Deconfined Quantum Criticality at the Quantum Phase Transition from Antiferromagnetism to Algebraic Spin Liquid

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2005-04-21

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0504541v3

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

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We investigate the quantum phase transition from antiferromagnetism ($AF$) to algebraic spin liquid ($ASL$). {\it We propose that spin 1/2 fermionic spinons in the $ASL$ fractionalize into spin 1/2 bosonic spinons and spinless fermions at the quantum critical point ($QCP$) between the $AF$ and the $ASL$}. Condensation of the bosonic spinons leads to the $AF$, where the condensed bosonic spinons are confined with the spinless fermions to form the fermionic spinons. These fermionic spinons are also confined to make antiferromagnons as elementary excitations in the $AF$. {\it Approaching the $QCP$ from the $AF$, spin 1 critical antiferromagnetic fluctuations are expected to break up into spin 1/2 critical bosonic spinons. Then, these bosonic spinons hybridize with spin 1/2 fermionic spinons, making spinless fermions}. As a result the fermionic spinons decay into the bosonic spinons and the spinless fermions. But, the spinless fermions are confined and thus, only the bosonic spinons emerge at the $QCP$. This coincides with the recent studies of {\it deconfined quantum criticality}\cite{Laughlin_deconfinement,Senthil_deconfinement,Kim1,Ichinose_de confinement}. When the bosonic spinons are gapped, the $ASL$ is realized. The bosonic spinons are confined with the spinless fermions to form the fermionic spinons. These fermionic spinons are deconfined to describe the $ASL$.

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