Spin correlation functions and quasiparticle decay

Abstract

We study one-dimensional anisotropic XXZ spin-$\frac12$ model with ferromagnetic sign of the coupling and $z-z$ exchange constant $J_z = \Delta J$, where $\Delta < 1$, and $J$ is the coupling within XY spin plane. We calculate damping of low-energy excitations with $\omega \ll T $ due to their scattering from thermal excitation bath with temperature $T \ll J$, taking into account nonzero curvature of the excitation spectrum, $\epsilon(q) = u q + \delta\epsilon(q)$. We calculate also longitudinal spin-spin correlation function $\langle S^z(x,t)S^z(0,0) \rangle$ at $x \approx ut$ and find the shape of the spreading "wave packet".