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Mixed Heisenberg Chains. I. The Ground State Problem

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2009-10-30 v2 Statistical Mechanics

Abstract

We consider a mechanism for competing interactions in alternating Heisenberg spin chains due to the formation of local spin-singlet pairs. The competition of spin-1 and spin-0 states reveals hidden Ising symmetry of such alternating chains.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9703206,
  title  = {Mixed Heisenberg Chains. I. The Ground State Problem},
  author = {H. Niggemann and G. Uimin and J. Zittartz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9703206},
  year   = {2009}
}

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7 pages, RevTeX, 4 embedded eps figures, final version