Spin Correlation Functions of the XY Model

Barry M. McCoy
Phys. Rev. 173, 531 – Published 10 September 1968
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Abstract

We consider the one-dimensional XY model of Lieb, Schulz, and Mattis and study the asymptotic behavior of each of the three correlation functions σ0iσNi=ρNi, where i=x, y, or z. We study in detail the influence of XY anisotropy by separately studying the correlation functions in both the isotropic and anisotropic cases at both nonzero and zero temperatures. For nonzero temperature we derive both low- and high-temperature expansions for all three correlations and show that these correlations go to zero exponentially as N. The behavior near T=0 is studied in the isotropic case by considering the N limit with TN fixed, while in the anisotropic case we must hold T2N fixed as N. In this manner we obtain the T=0 result that if the interaction is stronger in the x direction, then ρNx approaches a constant exponentially while ρNy approaches zero exponentially as N. We finally show that in the isotropic case at T=0 that ρNx=ρNyN12. In all cases, at least the first two terms of the asymptotic series are explicitly given.

  • Received 12 February 1968

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.173.531

©1968 American Physical Society

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Barry M. McCoy

  • Institute for Theoretical Physics, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11790

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Vol. 173, Iss. 2 — September 1968

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