Finite-size scaling properties of random transverse-field Ising chains : Comparison between canonical and microcanonical ensembles for the disorder

Abstract

The Random Transverse Field Ising Chain is the simplest disordered model presenting a quantum phase transition at T=0. We compare analytically its finite-size scaling properties in two different ensembles for the disorder (i) the canonical ensemble, where the disorder variables are independent (ii) the microcanonical ensemble, where there exists a global constraint on the disorder variables. The observables under study are the surface magnetization, the correlation of the two surface magnetizations, the gap and the end-to-end spin-spin correlation $C(L)$ for a chain of length $L$. At criticality, each observable decays typically as $e^{-w\sqrt{L}}$ in both ensembles, but the probability distributions of the rescaled variable $w$ are different in the two ensembles, in particular in their asymptotic behaviors. As a consequence, the dependence in $L$ of averaged observables differ in the two ensembles. For instance, the correlation $C(L)$ decays algebraically as 1/L in the canonical ensemble, but sub-exponentially as $e^{-c{L}^{1/3}}$ in the microcanonical ensemble. Off criticality, probability distributions of rescaled variables are governed by the critical exponent $\nu =2$ in both ensembles, but the following observables are governed by the exponent $\tilde{\nu }=1$ in the microcanonical ensemble, instead of the exponent $\nu =2$ in the canonical ensemble (a) in the disordered phase : the averaged surface magnetization, the averaged correlation of the two surface magnetizations and the averaged end-to-end spin-spin correlation (b) in the ordered phase : the averaged gap. In conclusion, the measure of the rare events that dominate various averaged observables can be very sensitive to the microcanonical constraint.

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