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Absence of a classical long-range order in $S=1/2$ Heisenberg antiferromagnet on triangular lattice

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2014-11-18 v1

Abstract

We study the quantum phase transition of an S=1/2S=1/2 anisotropic α\alpha (Jz/Jxy)(\equiv J_z/J_{xy}) Heisenberg antiferromagnet on a triangular lattice. We calculate the sublattice magnetization and the long-range helical order-parameter and their Binder ratios on finite systems with N36N \leq 36 sites. The NN dependence of the Binder ratios reveals that the classical 120^{\circ} N\'{e}el state occurs for α0.55\alpha \lesssim 0.55, whereas a critical collinear state occurs for 1/α0.61/\alpha \lesssim 0.6. This result is at odds with a widely-held belief that the ground state of a Heisenberg antiferromagnet is the 120^{\circ} N\'{e}el state, but it also provides a possible mechanism explaining experimentally observed spin liquids.

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@article{arxiv.1411.0789,
  title  = {Absence of a classical long-range order in $S=1/2$ Heisenberg antiferromagnet on triangular lattice},
  author = {Nobuo Suzuki and Fumitaka Matsubara and Sumiyoshi Fujiki and Takayuki Shirakura},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1411.0789},
  year   = {2014}
}

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4 pages, 7 figures