Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
2001-05-07
Phys. Rev. B 67, 014529 (2003).
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
11 pages, 5 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.67.014529
Quantum fluctuations of periodic domain-wall arrays in two-dimensional incommensurate states at zero temperature are investigated using the elastic theory in the vicinity of the commensurate-incommensurate transition point. Both stripe and honeycomb structures of domain walls with short-range interactions are considered. It is revealed that the stripes melt and become a stripe liquid in a large-wall-spacing (low-density) region due to dislocations created by quantum fluctuations. This quantum melting transition is of second order and characterized by the three-dimensional XY universality class. Zero-point energies of the stripe and honeycomb structures are calculated. As a consequence of these results, phase diagrams of the domain-wall solid and liquid phases in adsorbed atoms on graphite are discussed for various domain-wall masses. Quantum melting of stripes in the presence of long-range interactions that fall off as power laws is also studied. These results are applied to incommensurate domain walls in two-dimensional adsorbed atoms on substrates and in doped antiferromagnets, e.g. cuprates and nickelates.
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