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Spin-Wave Theory On Finite Lattices: Application To The J1-J2 Heisenberg Model
No full textWe present a new method for a systematic spin-wave expansion for the quantum fluctuations of a generic spin Hamiltonian in a finite lattice, where the inverse spin magnitude 1/S is a well-defined expansion parameter. The first two leading contributions of the spin-spin correlation function are evaluated for the J1-J2 Heisenberg model. Very good agreement between our finite-size predictions and the exact diagonalization and Monte Carlo results is found for J2/J1 < 0.2 and S = 1/2, thus confirming the existence of antiferromagnetic long-range order in this J region. For J2/J1 > 0.3 the expansion is poorly converging, suggesting a possible breakdown of the spin-wave approximation. Here our calculation seems consistent with a possible spin liquid ground state
HOLE DYNAMICS IN A QUANTUM ANTIFERROMAGNET - EXTENSION OF THE RETRACEABLE-PATH APPROXIMATION
No full textThe one-hole spectral weight for two chains and two-dimensional lattices is studied numerically using a method of analysis of the spectral function within the Lanczos iteration scheme: the Lanczos spectral decoding method. This technique is applied to the t-J(z) model for J(z) --> 0, directly on an infinite-size lattice. By a careful investigation of the first 13 Lanczos steps and the first 26 ones for the two-dimensional and the two-chain cases, respectively, we find several interesting features of the one-hole spectral weight. A sharp incoherent peak with a clear momentum dispersion is identified, together with a second broad peak at higher energy. The spectral weight is finite up to the Nagaoka energy where it vanishes in a nonanalytic way. Thus the lowest energy of one hole in a quantum antiferromagnet is degenerate with the Nagaoka energy in the thermodynamic limit
REALIZATION OF A SPIN LIQUID IN A 2-DIMENSIONAL QUANTUM ANTIFERROMAGNET
No full textThe ground state properties of the two dimensional spatially anisotropic Heisenberg model are investigated by use of field theory mappings, spin-wave expansion, and Lanczos technique. Evidence for a disorder transition induced by anisotropy at about J(y)/J(x) < 0.1 is shown. We argue that the disordered phase is gapless and its long wavelength properties can be interpreted in terms of decoupled one dimensional chains
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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