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Universal Neel Temperature in Three-Dimensional Quantum Antiferromagnets

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2012-02-16 v2

Abstract

We study three-dimensional dimerized S=1/2 Heisenberg antiferromagnets, using quantum Monte Carlo simulations of systems with three different dimerization patterns. We propose a way to relate the N\'eel temperature T_N to the staggered moment m_s of the ground state. Mean-field arguments suggest that T_N is proportional to m_s close to a quantum-critical point. We find an almost perfect universality (including the prefactor) if T_N is normalized by a proper lattice-scale energy. We show that the temperature T* at which the magnetic susceptibility has a maximum is a good choise, i.e., T_N/T* versus m_s is a universal function (also beyond the linear regime). These results are useful for analyzing experiments on systems where the spin couplings are not known precisely, e.g., TlCuCl3.

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@article{arxiv.1110.5347,
  title  = {Universal Neel Temperature in Three-Dimensional Quantum Antiferromagnets},
  author = {Songbo Jin and Anders W. Sandvik},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1110.5347},
  year   = {2012}
}

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5 pages, 5 figures

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