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Quantum disordered phase on the frustrated honeycomb lattice

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2015-03-13 v5

Abstract

In the present paper we study the phase diagram of the Heisenberg model on the honeycomb lattice with antiferromagnetic interactions up to third neighbors along the line J2=J3J_2=J_3 that include the point J2=J3=J1/2J_2=J_3=J_1/2, corresponding to the highly frustrated point where the classical ground state has macroscopic degeneracy. Using the Linear Spin-Wave, Schwinger boson technique followed by a mean field decoupling and exact diagonalization for small systems we find an intermediate phase with a spin gap and short range N\'eel correlations in the strong quantum limit (S=1/2). All techniques provide consistent results which allow us to predict the existence of a quantum disordered phase, which may have been observed in recent high-field ESR measurements in manganites.

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@article{arxiv.1003.3226,
  title  = {Quantum disordered phase on the frustrated honeycomb lattice},
  author = {D. C. Cabra and C. A. Lamas and H. D. Rosales},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1003.3226},
  year   = {2015}
}

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