibility, charge stiffness and the dispersion relations for low-lying excitations are explicitly calculated for the absolute ground state, as a function of both the range of the interaction and the number of species of fermions.
We present an investigation of the sinh-cosh (SC) interaction model with twisted boundary conditions. We argue that, when unlike particles repel, the SC model may be usefully viewed as a Heisenberg-Ising fluid with moving Heisenberg-Ising spins. We derive the Luttinger liquid relation for the stiffness and the susceptibility, both from conformal arguments, and directly from the integral equations. Finally, we investigate the opening and closing of the ground state gaps for both SC and Heisenberg-Ising models, as the interaction strength is varied.
We present an exact calculation of the Luttinger liquid relation for the one-dimensional, two-component SC model in the interaction strength range $-1<s<0$ by appropriately varying the limits of the integral Bethe Ansatz equations. The result is confirmed by numerical and conformal methods. By a related study of the transport properties of the SC model, we can give an exact formula for the susceptibility. Our method is applicable to a wide range of models such as, e.g., the Heisenberg-Ising chain.
In this paper, we continue our investigation of a one-dimensional, two-component, quantum many-body system in which like particles interact with a pair potential $s(s+1)/{\rm sinh}^{2}(r)$, while unlike particles interact with a pair potential $-s(s+1)/{\rm cosh}^{2}(r)$. For an equal number of particles of the two components, the ground state for $s>0$ corresponds to an antiferromagnet/insulator. Excitations consist of a gapless pair-hole--pair continuum, a two-particle continuum with gap and excitons with gap. For $-1<s<0$, the system has two gapless excitations --- a particle-hole continuum and a two spin-wave continuum. Using finite-size scaling methods of conformal field theory, we calculate the asymptotic expressions and critical exponents for correlation functions of these gapless excitations at zero temperature. The conformal structure is closely related to the Hubbard model with repulsive on-site interaction.
In this paper, we present the exact solution to a one-dimensional, two-component, quantum many-body system in which like particles interact with a pair potential $s(s+1)/{\rm sinh}^{2}(r)$, while unlike particles interact with a pair potential $-s(s+1)/{\rm cosh}^{2}(r)$. We first give a proof of integrability, then derive the coupled equations determining the complete spectrum. All singularities occur in the ground state when there are equal numbers of the two components; we give explicit results for the ground state and low-lying states in this case. For $s>0$, the system is an antiferromagnet/insulator, with excitations consisting of a pair-hole--pair continuum, a two-particle continuum with gap, and excitons with gaps. For $-1<s<0$, the system has excitations consisting of a hole-particle continuum, and a two-spin wave continuum, both gap-less.
We show how conformal invariance predicts the functional form of two-point correlators in one-dimensional periodic quantum systems. Numerical evidence for this functional form in a wide class of models --- including long-ranged ones --- is given and it is shown how this may be used to significantly speed up calculations of critical exponents.
We present an algebraic structure that provides an interesting and novel link between supersymmetry and quantum integrability. This structure underlies two classes of models that are exactly solvable in 1-dimension and belong to the $1/r^2 $ family of interactions. The algebra consists of the commutation between a ``Super- Hamiltonian'', and two other operators, in a Hilbert space that is an enlargement of the original one by introducing fermions. The commutation relations reduce to quantal Ordered Lax equations when projected to the original subspace, and to a statement about the ``Harmonic Lattice Potential'' structure of the Lax operator. These in turn lead to a highly automatic proof of the integrability of these models. In the case of the discrete $SU(n)-1/r^2$ model, the `` Super-Hamiltonian'' is again an $SU(m)-1/r^2$ model with a related $m$, providing an interesting hierarchy of models.
In this paper, we investigate a family of one-dimensional multi-component quantum many-body systems. The interaction is an exchange interaction based on the familiar family of integrable systems which includes the inverse square potential. We show these systems to be integrable, and exploit this integrability to completely determine the spectrum including degeneracy, and thus the thermodynamics. The periodic inverse square case is worked out explicitly. Next, we show that in the limit of strong interaction the "spin" degrees of freedom decouple. Taking this limit for our example, we obtain a complete solution to a lattice system introduced recently by Shastry, and Haldane; our solution reproduces the numerical results. Finally, we emphasize the simple explanation for the high multiplicities found in this model.
We numerically study the momentum distribution of one-dimensional Bose and Fermi systems with long-range interaction $g/r^2$ for the ``special'' values $g= -\frac{1}{2}, 0, 4$, singled out by random matrix theory. The critical exponents are shown to be independent of density and in excellent agreement with estimates obtained from $c=1$ conformal finite-size scaling analysis.