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Spin-frame field theory of a three-sublattice antiferromagnet

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2024-10-15 v2 Pattern Formation and Solitons

Abstract

We present a nonlinear field theory of a three-sublattice hexagonal antiferromagnet. The order parameter is the spin frame, an orthogonal triplet of vectors related to sublattice magnetizations and spin chirality. The exchange energy, quadratic in spin-frame gradients, has three coupling constants, only two of which manifest themselves in the bulk. As a result, the three spin-wave velocities satisfy a universal relation. Vortices generally have an elliptical shape with the eccentricity determined by the Lam\'e parameters.

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@article{arxiv.2307.16853,
  title  = {Spin-frame field theory of a three-sublattice antiferromagnet},
  author = {Bastian Pradenas and Oleg Tchernyshyov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.16853},
  year   = {2024}
}

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Added supplemental figure, fixed typos