Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: We study the equilibrium properties of the spin-$1/2$ XY chain with an infinite-range transverse interaction. At zero temperature, competition between the XY- and $z$-ordered phases induced by the infinite-range interactions gives rise to a first-order transition upon increasing the transverse coupling. We show that the two gapless points of the XY model behave in fundamentally different ways: isotropic spin chains experience a first-order transition at finite coupling; maximal anisotropic chains overcome a nonalgebraic phase transition at zero coupling strength. The phase diagram depicts a first-order reentrant transition that turns second order along a tricritical line separating a paramagnetic phase from an ordered one at finite temperature. The mean-field approach captures the local properties of the eigenstates and reveals the appearance of a magnetization gap in the spectrum. Global properties, e.g., entanglement entropy, are well approximated only at spectral boundaries. The mean entanglement entropy and the level-spacing ratio deviate from the Gaussian results, revealing the interacting nature of the problem.
Authors: Bojan Žunkovič, Pedro Ribeiro
Language: English
Topic: Quantum many-body systems
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4402861820