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Multicritical points in the three-dimensional XXZ antiferromagnet with single-ion anisotropy

Statistical Mechanics 2015-06-12 v1

Abstract

The classical Heisenberg antiferromagnet with uniaxial exchange anisotropy, the XXZ model, and competing planar single-ion anisotropy in a magnetic field on a simple cubic lattice is studied with the help of extensive Monte Carlo simulations. The biconical (supersolid) phase, bordering the antiferromagnetic and spin-flop phases, is found to become thermally unstable well below the onset of the disordered, paramagnetic phase, leading to interesting multicritical points.

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@article{arxiv.1211.1052,
  title  = {Multicritical points in the three-dimensional XXZ antiferromagnet with single-ion anisotropy},
  author = {Walter Selke},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1211.1052},
  year   = {2015}
}