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A case study of spin-$1$ Heisenberg model in a triangular lattice

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2015-06-18 v2 Other Condensed Matter Quantum Gases Statistical Mechanics Quantum Physics

Abstract

We study the spin-11 model in a triangular lattice in presence of a uniaxial anisotropy field using a Cluster Mean-Field approach (CMF). The interplay between antiferromagnetic exchange, lattice geometry and anisotropy forces Gutzwiller mean-field approaches to fail in a certain region of the phase diagram. There, the CMF yields two supersolid (SS) phases compatible with those present in the spin-1/21/2 XXZ model onto which the spin-11 system maps. Between these two SS phases, the three-sublattice order is broken and the results of the CMF depend heavily on the geometry and size of the cluster. We discuss the possible presence of a spin liquid in this region.

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@article{arxiv.1402.4008,
  title  = {A case study of spin-$1$ Heisenberg model in a triangular lattice},
  author = {M. Moreno-Cardoner and H. Perrin and S. Paganelli and G. De Chiara and A. Sanpera},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1402.4008},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

7 pages, 4 figures, RevTeX 4. The abstract and conclusions have been modified and the manuscript has been extended