Spin Softening in Models with Competing Interactions: A New High Anisotropy Expansion to All Orders

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1994-08-19

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9408053v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Revtex 11p, to appear in Phys. Rev. B (rapid comm.), OUTP-94-17S

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.50.10385

An expansion in inverse spin anisotropy, which enables us to study the behaviour of discrete spin models as the spins soften, is developed. In particular we focus on models, such as the chiral clock model and the $p$-state clock model with competing first and second neighbour interactions, where there are special multiphase points at zero temperature at which an infinite number of ground states are degenerate. The expansion allows calculation of the ground state phase diagram near these points as the spin anisotropy, which constrains the spin to take discrete values, is reduced from infinity. Several different behaviours are found, from a single first order phase boundary to infinite series of commensurate phases.

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