Suzuki, Masuo - In: Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 321 (2003) 1, pp. 334-339
The quantum transfer-matrix (QTM) method is reviewed and thermo-quantum dynamics is formulated on the basis of the QTM. The free energy of the relevant quantum system (e.g. the one-dimensional Heisenberg model) is expressed only in terms of the maximum eigenvalue λmax of the QTM. Even the...
