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Integrable models on Rydberg atom chains

Luke Corcoran, Marius de Leeuw, Balázs Pozsgay

SciPost Phys. 18, 139 (2025) · published 25 April 2025

Abstract

We initiate a systematic study of integrable models for spin chains with constrained Hilbert spaces; we focus on spin-1/2 chains with the Rydberg constraint. We extend earlier results for medium-range spin chains to the constrained Hilbert space, and formulate an integrability condition. This enables us to construct new integrable models with fixed interaction ranges. We classify all time- and space-reflection symmetric integrable Rydberg-constrained Hamiltonians of range 3 and 4. At range 3, we find a single family of integrable Hamiltonians: the so-called RSOS quantum chains, which are related to the well-known RSOS models of Andrews, Baxter, and Forrester. At range 4 we find two families of models, the first of which is the constrained XXZ model. We also find a new family of models depending on a single coupling z. We provide evidence of two critical points related to the golden ratio ϕ, at z=ϕ1/2 and z=ϕ3/2. We also perform a partial classification of integrable Hamiltonians for range 5.


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