Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2011-08-26
Phys. Rev. B 84, 205133 (2011)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
24 pages, 10 figures, 6 tables
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.84.205133
The spin-1/2 quantum antiferromagnet on the Kagome lattice provides a quintessential example in the strongly correlated electron physics where both effects of geometric frustration and quantum fluctuation are pushed to their limit. Among possible non-magnetic ground states, the valence bond solid (VBS) with a 36-site unit cell is one of the most promising candidates. A natural theoretical framework for the analysis of such VBS order is to consider quantum states on a bond connecting the nearest-neighboring sites as fundamental quantum modes of the system and treat them as effectively independent "bond particles." While correctly describing the VBS order in the ground state, this approach, known as the bond operator theory, significantly overestimates the lowest spin excitation energy. To overcome this problem, we take a next logical step in this paper to improve the bond operator theory and consider extended spin clusters as fundamental building blocks of the system. Depending on two possible configurations of the VBS order, various spin clusters are considered: (i) in the VBS order with staggered hexagonal resonance, we consider one spin cluster for a David star and two spin clusters with each composed of a perfect hexagon and three attached dimers, and (ii) in the VBS order with uniform hexagonal resonance, one spin cluster composed of a David star and three attached dimers. It is shown that the majority of low-energy spin excitations are nearly or perfectly flat in energy. With most of its weight coming from the David star, the lowest spin excitation has a gap much lower than the previous value obtained by the bond operator theory, narrowing the difference against exact diagonalization results.
Hwang Kyusung
Kim Yong Baek
Park Kwon
Yu Jaejun
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