Inverse participation ratios in the XXZ spin chain

Abstract

We investigate numerically the inverse participation ratios in a spin-1/2 XXZ chain, computed in the "Ising" basis (i.e., eigenstates of ${\sigma }_i^z$). We consider in particular a quantity $T$, defined by summing the inverse participation ratios of all the eigenstates in the zero magnetization sector of a finite chain of length $N$, with open boundary conditions. From a dynamical point of view, $T$ is proportional to the stationary return probability to an initial basis state, averaged over all the basis states (initial conditions). We find that $T$ exhibits an exponential growth, $T\sim \exp (aN)$, in the gapped phase of the model and a linear scaling, $T\sim N$, in the gapless phase. These two different behaviors are analyzed in terms of the distribution of the participation ratios of individual eigenstates. We also investigate the effect of next-nearest-neighbor interactions, which break the integrability of the model. Although the massive phase of the non-integrable model also has $T\sim \exp (aN)$, in the gapless phase $T$ appears to saturate to a constant value.

8 pages, 7 figures. v2: published version (one figure and 3 references added, several minor changes)

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