1998/02/17 by R. B. Laughlin, D. Giuliano, R. Caracciolo +1
Physics and Astronomy · #cond-mat.str-el #hep-th
published as Proceedings of the Workshop with Learning "Field Theories for Low-dimensional Condensed Matter Systems: Spin Systems and Strongly Correlated Electrons" - August 31 - September 11, 1997 - Chia Laguna, Sardinia, Italy · 40 pages of LaTeX, 8 eps figures
arxiv created 1998/02/17 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30
This is a pedagogical introduction to the mathematics of 1-dimensional spin-1/2 antiferromagnets. Topics covered include the Haldane-Shastry Hamiltonian, vector ``supercharges'', conserved spin currents, spinons, the supersymmetric Kuramoto-Yokoyama Hamiltonian, and holons.