Fermionic theory for quantum antiferromagnets with spin S > 1/2

Details Fermionic theory for quantum antiferromagnets with spin S > 1/2 Fermionic theory for quantum antiferromagnets with spin S > 1/2

2010-05-31

arxiv.org/abs/1005.5626v2

Phys. Rev. B82:144422,2010

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

16 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.82.144422

The fermion representation for S = 1/2 spins is generalized to spins with arbitrary magnitudes. The symmetry properties of the representation is analyzed where we find that the particle-hole symmetry in the spinon Hilbert space of S =1/2 fermion representation is absent for S > 1/2. As a result, different path integral representations and mean field theories can be formulated for spin models. In particular, we construct a Lagrangian with restored particle-hole symmetry, and apply the corresponding mean field theory to one dimensional (1D) S = 1 and S = 3/2 antiferromagnetic Heisenberg models, with results that agree with Haldane's conjecture. For a S = 1 open chain, we show that Majorana fermion edge states exist in our mean field theory. The generalization to spins with arbitrary magnitude S is discussed. Our approach can be applied to higher dimensional spin systems. As an example, we study the geometrically frustrated S = 1 AFM on triangular lattice. Two spin liquids with different pairing symmetries are discussed: the gapped px + ipy-wave spin liquid and the gapless f-wave spin liquid. We compare our mean field result with the experiment on NiGa2S4, which remains disordered at low temperature and was proposed to be in a spin liquid state. Our fermionic mean field theory provide a framework to study S > 1/2 spin liquids with fermionic spinon excitations.

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