Kardar-Parisi-Zhang Physics in the Quantum Heisenberg Magnet

Equilibrium spatiotemporal correlation functions are central to understanding weak nonequilibrium physics. In certain local one-dimensional classical systems with three conservation laws they show universal features. Namely, fluctuations around ballistically propagating sound modes can be described...

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Published in:Physical review letters 2019-05, Vol.122 (21), p.210602-210602
Main Authors: Ljubotina, Marko, Žnidarič, Marko, Prosen, Tomaž
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Conservation laws
Energy conservation
Physics
Propagation modes
Sound propagation
Variation
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Summary:Equilibrium spatiotemporal correlation functions are central to understanding weak nonequilibrium physics. In certain local one-dimensional classical systems with three conservation laws they show universal features. Namely, fluctuations around ballistically propagating sound modes can be described by the celebrated Kardar-Parisi-Zhang (KPZ) universality class. Can such a universality class be found also in quantum systems? By unambiguously demonstrating that the KPZ scaling function describes magnetization dynamics in the SU(2) symmetric Heisenberg spin chain we show, for the first time, that this is so. We achieve that by introducing new theoretical and numerical tools, and make a puzzling observation that the conservation of energy does not seem to matter for the KPZ physics.
ISSN:0031-9007
1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.210602