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Reentrant Random Quantum Ising Antiferromagnet

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks 2020-02-05 v1 Quantum Physics

Abstract

We consider the quantum Ising chain with uniformly distributed random antiferromagnetic couplings (1Ji2)(1 \le J_i \le 2) and uniformly distributed random transverse fields (Γ0Γi2Γ0\Gamma_0 \le \Gamma_i \le 2\Gamma_0) in the presence of a homogeneous longitudinal field, hh. Using different numerical techniques (DMRG, combinatorial optimisation and strong disorder RG methods) we explore the phase diagram, which consists of an ordered and a disordered phase. At one end of the transition line (h=0,Γ0=1h=0,\Gamma_0=1) there is an infinite disorder quantum fixed point, while at the other end (h=2,Γ0=0h=2,\Gamma_0=0) there is a classical random first-order transition point. Close to this fixed point, for h>2h>2 and Γ0>0\Gamma_0>0 there is a reentrant ordered phase, which is the result of quantum fluctuations by means of an order through disorder phenomenon.

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@article{arxiv.1912.06035,
  title  = {Reentrant Random Quantum Ising Antiferromagnet},
  author = {Péter Lajkó and Jean-Christian Anglès d'Auriac and Heiko Rieger and Ferenc Iglói},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1912.06035},
  year   = {2020}
}

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10 pages, 7 figures

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