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We study the spin-1/2 $J_{1}$-$J_{2}$ Heisenberg model on a square lattice using the cluster mean-field theory. We find a rapid convergence of phase boundaries with increasing cluster size. By extrapolating the cluster size $L$ to infinity,…
We study the ground state phase diagram of the bilayer Heisenberg model on square lattice with a Bosonic RVB wave function. The wave function has the form of a Gutzwiller projected Schwinger Boson mean field ground state and involves two…
The J1-J2 square lattice Heisenberg model with spin S=1/2 has three phases with long-range magnetic order and two unconventionally ordered phases depending on the ratio of exchange constants. It describes a number of recently found layered…
We present a general introduction to the non-zero temperature dynamic and transport properties of low-dimensional systems near a quantum phase transition. Basic results are reviewed in the context of experiments on the spin-ladder…
We study the ground-state phase diagram of a spin-1 Heisenberg chain with staggered long-range (LR) interactions decaying as $\propto r^{-\alpha}$ using a quantum Monte Carlo approach based on the split-spin representation. This formulation…
Quantum phase transitions from the cluster-charge interaction, which is composed of competing short- and long-range interactions, are investigated on a $\pi$-flux lattice by using the mean-field theory and determinant quantum Monte Carlo…
We study, within the Schwinger-boson approach, the ground-state structure of two Heisenberg antiferromagnets on the triangular lattice: the J1-J2 model, which includes a next-nearest-neighbor coupling J2, and the spatially-anisotropic…
For the frustrated two-dimensional $S=1/2$ antiferromagnetic Heisenberg model close to quantum phase transition we consider the singlet ground states retaining both translational and SU(2) symmetry. Besides usually discussed checkerboard,…
The Schwinger Boson mean field theories of the `t-J' model are extended by the consideration of anisotropic order parameters. This has two effects. First, a collinear phase, in which the spins are anti-ferromagnetically aligned in one…
Quantum phase transitions in Mott insulators do not fit easily into the Landau-Ginzburg-Wilson paradigm. A recently proposed alternative to it is the so called deconfined quantum criticality scenario, providing a new paradigm for quantum…
Ground-state and thermodynamic properties of the one-dimensional Heisenberg antiferromagnet in which two S=1/2 and two S=1 spins are arranged alternatively are studied by a quantum Monte Carlo method and by analytical estimates. It is found…
The ground-state phase diagram is mapped out for an alternative anisotropic extension of quantum spin-1 ferromagnetic biquadratic model, which accommodates twelve distinct phases: three degenerate fractal phases, six Luttinger liquid phases…
Making use of exact results and quantum Monte Carlo data for the entanglement of formation, we show that the ground state of anisotropic two-dimensional S=1/2 antiferromagnets in a uniform field takes the classical-like form of a product…
We present results of extensive finite-temperature Quantum Monte Carlo simulations on a SU(2) symmetric S=1/2 quantum antiferromagnet with a four-spin interaction [Sandvik, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 227202 (2007)]. Our simulations, which are…
We have considered the $S=1/2$ antiferromagnetic Heisenberg model in two dimensions, with an additional Ising \nnn interaction. Antiferromagnetic \nnn interactions will lead to frustration, and the system responds with flipping the spins…
We studied some phases and phase transitions in an extended boson Hubbard model slightly away from half filling on bipartite lattices such as honeycomb and square lattice. We find that in the insulating side, different kinds of supersolids…
The $J_1$-$J_2$ spin chain is one of the canonical models of quantum magnetism, and has long been known to host a critical antiferromagnetic phase with power-law decay of spin correlations. We show in this Letter that there are, in fact,…
The S=1/2 Heisenberg model is considered on bilayer and single-layer square lattices with couplings J1, J2, and with each spin belonging to one J2-coupled dimer. A transition from a Neel to disordered ground state occurs at a critical value…
We report on a valence bond projector Monte Carlo simulation of the cubic lattice quantum Heisenberg model with additional higher-order exchange interactions in each unit cell. The model supports two different valence bond solid ground…
Motivated by recent progress on field-induced phase transitions in quasi-one-dimensional quantum antiferromagnets, we study the phase diagram of $S=1/2$ antiferromagnetic Heisenberg chains with Ising anisotropic interchain couplings under a…