Vector chiral and multipolar orders in the spin-1/2 frustrated ferromagnetic chain in magnetic field

Details Vector chiral and multipolar orders in the spin-1/2 frustrated ferromagnetic chain in magnetic field Vector chiral and multipolar orders in the spin-1/2 frustrated ferromagnetic chain in magnetic field

2008-07-05

arxiv.org/abs/0807.0858v2

Phys. Rev. B 78, 144404 (2008)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

v1. 20 pages, 18 figures: v2: 21 pages, 19 figures, Title modified slightly. Some references, Fig.16, and a note are added. To

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.78.144404

We study the one-dimensional spin-1/2 Heisenberg chain with competing ferromagnetic nearest-neighbor J_1 and antiferromagnetic next-nearest-neighbor J_2 exchange couplings in the presence of magnetic field. We use both numerical approaches (the density matrix renormalization group method and exact diagonalization) and effective field-theory approach, and obtain the ground-state phase diagram for wide parameter range of the coupling ratio J_1/J_2. The phase diagram is rich and has a variety of phases, including the vector chiral phase, the nematic phase, and other multipolar phases. In the vector chiral phase, which appears in relatively weak magnetic field, the ground state exhibits long-range order (LRO) of vector chirality which spontaneously breaks a parity symmetry. The nematic phase shows a quasi-LRO of antiferro-nematic spin correlation, and arises as a result of formation of two-magnon bound states in high magnetic fields. Similarly, the higher multipolar phases, such as triatic (p=3) and quartic (p=4) phases, are formed through binding of p magnons near the saturation fields, showing quasi-LRO of antiferro-multipolar spin correlations. The multipolar phases cross over to spin density wave phases as the magnetic field is decreased, before encountering a phase transition to the vector chiral phase at a lower field. The implications of our results to quasi-one-dimensional frustrated magnets (e.g., LiCuVO_4) are discussed.

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