Anisotropic frustrated Heisenberg model on the honeycomb lattice

We investigate the ground-state phase diagram of an anisotropic Heisenberg model on the honeycomb lattice with competing interactions. We use quantum Monte Carlo simulations, as well as linear spin-wave and Ising series expansions, to determine the phase boundaries of the ordered magnetic phases. We...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Kalz, Ansgar, Arlego, Marcelo José Fabián, Cabra, Daniel Carlos, Honecker, Andreas, Rossini, Gerardo Luis
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/76414
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/76414
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:QUANTUM
MAGNETISM
FRUSTRATION
ANISOTROPY
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Sumario:We investigate the ground-state phase diagram of an anisotropic Heisenberg model on the honeycomb lattice with competing interactions. We use quantum Monte Carlo simulations, as well as linear spin-wave and Ising series expansions, to determine the phase boundaries of the ordered magnetic phases. We find a region without any classical order in the vicinity of a highly frustrated point. Higher-order correlation functions in this region give no signal for long-range valence-bond order. The low-energy spectrum is derived via exact diagonalization to check for topological order on small-size periodic lattices. © 2012 American Physical Society.