Nature of the antiferromagnetic to valence-bond-solid quantum phase transition in a 2D XY-model with four-site interactions

Details Nature of the antiferromagnetic to valence-bond-solid quantum phase transition in a 2D XY-model with four-site interactions Nature of the antiferromagnetic to valence-bond-solid quantum phase transition in a 2D XY-model with four-site interactions

2006-04-19

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0604451v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

4+ pages, 4 figures

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We report large-scale quantum Monte Carlo calculations at the T=0 antiferromagnetic to valence-bond-solid (VBS) transition of a two-dimensional S=1/2 XY model with four-spin interactions. Finite-size scaling suggests a discontinuous spin stiffness, but a continuous VBS order-parameter. We propose that this is a continuous VBS transition without critical spin fluctuations. We also argue that the system is close to a point, in an extended parameter space, where both the magnetic and VBS fluctuations are critical--possibly a deconfined quantum-critical point.

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