Snakes and Ladders

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1996-05-06

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9605035v2

Physics

Condensed Matter

RevTex file, 4 pages, 3 PS figures uuencoded, gzipped and .tar at the end of the latex file. Important extension to ferromagne

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We map spin ladders with $n_l$ legs and couplings $J'$ across all rungs and $J(1 \pm \gamma)$ along the legs, staggered in both directions, to a sigma model. Setting its $\theta = (2m+1)\pi$ (where it is known to be gapless), we locate the critical curves in the $\gamma$ versus ${J'\over J}$ plane at each $n_l$, and spin $S$. The phase diagram is rich and has some surprises: when two gapped chains are suitably coupled, the combination becomes gapless. With $n_l, \gamma $ and $J'/J$ to control, the prospects for experimentally observing any one of these equivalent transitions seem bright. We discuss the order parameters and the behavior of holes in the RVB description.

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