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Geometric Frustration and Dimensional Reduction at a Quantum Critical Point

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2009-11-11 v2 Statistical Mechanics

Abstract

We show that the spatial dimensionality of the quantum critical point associated with Bose--Einstein condensation at T=0 is reduced when the underlying lattice comprises a set of layers coupled by a frustrating interaction. Our theoretical predictions for the critical temperature as a function of the chemical potential correspond very well with recent measurements in BaCuSi2_{2}O6_{6} [S. E. Sebastian \textit{et al}, Nature \textbf{411}, 617 (2006)].

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0608703,
  title  = {Geometric Frustration and Dimensional Reduction at a Quantum Critical Point},
  author = {C. D. Batista and J. Schmalian and N. Kawashima and P. Sengupta and S. E. Sebastian and N. Harrison and M. Jaime and I. R. Fisher},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0608703},
  year   = {2009}
}

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5 pages, 2 figures

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