Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
1998-12-31
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 11 (1999) 2965
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
10 pages, RevTeX + epsf, 5 figures Replaced with published version. Comparison to series expansions energies included
Scientific paper
10.1088/0953-8984/11/14/012
We consider the effect of quantum spin fluctuations on the ground state properties of the Heisenberg antiferromagnet on an anisotropic triangular lattice using linear spin-wave theory. This model should describe the magnetic properties of the insulating phase of the kappa-(BEDT-TTF)_2 X family of superconducting molecular crystals. The ground state energy, the staggered magnetization, magnon excitation spectra and spin-wave velocities are computed as a function of the ratio between the second and first neighbours, J2/J1. We find that near J2/J1 = 0.5, i.e., in the region where the classical spin configuration changes from a Neel ordered phase to a spiral phase, the staggered magnetization vanishes, suggesting the possibility of a quantum disordered state. In this region, the quantum correction to the magnetization is large but finite. This is in contrast to the frustrated Heisenberg model on a square lattice, for which the quantum correction diverges logarithmically at the transition from the Neel to the collinear phase. For large J2/J1, the model becomes a set of chains with frustrated interchain coupling. For J2 > 4 J1, the quantum correction to the magnetization, within LSW, becomes comparable to the classical magnetization, suggesting the possibility of a quantum disordered state. We show that, in this regime, quantum fluctuations are much larger than for a set of weakly coupled chains with non-frustated interchain coupling.
Chung Chung-Hou
Marston J. . B.
McKenzie Ross H.
Merino Jaime
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