Schwinger boson theory of anisotropic ferromagnetic ultrathin films

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1999-12-21

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9912382v2

Phys. Rev. B 62, 5634 (2000)

Physics

Condensed Matter

14 pages, including 7 EPS figures, minor changes, final version as published

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.62.5634

Ferromagnetic thin films with magnetic single-ion anisotropies are studied within the framework of Schwinger bosonization of a quantum Heisenberg model. Two alternative bosonizations are discussed. We show that qualitatively correct results are obtained even at the mean-field level of the theory, similar to Schwinger boson results for other magnetic systems. In particular, the Mermin-Wagner theorem is satisfied: a spontaneous magnetization at finite temperatures is not found if the ground state of the anisotropic system exhibits a continuous degeneracy. We calculate the magnetization and effective anisotropies as functions of exchange interaction, magnetic anisotropies, external magnetic field, and temperature for arbitrary values of the spin quantum number. Magnetic reorientation transitions and effective anisotropies are discussed. The results obtained by Schwinger boson mean-field theory are compared with the many-body Green's function technique.

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