Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2009-09-28
Phys.Rev.B80:224425, 2009
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
11 pages, 27 figures, Version to be published in Phys.Rev.B
Scientific paper
In this paper, we study phase structure of $Z_2$ lattice gauge theories that appear as an effective field theory describing low-energy properties of frustrated antiferromagnets in two dimensions. Spin operators are expressed in terms of Schwinger bosons, and an emergent U(1) gauge symmetry reduces to a $Z_2$ gauge symmetry as a result of condensation of a bilinear operator of the Schwinger boson describing a short-range spiral order. We investigated the phase structure of the gauge theories by means of the Monte-Carlo simulations, and found that there exist three phases, phase with a long-range spiral order, a dimer state, and a spin liquid with deconfined spinons. Detailed phase structure and properties of phase transitions depend on details of the models.
Ichinose Ikuo
Nakane Kazuya
Shimizu Akira
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