Quantum phase transitions in three-leg spin tubes

Details Quantum phase transitions in three-leg spin tubes Quantum phase transitions in three-leg spin tubes

2010-05-05

arxiv.org/abs/1005.0711v1

Phys. Rev. B 82, 075108 (2010)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

20 pages, 18 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.82.075108

We investigate the properties of a three-leg quantum spin tube using several techniques such as the density matrix renormalization group method, strong coupling approaches and the non linear sigma model. For integer spins S, the model proves to exhibit a particularly rich phase diagram consisting of an ensemble of 2S phase transitions. They can be accurately identified by the behavior of a non local string order parameter associated to the breaking of a hidden symmetry in the Hamiltonian. The nature of these transitions are further elucidated within the different approaches. We carry a detailed DMRG analysis in the specific cases S = 1. The numerical data confirm the existence of two Haldane phases with broken hidden symmetry separated by a trivial singlet state. The study of the gap and of the von Neumann entropy suggest a first order phase transition but at the close proximity of a tricritical point separating a gapless and a first order transition line in the phase diagram of the quantum spin tube.

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