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A generalized spin ladder in a magnetic field

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

We study the phase diagram of coupled spin-1/2 chains with bilinear and (chiral) three-spin exchange interactions in a magnetic field. The model is soluble on a one-parametric line in the space of coupling constants connecting the limiting cases of a single and two decoupled Heisenberg chains with nearest neighbour exchange only. We give a complete classification of the low-energy properties of the integrable system and introduce a numerical method which allows to study the possible phases of spin ladder systems away from the soluble line in a magnetic field.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9812103,
  title  = {A generalized spin ladder in a magnetic field},
  author = {Holger Frahm and Claus Rödenbeck},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9812103},
  year   = {2009}
}

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Latex2e, 13 pp., 5 figures

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