PT symmetry of the non-Hermitian XX spin-chain: Non-local bulk interaction from complex boundary fields

Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical

Volumn 41, Issue 29, 2008, Pages

  Korff, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 52349104452     PISSN: 17518113     EISSN: 17518121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1751-8113/41/29/295206     Document Type: Article

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