Magnetization plateaus in dimerized spin-ladder arrays

We investigate the ground-state magnetization plateaus appearing in spin-½ two-leg ladders built up from dimerized antiferromagnetic Heisenberg chains and dimerized zig-zag interchain couplings. Using both Abelian bosonization and Lanczos methods we find that the system yields rather unusual plateau...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Cabra, Daniel Carlos, Grynberg, Marcelo Daniel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2000
País:Argentina
Institución:Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Repositorio:SEDICI (UNLP)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/104410
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/104410
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Ciencias Exactas
Física
Ciencias naturales y exactas
bosonization
exact diagonalization
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Sumario:We investigate the ground-state magnetization plateaus appearing in spin-½ two-leg ladders built up from dimerized antiferromagnetic Heisenberg chains and dimerized zig-zag interchain couplings. Using both Abelian bosonization and Lanczos methods we find that the system yields rather unusual plateaus and exhibits massive and massless phases for specific choices or “tuning” of exchange interactions. The relevance of this behavior in the study of NH<sub>4</sub>CuCl<sub>3</sub> is discussed.