Effective Bethe Ansatz for Spin-1 Non-integrable Models

Abstract

This work presents a comprehensive benchmark and validation of a recently proposed method called Effective Bethe Ansatz (EBA). It is a variational method that deforms the exact Bethe wavefunctions of one-dimensional spin chains at integrable points to approximate non-integrable systems. We apply this method to the non-integrable regime of the spin-1 bilinear-biquadratic chain. By performing EBA method starting from the two integrable endpoints, the Takhtajan-Babujian point and the Lai-Sutherland point, we systematically evaluate the accuracy of the EBA for the ground state and first excited state. Our validation is based on a direct comparison with exact diagonalization, assessing energy, fidelity, and entanglement entropy. The results confirm that the EBA provides a quantitatively accurate description in a finite window around the integrable points, while its fidelity and entanglement properties degrade in a controlled way as the perturbation increases. The method successfully captures key finite-size effects, such as level crossings, manifested as sharp drops in fidelity, and provides a probe to potential phase transitions. This study establishes the EBA as a reliable and efficient semi-analytical tool, clarifying its scope and limitations for studying low-energy physics in non-integrable quantum spin chains.

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