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Spin triangle chain with ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic interactions on the transition line

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2023-08-11 v1 Statistical Mechanics

Abstract

We investigate spin-12\frac{1}{2} anisotropic model of a linear chain of triangles with competing ferro- and antiferromagnetic interactions and ferromagneic Heisenberg interactions between triangles. For a certain ratio between interactions the one-magnon excitation band is dispersionless leading to an existence of localized-magnon states which form macroscopically degenerated ground states. The spectrum of excitations has a specific structure depending on the value of the triangle-triangle interaction. Such specific structure determines the low-temperature thermodynamics and, in particular, the temperature dependence of a specific heat. In the limit of strong anisotropy of interactions the spectrum has a multi-scale structure which consists of subsets rank-ordered on small parameter. Each subset is responsible for the appearance of the peak in the temperature dependence of the specific heat.

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@article{arxiv.2209.14459,
  title  = {Spin triangle chain with ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic interactions on the transition line},
  author = {V. Ya. Krivnov and D. V. Dmitriev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2209.14459},
  year   = {2023}
}

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23 pages, 13 figures