Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2006-04-10
Phys. Rev. B 74, 024421 (2006)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
10 pages, 5 figures, Revtex4
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.74.024421
We generalize a class of Heisenberg antiferromagnets in one, two and three dimensions, which have been shown to exhibit magnetization plateaus for spin-1/2. In a certain parameter range of the general model, which is formally defined in D dimensions, we obtain the exact ground state(s) in the presence of an external magnetic field for arbitrary values of spin. In this range, the magnetization remains a constant as a function of the external field, except at some special values of the field where there is a jump from one plateau to the next. The plateaus are formed at certain specific fractions of the full magnetization which are determined by the spin and the lattice. Our general spin-S result reproduces the known cases for spin-1/2 in various lattices. Furthermore, we argue that outside the exact regime, the mechanism for the plateau formation is different. This results in first order phase transitions along some of the plateaus as the coupling constant is varied. We rigorously show the existence of such transitions for some particular cases. Finally, we numerically analyze a spin-1 model in one dimension using exact diagonalization to obtain its complete phase diagram. It agrees with our analytic results.
Chandra Ravi V.
Surendran Naveen
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