Dynamic Correlations of Frustrated Quantum Spins from High-Temperature Expansion
For quantum spin systems in equilibrium, the dynamic structure factor (DSF) is among the most feature-packed experimental observables. However, from a theory perspective it is often hard to simulate in an unbiased and accurate way, especially for frustrated and high-dimensional models at intermediate temperature. To address this challenge, we compute the DSF from a dynamic extension of the high-temperature expansion to frequency moments. We focus on nearest-neighbor Heisenberg models with spin lengths S=1/2 and 1. We provide comprehensive benchmarks and consider a variety of frustrated two- and three-dimensional antiferromagnets as applications. In particular we shed new light on the anomalous intermediate temperature regime of the S=1/2 triangular lattice model and reproduce the DSF measured recently for the S=1 pyrochlore material NaCaNi_{2}F_{7}. An open-source numerical implementation for arbitrary lattice geometries is also provided.
Authors
- Björn Sbierski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1063-2389)
- Benedikt Schneider (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2546-339X)
- Ruben Burkard
Institutions
- Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology (DE)
- University of Tübingen (DE)
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical Review Letters
- Published
- 2026-01-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/jtjk-x2lw
- Primary Topic
- Advanced Condensed Matter Physics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Gauss Centre for Supercomputing