Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
1994-01-28
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
53 pages, one figure available upon request, Revtex
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.49.15139
We consider the anisotropic quantum Heisenberg antiferromagnet (with anisotropy $\lambda$) on a square lattice using a Chern-Simons (or Wigner-Jordan) approach. We show that the Average Field Approximation (AFA) yields a phase diagram with two phases: a Ne{\`e}l state for $\lambda>\lambda_c$ and a flux phase for $\lambda<\lambda_c$ separated by a second order transition at $\lambda_c<1$. We show that this phase diagram does not describe the $XY$ regime of the antiferromagnet. Fluctuations around the AFA induce relevant operators which yield the correct phase diagram. We find an equivalence between the antiferromagnet and a relativistic field theory of two self-interacting Dirac fermions coupled to a Chern-Simons gauge field. The field theory has a phase diagram with the correct number of Goldstone modes in each regime and a phase transition at a critical coupling $\lambda^* > \lambda_c$. We identify this transition with the isotropic Heisenberg point. It has a non-vanishing Ne{\` e}l order parameter, which drops to zero discontinuously for $\lambda<\lambda^*$.
Fradkin Eduardo
Lopez Ana
Rojo Alberto G.
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