Quantum spin models with exact dimer ground states

Details Quantum spin models with exact dimer ground states Quantum spin models with exact dimer ground states

2002-05-03

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0205072v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

10 pages, 8 figures, revtex, to appear in Phys. Rev. B

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.66.024406

Inspired by the exact solution of the Majumdar-Ghosh model, a family of one-dimensional, translationally invariant spin hamiltonians is constructed. The exchange coupling in these models is antiferromagnetic, and decreases linearly with the separation between the spins. The coupling becomes identically zero beyond a certain distance. It is rigorously proved that the dimer configuration is an exact, superstable ground state configuration of all the members of the family on a periodic chain. The ground state is two-fold degenerate, and there exists an energy gap above the ground state. The Majumdar-Ghosh hamiltonian with two-fold degenerate dimer ground state is just the first member of the family. The scheme of construction is generalized to two and three dimensions, and illustrated with the help of some concrete examples. The first member in two dimensions is the Shastry-Sutherland model. Many of these models have exponentially degenerate, exact dimer ground states.

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