Majorana fermion representation for an antiferromagnetic spin-1/2 chain

Shastry, Sriram B and Sen, Diptiman (1997) Majorana fermion representation for an antiferromagnetic spin-1/2 chain. In: Physical Review B, 55 (5). pp. 2988-2994.

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Abstract

We study the one-dimensional Heisenberg antiferromagnet with s = 1/2 using a Majorana representation of the s = 1/2 spins. A simple Hartree-Fock approximation of the resulting model gives a bilinear fermionic description of the model. This description is rotationally invariant and gives power-law correlations in the ‘‘ground state’’ in a natural fashion. The excitations are a two-parameter family of particles, which are spin- 1 objects. These are contrasted to the ‘‘spinon’’ spectrum, and the technical aspects of the representation are discussed, including the problem of redundant states.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Physical Review B
Publisher:	The American Physical Society
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to American Physical Society.
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Centre for Theoretical Studies (Ceased to exist at the end of 2003) Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Physics
Date Deposited:	16 Mar 2007
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:35
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/9768

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