Phase transition in a 2-dimensional Heisenberg model

Details Phase transition in a 2-dimensional Heisenberg model Phase transition in a 2-dimensional Heisenberg model

2002-01-11

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0201174v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

6 pages, 5 encapsulated postscript figures; to appear in Physical Review Letters

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.047203

We investigate the two-dimensional classical Heisenberg model with a nonlinear nearest-neighbor interaction V(s,s')=2K[(1+s.s')/2 ]^p. The analogous nonlinear interaction for the XY model was introduced by Domany, Schick, and Swendsen, who find that for large p the Kosterlitz-Thouless transition is preempted by a first-order transition. Here we show that, whereas the standard (p=1) Heisenberg model has no phase transition, for large enough p a first-order transition appears. Both phases have only short range order, but with a correlation length that jumps at the transition.

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