August 2021 The mean-field quantum Heisenberg ferromagnet via representation theory
Gil Alon, Gady Kozma
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Ann. Inst. H. Poincaré Probab. Statist. 57(3): 1203-1228 (August 2021). DOI: 10.1214/20-AIHP1067

Abstract

We use representation theory to write a formula for the magnetisation of the quantum Heisenberg ferromagnet. The core new result is a spectral decomposition of the function αk2α1++αn where αk is the number of cycles of length k of a permutation. In the mean-field case, we simplify the formula further, arriving at a closed-form expression for the magnetisation, which allows to analyse the phase transition.

À l’aide de la théorie des représentations, nous donnons une formule pour la magnétisation du ferro-aimant de Heisenberg quantique. La nouveauté-clé est une décomposition spectrale de la fonction αk2α1++αnαk est le nombre de cycles de longueur k d’une permutation. Dans le cas à champ moyen, nous simplifions encore la formule, ce qui donne une expression fermée pour la magnétisation qui permet d’analyser la transition de phase.

Acknowledgements

G. Kozma was supported by the Israel Science Foundation, by the Jesselson Foundation and by Paul and Tina Gardner.

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Gil Alon. Gady Kozma. "The mean-field quantum Heisenberg ferromagnet via representation theory." Ann. Inst. H. Poincaré Probab. Statist. 57 (3) 1203 - 1228, August 2021. https://doi.org/10.1214/20-AIHP1067

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Received: 21 December 2018; Revised: 3 March 2020; Accepted: 6 May 2020; Published: August 2021
First available in Project Euclid: 22 July 2021

MathSciNet: MR4291441
zbMATH: 07481246
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1214/20-AIHP1067

Subjects:
Primary: 20C30 , 60B15 , 82C22

Keywords: interchange process , Magnetisation , phase transition , Quantum heizenberg ferromagnet , Random walk , Symmetric group

Rights: Copyright © 2021 Association des Publications de l’Institut Henri Poincaré

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