The dynamics of the one-dimensional random transverse Ising model with both nearest-neighbor (NN) and next-nearest-neighbor (NNN) interactions is studied in the high-temperature limit by the method of recurrence relations. Both the time-dependent transverse correlation function and the corresponding spectral density are calculated for two typical disordered states. We find that for the bimodal disorder the dynamics of the system undergoes a crossover from a collective-mode behavior to a central-peak one and for the Gaussian disorder the dynamics is complex. For both cases, it is found that the central-peak behavior becomes more obvious and the collective-mode behavior becomes weaker as K i increase, especially when K i > J i /2 (J i and K i are exchange couplings of the NN and NNN interactions, respectively). However, the effects are small when the NNN interactions are weak (K i < J i /2).

The dynamics of the one-dimensional spin-1/2 quantum XXZ model with random fields is investigated by the recurrence relations method. When the fields satisfy the bimodal distribution, the system shows a crossover between a collective-mode behavior and a central-peak one with increasing field while the anisotropy parameter ∆ is small; a disordered behavior replaces the crossover as ∆ increases. For the cases of Gaussian and double-Gaussian distributions, when the standard deviation is small, the results are similar to that of the bimodal distribution; while the standard deviation is large enough, the system only shows a disordered behavior regardless of ∆.