Langevin dynamics of generalized spins as SU($N$) coherent states

Abstract

Classical models of spin systems traditionally retain only the dipole moments, but a quantum spin state will frequently have additional structure. Spins of magnitude $S$ have $N=2S+1$ levels. Alternatively, the spin state is fully characterized by a set of $N^2-1$ local physical observables, which we interpret as generalized spin components. For example, a spin with $S=1$ has three dipole components and five quadrupole components. These components evolve under a generalization of the classical Landau-Lifshitz dynamics, which can be extended with noise and damping terms. In this paper, we reformulate the dynamical equations of motion as a Langevin dynamics of SU($N$) coherent states in the Schrödinger picture. This viewpoint is especially useful as the basis for an efficient numerical method to sample spin configurations in thermal equilibrium and to simulate the relaxation and driven motion of topological solitons. To illustrate the approach, we simulate a non-equilibrium relaxation process that creates CP${}^2$ Skyrmions, which are topological defects with both dipole and quadrupole character.

References in corpus (3)

• Classical spin dynamics based on SU($N$) coherent states
• Geometric integration of classical spin dynamics via a mean-field Schrödinger equation
• Semi-classical simulation of spin-1 magnets

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