Symmetry-projected cluster mean-field theory applied to spin systems

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Abstract

We introduce Sz spin-projection based on cluster mean-field theory and apply it to the ground state of strongly correlated spin systems. In cluster mean-fields, the ground state wavefunction is written as a factorized tensor product of optimized cluster states. In previous work, we have focused on unrestricted cluster mean-field, where each cluster is Sz symmetry adapted. We here remove this restriction by introducing a generalized cluster mean-field (GcMF) theory, where each cluster is allowed to access all Sz sectors, breaking Sz symmetry. In addition, a projection scheme is used to restore global Sz, which gives rise to the Sz spin-projected generalized cluster mean-field (SzGcMF). Both of these extensions contribute to accounting for inter-cluster correlations. We benchmark these methods on the 1D, quasi-2D, and 2D J1 − J2 and XXZ Heisenberg models. Our results indicate that the new methods (GcMF and SzGcMF) provide a qualitative and semi-quantitative description of the Heisenberg lattices in the regimes considered, suggesting them as useful references for further inter-cluster correlations, which are discussed in this work.

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Papastathopoulos-Katsaros, A., Henderson, T. M., & Scuseria, G. E. (2023). Symmetry-projected cluster mean-field theory applied to spin systems. Journal of Chemical Physics, 159(8). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0155765

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