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E. S. Sorensen

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Quantum Critical Scaling of Dirty Bosons in Two Dimensions

We determine the dynamical critical exponent, $z$, appearing at the Bose glass to superfluid transition in two dimensions by performing large scale numerical studies of two microscopically different quantum models within the universality class; The hard-core boson model and the quantum rotor (soft core) model, both subject to strong on-site disorder. By performing many simulations at different system size, $L$, and inverse temperature, $β$, close to the quantum critical point, the position of the critical point and the critical exponents, $z$, $ν$ and $η$ can be determined independently of any prior assumptions of the numerical value of $z$. This is done by a careful scaling analysis close to the critical point with a particular focus on the temperature dependence of the scaling functions. For the hard-core boson model we find $z=1.88(8), ν=0.99(3)$ and $η=-0.16(8)$ with a critical field of $h_c=4.79(3)$, while for the quantum rotor model we find $z=1.99(5), ν=1.00(2)$ and $η=-0.3(1)$ with a critical hopping parameter of $t_c=0.0760(5)$. In both cases do we find a correlation length exponent consistent with $ν=1$, saturating the bound $ν\ge 2/d$ as well as a value of $z$ significantly larger than previous studies, and for the quantum rotor model consistent with $z=d$.

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$S=1/2$ Chain-Boundary Excitations in the Haldane Phase of 1D $S=1$ Systems

The $s=1/2$ chain-boundary excitations occurring in the Haldane phaseof $s=1$ antiferromagnetic spin chains are investigated. The bilinear-biquadratic hamiltonian is used to study these excitations as a function of the strength of the biquadratic term, $β$, between $-1\leβ\le1$. At the AKLT point, $β=-1/3$, we show explicitly that these excitations are localized at the boundaries of the chain on a length scale equal to the correlation length $ξ=1/\ln 3$, and that the on-site magnetization for the first site is $ =2/3$. Applying the density matrixrenormalization group we show that the chain-boundaryexcitations remain localized at the boundaries for $-1\leβ\le1$. As the two critical points $β=\pm1$ are approached the size of the $s=1/2$ objects diverges and their amplitude vanishes.

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Integrable versus Non-Integrable Spin Chain Impurity Models

Recent renormalization group studies of impurities in spin-1/2 chains appear to be inconsistent with Bethe ansatz results for a special integrable model. We study this system in more detail around the integrable point in parameter space and argue that this integrable impurity model corresponds to a non-generic multi-critical point. Using previous results on impurities in half-integer spin chains, a consistent renormalization group flow and phase diagram is proposed.

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