LARGE-N EXPANSION FOR FRUSTRATED QUANTUM ANTIFERROMAGNETS

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作者
READ, N [1 ]
SACHDEV, S [1 ]
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[1] YALE UNIV,CTR THEORET PHYS,NEW HAVEN,CT 06520
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.66.1773
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
A large-N expansion technique based on symplectic [Sp(N)] symmetry for frustrated magnetic systems is proposed and applied to the square-lattice quantum antiferromagnet with first-, second-, and third-neighbor antiferromagnetic coupling. In addition to disordered states similar to those in unfrustrated systems, phases with incommensurate coplanar spin correlations and unconfined bosonic spinons are found. The occurrence of "order from disorder" is discussed. Neither chirally ordered nor spin-nematic states are found.
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页码:1773 / 1776
页数:4
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