Scaling of diffusion constants in the spin-1/2 XX ladder

Abstract

We study the dynamics of spin currents in the XX spin-1/2 ladder at finite temperature. Within the framework of linear response theory, we numerically calculate autocorrelation functions for quantum systems larger than what is accessible with exact diagonalization using the concept of dynamical quantum typicality. We show that spin Drude weights vanish exponentially fast with increasing system size. As a main result, we unveil qualitatively different dependencies of the spin diffusion coefficient on the rung-interaction strength, resulting from a crossover from exponential to Gaussian dissipation as the rung coupling increases. This behavior is also derived analytically. We further discuss the relation of our results to experiments with cold atomic gases.

7 pages, 7 figures, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. B

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