Magnetization properties of some quantum spin ladders
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01/01/1999
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Resumo |
The experimental realization of various spin ladder systems has prompted their detailed theoretical investigations. Hen we study the evolution of ground-state magnetization with an external magnetic field for two different antiferromagnetic systems: a three-legged spin-1/2 ladder, and a two-legged spin-1/2 ladder with an additional diagonal interaction. The finite system density-matrix renormalization-group method is employed for numerical studies of the three-chain system, and an effective low-energy Hamiltonian is used in the limit of strong interchain coupling to study the two- and three-chain systems. The three-chain system has a magnetization plateau at one-third of the saturation magnetization. The two-chain system has a plateau at zero magnetization due to a gap above the singlet ground state. It also has a plateau at half of the saturation magnetization for a certain range of values of the couplings. We study the regions of transitions between plateaus numerically and analytically, and find that they are described, at first order in a strong-coupling expansion, by an XXZ spin-1/2 chain in a magnetic field; the second-order terms give corrections to the XXZ model, We also study numerically some low-temperature properties of the three-chain system, such as the magnetization, magnetic susceptibility and specific heat. [S0163-1829(99)303001-5]. |
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http://eprints.iisc.ernet.in/38611/1/Magnetization_properties_of_some.pdf Tandon, Kunj and Lal, Siddhartha and Pati, Swapan K and Ramasesha, S and Sen, Diptiman (1999) Magnetization properties of some quantum spin ladders. In: Physical Review B: Condensed Matter, 59 (1). pp. 396-410. |
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The American Physical Society |
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http://prb.aps.org/showrefs/PRB/v59/i1/p396_1 http://eprints.iisc.ernet.in/38611/ |
Palavras-Chave | #Solid State & Structural Chemistry Unit #Centre for Theoretical Studies #Physics |
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Journal Article PeerReviewed |