Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2012-04-13
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
9 pages, 10 figures, Phys. Rev. B (In Press)
Scientific paper
Exact diagonalization of finite spin-1/2 chains with periodic boundary conditions is applied to the ground state (gs) of chains with ferromagnetic (F) exchange $J_1 < 0$between first neighbors, antiferromagnetic (AF) exchange $J_2 = \alpha J_1 > 0$between second neighbors, and axial anisotropy $0 \le \Delta \le 1$. In zero field, the gs is in the $S_z = 0$ sector for the relevant parameters and is doubly degenerate at multiple points $\gamma_m = (\alpha_m, \Delta_m)$ in the $\alpha$, $\Delta$ plane. Degeneracy under inversion at sites or spin parity or both leads, respectively, to a bond order wave (BOW), to staggered magnetization or to vector chiral (VC) order. Exact results up to $N = 28$ spins directly yield order parameters and spin correlation functions whose weak N dependencies allow inferences about infinite chains. The high-spin gs at $J_2 = 0$ changes discontinuously at $\gamma_1 = (-1/4, 1)$ to a singlet in the isotropic ($\Delta = 1$) chain. The transition from high to low spin $S(\alpha, \Delta)$ is continuous for $ \Delta < \Delta_B = 0.95 \pm 0.01$ on the degeneracy line $\alpha_1(\Delta)$. The gs has staggered magnetization between $\Delta_A = 0.72$ and $\Delta_B$, and a BOW for $\Delta < \Delta_A$. When both inversion and spin parity are reversed at $\gamma_m$, the correlation functions $C(p)$ for spins separated by $p$ sites are identical. $C(p)$ minima are shifted by $\pi/2$ from the minima of VC order parameters at separation $p$, consistent with right and left-handed helices along the z axis and spins in the xy plane. Degenerate gs of finite chains are related to quantum phase diagrams of extended $\alpha$, $\Delta$ chains, with good agreement for order parameters along the line $\alpha_1(\Delta)$.
Kumar Manoranjan
Soos Zoltán G.
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