Landau-Lifschitz Magnets: Exact Thermodynamics and Transport

• Published in: Physical review letters 2024-09, Vol.133 (10), p.107102, Article 107102
• Main Authors: Bastianello, Alvise, Krajnik, Žiga, Ilievski, Enej
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 0031-9007; 1079-7114; 1079-7114
• DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.107102

The classical Landau-Lifshitz equation-the simplest model of a ferromagnet-provides an archetypal example for studying transport phenomena. In one-spatial dimension, integrability enables the classification of linear and nonlinear mode spectrum. An exact characterization of finite-temperature thermodynamics and transport has nonetheless remained elusive. We present an exact description of thermodynamic equilibrium states in terms of interacting modes. This is achieved by retrieving the classical Landau-Lifschitz model through the semiclassical limit of the integrable quantum spin-S anisotropic Heisenberg chain at the level of the thermodynamic Bethe ansatz description. In the axial regime, the mode spectrum comprises solitons with unconventional statistics, whereas in the planar regime we find two additional types of modes of radiative and solitonic type. Our framework enables analytical study of unconventional transport properties: as an example we study the finite-temperature spin Drude weight, finding excellent agreement with Monte Carlo simulations.