Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
2004-09-13
J.Stat.Mech.0410:P10017,2004
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
38 pages, 15 figures
Scientific paper
10.1088/1742-5468/2004/10/P10017
The ground state and thermodynamic properties of spin-1 and spin-3/2 chains are investigated via exactly solved su(3) and su(4) models with physically motivated chemical potential terms. The analysis involves the Thermodynamic Bethe Ansatz and the High Temperature Expansion (HTE) methods. For the spin-1 chain with large single-ion anisotropy, a gapped phase occurs which is significantly different from the valence-bond-solid Haldane phase. The theoretical curves for the magnetization, susceptibility and specific heat are favourably compared with experimental data for a number of spin-1 chain compounds. For the spin-3/2 chain a degenerate gapped phase exists starting at zero external magnetic field. A middle magnetization plateau can be triggered by the single-ion anisotropy term. Overall, our results lend further weight to the applicability of integrable models to the physics of low-dimensional quantum spin systems. They also highlight the utility of the exact HTE method.
Batchelor Murray T.
Foerster Angela
Guan X.-W.
Oelkers Norman
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