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Ordered phases of XXZ-symmetric spin-1/2 zigzag ladder

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2009-11-10 v1

Abstract

Using bosonization approach, we derive an effective low-energy theory for XXZ-symmetric spin-1/2 zigzag ladders and discuss its phase diagram by a variational approach. A spin nematic phase emerges in a wide part of the phase diagram, either critical or massive. Possible crossovers between the spontaneously dimerized and spin nematic phases are discussed, and the topological excitations in all phases identified.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0310764,
  title  = {Ordered phases of XXZ-symmetric spin-1/2 zigzag ladder},
  author = {M. Zarea and M. Fabrizio and A. A. Nersesyan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0310764},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

14 pages, 3 figures. submitted to The European Physical Journal B