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Quantum shock waves in the Heisenberg XY model

Vladislav Popkov, Mario Salerno

cond-mat.stat-mecharXiv:cond-mat/0006249

Abstract

We show the existence of quantum states of the Heisenberg XY chain which closely follow the motion of the corresponding semi-classical ones, and whose evolution resemble the propagation of a shock wave in a fluid. These states are exact solutions of the Schroedinger equation of the XY model and their classical counterpart are simply domain walls or soliton-like solutions.

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