Mean-Field Theory for Spin Ladders Using Angular-Momentum Coupled Bases

Details Mean-Field Theory for Spin Ladders Using Angular-Momentum Coupled Bases Mean-Field Theory for Spin Ladders Using Angular-Momentum Coupled Bases

1998-08-27

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9808310v1

Phys.Rev.B60:9456-9467,1999

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

28 pages with 8 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.60.9456

We study properties of two-leg Heisenberg spin ladders in a mean-field approximation using a variety of angular-momentum coupled bases. The mean-field theory proposed by Gopalan, Rice, and Sigrist, which uses a rung basis, assumes that the mean-field ground state consists of a condensate of spin-singlets along the rungs of the ladder. We generalize this approach to larger angular-momentum coupled bases which incorporate---by their mere definition---a substantial fraction of the important short-range structure of these materials. In these bases the mean-field ground-state remains a condensate of spin singlet---but now with each involving a larger fraction of the spins in the ladder. As expected, the ``purity'' of the ground-state, as judged by the condensate fraction, increases with the size of the elementary block defining the basis. Moreover, the coupling to quasiparticle excitations becomes weaker as the size of the elementary block increases. Thus, the weak-coupling limit of the theory becomes an accurate representation of the underlying mean-field dynamics. We illustrate the method by computing static and dynamic properties of two-leg ladders in the various angular-momentum coupled bases.

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