Ground-State and Thermodynamic Properties of the Quantum Mixed Spin-1/2-1/2-1-1 Chain

Details Ground-State and Thermodynamic Properties of the Quantum Mixed Spin-1/2-1/2-1-1 Chain Ground-State and Thermodynamic Properties of the Quantum Mixed Spin-1/2-1/2-1-1 Chain

1997-12-26

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9712296v2

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

24 pages; 16 JPG figures; latex using JPSJ.sty; to be published in J. Phys. Soc. Jpn., Vol.67, No.3 (March), 1998

Scientific paper

10.1143/JPSJ.67.1000

We investigate both analytically and numerically the ground-state and thermodynamic properties of the quantum mixed spin-1/2-1/2-1-1 chain described by the Hamiltonian $H=\sum_{\ell=1}^{N/4} (J_1\vecs_{4\ell-3}\cdot \vecs_{4\ell-2}+J_2\vecs_{4\ell-2}\cdot\vecS_{4\ell-1}+J_3\vecS_{4\ell-1}\cdot \vecS_{4\ell}+J_2\vecS_{4\ell}\cdot\vecs_{4\ell+1})$, where two $S=1/2$ spins ($\vecs_{4\ell-3}$ and $\vecs_{4\ell-2}$) and two S=1 spins ($\vecS_{4\ell-1}$ and $\vecS_{4\ell}$) are arranged alternatively. Inseveral limiting cases of $J_1$, $J_2$, and $J_3$ we apply the Wigner-Eckart theorem and carry out a perturbation calculation to examine the behavior of the massless lines where the energy gap vanishes. Performing a quantum Monte Carlo calculation without global flips at a sufficiently low temperature for the case where $J_1=J_3=1.0$ and $J_2>0$, we find that the ground state of the present system in this case undergoes a second-order phase transition accompanying the vanishing of the energy gap at $J_2=J_{2c$ with $J_{2 c} = 0.77 \pm 0.01$. We also find that the ground states for both $J_2 < J_{2 c$ and $J_2 > J_{2c$ can be understood by means of the valence-bond-solid picture. A quantum Monte Carlo calculation which takes the global flips along the Trotter direction into account is carried out to elucidate the temperature dependences of the specific heat and the magnetic susceptibility. In particular, it is found that the susceptibility per unit cell for $J_2=0.77$ with $J_1=J_3=1.0$ takes a finite value at absolute zero temperature and that the specific heat per unit cell versus temperature curve for $J_2=5.0$ with $J_1=J_3=1.0$ has a double peak.

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