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Supersolid phase in spin dimer XXZ systems under magnetic field

Other Condensed Matter 2009-11-11 v1

Abstract

Using quantum Monte Carlo method, we study, under external magnetic fields, the ground state phase diagram of the two-dimensional spin SS=1/2 dimer model with an anisotropic intra-plane antiferromagnetic coupling. With the anisotropy 4Δ34 \gtrsim \Delta \gtrsim 3, a supersolid phase characterized by a non-uniform bose condensate density that breaks translational symmetry is found. The rich phase diagram also contains a checkerboard solid and two different types of superfluid phase formed by Sz=+1S_z=+1 and Sz=0S_z=0 spin triplets, with finite staggered magnetization in z-axis and in-plane direction, respectively. As we show, the model can be realized as a consequence of including the next nearest neighbor coupling among dimers and our results suggest that spin dimer systems may be an ideal model system to study the supersolid phase.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0604570,
  title  = {Supersolid phase in spin dimer XXZ systems under magnetic field},
  author = {Kwai-Kong Ng and T. K. Lee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0604570},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, 5 figures