From quantum mechanics to classical statistical physics: Generalized Rokhsar-Kivelson Hamiltonians and the "Stochastic Matrix Form" decomposition

Annals of Physics

Volumn 318, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 316-344

  Castelnovo, Claudio ^a   Chamon, Claudio ^a   Mudry, Christopher ^b   Pujol, Pierre ^c  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c Laboratoire de Physique UMR CNRS ENSL   (France)

Author keywords

Loop models; Master equation; Quantum dimers; Rokhsar Kivelson Hamiltonians; Transition matrix

Indexed keywords

EID: 20844451423     PISSN: 00034916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aop.2005.01.006     Document Type: Article

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