Dynamics of the spin-1/2 Ising two-leg ladder with four-spin plaquette interaction and transverse field

• Published in: Physical review. E 2020-04, Vol.101 (4-1), p.042104-042104, Article 042104
• Main Authors: de Souza, Wescley Luiz, de Mello Silva, Érica, Martins, Paulo H L
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 2470-0045; 2470-0053
• DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.101.042104

Multiple-spin coupling is a key tool for investigating magnetic quantum systems. In particular, models with four-spin interactions became of great interest since they have been applied to describe material properties such as superconductivity. In this framework, the dynamics of the spin-1/2 Ising two-leg ladder with four-spin plaquette interaction in a transverse field is investigated. By means of the recurrence relations method, the first four recurrants are determined exactly for the general model, while five exact recurrants are calculated for two particular models. In all cases, higher-order recurrants are computed through extrapolation to obtain time-dependent autocorrelation functions and spectral densities in the long-time regime and infinite-temperature limit. It is found that the relaxation functions decay slower than the expected behavior of the one-dimensional transverse Ising model. The spectral lines, characterized by a Lorentzian behavior in the central body and a Gaussian shape in the tails, display exchange narrowing as the coupling intensities increase.