Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2001-08-03
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
9 pages, 10 figures
Scientific paper
Exact diagonalizations of the spin-1/2 Heisenberg model on the checkerboard lattice have been performed for sizes up to N=36 in the full Hilbert space and N=40 in the restricted subspace of first neighbor dimers. This antiferromagnet does not break SU(2) symmetry and displays long range order in 4-spin S=0 plaquettes. Both the symmetry properties of the spectrum and various correlations functions are extensively studied. At variance with the kagom{\'e} antiferromagnet, the Heisenberg quantum model on a checkerboard lattice is a Valence Bond Crystal. Some results concerning the 3-dimensionnal spin-1/2 pyrochlore magnet (for sizes 16 and 32) are also shown: this system could behave differently from its 2-dimensional analog.
Fouet Jean-Baptiste
Lhuillier Claire
Mambrini Matthieu
Sindzingre Philippe
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