Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2007-06-19
Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 017202 (2008)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
4 pages
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.017202
We consider a spin-1/2 ladder with a ferromagnetic rung coupling J_\perp and inequivalent chains. This model is obtained by a twist (\theta) deformation of the ladder and interpolates between the isotropic ladder (\theta=0) and the SU(2) ferromagnetic Kondo necklace model (\theta=\pi). We show that the ground state in the (\theta,J_\perp) plane has a finite string order parameter characterising the Haldane phase. Twisting the chain introduces a new energy scale, which we interpret in terms of a Suhl-Nakamura interaction. As a consequence we observe a crossover in the scaling of the spin gap at weak coupling from \Delta/J_\| \propto J_\perp/J_\| for \theta < \theta_c \simeq 8\pi/9 to \Delta/J_\| \propto (J_\perp/J_\|)^2 for \theta > \theta_c. Those results are obtained on the basis of large scale Quantum Monte Carlo calculations.
Alet Fabien
Aristov Dmitry N.
Assaad Fakher F.
Brünger C.
Capponi Sylvain
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