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Various series expansions for a Heisenberg antiferromagnet model for SrCu$_2$(BO$_3$)$_2$

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

We use a variety of series expansion methods at both zero and finite temperature to study an antiferromagnetic Heisenberg spin model proposed recently by Miyahara and Ueda for the quasi two-dimensional material SrCu2_2(BO3_3)2_2. We confirm that this model exhibits a first-order quantum phase transition at T=0 between a gapped dimer phase and a gapless N\'eel phase when the ratio x=J/Jx=J'/J of nearest and next-nearest neighbour interactions is varied, and locate the transition at xc=0.691(6)x_c=0.691(6). Using longer series we are able to give more accurate estimates of the model parameters by fitting to the high temperature susceptibility data.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9811030,
  title  = {Various series expansions for a Heisenberg antiferromagnet model for SrCu$_2$(BO$_3$)$_2$},
  author = {Zheng Weihong and C. J. Hamer and J. Oitmaa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9811030},
  year   = {2009}
}

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