Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
2010-07-27
Phys. Rev. B 82, 054407 (2010)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
14 pages, 4 figures
Scientific paper
Low-temperature thermodynamics of the classical frustrated ferromagnetic spin chain near the ferromagnet-helimagnet transition point is studied by means of mapping to the continuum limit. The calculation of the partition function and spin correlation function is reduced to quantum problem of a particle in potential well. It is shown that exactly at the transition point the correlation length behaves as $T^{-1/3}$ and the magnetic susceptibility diverges as $T^{-4/3}$ in the low-temperature limit. Corresponding numerical factors for the correlation length and the susceptibility is calculated. It is shown that the low-temperature susceptibility in the helical phase near the transition point has a maximum at some temperature. Such behavior as well as the location and the magnitude of the maximum as a function of deviation from the transition point are in agreement with that observed in several materials described by the quantum $s=1/2$ version of this model.
Dmitriev D. V.
Krivnov Ya. V.
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