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Critical Behavior of the Antiferromagnetic Heisenberg Model on a Stacked Triangular Lattice

Condensed Matter 2008-02-03 v3

Abstract

We estimate, using a large-scale Monte Carlo simulation, the critical exponents of the antiferromagnetic Heisenberg model on a stacked triangular lattice. We obtain the following estimates: γ/ν=2.011±.014\gamma/\nu= 2.011 \pm .014 , ν=.585±.009\nu= .585 \pm .009 . These results contradict a perturbative 2+ϵ2+\epsilon Renormalization Group calculation that points to Wilson-Fisher O(4) behaviour. While these results may be coherent with 4ϵ4-\epsilon results from Landau-Ginzburg analysis, they show the existence of an unexpectedly rich structure of the Renormalization Group flow as a function of the dimensionality and the number of components of the order parameter.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9302019,
  title  = {Critical Behavior of the Antiferromagnetic Heisenberg Model on a Stacked Triangular Lattice},
  author = {T. Bhattacharya and A. Billoire and R. Lacaze and Th. Jolicœur},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9302019},
  year   = {2008}
}

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Latex file, 10 pages, 1 PostScript figure. Was posted with a wrong Title !!