Eigenstate overlaps in the Transverse Field Ising Model and the Axial Next Nearest Neighbour Model
Überlapp von Eigenzuständen im Transverse Field Ising Model und Axial Next Nearest Neighbour Model
Eigenstate overlaps in the Transverse Field Ising Model and the Axial Next Nearest Neighbour Model
by Sarah Damerow
Date of Examination:2022-11-03
Date of issue:2024-05-03
Advisor:Prof. Dr. Stefan Kehrein
Referee:Prof. Dr. Stefan Kehrein
Referee:PD Dr. Salvatore R. Manmana
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Abstract
English
In this thesis, a possible extension of the adiabatic theorem for quantum quenches, i.e. non-adiabatic changes, is checked for its validity. In particular, the Transverse Field Ising Model (TFIM) and the related Axial Next Nearest Neighbour Ising Model (ANNNI) will be investigated. The mentioned extension of the adiabatic theorem is framed as follows: As long as quenched states within the same phase are concerned, the overlaps between the initial and the time-evolved ground state is the largest overlap possible, i.e. it is maximal. In the TFIM, this conjecture is confirmed for both, the paramagnetic (PM) and the ferromagnetic (FM) phase. In the ANNNI model results are ambiguous. On one hand, deviations from expectation in the FM phase can be accounted to numerical errors. Therefore they can be resolved by a small perturbative field. Results in the anti-phase (AP) match the conjecture’s prediction. Same holds for the floating phase (FP) with the exception of quench starting points close to the triple point in L = 12. On the other hand, the only possible explanation for deviations in the PM phase are finite size effects that significantly distort the expected results. To confirm or disprove this assumption, it is necessary to use other numerical methods that allow for consideration of larger system sizes.
Keywords: Ising Model; ANNNI Model; ground state overlap; adiabatic theorem; magnetic phases; exact diagonalisation (ED)